Atleast i think... I don't understand wtf he's talking about lol
Atleast i think... I don't understand wtf he's talking about lol
Idk. Dustin may be a better boxer the Justin. And we know how the Justin fight went.I still think Tony could beat Justin in a good night. However he should set himself up for a match against Poirier or even someone else, to get himself back in the title contetion. If Khabib wins against Justin, which i think will happen, Tony is still the next in line anyway, since Poirier already lost to Khabib.
Honestly saying "he is too old, because noone did it before" is a pretty bad argument and empirical at best. Its definetly not impossible for a 36 year old to still become champ since Tony is only 1-2 fights away from achieving it anyway and Khabib wont be a fight even closely similar to Gaethje. Before Tony there was also not a single Lightweight in MMA riding a 12 fight win streak.
Also the argument "he gets hit a los" is absolute bs. He got a lot of punishment vs Justin, true. Other than that. Barely got any damage against Cowboy, hit once clean by Pettis, barely took any damage vs Lee even tho mounted etc. People watch these highlight vids and assume he takes a lot of damage which he actually doesnt. The only other somewhat recent fight i can think of is the Barboza fight.
Im not even saying that Tony isnt slowing down, because he is. But Justin also looked far from unbeatable in their fight tbh.
You talking about boxing? You have any idea how old Hopkins was when he won world championships?
- My age argument is actually quite good if you understand stats and sound reasoning. In fact, the oldest UFC champs at WW or lighter have been 33 (Matt Hughes for a couple of months and Cejudo). Considering the number of fighters and champs in those divisions over the years, that's significant. Look at all the fighters who peaked then looked past their primes around age 32: BJ, Aldo, Gil Melendez and many others. The heavier weight classes are different. The same has held true in boxing for many, many decades. A slight loss in reflexes is killer in the lighter weight classes.
- He's taken his share of punishment. You're not even brining up fights like Lando, MJ, RDA, etc. The Lee fight was also telling. If Lee could get a full mount on Tony in the 1st round and land GnP, what would Khabib do...considering he won't self-destruct halfway through the fight like Lee does.
The man is a 36 1/2 year old lightweight lol. There is no “ down the road” for him.Tony will get a rematch somewhere down the road, it was to exciting a fight to not do it again, but it won't be anytime soon.
Tony deserves a rematch, he accepted Gaedje as a last minute replacement to Khabib. I think he had no more than about a week and a half to prepare for Gaedje.
Tony himself said for the good part of 6 months he had been doing nothing but preparing for Khabibs takedowns and being able to get escape and get back to his feet. He had prepared for a standup but his priority had been Khabibs ground game.
Tony gave an opportunity to Gaedje at the last minute. It is only fair Gaedje reciprocates the favour. Lets see how Gaedje does when Tony prepares properly for him.
What say you?