Quote (NitrogenPeroxide @ Oct 8 2018 02:17pm)
lmao its funny to think of it that way cuz before this fight, all the conor nuthuggers were saying how khabib barely beat some real estate agent but ther boy did worse than that guy ~
In all fairness khabib toyed with iaquinta, he fought the best fight of his life and had a flawless gameplan vs conor. The whole "hehe xd khabib outstruck conor" shows complete ignorance for the sport. Khabib landed 1 big shot when he faked the takedown and came up with a Haymaker.
With that said, a rematch isn't going to go any differently. Conor was forced to fight with his hips back so he couldn't get comfortable or put too much power on his striking since the threat with the takedown was so high. This isn't going to change in the rematch.
Khabib's gameplan was solid though coming out with the ankle pick, we've seen in the past where solid grapplers respect conor's power too much to shoot early and try to stand with him too long which allows him to get his range and rhythm down then it becomes much more difficult to take him down as he becomes more dangerous. Khabib didn't risk that and got the pressure on him immediately.
Conor looked slow and uncomfortable. Only positive thing you can say from that fight about him was he showed hella heart. He got mauled in the second round and I think about anybody but conor or ferg would've been finished in that situation.
This post was edited by Khabibisaterrorist on Oct 8 2018 12:29pm