Max Holloway is the best fighter Khabib has ever faced.

[nick jacoby]

RDA was close but the 155 lb RDA that Khabib faced was not as good as the current Max Holloway..


Max.... Is tougher to take down that anyone is giving him credit for.. Yes he's been taken down..
but its not easy... Its actually tough as hell. Max is gonna stuff some takedowns for sure.
And when he's taken down his ground game is ummmm... Underrated to say the least.

Khabib is in for a fighttttttttttttttttt.... A war.

Khabib by Decision in a war.

 

[El_Diazo]

Nah 155 RDA is still better than Max.

 

[depassage]

Nope

 

[Sapp]

This isn't a fully formed version of Holloway though. Zero camp, tough weight cut, injured.

 

[Based and White Pilled]

You crazy

Max is too small. He's going to look like a lanky teenager getting thrown around by a grown ass man.

 

[McGruber]

It's true to be honest. The thing about Khabib is that he's only faced perfect style match-ups. The one time he faced a bad match-up (Tibau), he lost.

Holloway is another good match-up for Khabib. Guarantee if they put him against Kevin Lee though, he wouldn't look like a world beater.

 

[fortheo]

I'm not sure. RDA just beat cowboy before Khabib ragdolled him. I think it's close though.

 

[andrikkis7]

This isn't a fully formed version of Holloway though. Zero camp, tough weight cut, injured.

That's what worries me to be honest. Max is indeed the best fighter Khabib faced so far but he is not nearly prepared for this AND he is coming off an injury.

 

[BrookinsFan]

He's also the smallest. And the most short-notice.

 

[Nihongi]

The one time he faced a bad match-up (Tibau), he lost.

 

[YOLOGOGOPLATA]

It's true to be honest. The thing about Khabib is that he's only faced perfect style match-ups. The one time he faced a bad match-up (Tibau), he lost.

Holloway is another good match-up for Khabib. Guarantee if they put him against Kevin Lee though, he wouldn't look like a world beater.

Except he beat Tibau...
RDA and Barboza are probably both better than a short notice, injured, moving up a weight class Holloway.

 

[Gangsters_Paradise]

Max is a great fighter but he would get beaten by RDA and Barboza

 

[machidafan99]

okay but he has a bum ankle and no camp

 

[Frankie Baby!]

You're fucking stupid if you think Max on 6 days notice, coming off an injury has good TDD. I'm tired of these threads saying "Khabib is in for a fight" "Max has great TDD" Just stop, Khabib is gonna beat the shit outta him, and you're going to look stupid.

 

[Durr T Sanchez]

As far as Im concerned Max already won just by stepping up on short notice. Max has that BJ Penn "just crap" mentality and its refreshing. Shame that I like Khabib too. I want Max and Khabib to be defending champs in their own divisions. The UFC needs dominant defending champions like when they had GSP, Aldo, Silva...those were good times.

 

[moreorless87]

It's true to be honest. The thing about Khabib is that he's only faced perfect style match-ups. The one time he faced a bad match-up (Tibau), he lost.

Holloway is another good match-up for Khabib. Guarantee if they put him against Kevin Lee though, he wouldn't look like a world beater.

Can't agree with that, RDA isn't massively vunerable to wrestling and generally good on his back, Barboza has otherwise shown good takedown defence and obviously is dangerous standing.

Maybe he faces so many "good matchups" because he's very good at taking the fight to where he's strongest?

 

[Durr T Sanchez]

You're fucking stupid if you think Max on 6 days notice, coming off an injury has good TDD. I'm tired of these threads saying "Khabib is in for a fight" "Max has great TDD" Just stop, Khabib is gonna beat the shit outta him, and you're going to look stupid.

I call #1 bullshit

 

[Sakuraba7]

The RDA he faced was on a 5 fight winstreak. Please stop pretending like he suddenly became the monster AFTER his loss to Khabib. If he hadn't you'd say he was always the monster...on a 10 fight winstreak.

 

[Pakman]

Can't agree with that, RDA isn't massively vunerable to wrestling and generally good on his back, Barboza has otherwise shown good takedown defence and obviously is dangerous standing.

Maybe he faces so many "good matchups" because he's very good at taking the fight to where he's strongest?

Spot on post my man

 

[Frankie Baby!]

I call #1 bullshit

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