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Not the most incredible defense but pretty damn good. He keeps his hands up and dips side to side well when defending strikes... and he's always so damn close to you
But the pressue Khabib puts on a fighter has him constantly back pedaling and looking to defend the take down...This itself leaves khabibs opponents confused and open to strikes themselves. Its hard to generate full power when khabib is right in your freaking face all the time, which makes him hard to hurt or knockout.
We saw him staggered against Michael Johnson as he was kind of standing at a distance which is uncharacteristic of him....
Do we really see Tony Ferguson being able to handle Khabib? I dont think he has quite the power to hurt or KO Khabib. He can submit him but.. Man thats looks damn near impossible these days. I love Tony... My favorite LW tbh. He style is like a gritty awkward street fighter. But I just see Khabib pounding him with ground and pound. Not as bad as Edson because Tonys guard is much better and more dangerous off of his back.. But come one.. Khabib should be a heavy favorite.... Khabib is twice the grappler Kevin Lee is and that not debatable. Tony is what we call one of the toughest SOB's on planet earth though so It's gonna be a 5 round war....
and Conor? Now that fight is incredible to me
For whatever reason I feel Conor has the ability to absorb technique and adapt quickly. I I think he can stop Khabib's takedowns.. But how many? And for how long? How long will he be able to get back to his feet. Because he does do that well... And he DOES have the timing and power to catch Khabib with heavy shots. We cant ingore what he did to Eddie and how many times he dropped the IRON chin Nate DIaz.
And Conor keeps distance and uses length better than any LW EVER.... much needed skill against Khabib... But eventually he will be taken down.... DIaz did it to a tired McGregor and Mendes to a fresh McGregor...... and if that is Khabib on top of you... You're in for the nastiest GNP from 145-170 lbs...
Who takes that fight? Khabib.... Majority Decision after a 5 round war in which Conor can't stop the takedowns in round's 4 and 5.
But also.. the Cardio... Conor.... He gasses... Khabib.. has cheetah lungs
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But the pressue Khabib puts on a fighter has him constantly back pedaling and looking to defend the take down...This itself leaves khabibs opponents confused and open to strikes themselves. Its hard to generate full power when khabib is right in your freaking face all the time, which makes him hard to hurt or knockout.
We saw him staggered against Michael Johnson as he was kind of standing at a distance which is uncharacteristic of him....
Do we really see Tony Ferguson being able to handle Khabib? I dont think he has quite the power to hurt or KO Khabib. He can submit him but.. Man thats looks damn near impossible these days. I love Tony... My favorite LW tbh. He style is like a gritty awkward street fighter. But I just see Khabib pounding him with ground and pound. Not as bad as Edson because Tonys guard is much better and more dangerous off of his back.. But come one.. Khabib should be a heavy favorite.... Khabib is twice the grappler Kevin Lee is and that not debatable. Tony is what we call one of the toughest SOB's on planet earth though so It's gonna be a 5 round war....
and Conor? Now that fight is incredible to me
For whatever reason I feel Conor has the ability to absorb technique and adapt quickly. I I think he can stop Khabib's takedowns.. But how many? And for how long? How long will he be able to get back to his feet. Because he does do that well... And he DOES have the timing and power to catch Khabib with heavy shots. We cant ingore what he did to Eddie and how many times he dropped the IRON chin Nate DIaz.
And Conor keeps distance and uses length better than any LW EVER.... much needed skill against Khabib... But eventually he will be taken down.... DIaz did it to a tired McGregor and Mendes to a fresh McGregor...... and if that is Khabib on top of you... You're in for the nastiest GNP from 145-170 lbs...
Who takes that fight? Khabib.... Majority Decision after a 5 round war in which Conor can't stop the takedowns in round's 4 and 5.
But also.. the Cardio... Conor.... He gasses... Khabib.. has cheetah lungs
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