UFC 254 - Khabib v Gaethje

dave1982 · 24-10-2020 09:48PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Are you drunk? His father said Khabib will retire at 30-0. His father passes away, Khabib "retires" at 29-0. No. Excuse me for putting 2 and 2 together. Must be trolling. :rolleyes:

He promised he's mother this is his last fight without his father. Khabib is probably the most sincere fighter. You believe conor is sincere in his sarcastic tweet from the mcgregors but you doubt khabib.
I heard conor having a party because he has chance of winning a belt now khabib retired... You might get invite

D'Agger · 24-10-2020 09:50PM

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Tweets on the screen during the fight rot my hole

Missed a right slap earlier tonight because I was reading what fúcking David Spade had to say about the first round

Where's the live stats? To give a better idea how the round is moving momentum wise

24-10-2020 09:51PM

dave1982 wrote: »

He promised he's mother this is his last fight without his father. Khabib is probably the most sincere fighter. You believe conor is sincere in his sarcastic tweet from the mcgregors but you doubt khabib.
I heard conor having a party because he has chance of winning a belt now khabib retired... You might get invite

:rolleyes: Yeah you are drunk

Thelonious Monk · 24-10-2020 09:52PM

Where is the next one?

Tazzimus · 24-10-2020 09:52PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I do know Khabib, paid attention to him since his win against Dos Anjos over 5 years ago. I know his father and Allah were basically his guiding lights. We can't know what Allah has asked of him but we know his father was adament at 30-0 being a perfect record to retire with and we never got any indication to the contrary since he passed away. I'd bet my life that he fights again and retires in front of a crowd. I'd bet my house on it being GSP at Welterweight. Money is not his motivation, sure, but he's a very intelligent man who would know his worth and know if he is not getting what he believes he's worth.

He mentioned in the post fight interview that he promised his mother that would be his last fight.

dave1982 · 24-10-2020 09:53PM

Deleted User wrote: »

:rolleyes: Yeah you are drunk

Haha good one. Resort to being a grammar nazi... You win

D'Agger · 24-10-2020 09:55PM

dave1982 wrote: »

Haha good one. Resort to being a grammar nazi... You win

Zig he'll

monty_python · 24-10-2020 10:08PM

Is everyone forget the controversy around khabibs weigh in? It was light weight v a Welter weight tonight

mailburner · 24-10-2020 10:09PM

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Tweets on the screen during the fight rot my hole

Drives me mad
They're going overboard with the tweets but that stupid david spade tweet about as funny as a dog with rabies

I have no interest in what comedians or celebs tweet about regarding mma as most have no idea

vafankillar · 24-10-2020 10:15PM

could get used to this craic of having UFC on at a normal time. feels weird that it's only like 11

mdwexford · 24-10-2020 10:18PM

sonofenoch wrote: »

Still think he's sloppy as fuk on the feet Khabib, if that rumoured Mayweather fight had ever happened it would have been pure farce ............not fussed to see the back of him never been my cup of tea ..........if he'd had tried going up a weight with serious wrestling sharks I'd have been interested

He's beat Gaethje, Porier, McGregor (after near 2 yrs out), Iaquinta, and RDA......the rest of his 29-0 meh who knew

Goat? not for me

You haven’t a clue what you’re watching so.

Tell me a better 3 fight win streak than McGregor, Poirier, Gaethje.

VW 1 · 24-10-2020 10:21PM

D'Agger wrote: »

Missed a right slap earlier tonight because I was reading what fúcking David Spade had to say about the first round

Where's the live stats? To give a better idea how the round is moving momentum wise

Great idea, but how does that generate trending and retweets and likes?? Pffft, watching the fight and wanting fight info!

eagle eye · 24-10-2020 10:37PM

mdwexford wrote:

Tell me a better 3 fight win streak than McGregor, Poirier, Gaethje.

Whittaker, Romero, Costa

Johnson, Dillashaw,. Moraes, Cruz

sonofenoch · 24-10-2020 10:40PM

mdwexford wrote: »

You haven’t a clue what you’re watching so.

Tell me a better 3 fight win streak than McGregor, Poirier, Gaethje.

Meh a bit wishy washy.......McGgregor for example beats everyone he's beat with ease in his own way ......and I'd be the first to admit to not seeing MgGregor ever beat Khabib .....this doesn't make him the 'goat'

Khabib moves up to 170 and I see a few if not several who can beat him, the same could not have been said McGregor moving from 45 to 55

mdwexford · 24-10-2020 10:54PM

eagle eye wrote: »

Whittaker, Romero, Costa

Johnson, Dillashaw,. Moraes, Cruz

First one no chance.

If Marlon wasn’t in the Henry run then it’s a serious discussion.

Zookey123 · 24-10-2020 10:57PM

eagle eye wrote: »

Whittaker, Romero, Costa

Johnson, Dillashaw,. Moraes, Cruz

Are you serious? Romero is like in his 40s and Costa is some muscle head that bluffed his way into a title shot.
Johnson, DIllashaw, Cruz is a slightly better call but still not that great. (Cruz long term injury)

Blanco100 · 24-10-2020 11:02PM

Which current and somewhat realistic fighters beat Khabib in 2021?

Tazzimus · 24-10-2020 11:09PM

Blanco100 wrote: »

Which current and somewhat realistic fighters beat Khabib in 2021?

None because he's retired.

EagererBeaver · 24-10-2020 11:14PM

The only active UFC fighters with a realistic shot at a fight with him if he were to somehow unretire are welterweights. Probably only Usman and maybe Colby.

Another year or 18 months or so and there'd have potentially been talk of a dream Khabib-Khabig fight.

xtal191 · 24-10-2020 11:15PM

Can only see him coming back for GSP if not him then I def think he stays retired. He's filthy rich and doesn't need the McGregor fight again

derfderf · 24-10-2020 11:23PM

mdwexford wrote: »

You haven’t a clue what you’re watching so.

Tell me a better 3 fight win streak than McGregor, Poirier, Gaethje.

Silva, Machida, Belfort must be up there.

eagle eye · 24-10-2020 11:24PM

Simple fact of the matter is that Gaethje was beaten before that fight started. Dodgy weigh in yesterday and we seen a big welterweight fighting a lightweight tonight.
Very unfair to everybody.

MidlanderMan · 24-10-2020 11:47PM

eagle eye wrote: »

Simple fact of the matter is that Gaethje was beaten before that fight started. Dodgy weigh in yesterday and we seen a big welterweight fighting a lightweight tonight.
Very unfair to everybody.

He made weight. He's a lightweight. Get over it.

mdwexford · 24-10-2020 11:55PM

derfderf wrote: »

Silva, Machida, Belfort must be up there.

Machida and Vitor were 36 and 37.
Past their best in my opinion and in hindsight obviously.

eagle eye wrote: »

Simple fact of the matter is that Gaethje was beaten before that fight started. Dodgy weigh in yesterday and we seen a big welterweight fighting a lightweight tonight.
Very unfair to everybody.

Everyone has the same opportunity to cut weight.

eagle eye · 24-10-2020 11:56PM

MidlanderMan wrote:

He made weight. He's a lightweight. Get over it.

It was a very dodgy weigh in. The bar appeared to be still moving when he called the weight.

If you don't agree with that no point talking to you. If you didn't notice the size difference tonight you are as blind as a bat.

eagle eye · 24-10-2020 11:57PM

mdwexford wrote:

Everyone has the same opportunity to cut weight.

Did you see the weigh in? Are you happy that the bar was stopped when the weight was called?

25-10-2020 12:01AM

eagle eye wrote: »

Simple fact of the matter is that Gaethje was beaten before that fight started. Dodgy weigh in yesterday and we seen a big welterweight fighting a lightweight tonight.
Very unfair to everybody.

Assuming he missed weight by 2 pounds you think that him being 13 pounds below the welterweight limit makes him a big welterweight. Good lad.

eagle eye · 25-10-2020 12:17AM

You just had to look at the size of the two of them. There was a huge difference, you'd want to be blind not to see it.

MrStuffins · 25-10-2020 12:35AM

Not surprised with the amount of bitterness in here this evening.

"He hasn't fought anybody"
"He's too big"
"He's boring to watch"

There are always going to be those types. Almost every time it's a reflection of themselves, their own inadequacies.

Like it or not, the guy is the best LW on the planet. He's fought all comers and he's made minced-meat of them all.

Up until now the only thing anyone could even say about him was either "Michael Johnson rocked him" or "Dustin Poirier almost caught him in a guillotine".

Even if either of those things were true (they're not) both of those fights ended with Khabib's opponent tapping.

The man is incredible!

Eoinbmw · 25-10-2020 12:41AM

Like him or hate him the man is a complete machine!

UFC 254 - Khabib v Gaethje

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