Khabib vs Gaethje

[Belhammer]

This was the fight to make, Gaethje was in the middle of camp, can wrestle, and is certifiably psycho. His pressure and toughness would have made it interesting

 

[binny]

Would have been a good choice. I like Max vs Khabib though.

 

[Belhammer]

Would have been a good choice. I like Max vs Khabib though.

I love Max, one of my favs but coming off injury and 6 days notice doesn't give me a lot of hope

 

[Gambit MMA]

if he was coming off a W and beat eddie that was the fucking fight to make. sucks he lost. they wont want eddie anywhere near the belt(dont even think they called him to step in tbh). conor just embarassed eddie not too long ago

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

And it would have drew a fraction of the money. Say what you will about the quality of the fight but Max is a much bigger name and is thus the better choice

 

[DS66]

Gaethje's coming off a loss, you can't throw him in there for a title fight.

 

[binny]

I love Max, one of my favs but coming off injury and 6 days notice doesn't give me a lot of hope

Max showing up is all I need baby! War Max!

 

[Gambit MMA]

And it would have drew a fraction of the money. Say what you will about the quality of the fight but Max is a much bigger name and is thus the better choice

could care less about what makes the most money. i wanna see the best fights

 

[ssBaldy]

Gaethje would get brain damage from that.

 

[Jar of Flies]

To me this is the most interesting matchup for Khabib. Gaethje has the best wrestling pedigree of any LW, although he rarely if ever uses it. It will interesting to see how it matches up with Khabib.

Also his constant pressure standing will likely be a nightmare for Khabib.

 

[Rdude92]

Wrestling is never the answer to khabib. I feel that "not wrestling" is the best answer. Because khabib is just so much better than the rest at wrestling and he makes it look so easy

 

[VAfan]

the fight to make for khabib going forward is against a stud wrestler. we need to see how he adapts if someone can fend off the TD.