So Khabib took the "risk" to show us that he can fight standing and....

[migeru29]

All the Conor fanboys now saying that's "evidence" that Conor would KO Khabib...
Khabib was having fun there and was confident enough to try his striking skills during the last 2 rounds and that's it. This is NOT how Khabib fights 99% of the time and can guarantee that he wont do this against Conor.
For example GSP did some striking against Hardy but not against Condit or Diaz. it's a matter of who you fighting against.

 

[MMACroatia]

He can still fail on some takedowns against Conor that could lead to a KO/TKO from Conor
It can go both ways,50-50 fight

 

[SpiderCrawl]

Conor would stiffen him standing up, Khabib won’t take those risks against Conor.

 

[migeru29]

He can still fail on some takedowns against Conor that could lead to a KO/TKO from Conor
It can go both ways,50-50 fight

What's your evidence that Khabib "fails" a lot of takedowns and that Conor can defend a lot of them?

 

[UncleMachidaEra]

People are dumb. Khabib had a last minute opponent change, just as Al and outclassed him everywhere. I like Rogan but how can he say his striking is "amateurish" like that?

Cool...Rogan fought some semi contact Taekwondo with only one video of him fighting out there.

The guy obviously knows his shit but that was an ultra dick comment to make during a broadcast that so many blind followers will take as gospel.

Rogan looked "amateurish" sparring with JWP, and got completely son'd when he tried to look tough messing with a fresh outta surgery Coleman.

 

[VIPERdude]

All the Conor fanboys now saying that's "evidence" that Conor would KO Khabib...
Khabib was having fun there and was confident enough to try his striking skills during the last 2 rounds and that's it. This is NOT how Khabib fights 99% of the time and can guarantee that he wont do this against Conor.
For example GSP did some striking against Hardy but not against Condit or Diaz. it's a matter of who you fighting against.

I agree. People are not getting the fact Khabib said before the fight he wanted to showcase/TRY out more of his skills, PLUS its a 5 round fight and he basically stood for 2 rounds just to regain energy if he needed to go back to the ground. Never needed to Al was worn out after the first round mauling clearly losing the exchanges.

 

[AndyMaBobs]

All the Conor fanboys now saying that's "evidence" that Conor would KO Khabib...
Khabib was having fun there and was confident enough to try his striking skills during the last 2 rounds and that's it. This is NOT how Khabib fights 99% of the time and can guarantee that he wont do this against Conor.
For example GSP did some striking against Hardy but not against Condit or Diaz. it's a matter of who you fighting against.

Conor is undefeated in hypothetical fights he will never take - so don't get too mad about it.

 

[Gilday]

People are dumb. Khabib had a last minute opponent change, just as Al and outclassed him everywhere. I like Rogan but how can he say his striking is "amateurish" like that?

Cool...Rogan fought some semi contact Taekwondo with only one video of him fighting out there.

The guy obviously knows his shit but that was an ultra dick comment to make that so many blind followers will take as gospel.

If Khabib is amateurish then what does that make Iaquinta? Sure Khabib isn't wining a Muay Thai world title anytime soon, but his striking was effective and he was winning with it

 

[SnitchInsider]

If Khabib took him down and let him back up for giggles, you could say he wanted to show what he could do on the feet.

That's not what happened. The only reason he was on the feet 3-4 and parts of 5 were because he couldn't complete his takedown attempts.

 

[MayhemMonkey]

lol you call that taking a risk?

tell the coward to take a risk against Conor then, see how long he's conscious for lol

 

[Soul On Ice]

I see fighters inferior to Conor able to weather the storm on the ground and draw Khabib into striking exchanges, apologies for feeling Conor would be able to exploit this.

 

[UncleMachidaEra]

If Khabib is amateurish then what does that make Iaquinta? Sure Khabib isn't wining a Muay Thai world title anytime soon, but his striking was effective and he was winning with it

That's my point eh. Al is a scary finisher. Not many people drop Jorge...

 

[brickhands]

his striking is terrible,sloppy and lack s punctuation hes a monster on the mat i cant believe people think he can beat gsp i think it would look alot like the 72 summit series esposito vs krutov he may beat conor he may get clipped and dropped but he gets big brothered by gsp and if you think otherwise youre living in a delusional state

 

[csroster]

I actually feel like Khabib would outright say his gameplan is to take Conor down and maul him for 5 rounds.

 

[Bimbo]

It's not really a secret that striking is not his thing.
He kept striking because it worked out well, why not.
This was not a fight vs Conor, against Conor he probably would not be doing that. That doesn't mean Conor will KO him lol.

 

[brickhands]

People are dumb. Khabib had a last minute opponent change, just as Al and outclassed him everywhere. I like Rogan but how can he say his striking is "amateurish" like that?

Cool...Rogan fought some semi contact Taekwondo with only one video of him fighting out there.

The guy obviously knows his shit but that was an ultra dick comment to make during a broadcast that so many blind followers will take as gospel.

Rogan looked "amateurish" sparring with JWP, and got completely son'd when he tried to look tough messing with a fresh outta surgery Coleman.

he does look sloppy in his striking and in comparison to say conor he looks very amateurish

 

[Gangsters_Paradise]

We've seen Conor's power after he gets taken down and manhandled on the ground or in the clinch he can't maintain knockout power after heavy grappling clinics.

His punches will have nothing on them after Khabib gets done torturing him for one round. Khabib can just leave his chin open all night and Conor wouldn't be able to even rock him it will be a complete embarassment for Conor and his chicken nugget fans.

 

[Fossor]

That was a wrestler taken down and flattened out by Khabib. McGregor would be taken down even faster. With only difference - he won't get up by himself.

 

[brickhands]

We've seen Conor's power after he gets taken down and manhandled on the ground or in the clinch he can't maintain knockout power after heavy grappling clinics.

His punches will have nothing on them after Khabib gets done torturing him for one round. Khabib can just leave his chin open all night and Conor wouldn't be able to even rock him it will be a complete embarassment for Conor and his chicken nugget fans.

what if conor aldos him one punch walks away khabib will get cracked on the way in with his sloppy technique dropped conor will hammerfist him 3 times and 17 seconds later the great russian bear crumbles

 

[French Canadian]

lol you call that taking a risk?

tell the coward to take a risk against Conor then, see how long he's conscious for lol

He would have if Conor had accepted to fight him this weekend. He will if Conor accepts to fight in september / october / november.
Tell Conor to accept and we'll see.