Official Conor McGregor thread (part 6) *Read Mod Note in Post 1* Revised 13-01-19

xtal191

Khabib, Ferguson and Conor are a good few levels ahead of the rest of that division imo

Too Tough To Die

xtal191 wrote: »

Khabib, Ferguson and Conor are a good few levels ahead of the rest of that division imo

Khabib is a good level above McGregor and Ferguson too, i reckon. For such a stacked division i think it would all play out as expected.

The Floyd p

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Khabib is a good level above McGregor and Ferguson too, i reckon. For such a stacked division i think it would all play out as expected.

Think it's Khabib and Tony then a fairly significant gap to Conor and Dustin. Tony's streak is more impressive than anything either Dustin or Conor have done.

Dante7

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Mellor

The Floyd p wrote: »

Tony's streak is more impressive than anything either Dustin or Conor have done.

Conor hasn't done anything noteworthy recently. But I think people are in danger of forgoting that he was legitimately two division champ (back when he actually fought in MMA).
Tony's streak is impressive purely because it's 11 fights. But there's a lot of mediocre fighters in there. His stand out wins are RDA, Lee and Pettis. Thos fights were pretty close at times. His fights didn't have the same kinda of dominance that Max or Khabib had in their insane streaks.

Axwell

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Dante7 wrote: »

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Effects

I think if Conor has a rematch with Khabib he’ll get taken to the ground and mauled. If that doesn’t happen then McGregor will knock him out in either the first or second round.

Tazzimus

Effects wrote: »

I think if Conor has a rematch with Khabib he’ll get taken to the ground and mauled. If that doesn’t happen then McGregor will knock him out in either the first or second round.

I think he'd have a slightly better time second go round if he feared the wrestling a bit less and focused on keeping him at a distance to frustrate him into doing something rash, so he could punish him for it.

Then again, Khabib only needs to get hold of you once, usually.

Zero-Cool

I think the whole 'he won the 3rd round' thing is actually a bad thing to be spouting. It showed how wrecked Conor was from being wrestled in R1 and 2, his power was gone in 3 and Khabib knew it. Like above, only way he wins is if he manages to keep distance and keep shooting a jab but I think Khabib will land a TD at some point in R1 and that will be it.

Fire the record, I think Conor has great wrestling and ground game but EVERYTHING goes out the window once the cardio is gone and I can't see him miraculously getting Diaz style cardio ever.

I would absolutely love to see Conor KO Khabib stiff but just can't see it happening.

Tazzimus

There is absolutely a chance he can knock him out, he hits hard and accurately.

He also has great wrestling and BJJ but Khabib is relentless.

That's the problem when facing Khabib though, you're always focusing on the takedowns, hence how he landed that overhand.

Dtp1979

Why are we rehashing all this again? We already know what would happen if conor fought khabib.

Ash.J.Williams

He's fighting nobody

Tazzimus

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Why are we rehashing all this again? We already know what would happen if conor fought khabib.

Would you prefer we turned back into TMZ and discuss all the other crap again?

It's an MMA thread, we're discussing MMA possibilities.

MrStuffins

Conor could fight Khabib 50 times and be lucky to win 2 or 3. Khabib completely dominated the fight and there's nothing to suggest subsequent rematches would go any differently, no matter how much some people will look to cling into the "He won Round 3" stuff.

At this point, Conor would be an underdog against Ferguson. However, Conor's best shot at 155 gold is probably through Tony.

Tony's style is the best kind of style to combat Khabib. If he DOES beat Khabib, I'd expect him to go on and beat McGregor but it would be a closer fight than a McGregor v Khabib rematch

sonofenoch

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I think the whole 'he won the 3rd round' thing is actually a bad thing to be spouting. It showed how wrecked Conor was from being wrestled in R1 and 2, his power was gone in 3 and Khabib knew it. Like above, only way he wins is if he manages to keep distance and keep shooting a jab but I think Khabib will land a TD at some point in R1 and that will be it.

Fire the record, I think Conor has great wrestling and ground game but EVERYTHING goes out the window once the cardio is gone and I can't see him miraculously getting Diaz style cardio ever.

I would absolutely love to see Conor KO Khabib stiff but just can't see it happening.

Neither could I ......Khabib will always get him down and sap the life out of him and the viewers ......boring as hell, like watching an anaconda squeeze the life out of a gazelle on the National Geographic cha for 25 mins (or 4 and a bit rounds)

Southdubin6

sonofenoch wrote: »

Neither could I ......Khabib will always get him down and sap the life out of him and the viewers ......boring as hell, like watching an anaconda squeeze the life out of a gazelle on the National Geographic cha for 25 mins (or 4 and a bit rounds)

Some gazelles deserve it.

Tazzimus

sonofenoch wrote: »

Neither could I ......Khabib will always get him down and sap the life out of him and the viewers ......boring as hell, like watching an anaconda squeeze the life out of a gazelle on the National Geographic cha for 25 mins (or 4 and a bit rounds)

In fairness, Khabib is the absolute worst match up for Conor, but there is always a chance Conor wins.
A small one, mind, but still a chance. MMA is funny like that. Only takes one clean punch/kick/elbow etc to change everything.

Flyingsnowball

Guys I’m just passing here and probably don’t have the knowledge of mma that a lot of you may have. I watch it a lot but I’m not in the ring doing what they do so everything I say about these lads is meant in a respectful manner.

Connor deserved the fight with khabib because of his past achievements. If the first time I seen connor was the khabib fight I’d say he had no stand up game and little wrestling game. He was in no state to be fighting a championship fight against one of the worlds best.

Khabib slack of boxing is touted as his week point but he outboxed the man who was once famed for his striking. I think there comes a time in every fighters career where they arnt that bothered anymore. I’m not sure he ever gets back to the level he was at where his reactions were hair trigger. I’m not sure he wants to be.

If he wants to knock it on the head and party for the rest of his life that’s up to him. I’d be surprised to see him fighting for the next few years unless he does organizes something fast.

JJayoo

Yup without the illegal knee in the second round Khabib would have got the submission.

Ash.J.Williams

sonofenoch wrote: »

Neither could I ......Khabib will always get him down and sap the life out of him and the viewers ......boring as hell, like watching an anaconda squeeze the life out of a gazelle on the National Geographic cha for 25 mins (or 4 and a bit rounds)

I'd watch that

Autecher

https://twitter.com/RdosAnjosMMA/status/1092134445790842880

Mellor

Flyingsnowball wrote: »

Khabib slack of boxing is touted as his week point but he outboxed the man who was once famed for his striking.

Khabib landed the biggest punch of the fight. But there's a difference between that and out boxing somebody, imo. Out boxing, to me, implies superior stand up, striking, footwork for a reasonable amount of time and not just a big shot of a takedown feint.
His fight with Tony is still wrestler v striker. And strikingbis still his weakness.

Somebody mentioned Tony's style being awkward for Khabib. I honestly think the opposite. Khabib is a terrible match up for Tony.

dashoonage

The man tweets after every event now just to stay relevant, im surprised he didnt call out page after the armbar...

Flyingsnowball

Mellor wrote: »

Khabib landed the biggest punch of the fight. But there's a difference between that and out boxing somebody, imo. Out boxing, to me, implies superior stand up, striking, footwork for a reasonable amount of time and not just a big shot of a takedown feint.
His fight with Tony is still wrestler v striker. And strikingbis still his weakness.

Somebody mentioned Tony's style being awkward for Khabib. I honestly think the opposite. Khabib is a terrible match up for Tony.

I never said khabibs stand up was good. I said it was better than connors on the night. Big difference.

Perifect

I'm no expert but didn't McGregor cheat in the Khabib fight? He was using the fence and kneed Khabib in the faced while on the ground? Wasn't Khabib going to break McGregors arm or something before the illegal knee?

xtal191

Looks like he's at the Superbowl

brendanwalsh

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

He's fighting nobody

Next opponent might be the DPP