UFC 254 - Khabib v Gaethje

StringerBell · 24-10-2020 10:15pm

chrisbonnie wrote: »

Gaetje was like a rabbit caught in the headlights. He was blowing after 30 seconds.

Makes you wonder, how good mcgregor actually did against khabib doesn't it

Khabib wanted to end that quick tonight being the difference.

JJayoo · 24-10-2020 10:15pm

Wow, crazy fight, Khabib has a solid fcuking chin.

Constant forward pressure stopped the leg kick game plan, tho those kicks were doing damage.

Justin was gassed I'm the first, he just couldn't catch his breathe, started swinging wildly

The White Feather · 24-10-2020 10:16pm

Conor just tweeted

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1320110761679724544?s=20

Alf Veedersane · 24-10-2020 10:16pm

chrisbonnie wrote: »

Gaetje was like a rabbit caught in the headlights. He was blowing after 30 seconds.

Makes you wonder, how good mcgregor actually did against khabib doesn't it

Javier Mendez said as much, that McGregor gave him trouble, but it wasn't a close fight at the same time.

He was just dominated to a lesser degree.

24-10-2020 10:16pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Also, contrary to a lot of the "he beat him on the feet" comments I think the stats were something like 24-22 in Khabib's favour in the first round, but Gaethje landed the best shots. A couple of huge lefts landed but khabib walked through the them.

Aye, without the takedown it was probably Gaethje's round.

Disagree that Gaethje was ****ed. Sure he looks like that in every single fight, albeit that was surely the most pressure he's ever been under.

True but other fighters tend to slow down to match. Khabib slowing down is still relentless compared to just about anyone else.

TRANQUILLO · 24-10-2020 10:17pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Also, contrary to a lot of the "he beat him on the feet" comments I think the stats were something like 24-22 in Khabib's favour in the first round, but Gaethje landed the best shots. A couple of huge lefts landed but khabib walked through the them.

Disagree that Gaethje was ****ed. Sure he looks like that in every single fight, albeit that was surely the most pressure he's ever been under.

Khabib has a great chin on him . He's just a lump of granite.

twinytwo · 24-10-2020 10:17pm

chrisbonnie wrote: »

Gaetje was like a rabbit caught in the headlights. He was blowing after 30 seconds.

Makes you wonder, how good mcgregor actually did against khabib doesn't it

Well he is what 1 of only 2 fighters to last more than 3 rounds against khabib?

Let's be honest though mac never wins that fight unless he Aldo's it.

EagererBeaver · 24-10-2020 10:17pm

TRANQUILLO wrote: »

I think it was sincere. He wont be back. You don't see him falling out of nightclubs with a slapper on his arm. He isn't in it for the twine.

I think a lot of MMA retirements are sincere in the moment (not Cejudo's lol) but they get tempted back, either by the money (most cases), a love of fighting (fewer alright) or a genuine desire to chase something really great (GSP).

I could see GSP coming back again if there was a mega fight and he felt it would add something to his legacy. I could see Khabib looking at the same fight and shrugging his shoulders.

TRANQUILLO · 24-10-2020 10:17pm

The White Feather wrote: »

Conor just tweeted

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1320110761679724544?s=20

All fur coat and no knickers.

mdwexford · 24-10-2020 10:18pm

Justin looked like he had an adrenaline dump to me.

Breathing heavy early and was putting way too much on his shots. Think the occasion got to him.

Winner of Conor v Dustin should fight Justin for the vacant title.

Mister Vain · 24-10-2020 10:19pm

Khabib is the GOAT.

Vestiapx · 24-10-2020 10:19pm

StringerBell wrote: »

Khabib wanted to end that quick tonight being the difference.

Bull

TRANQUILLO · 24-10-2020 10:19pm

The White Feather wrote: »

Conor just tweeted

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1320110761679724544?s=20

Thought he retired anyway? Some clown.

EagererBeaver · 24-10-2020 10:20pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Aye, without the takedown it was probably Gaethje's round.

Takedown that doesn't lead to meaningful offense doesn't score, or shouldn't score. I thought it was a pretty even round, damage right the same but Khabib's pressure probably took it.

dave1982 · 24-10-2020 10:20pm

Guaranteed Dustin nd conor will be for vacant title. Conor will win and refuse to defend it, so he has to be stripped again. Conor should never be allowed next a near a belt again

24-10-2020 10:21pm

If you think he has retired then I have a pouch of magic beans I'd like to sell you. This is basically him telling Dana White to pay him serious money for his last ever fight. His father said he wanted him to retire at 30-0 so he will retire at 30-0. He will be using this to leverage GSP or McGregor to essentially outbid each other money wise when it comes to PPV points. Dana was talking about Ferguson or Chandler being no.1 contender if they fight which I don't think Khabib will be going for. Ferguson coming off a KO loss to the guy you just beat handily is not a great ending to your fight record and a Bellator fighter who got knocked out by a FW not long ago isn't close to being good enough either.

It will be GSP or McGregor. One gives Khabib a rubber stamp of GOAT and the other gives you the biggest PPV fight of all time, not just in MMA, but quite possibly boxing also. I'd say it would reach 4 million buys if they rematch.

Khabib isn't done, unless his father told him to quit after his next fight while on his deathbed and Khabib is keeping that private then I think he will fight one final time. This just gives him all the leverage against the UFC and possibly Mcgregor/GSP.

eagle eye · 24-10-2020 10:21pm

TRANQUILLO wrote:

Thought he retired anyway? Some clown.

So he says something nice and he's a clown?
You are unbelievable.

EagererBeaver · 24-10-2020 10:21pm

mdwexford wrote: »

Winner of Conor v Dustin should fight Justin for the vacant title.

Ferguson deserves to be in the mix as well. I'll believe McGregor Vs Poirier when I see it.

mailburner · 24-10-2020 10:22pm

would love to have seen a third or fourth round
the pace khabib was fighting at was ridiculous

so now we have a vacant belt and it would only seem fair that two of poirier, gaethje and possibly ferguson fight for but money talks and if conor wants it I bet he gets put in there straight away

poirier v gaethje my guess

H8GHOTI · 24-10-2020 10:22pm

That was very disappointing. Was really hoping Gaethje would put up a better fight than that.

Khabib took ages to go for the takedown in the 1st. Like he was wary of Gaethje’s wrestling, just feeling him out. But for everything we heard in the build up he had nothing for him. No takedown defence & once he was on the ground, he didn’t have a hope.

eagle eye · 24-10-2020 10:22pm

If Khabib fights again it should be at welterweight.

dave1982 · 24-10-2020 10:23pm

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eagle eye wrote: »

So he says something nice and he's a clown?
You are unbelievable.

If you think he's sincere you're unbelievable

Mister Vain · 24-10-2020 10:24pm

Deleted User wrote: »

If you think he has retired then I have a pouch of magic beans I'd like to sell you. This is basically him telling Dana White to pay him serious money for his last ever fight. His father said he wanted him to retire at 30-0 so he will retire at 30-0. He will be using this to leverage GSP or McGregor to essentially outbid each other money wise when it comes to PPV points. Dana was talking about Ferguson or Chandler being no.1 contender if they fight which I don't think Khabib will be going for. Ferguson coming off a KO loss to the guy you just beat handily is not a great ending to your fight record and a Bellator fighter who got knocked out by a FW not long ago isn't close to being good enough either.

It will be GSP or McGregor. One gives Khabib a rubber stamp of GOAT and the other gives you the biggest PPV fight of all time, not just in MMA, but quite possibly boxing also. I'd say it would reach 4 million buys if they rematch.

Khabib isn't done, unless his father told him to quit after his next fight while on his deathbed and Khabib is keeping that private then I think he will fight one final time. This just gives him all the leverage against the UFC and possibly Mcgregor/GSP.

I dunno, he seems genuine. He's not the flippant type. Although I would love to see him fight again.

mdwexford · 24-10-2020 10:25pm

Deleted User wrote: »

If you think he has retired then I have a pouch of magic beans I'd like to sell you. This is basically him telling Dana White to pay him serious money for his last ever fight. His father said he wanted him to retire at 30-0 so he will retire at 30-0. He will be using this to leverage GSP or McGregor to essentially outbid each other money wise when it comes to PPV points. Dana was talking about Ferguson or Chandler being no.1 contender if they fight which I don't think Khabib will be going for. Ferguson coming off a KO loss to the guy you just beat handily is not a great ending to your fight record and a Bellator fighter who got knocked out by a FW not long ago isn't close to being good enough either.

It will be GSP or McGregor. One gives Khabib a rubber stamp of GOAT and the other gives you the biggest PPV fight of all time, not just in MMA, but quite possibly boxing also. I'd say it would reach 4 million buys if they rematch.

Khabib isn't done, unless his father told him to quit after his next fight while on his deathbed and Khabib is keeping that private then I think he will fight one final time. This just gives him all the leverage against the UFC and possibly Mcgregor/GSP.

You must not know Khabib at all.

Money is not his motivation.
This was not a ploy for extra cash.

It’s possible he may fight GSP or the welterweight champ for the 30 but I doubt it.

TRANQUILLO · 24-10-2020 10:26pm

eagle eye wrote: »

So he says something nice and he's a clown?
You are unbelievable.

Give over.

"Yours sincerely the mcgregors "

Laced with sneer.

mailburner · 24-10-2020 10:26pm

I'm naive enough to believe he's retired
he strikes me as a man that wont come back for anyone now
that he's given his word

gsp though? the dream fight even tho gsp wouldn't have a prayer at this stage of his life.

eagle eye · 24-10-2020 10:26pm

dave1982 wrote:

If you think he's sincere you're unbelievable

All you have to go on is the words out up. No hint that he is not genuine so no reason to doubt it unless you know him personally

24-10-2020 10:26pm

dave1982 wrote: »

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If you think he's sincere you're unbelievable

What is insincere about such a basic congratulations/condolence tweet? What an utterly stupid comment.

24-10-2020 10:27pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

I could see GSP coming back again if there was a mega fight and he felt it would add something to his legacy. I could see Khabib looking at the same fight and shrugging his shoulders.

I don't see what beating a near 40 year old with memory problems who has won one fight in the last 7 years would add to Khabib's legacy.

sonofenoch · 24-10-2020 10:27pm

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

vafankillar · 24-10-2020 10:27pm

pity to see khabib retired. would have like to see him fight a few more times, but it's understandable, it's the same kind of commitment that made him who he is.

I do think had Mcgregor gone from the Alvarez fight straight to khabib he might have done it, but he went off the rails imo and all that boxing **** and antics ruined his flow completely. yeah he showed flare against cowboy but that wasn't exactly top level.

Vestiapx · 24-10-2020 10:28pm

Deleted User wrote: »

If you think he has retired then I have a pouch of magic beans I'd like to sell you. This is basically him telling Dana White to pay him serious money for his last ever fight. His father said he wanted him to retire at 30-0 so he will retire at 30-0. He will be using this to leverage GSP or McGregor to essentially outbid each other money wise when it comes to PPV points. Dana was talking about Ferguson or Chandler being no.1 contender if they fight which I don't think Khabib will be going for. Ferguson coming off a KO loss to the guy you just beat handily is not a great ending to your fight record and a Bellator fighter who got knocked out by a FW not long ago isn't close to being good enough either.

It will be GSP or McGregor. One gives Khabib a rubber stamp of GOAT and the other gives you the biggest PPV fight of all time, not just in MMA, but quite possibly boxing also. I'd say it would reach 4 million buys if they rematch.

Khabib isn't done, unless his father told him to quit after his next fight while on his deathbed and Khabib is keeping that private then I think he will fight one final time. This just gives him all the leverage against the UFC and possibly Mcgregor/GSP.

Gsp at 155 ?

24-10-2020 10:28pm

eagle eye wrote: »

All you have to go on is the words out up. No hint that he is not genuine so no reason to doubt it unless you know him personally

"It's so unfortunate that that young man outside Lidl is always just a Euro short for his bus home."

dave1982 · 24-10-2020 10:29pm

Deleted User wrote: »

If you think he has retired then I have a pouch of magic beans I'd like to sell you. This is basically him telling Dana White to pay him serious money for his last ever fight. His father said he wanted him to retire at 30-0 so he will retire at 30-0. He will be using this to leverage GSP or McGregor to essentially outbid each other money wise when it comes to PPV points. Dana was talking about Ferguson or Chandler being no.1 contender if they fight which I don't think Khabib will be going for. Ferguson coming off a KO loss to the guy you just beat handily is not a great ending to your fight record and a Bellator fighter who got knocked out by a FW not long ago isn't close to being good enough either.

It will be GSP or McGregor. One gives Khabib a rubber stamp of GOAT and the other gives you the biggest PPV fight of all time, not just in MMA, but quite possibly boxing also. I'd say it would reach 4 million buys if they rematch.

Khabib isn't done, unless his father told him to quit after his next fight while on his deathbed and Khabib is keeping that private then I think he will fight one final time. This just gives him all the leverage against the UFC and possibly Mcgregor/GSP.

Haha are you trolling because that's total nonsense

eagle eye · 24-10-2020 10:29pm

Deleted User wrote:

"It's so unfortunate that that young man outside Lidl is always just a Euro short for his bus home."

What is that crap?

Dtp1979 · 24-10-2020 10:31pm

Tweets on the screen during the fight rot my hole

TRANQUILLO · 24-10-2020 10:31pm

Seemingly khabib fought with a broken foot.

s1ippy · 24-10-2020 10:31pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Aww poor Khabib. I might cry myself now.

That was so lousy. I wanted to cheer but I wanted to cry too.

24-10-2020 10:31pm

eagle eye wrote: »

What is that crap?

If you actually go through your life taking people's words and not their previous actions and statements and general awareness into account then that's the kind of thoughts that logically follow. Or ya know, you can use some cop on.

TRANQUILLO · 24-10-2020 10:31pm

Deleted User wrote: »

"It's so unfortunate that that young man outside Lidl is always just a Euro short for his bus home."

that gave me a right laugh.

EagererBeaver · 24-10-2020 10:32pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I don't see what beating a near 40 year old with memory problems who has won one fight in the last 7 years would add to Khabib's legacy.

Same guy had won 0 fights in four years and came back and beat the middleweight champion.

Because names and star power matter when it comes to general perception. If McGregor had beaten Mayweather it would be rightly lauded as an incredible feat, embellishment of his legacy. Nobody would be going around saying he beat a 40 year old retired lad.

24-10-2020 10:33pm

Just me or does Dana sound a bit off / slurring his words on the presser? Seemed exhausted.

24-10-2020 10:34pm

mdwexford wrote: »

You must not know Khabib at all.

Money is not his motivation.
This was not a ploy for extra cash.

It’s possible he may fight GSP or the welterweight champ for the 30 but I doubt it.

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.

24-10-2020 10:37pm

dave1982 wrote: »

Haha are you trolling because that's total nonsense

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:

ctrl-alt-delete · 24-10-2020 10:38pm

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.

What about him saying to his Mother, who didn't want him to fight without his Father that this would be his last fight? Said something along the lines of making her a promise.

eagle eye · 24-10-2020 10:39pm

Deleted User wrote:

If you actually go through your life taking people's words and not their previous actions and statements and general awareness into account then that's the kind of thoughts that logically follow. Or ya know, you can use some cop on.

You are so full of crap on this subject. If McGregor wants a to insult he doesn't hide it. That's how little you know

yourdeadwright · 24-10-2020 10:40pm

TRANQUILLO wrote: »

Seemingly khabib fought with a broken foot.

Dont believe that for a second if hos foot was broke hed have been cutting weigh on a bile instead of running surley, The UFC vlog he was running every day before the fight?

vafankillar · 24-10-2020 10:40pm

mcgregor's tweet for anyone that missed it

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yourdeadwright · 24-10-2020 10:43pm

Taking nothing away from Khabin but Justin was absolutely awful off his back

TRANQUILLO · 24-10-2020 10:46pm

After all the covid protocols on fight island it ends with 4 lads spitting into each others shoes and drinking beer from said footwear . Heheheh

UFC 254 - Khabib v Gaethje

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