khabib should have been champion long ago

[mmacanada]

Just re watched the dos anjos fight...... he wrecked him wasn't even close both were on 5 five win streaks. Dos anjos goes on another 3 fight win streak then fights Pettis and wrecks him then beats cerrone. Khabib could have been the champion since 2014 there wasn't and still isn't anybody on this guys level, it's a travesty this guy had to wait in line for a ts while everyone for 5 years has been ducking him.

 

[welcometohavoc]

Meh who knows. He missed two whole years. Who knows if he would have remained undefeated with those extra 3-6 fights

 

[BADBOYKILLA]

all aboard the hype train

 

[Death By Samson]

Injuries have derailed Khabib's title aspirations more than anything else.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

He might have been if he wasn't pulling out of fights left and right and not fighting on Ramadan.

 

[cmw43]

Just re watched the dos anjos fight...... he wrecked him wasn't even close both were on 5 five win streaks. Dos anjos goes on another 3 fight win streak then fights Pettis and wrecks him then beats cerrone. Khabib could have been the champion since 2014 there wasn't and still isn't anybody on this guys level, it's a travesty this guy had to wait in line for a ts while everyone for 5 years has been ducking him.

Khabibs only had 3 fights since 2014 he's more inactive that Conor.

Tony should be champ he's had about 9 fights in that time.

 

[mmacanada]

Meh who knows. He missed two whole years. Who knows if he would have remained undefeated with those extra 3-6 fights

True he did get hurt, but right after this dos anjos beats Ben Henderson 2 months later, then less then a year later he beat pettis just crazy how this turned out. I wonder how many people have ducked him that you have not heard about

 

[Reach4theSky]

not fighting on Ramadan.

To be fair, Ramadan involves fasting which leaves a person in no condition to fight..

 

[superpunch]

Well he's losing tonight so he's never gonna be a champ. I've been watching MMA for a long time and everything in my gut tells me that somehow Khabib is a fantastic fighter but just doesn't have that "it" factor in him that makes champions.

Khabib looks like a GOAT level fighter but my gut tells me there's something that my brain isn't seeing.

It's probably because he's extremely good but only good at 1 area and terrible at other areas of the game. He only outstrikes people, 250-50 in his last 3 fights, because of his outstanding wrestling. A higher level of opponent that can even somewhat nullify his grappling will expose his huge holes that he has in the other 9/10 areas of the game. That's the championship level of opponent.

 

[Roljo]

Meh who knows. He missed two whole years. Who knows if he would have remained undefeated with those extra 3-6 fights

Sure, but who could realistically beat him at LW at the time ?

 

[Otto!]

He would be champ already if he fought more often.

 

[welcometohavoc]

Sure, but who could realistically beat him at LW at the time ?

Fights don't happen on paper. It's all hypothetical at this point. Bottom line is he's protected himself from that possibility by not fighting for two years