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How you think this fight would go? I'm still leaning towards khabib but Frankie was a beast back then with endless gas tank and great wrestling and warrior heart
 
I love Frankie but Khabib has threw around a lot heavier dudes than Frankie.

Frankie also doesn't have striking as good as Khabib's last 3 wins either.

I don't see how Frankie could win.
 
Fankie has the most heart of any fighter Ive ever seen. I think he survives till the end and lose a decision. Once he gets taken down he keeps on getting pounded but doesn't give up. He could get subbed but I would put my money on him surviving till the end. He still gets dominated.
 
Honestly, Frankie probably has better wrestling than anybody Khabib has faced.
 
It wouldn't even be a contest. Khabib by whatever he wants.
 
West Linn said:
Honestly, Frankie probably has better wrestling than anybody Khabib has faced.
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Overall better MMA wrestling but Gaethje has better credentials and Tibau is a good wrestler in his own right and twice the size of Frankie.
TheMessiah said:
Love Frankie. but he's too small to give Khabib any trouble. Khabib probably by decision
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sampuncher said:
I love Frankie but Khabib has threw around a lot heavier dudes than Frankie.

Frankie also doesn't have striking as good as Khabib's last 3 wins either.

I don't see how Frankie could win.
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Yeah the guy is a BW, how's he supposed to deal with Khabib who is a big LW? Frankie does best when he can mix up his wrestling and kickboxing but if he ties up with Khabib he's getting smashed. Plus if Khabib can walk through Gaethje's strikes what is Frankie supposed to do?

I think Alvarez would be a tougher match up for Khabib. He has a similar style to Frankie in that he has good lateral movement and feints but he doesn't need to integrate his wrestling to have success on the feet like Frankie, is bigger, and has more power.

Of course I think Khabib still wins but thing is Alvarez tends to lose to guys who can crack him hard like Conor or Dustin and that's not really Khabib's style. Alvarez rarely gets outgrappled or wrestlefucked, I think the last time he lost to a grappler was when Aoki subbed him all those years ago and that was a really green Alvarez and a completely different grappler when compared to Khabib.
 
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Edgars sub game was never really been tested that much, he fought BJ of course but Penn by that stage was mostly a striker.
 
Kaliph of Kush said:
I think Alvarez would be a tougher match up for Khabib. He has a similar style to Frankie in that he has good lateral movement and feints but he doesn't need ti integrate his wrestling to have success on the feet like Frankie, is bigger, and has more power.

Of course I think Khabib still wins but thing is Alvarez tends to lose to guys who can crack him hard like Conor or Dustin and that's not really Khabib's style. Alvarez rarely gets outgrappled or wrestlefucked, I think the last time he lost to a grappler was when Aoki subbed him all those years ago and that was a really green Alvarez and a completely different grappler when compared to Khabib.
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That's an interesting match. How do you generally see it going? If they fought ten times I could actually see Alvarez taking a decision once, maybe even twice.
 
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That's an interesting match. How do you generally see it going? If they fought ten times I could actually see Alvarez taking a decision once, maybe even twice.
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Yeah I think that's a fair assessment. If Alvarez wins it'd be by circling a lot and darting in and out with one or two punches and then moving away while avoiding return fire from Khabib. If Khabib has one weakness it's that he's not good at cutting the cage. Actually he looked better at it against Gaethje when compared to his fight with Barboza where he just straight ran after Barboza. Against Gaethje he cut a little, cut a little, then got antsy and chased. Can't do that against Alvarez, too good at lateral movement and staying light on his feet.

A big factor is how Alvarez matches up against Khabib in grappling. Khabib has so much knowledge in grappling that he ends up tailoring his approach based on his opponents strengths and weakness. If you accept traditional guard positions Khabib will stand over and you toggle between threatening the pass and GnP(MJ, Barboza) and this is the worst case scenario because with just one takedown and half a round he can put a beating on you that changes the course of the fight permanently. Not as bad in terms of damage but still taxing is if you you wall walk, then he sticks to you like glue and tries to trip you and pepper you with damage(Poirier). But guys like Gaethje and Trujillo were mostly able to avoid being hurt on the ground since they don't accept guard or wall walk and just risk standing up at all costs.

That's perhaps better for Alvarez since if he takes an MJ/Brboza type beating it'd be hard for him to keep up his movement heavy style. The threat with exploding to your feet is that Khabib will use the scramble to try and lock up a sub but that's better than being stuck under him and having him rain down punches on you. So if Alvarez can scramble to his feet and avoid subs and stick to lateral movement he could maybe win three rounds out of five and win as long as neither of the rounds he loses are 10-8 which, with Khabib, is a real possibility.
 
Frankie will get tossed around. Why do you think he left LW?
 
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