Media Who's actually bigger Conor or Khabib?

[MarioLemieux]

Khabib was near death on a couple of his cuts to 155. Lots speculated that he missed weight against Gaethje too. He's already pretty close to Conor's weight without a bunch of non functional bodybuilding training.

Show mucles =/= performance. Might be good for aesthetics but having a small waist like that seems to equal a weaker core. It was like Leon vs Belal too, Leon may have looked bigger cause of show muscles but when push came to shove Belal ragdolled him.

How one's body responds to weight cuts does not = size

Look at freakin Rumble or Alex Pereira.

They could move up and down multiple weight divisions easily because of their genetics.

Some guys can't hold on to muscle as well as others and diet down without nearly dying. It's partiallly a genetic attribute, weight cutting techniques (as well as other performance enhancing attributes in some cases)

Pimblett can balloon to a whale and cut it off in record time and then put it back on.

There is a genetic component to this that is being overlooked.

You are comparing Conor roided well after the actual time they faced each other in the cage. Muscle mass can be added but only so much can be dropped. Anthony Johnson was able to make WW and also fought at HW. He was the same size guy just added muscle mass. If Khabib wanted to bulk up he could be bigger then Conor but he doesn't need to add "Vanity Muscles" he always looked for functional muscle strength.

Khabib is 5'10" with a 70" reach
Conor is 5'8" with a 74" reach

Conor had some physical advantages in his career but most of his advantages were speed and size at FW. Khabib was stonger in the one area Conor was weakest, Grappling. There were pretty much the same size

Conor looked more jacked in their fight at LW also weight cutting exists for a reason. All muscle is functional which is why guys try to get down to sub 10% level body fat to give them an advantage when they cut.

Conor was carrying more muscle mass when they met in the cage and also Khabib outstruck him.

 

[Jarilo]

I really dont care for big tities and swolen arms, i am still blown away with kabib ninja turtle back.
All i am saying you must compare them 4d , not only from front, and also back muscle are fuction muscle.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

Conor had a lot of help with his 145 weight cuts. There's things I could share, but never will.

Can we reasonably assume your double yellows are due to this lack of sharing?

 

[fortheo]

What fucking year is it?

I was convinced this thread was from 2018. It honestly feels like a post from a time capsule.

 

[Substance Abuse]

I was convinced this thread was from 2018. It honestly feels like a post from a time capsule.

TS is obsessed with old shit.

Then there's another guy who makes threads asking dumb questions he could use Google to answer.

I need a beer.

 

[ElLunico]

McRap*** is tiny

 

[MarioLemieux]

I was convinced this thread was from 2018. It honestly feels like a post from a time capsule.

People on boxing forums still analyze every aspect of Foreman and Ali. This was by the numbers the biggest fight in MMA history by a landslide.

 

[RichardHarrow]

Conor is the bigger rapist if that’s what you mean, Khabib only raped 1 person and it’s when he dismantled Conor in every aspect of MMA.

 

[fortheo]

People on boxing forums still analyze every aspect of Foreman and Ali. This was by the numbers the biggest fight in MMA history by a landslide.

I get it man, but the way the thread is worded made it seem like this was a present, current debate lol. It felt like this post came from 2018.

Anyways, Khabib was bigger. Khabib has a ninja turtle back. Conor killed himself to make FW, and khabib killed himself to make LW. Conor just has more beach muscles that people conflate with being "bigger"

 

[613]

Khabib is bigger, but not by much. He was something like 2 lbs bigger on fight night when they fought

 

[HHJ]

Khabibs physique is from a lifetime of wrestling. people claiming Khabib was some sort of massive weight cutter are either delusional dumbarses or just haters with any excuse to besmirch Dagis.
No one seems to care that Ferguson is massive, nor fighters from other weight divisions are way more ' weight bullies' Holloway or Poatan for example

Let's face it, people only bring up "weight bullies" for dominant fighters they dont like.

 

[HHJ]

I mean did the TS not see them fight each other? There was no obvious difference in size.

 

[Herwald]

Khabib didn't know how to cut weight, he was just brutalizing himself - losing muscle, fat, water and everything - to make it. Conor meanwhile had professionals on his side, he knew how to maintain muscle and not end up in the hospital. If his out-of-the cage lifestyle wasn't so shit, he'd probably be ahead of Khabib, in terms of health right now.

 

[PaddyO'malley]

different builds fam khabib look like dem yute who look like him nuh lift den bro str8 cold pull 5 plates fi reps cuz him nuh got tayum fi warm up Conor look aesthetic AF mid tho ngl mi rate him physique need more side delt an' chest tho imho

anyweh khabib got a sleeper powerlifter physique prolly rock solid in him back an' hams haffi feel him first prolly hard af fam good fi himconor prolly feel like a balloon but hard too

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Khabib had more body fat and was terrible at cutting weight.

Roadhouse McGregor is on drugs. He walked on the scale at 170.5 in his fight with Nate Diaz. The average UFC fighter seems to be 10-15lbs heavier on average before water weight cutting

The only way Khabib was walking around 195-200 lbs is if he's bloated and fat. I remember when certain GSP fans were saying Khabib was bigger than George lol... No dude.

 

[HavokHarmon]

Khabib is probably a bit bigger naturally but I don’t think it was by a significant margin. Conor was a good sized LW, it still blows my mind that he made 145 as many times as he did.

 

[TITS]

What fucking year is it?

2024

 

[RichardHarrow]

I really dont care for big tities and swolen arms, i am still blown away with kabib ninja turtle back.
All i am saying you must compare them 4d , not only from front, and also back muscle are fuction muscle.

Honestly this is prevalent for mountain men.

 

[HHJ]

Khabib had more body fat and was terrible at cutting weight.

Roadhouse McGregor is on drugs. He walked on the scale at 170.5 in his fight with Nate Diaz. The average UFC fighter seems to be 10-15lbs heavier on average before water weight cutting

The only way Khabib was walking around 195-200 lbs is if he's bloated and fat. I remember when certain GSP fans were saying Khabib was bigger than George lol... No dude.

FWIW When I attended a seminar Khabib did in 2016, he said that his walk around weight is 180 - 185.

 

[BigOlJeet]

I love how the Conor nuthuggers think he only lost because Khabib was a few lbs heavier at most, as if if it was even weight Conor would’ve dismantled him.