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I was reading an interview where Khabib's father said that after his son gets the LW belt, they want him to move to WW. and that he is confident that his son would have success there. And then he said "look at all the success RDA is having, a guy that Khabib dominated" , as part of the reason why he believes Khabib would be very successful at WW.
Was Khabib's father doing some MMA math there?
Because I don´t see Khabib's game matching up well stylistically speaking, against many of the top 10 at WW:
Woodley and Colby will be very hard to outgrapple. (you could include Usman here)
Maia is not a good idea to take down.
Lawler, great tdd. Hendricks couldn´t take him down.
Big guys like Wonderboy and Darren "I´m a lhw that cuts down to ww" Till , who can be very hard to fight against.
The fights I consider the most winnable for Khabib but would still be very tough: Masvidal, Ponz, Condit, RDA and Cerrone.
thoughts?
Was Khabib's father doing some MMA math there?
Because I don´t see Khabib's game matching up well stylistically speaking, against many of the top 10 at WW:
Woodley and Colby will be very hard to outgrapple. (you could include Usman here)
Maia is not a good idea to take down.
Lawler, great tdd. Hendricks couldn´t take him down.
Big guys like Wonderboy and Darren "I´m a lhw that cuts down to ww" Till , who can be very hard to fight against.
The fights I consider the most winnable for Khabib but would still be very tough: Masvidal, Ponz, Condit, RDA and Cerrone.
thoughts?