I don't believe that he did, at least i don't remember reading or hearing about it. Do you have a link to where he said it?
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I’ve decided Khabib is average at wrestling check this out.
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Some good info on DC and a possible Jones or Lesnar fight down the road
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Zubaira Tukhugov didn't sucker punch McGregor. That was Khabib's childhood friend Asadullah Emiragaev who is not even a professional fighter. He was sitting front row (with the rest Khabib's team that weren't in his fight corner) and jumped the cage when shit went down.
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I think he’s really interesting to listen to, he speaks very well. As a non UFC fan who watched my first fight I’ve been watching and listening to his videos and it’s getting me interested in the sport.
Think he makes some good points in that video you posted too.
He was a pretty good fighter in his day. Check out his epic fight against Anderson Silva when you get a chance.
Yeah I’ll check it out. Was planning on trying to watch him fight this weekend, if it was this weekend that I saw he had a fight?
Agree with Chael 100%.
But hopefully that fight don't happen right away, anything but Khabib vs Tony would be disappointing.
Sadly I can see the UFC pushing for the instant rematch though, and paying Khabib a shitload of money. (and the NAC helping out by suspending both by 6 months)
Yep, Saturday night on the Bellator heavyweight tournament semi finals. (Friday night it's the other semi final, Bader vs Mitrione)
This thread makes for very reflective viewing of the grand scale upon which Conor, and by proxy (almost) Khabib, operate on.
What it's done for Khabib has gone far beyond the sport now and I've seen chats away from this site between people who have zero interest in UFC or MMA talking about Khabib and supporting him for what they see as upholding their own pride as Muslims. He is now a cash cow in his own right off the back of this fight for wholly different reasons to Conor. Many Muslims will now, I believe, tune in just to follow Khabib as he is now essentially an avatar millions have latched on to.
I've seen three live chats in varying live rooms I've been in totally unrelated to sport with people who are part of those communities that I've known of (not as friends but sharing a common interest over a long period of time) enough to get to know their banter, and this is the first time I've ever seen them deviate from the usual, which is generally content specific to the particular room for the particular interest I am there for. Although I can't understand the text, as it's usually French, I see Khabib this and Khabib that and many words that are clearly praising him.
Much like how this thread still hasn't got back to normal post-fight, the same is going on across multiple fora and chatrooms still being flooded with Khabib and Conor talk. It's safe to say they have transcended their own sport and people are following the pair of them as individuals now and will, for the time being, be tuning in to watch either of them fight totally irrespective of who it's against. Of course, what this equates to is $$$$ for the UFC, and you can bet Dana's avarice is at an all time high as figures out how to maximise the profit from both Khabib's new fanbase and Conor's infamy to even further heights.
Khabib, for the time-being, will be untouchable, and I bet they will bow to his demands because they don't want all those potential earnings going elsewhere. The headline, and the elevation to martyred deity, writes itself if the UFC were to cut Khabib now - the warrior who stood by his principles and even forwent his fight purse and told the evil empire to stick it. That's a narrative that would take his new employees at Bellator to a transcendent level as an organisation and generate even more followers for Khabib.
This fight has been about more than just fighting in the octagon for quite some time now, and the next steps could take it even further off on a tangent should the UFC lose him. They're [UFC] many things, but they are not stupid, and greed and profiteering is paramount to them; they will be aware of all this and mete out the bare minimum punishments they can to make it look like they are doing something in the face of criticism for letting an event like this end in shambles.
I think the talk of PPV buys where Conor is the draw are now off the mark - Khabib is going to generate serious buys in his own right and if he is paired up with exciting fights (Ferguson or a Conor rematch) his earning potential via advertising it correctly, is going to explode. The UFC can now beam Khabib to millions upon millions of Muslims as a hero of the people - to their eyes, just another enormous market to capitalise off of, and it will work. The sport will, for a while, have many tuning in for no other reason than to support Khabib and that translates into serious $$$$$.
This thread is usually reserved for regulars with the odd interjection from other posters, but since the fight, it has been non-stop with practically the entire spotlight shone firmly on both fighters. I can't recall so many pages being taken up by a sole fight like this, and it shows how much interest there is in what's going on with both of these fighters. Even with a sullied ending, the UFC has once again managed to come out on top with anticipation of both fighters' next moves at what will be a career apex.
If we're looking at it from a purely money-making exercise, the immediate rematch is an absolute no-brainer and will make a lot more than the first did due to all the additional factors that will come about from the rematch. Ferguson is going to get shafted, as although he is the logical step and the missing link in all of this, pitting what are now two star earners for the organisation against each other in a story that just needs i's dotted and t's crossed, is just too easy and too great an opportunity for them to pass up.
What it's done for Khabib has gone far beyond the sport now and I've seen chats away from this site between people who have zero interest in UFC or MMA talking about Khabib and supporting him for what they see as upholding their own pride as Muslims. He is now a cash cow in his own right off the back of this fight for wholly different reasons to Conor. Many Muslims will now, I believe, tune in just to follow Khabib as he is now essentially an avatar millions have latched on to.
I've seen three live chats in varying live rooms I've been in totally unrelated to sport with people who are part of those communities that I've known of (not as friends but sharing a common interest over a long period of time) enough to get to know their banter, and this is the first time I've ever seen them deviate from the usual, which is generally content specific to the particular room for the particular interest I am there for. Although I can't understand the text, as it's usually French, I see Khabib this and Khabib that and many words that are clearly praising him.
Much like how this thread still hasn't got back to normal post-fight, the same is going on across multiple fora and chatrooms still being flooded with Khabib and Conor talk. It's safe to say they have transcended their own sport and people are following the pair of them as individuals now and will, for the time being, be tuning in to watch either of them fight totally irrespective of who it's against. Of course, what this equates to is $$$$ for the UFC, and you can bet Dana's avarice is at an all time high as figures out how to maximise the profit from both Khabib's new fanbase and Conor's infamy to even further heights.
Khabib, for the time-being, will be untouchable, and I bet they will bow to his demands because they don't want all those potential earnings going elsewhere. The headline, and the elevation to martyred deity, writes itself if the UFC were to cut Khabib now - the warrior who stood by his principles and even forwent his fight purse and told the evil empire to stick it. That's a narrative that would take his new employees at Bellator to a transcendent level as an organisation and generate even more followers for Khabib.
This fight has been about more than just fighting in the octagon for quite some time now, and the next steps could take it even further off on a tangent should the UFC lose him. They're [UFC] many things, but they are not stupid, and greed and profiteering is paramount to them; they will be aware of all this and mete out the bare minimum punishments they can to make it look like they are doing something in the face of criticism for letting an event like this end in shambles.
I think the talk of PPV buys where Conor is the draw are now off the mark - Khabib is going to generate serious buys in his own right and if he is paired up with exciting fights (Ferguson or a Conor rematch) his earning potential via advertising it correctly, is going to explode. The UFC can now beam Khabib to millions upon millions of Muslims as a hero of the people - to their eyes, just another enormous market to capitalise off of, and it will work. The sport will, for a while, have many tuning in for no other reason than to support Khabib and that translates into serious $$$$$.
This thread is usually reserved for regulars with the odd interjection from other posters, but since the fight, it has been non-stop with practically the entire spotlight shone firmly on both fighters. I can't recall so many pages being taken up by a sole fight like this, and it shows how much interest there is in what's going on with both of these fighters. Even with a sullied ending, the UFC has once again managed to come out on top with anticipation of both fighters' next moves at what will be a career apex.
If we're looking at it from a purely money-making exercise, the immediate rematch is an absolute no-brainer and will make a lot more than the first did due to all the additional factors that will come about from the rematch. Ferguson is going to get shafted, as although he is the logical step and the missing link in all of this, pitting what are now two star earners for the organisation against each other in a story that just needs i's dotted and t's crossed, is just too easy and too great an opportunity for them to pass up.
Pretty much everything you said is right.
Annnnnnd, Dana White is such a feck up, it wouldn't shock me at all if they let him walk.
Annnnnnd, Dana White is such a feck up, it wouldn't shock me at all if they let him walk.
Yeah that's probably fair comment really. I do like listening to both of them talking, McGregor is good to listen to when he's not promoting like you say for example.
I don't mind the hype around fights to be honest it gets me up for it, I just try to not judge the fighters, same with boxing. Most the time they're playing a character.
Nate has been pretty open about not liking fighting hasn't he? I imagine he just wants one more McGregor deal and he's done. I don't think the Dustin fight is to bad of a thing for him, he'll possibly get Conor rematch next and then can retire from there.
No way would he let him walk. Dana is a dick but he knows money when he sees it there's no chance he lets Khabib go, I can't think of any fighters who are as popular as he is right now who Dana has just let go.
The fines and legal costs that Conor incurred and the two will potentially incur is the best marketing investment UFC could ever hope for. Everyones talking about Khabib and Mac!!!!
You've got to say that since the brawl Khabib's profile has increased 1000%. In the grand scheme of things, might turn out to be a good career move after all. I mean is anyone missing that fight if they have a rematch?
It's kind of shame the UFC has become less about the sport of MMA than a money making exercise. Any sport that takes itself seriously should be able to have a modus operandi that promotes the fighting first not a side show based on popularity and notoriety. Imagine football or Olympic sports suddenly becoming all about entertainment and having a 100 m final just based on the most popular sprinters. It's ludicrous. Potentially the death of the UFC as the pinnacle of MMA if that hasn't haopenha already.
Unless Khabib has no fights left on his UFC contract which i very much doubt given his own comments yesterday. Then he won't be fighting for any other promotion in the US or Europe until his contract is fulfilled. He could probably go fight somewhere in Asia and obviously Russia against the UFC's wishes but they would only be smaller MMA organisations.
The UFC don't tend to let fighters under contract fight elsewhere unless they don't want them any more and have decided to cut them for whatever reason.
Its getting far to WWE - its going to kill the sport ultimately that there is a commercial company hyping and setting fights rather than any real recognized body / federation running it
Im sick of it all to be honest
Ferguson v McGregor v Nurmagamedov
Triple threat.
Special guest referee: Nate Diaz.
Sorted.
Triple threat.
Special guest referee: Nate Diaz.
Sorted.
True, I remember a time when boxing fans used to look on in envy at UFC with fights being made on merit and not based on the potential purse.
It was fine, and the sport grew massively as a result, under the previous owners. Problem is the new owners paid way over the odds and are desperate to haul back some cash quickly, hence the focus on money fights and big names rather than who actually deserves to challenge for belts and building new stars.
No doubt about it. There are suddenly people all over the place, including in this thread, defending Khabib on religious or honor grounds, and of course Conor has always had his fans all over, including here. People are simply going to choose a side and argue on behalf of them with little to no knowledge of MMA or the fight game in general.
Apparently Michael Johnson has been lined up to fight Artem in Moncton. MJ gonna whoop him.
They are both terrible. I believe both have lost a majority of their last 5 or 6 fights. How they remain in the UFC when the likes of Mousasi and MacDonald are allowed to leave is beyond me.
Both will be on a lot less money than Mousasi and MacDonald wanted in fairness.
Johnson does seem past his best, he used to go on a bit of a run then lose the big fight but now he just looks done. I reckon he takes Artem pretty easily though.
Mousasi left because he liked Scott Coker better than Dana and Rory moved on because he didn't like the way the Reekbok deal was being imposed on the fighters as well as the fact that Bellator were more chill about fighters building their own brands. I can understand why the UFC wouldn't be interested in the likes of Cro Cop, Paul Daley, Fedor, Lyoto, Frank Mir et al....but the aforementioned two as well as Phil Davis, Bader, and Roy Nelson still have a lot to offer imo.
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I don't think MJ is too bad at the moment , his LW record is 1-1. The record should be 2-1 after this fight.
Why did Benson Henderson jump ship?
Actually, his FW record should be closer to 0-2. He lost the fight with Fili but the judges gave him the decision. I remember because i had money on Johnson and i was delighted.
Still, a washed up Johnson should be able to beat Lobov.
I meant FW.Its a bit ambiguous. Dana claimed he offered him more money but Henderson claims he did it "to have options" and support his family. So something doesn't add up, but if i were to read the tea leaves, I would guess that Bellator gives fighters a bit more flexibility in terms of building their brands and doing side business ventures, which even though they may pay a bit less, the fighters would presumably recoup that loss by making more money on the side. Plus by all accounts, Coker is a much more chill President to work with than Dana...who is notoriously grudgy with certain fighters, managers etc.
So Dana actually offered him less. Bellator also allows fighters to have their own sponsorships.
He offered him more than his previous contract, but that would obviously be capped by UFC restrictions on fighters earning more money from sponsorships.
Read this post on another Internet forum I sometimes frequent and I thought it was one of the most detailed, informative breakdowns of the McGregor v Khabib situation that I’ve read (even if it is heavily influenced from a McGregor standpoint):
Great read.
I remember seeing Chael on the Apprentice, he took a pair of scissors to a live PC cable in an effort to get his team a time extension but was caught and fired. He's rather strange but I find myself hypnotised when he talks...