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Conor said that he thought of himself as a black belt on his first day in jiu-jitsu. This is because of his law of attraction belief where he visualizes himself as grand because he believes this belief will manifest itself in the real world with the proper mindset.
Khabib references GSP in the idea that he thinks like a white belt even if he's a black belt. This is because of his traditional mindset (modesty and good, steady improvements).
Going beyond that, we have the stylistic contrast: an incredibly talented striker w. average grappling skills in Conor and an incredibly talented grappler w. average stand-up skills in Khabib.
Going even beyond that, we have a liberal new-age Westerner vs a traditionalist Muslim Russian.
On the big five personality traits, we have Conor as high in openness and moderate in conscientiousness and Khabib as high in conscientiousness and low in openness.
This is a battle between materialism (Conor) and idealism (Khabib).
This is a battle between Aristotelian ethics (Conor) and classical Stoicism (Khabib).
This is a battle between East (Khabib) and West (Conor).
Khabib references GSP in the idea that he thinks like a white belt even if he's a black belt. This is because of his traditional mindset (modesty and good, steady improvements).
Going beyond that, we have the stylistic contrast: an incredibly talented striker w. average grappling skills in Conor and an incredibly talented grappler w. average stand-up skills in Khabib.
Going even beyond that, we have a liberal new-age Westerner vs a traditionalist Muslim Russian.
On the big five personality traits, we have Conor as high in openness and moderate in conscientiousness and Khabib as high in conscientiousness and low in openness.
This is a battle between materialism (Conor) and idealism (Khabib).
This is a battle between Aristotelian ethics (Conor) and classical Stoicism (Khabib).
This is a battle between East (Khabib) and West (Conor).
