Quote (Malignanttumor666 @ Oct 9 2018 09:10pm)
We don't know if Khabib will always be the better fighter. Of course he is right now. But a rematch can change everything. Connor lost to Diaz, then won the second match. And we have yet to see a third match to break the tie. It could go down like that.
We do know. As the fight went down exactly as anyone that knows mma would expect. Conor had no answers and left no questions.
Conor and Diaz are fun together. Their personalities and styles matchup up well for a scrap. The Diaz brothers are terminators. They are sloppy fighters but they just keep coming. You beat the shit out of them and they just keep talking shit while bloody and keep coming. They are not the same as khabib they are not as skilled and they are not as disciplined inside the octagon.
Conor fought Nate at 170 and lit Nate up until he gassed because 1. He gasses 2. Had that extra weight on him
And because of the short notice of the fight.
Second fight was pretty much a draw that could have leaned either way. 3rd fight would probably be fairly similar depending on what Nate has been up to in training the last few years. I'm a Diaz brother fan but they aren't in the same league as khabib.
Khabin absolutely dominated. Conor had a full camp for khabib and knew exactly what khabib would do. Khabib doesn't fight mysteriously he fights effectively. Conor couldn't stop him and his predictable style and gameplan just like nobody else has been able to. At no point in the fight was it reasonable to think that anything would be different with a rematch and Conor doesn't deserve one.
In the world of deserved rematches Conor deserves one far far less than people he denied rematches to like aldo and eddie.
Conor failed to use psychological warfare to his advantage. He failed to use his striking to his advantage. He cannot and will never be able to compete with khabib once khabib gets a hold of him on the ground. Khabib knows how to stick to a gameplan like a master and use being pissed off to his advantage. Khabib has effective striking even if sloppy and gave Conor one of the biggest hits he's had in his career. Khabib is a true one of a kind and artist on the ground.
One day age and the fight game will catch up to khabib just like it catches up to everyone but in his prime he is the best 155 probably ever and I'd even pick him against most 170ers
Pound for pound one of the greatest to ever do it