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We got three champions that are fleeing anything resembling one on one cage fight with this man.
Tony is the craftiest. Twice he's avoided a beating and a snap in his win streak by getting injured at the right time. I mean we've seen the man lift so the first one didn't surprise me but this one is good, like mob boss level clever. 'Freak accident'. Yeah. The only freak accident was watching to much film on Khabib and realizing there'd be tape of him getting smeshed around forever. I gotta give him credit for avoiding that L for so long.
Max probably had no intention of getting in there. Six days notice for a multi-weight champ attempt? Get the fuck outta here. He's not stupid. His TDD isn't good enough to stop Khabib and he likely threw his hat into the ring to buy the UFC time. Plus lots of free publicity, credit for stepping up, etc. Max is smart, he got out of this one without having to fight a monster, THE monster in the weight class above him.
And then there's Conor. I don't think he'll ever fight again unless it's in the cage against old man Mayweather but either way he's due to be stripped for the second time. He could have booked the fight with Khabib ages ago but he wants no part of both the paltry payday and the beating he'd get from Dagestan, with love. I don't even know what to make of the bus nuttiness. It's like he was watching 90s wrestling and decided to make it happen irl because he has nothing better to do with his time anymore.
And in the end, Khabib is the only one to show up to fight day. Oh sweet irony. Somewhere, Cain Velasquez is smiling down from hea- oh wait Cain isn't dead.
In conclusion/tl;dr -
Khabib:
The rest of the roster:
Tony is the craftiest. Twice he's avoided a beating and a snap in his win streak by getting injured at the right time. I mean we've seen the man lift so the first one didn't surprise me but this one is good, like mob boss level clever. 'Freak accident'. Yeah. The only freak accident was watching to much film on Khabib and realizing there'd be tape of him getting smeshed around forever. I gotta give him credit for avoiding that L for so long.
Max probably had no intention of getting in there. Six days notice for a multi-weight champ attempt? Get the fuck outta here. He's not stupid. His TDD isn't good enough to stop Khabib and he likely threw his hat into the ring to buy the UFC time. Plus lots of free publicity, credit for stepping up, etc. Max is smart, he got out of this one without having to fight a monster, THE monster in the weight class above him.
And then there's Conor. I don't think he'll ever fight again unless it's in the cage against old man Mayweather but either way he's due to be stripped for the second time. He could have booked the fight with Khabib ages ago but he wants no part of both the paltry payday and the beating he'd get from Dagestan, with love. I don't even know what to make of the bus nuttiness. It's like he was watching 90s wrestling and decided to make it happen irl because he has nothing better to do with his time anymore.
And in the end, Khabib is the only one to show up to fight day. Oh sweet irony. Somewhere, Cain Velasquez is smiling down from hea- oh wait Cain isn't dead.
In conclusion/tl;dr -
Khabib:
The rest of the roster:
