Lets be honest, Khabib has no real weakness

[tithas]

People say he has no chin, yet has never been knocked down and only slightly wobbled once.
People say he has no striking yet he badly outstruck one of the underrated lightweights in Iaquinta and even Barboza (his takedown threat makes his striking very effective).
Everyone knows he already has great grappling & stamina.

If conor pulls it off that would be fucking legendary

His weakness is the brain washing behind his religion

 

[Gilday]

Kevin Lee is a big one and that was for the title. The Tony fight was going to show us an awful lot. Tony has a better resume. Conor McGregor also has a better resume. Trust me if this man went out there and completely whipped Tony I might feel different about this fight. But the Tony fight never happened. And I was picking Tony.

I do agree that Tony's resume is better, I just don't feel like they're worlds apart. Hopefully the Khabib retirement rumours aren't true because Tony vs Khabib is still the best fight to make

 

[PrinceOfPain]

It hasn't been demonstrated yet whether or not Khabib can flow under the big lights and against Conor who's known for making fighters emotional.

You act like it's easy to get into flow. Jose for example clearly didn't even know what was happening, Khabib might also not understand what's happening if he's taken out of flow.

The first point is valid. Conor brings a unique scale of pressure of a type to which Khabib is unaccustomed. Either one of us making claims about how he'll respond on fight night would just be firing speculation out of our asses, but it could very well mess with him head.

I'm not claiming it's easy. I'm also not really claiming that Khabib has necessarily achieved a sustainable peak state consciously. I am saying that his consistency of performance speaks to a man who knows how to tap in. On time, every time.

Keep in mind that flow state is not just something you achieve on game night.

 

[tenniswhiz]

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C’mon.
Look at how skinny his neck is!

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

99% of the people he's fought were as average of strikers as he was lol. He's never fought someone whose striking was as elite as Conor's is. The timing, the precision, the power, the range, the footwork... It'll be a whole new experience for him.

There's levels to this, and Conor is fixing to show Khabib that he isn't on his level.

 

[Pepy]

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Weakness : drug testing

 

[ClosetVitorFan]

If Tferg, Khabib and Conor had a son....lmao.

 

[ClosetVitorFan]

His weakness is the brain washing behind his religion

If I'm Conor, where they show clips of the fighters in the locker room warming up, I'd be punching an open bag of bacon strips. Khabib will be so afraid of getting touched by Conor after that.

 

[Mikey Tanisha]

No weakness? Khabib and Bethe share the same striking coach

His striking has improved ALOT since this fight.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

I do agree that Tony's resume is better, I just don't feel like they're worlds apart. Hopefully the Khabib retirement rumours aren't true because Tony vs Khabib is still the best fight to make

How in the hell could he be retiring? I hope that is just an idiotic rumor. Winning does not make him some legend of the sport. He would simply be on his way. He needs to hang around. I can’t stand all of the super fight mentality. Because now we have champions that don’t want to ever defend titles. They basically want super fights or they are saying they won’t fight.

 

[tithas]

If I'm Conor, where they show clips of the fighters in the locker room warming up, I'd be punching an open bag of bacon strips. Khabib will be so afraid of getting touched by Conor after that.

Instead of vasoline he should have the cutman wipe him down with bacon grease. Instant win for Conor.

 

[tramendous]

No weakness? Khabib and Bethe share the same striking coach

pretty sure khabib had no respect for kamal's striking. Even with Iaquinta he started playing around with the jabs. Pretty sure he'll be all business with Conor

 

[Roljo]

Because he pressures incredibly well with his grappling and hasn't faced someone that can counter that yet. GSP dominated with his wrestling because it was excellent, not because everyone was worried about getting punched (although his striking was also excellent, and where he had a real background).

I'm not knocking on Khabib. I'm just saying that comparison is out of place.

GSP dominated the wrestling also because of his great explosivity.
I mean of course you can't really compare both because nobody is going to say to GSP, oh you are a great striker "take me down".
I was talking more about the fact that what is considered great/bad in one martial art doesn't always translate to being/not being effective in MMA.

 

[SOAzmayesh]

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[Bloodhound]

His weakness is the brain washing behind his religion

That's actually his power.

You dont get to be 26-0 in this sport without believing that you have the creator of the universe behind you and that you were put on this Earth with a purpose to become the greatest.

Never underestimate the power of belief.

 

[Odoylerules4lyf]

Yes that 30-27 was clearly a win for tibau

And wasn't he heavily juiced around that time? I mean he only failed two drug tests

He even came out and stated that he used epo and had no problem cheating

Just ask gsp what it's like to fight a heavily juiced fighter who went 1-5 post usada

Imo (and most media) Tibau should have won, but you're right in that the official decision is what matters.

And while Tibau may have been juiced to the gills it's really not a good excuse for Khabib's piss poor performance against him, Tibau was losing to tons of dudes before USADA, Michael Johnson and Tony (the uncrowned champ) would go on to whip his ass.

 

[Odoylerules4lyf]

If I'm Conor, where they show clips of the fighters in the locker room warming up, I'd be punching an open bag of bacon strips. Khabib will be so afraid of getting touched by Conor after that.

I like to throw a package of bacon on top of the halal food area at Walmart

 

[sudo uber alles]

Tibau didn't even win a round.

you are right. He didn't win a round.

He won ALL of them.
I know the judges gave it to him, but I've yet to see any solid explanation for how anyone could score that fight for Khabib.

Were his failed takedowns a strategy for effective octagon control?
Is landing fewer strikes a way to score points on the strikes he could have thrown, but didn't?

Khabib is a great fighter, and he's improved a ton from that...but that is a black mark on his record, and the judges will be called to answer for it if the afterlife is just.

 

[gono btw]

People say he has no chin, yet has never been knocked down and only slightly wobbled once.
People say he has no striking yet he badly outstruck one of the underrated lightweights in Iaquinta and even Barboza (his takedown threat makes his striking very effective).
Everyone knows he already has great grappling & stamina.

If conor pulls it off that would be fucking legendary

Was actually more "wobbled" vs Kadzhik Abadzhyan

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/d...stern-european-career.3830345/#post-144836697

@ 4mn 55

 

[HHJ]

Jesus Christ, you Khabib ballsuckers dont even try to hide it. Let me be the first to tell you that no matter how many threads you make Khabib is not going to throat fuck you.
No weaknesses at all? What? His striking is BAD. The only reason he hasnt been knocked out is because his wrestling is EXCELLENT.
Just ask yourself this, if Khabib does not attempt a take down at all and just stands and strikes with Mcgregor, do you HONESTLY think he will win?
Hes good and he should win this fight but NO weaknesses? Fuck off with that nonsense.

Awwww.