Throwback: Dan "The Hangman" Hooker Talks about Khabib "Out-Muscling" Rockhold

[Mysterio]

Its not MMAth. It's comparing strength of schedule.

And a finish is always more impressive than a decision.

That's pretty debatable in this case. Nothing happened in the fight until RDA got caught and couldn't recover.

Everyone gets caught. Not everyone can drown a guy like RDA for 3 rounds and completely manhandle him. Much more impressed with Khabib here.

 

[NekMinnit]

Idc what anyone says. Rockhold KO's Khabib

 

[hedidhisownstunts]

he's 100%. khabib is huge and there is nothing conor is gonna be able to do in this fight if Khabib comes to smash him.

 

[hedidhisownstunts]

Idc what anyone says. Rockhold KO's Khabib

i wouldn't bet on it.

 

[NotoriousMillions]

He’s bigger than Johnny Hendrix and Hendrix fought at WW and MW. Khabib straight up ducking so he can fight smaller men. It’s a well known fact on sherdog

To be fair, Hendricks was only a MW because he was fat. Khabib is definitely a natural MW though, but since everyone fights a weight class above their own anyways, I'll give him the pass for WW where he should be FORCED to fight since he missed weight twice.

 

[Timurd123]

Has khabib fought anyone bigger than himself ever?

I mean other than Tibau and he got a gift decision in that one.

Lol @ gift

Cry on bud, but save it for a couple months

 

[613MMAfan]

Hard to tell, but doesn’t look like Luke is that much heavier or bigger than him, in spite of competing 2 weight classes higher.

I believe Dan.

Rockhold is 5 inches taller and probably atleast 30-35 lbs heavier when they are in fighting shape, they aren't comparable in size. People need to stop talking about how much fighters weigh when they are fat and out of fighting shape, it's completely irrelevant. Khabib looks like a normal lw when he's fighting.

 

[Fortniter33]

There are countless stories of Khabib manhandling everyone in AKA during grapping and wrestling practice. He's pretty much a legend in the gym. Stop trying to downplay him. Conor is going to get ragdolled.

Conor will knock Khabib out before Khabib can grab a hold of him. You idiot

 

[Jormungandr]

Conor nutgobblers are scared fucking shitless.

I don't blame them.

Im sending you a PM october 7th

 

[Kleinschuster]

But now way in hell, seing both guys next to each other, is Khabib 95kg when Luke walks around 92kg.

 

[Airdack]

I believe it. Here's a video of Khabib winning a world championship in BJJ at expert welterweight. He controls that guy so effortlessly.

Lol fun video but to be real NAGA expert division can be a purple belt scrub with some HS wrestling that thinks hes tough shit cause he wrecks the mats of his 40 person unnamed school. Ive seen pure wrestlers with less than 2 years of bjj win expert NAGA. All the good guys sandbag anyways :/

 

[PubliusVentidius]

Khabib almost kills himself cutting 50 lbs to bully smaller people at a weight class he shouldn't be fighting at (missed weight multiple times), his nuthuggers = whoa that's so cool.

 

[Striker Fox]

Khabib kills himself making weight for a reason

 

[Kid Killashaw]

Sherdog logic 101

Khabib kills himself to make 155 despite competing at WW pre-MMA. Misses weight. Sherdoggers: "He's such a killer! ragdolling fighters"

Conor fights at 145. Never misses weight (despite injuring his knee and limiting the amount of cardio and training he could do for the mendes fight, and thus making it harder to cut). Sherdoggers: "he fights midgets. Wait till he fights fighters his own size"

Conor is ridiculed whereas other fighters get a free pass for doing the same. Khabib is a WW.

 

[Striker Fox]

Man Tibau was juiced like a mofo in that fight. His TTD was unbelievable.

To be fair, Tibau was juiced to the gills.

He looked like a LHW

Curious how many people who always use the "Tibau was juiced to the gills though" line think Jones' wins over DC were legit?

 

[Ortegoat]

Sherdog logic 101

Khabib kills himself to make 155 despite competing at WW pre-MMA. Misses weight. Sherdoggers: "He's such a killer! ragdolling fighters"

Conor fights at 145. Never misses weight (despite injuring his knee and limiting the amount of cardio and training he could do for the mendes fight, and thus making it harder to cut). Sherdoggers: "he fights midgets. Wait till he fights fighters his own size"

Conor is ridiculed whereas other fighters get a free pass for doing the same. Khabib is a WW.

Cause Conor is goat and they are salty as fuck about Aldo.

 

[That209]

You guys really take the whole size thing and blow it way out of proportion as if it means that much, especially in training.

 

[That209]

It’s a clinch drill as you said, so rockhold is starting in a bad spot and khabib gets double under hooks with his hands clasped together and rockhold still doesn’t let him take him down. Not saying it’s not impressive and I know khabib is an animal, but he gets an ideal position for that scenario and rockhold fights it off.

In their minds, training = legit fighting every day. Drills? Pfft. Doesn’t even exist, bro.

 

[ImNotSurpisedDonks!]

Man Tibau was juiced like a mofo in that fight. His TTD was unbelievable.

Khabib also was no where as good as he is now, was not at AKA and still was a baby. People always look at wins and losses but never look at the age of a fighter, which is pretty much more relevant than all other statistics. Jones got handled by Matt Riddle and Floyd got beat by a pro boxing reject, but it was when they were very young.

 

[cakemuncher]

Wow Kebab completely ragdolled Cuckhold!