Max Holloway got outwrestled by McGregor

[wrestlefan]

Let that sink in.

 

[Clippy]

Trying to remember a Conor fight is very hard ... so much time has passed

 

[Gabe]

 

[Megatronlee]

Khabib was out wrestled by a desert

 

[Pokemon24]

To be fair, Max was pretty green at the time. Khabib will still UD Max or late TKO.

 

[Toco]

that was when he was a part timer, but yeah, no way he can win this fight, especially when he was recently injured

 

[Loiosh]

Khabib was out wrestled by a desert

 

[blaseblah]

5 years ago when he was a kid barely out of high school. He's a completely different fighter now.

 

[Petah Bash]

When he was 21, Conor got tapped by a guy without a Wikipedia page. Let that sink in.

 

[BA0701]

When he was 21, Conor got tapped by a guy without a Wikipedia page. Let that sink in.

Wait, I don't have a Wiki page either, does that mean I am the failure my parents always said I would be?

 

[datfnguy]

Let that sink in.

Your mom used to be stronger than you too, but then time passed and that changed. You are talking about a fight that happened years ago.

 

[Danielator]

Let that sink in.

any gifs from the fight wouldve been great to prove your point... cant even remember the last time he fought, let alone the holloway fight!

 

[1.11]

Did Conor not injure himself trying to pass guard in that fight too?

 

[allheartwarrior]

Let that sink in.

Max got hurt in that fight.

 

[BKB92]

This McGregor is a bad grappler narrative really needs to die. You don't get that far in the UFC without being exposed.

He was gassed and rocked when Diaz finished him and Diaz is one of the slickest submission artists in that division.

Just because someone prefers to strike, that doesn't make them a bad grappler. He's an exceptional striker by MMA standards and only a decent grappler, he'd be an idiot to not try and keep the fight where he's best off.

 

[Somethindarker]

Let that sink in.

There's a little something called time and training. It works wonders to young fighters. Also you sound like a gy SJW.

 

[surgeyou1]

When he was 21, Conor got tapped by a guy without a Wikipedia page. Let that sink in.

Who? Joseph Duffy has a wiki. He was 18 and literally didn't train BJJ when he got tapped by Sitenkov

 

[campbecc]

Holloway was 21 years old when he lost to Conor; the same age when Conor lost to Duffy; basically a child for a professional fighter.

 

[Thaijitsu612]

Max will win this fight of only because it makes no sense and will ruin potential match ups I want to see

 

[MMA__Analyst]

The fact that Conor with one ACL did this too Max, says alot. Conor was shooting for takedowns and secured 3-4 I believe. Now I understand that Max was young, inexperienced, and that the conor fight was 3 years ago. And of course, Max has improved significantly since this conor fight,but how much has he improved his ground game since the conor fight. His takedown defense is notable, stuffing 27 TD attempts from his last 9 opponents, however none of those opponents were wrestlers which was why Edgar vs Holloway intrigued me. However, now Holloway is going to face a different animal in terms of relentless takedowns, GNP, and high level ground game in Khabib. And this is on 6 days notice after recovering from an injury. The odds are against Max Holloway, however I hope he exposes Khabibs standup. How much can a fighter really improve. Of course I wouldnt put it pass Max if he did improve his ground game significantly since Max is a relentless beast, however we are talking about a world class life long grappler going against someone who just 3 years ago was being mounted by purple belt conor mcgregor.