No. He’s a 155 easy. Look at him. He didn’t even struggle to make 155.
I'm pretty drunk but I want some of what this guy is having.
Ah ffs Raoul... that’s like saying Barca truly deserved 2009 final.
I don’t think anyone is “denying” Khabib. There’s just a big difference between him being the best lightweight at the moment and the GOAT. Which is what is being thrown around at the moment. Jones is considered one of the best because of the variety of opponents, variety of his skill and longevity at the very top.
You seem defensive about Dagestani fighters mate, almost like Conor fanboys accepting his faults. You surely realise the reason that they can't fight those guys is the fact that they suck at wrestling and has nothing to do with their cardio. At 19 you had better cardio than any UFC guy but they'd probably have taken your head off in a fight. Cardio is a small part of any fighter and while the Diaz' have fantastic cardio they have always lacked wrestling chops to win against guys like Usman. If MMA was just stand up then the Diaz brothers would have been the best guys for a long time. In context their are footballers with better cardio than Messi but because he is so much better at actual football he is a much better footballer than them.
That's cause you knew the result in advance
Well my friend, just so happens that I had players over from Stoke City, and we laughed at them. We actually laughed, and then we subconsciously scuttled our minds....
Oh man he's not the GOAT. I hate Jones but he's the one (all fighters are on PEDs, every single one and every other sports people too). He's the best because he's good at everything whereas Khabib is great at one thing (although no one can stop it). However at this stage Khabib is the best Lightweight ever by a distance and has to ve in the conversation for GOAT.
I don't need to have the best cardio to laugh at Stoke players tbh.
Well of course I’d get ended in a fight... but at the end of the day, cardio is what keeps me focused longer. You make divisive tasks a split second earlier. That plays a massive part.
How can you judge Khabib's fitness to be this high from just watching him fighting but dismiss Nate when he fights AND competes in an endurance event
How can you say it’s not a struggle when he missed weight multiple times in the past.
I genuinely don’t think he can with the quality of opponents he’s faced.
No its not. Khabib has yet to fight the best fighter in his own division. He needs to do so and win convincingly in order to be considered the greatest ever. This is not particularly complicated.
Because they genuinely don't give a feck and prefer smoking weed on boat parties in Cabo.
Point was, that people can get very, very fit but not resistant. I can stretch you like a band... but for how long...?
Hopefully the boiled variety.
Did you see the weigh in? He stripped bollocko and looked relieved when he heard his weight. It's well known that he's struggled in the past, and it gets harder each time. Why put your body through a weight cut like that over and over again. His only issue at 170 could be his height, but DC proved that height means feck all when you're on your back.
That was a bad example but something I have experience with so I can relate. I genuinely do not see this cardio in Nate Diaz... feck me maybe I’m totally wrong but I just see him as a barely fit, yet competent Gracie BJJ black belt and and a massive brawler. I don’t see he him as an elite athlete. If he runs triathlons, then my answer is, I did that early before I joined the Royal Marines, and when I did I got completely found out for not being fit enough.
Barely fit. Are you actually mental?
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I thought the 2nd one he attempted (round 3 ?) was pretty tight and looked like it had a 50/50 chance of finishing him. Khabib did a good job to lean into the choke and free himself.
Khabib is a class act.
Good interview as always from Khabib. I disagree with him on the last bit. If he beats Tony, he will have cleared out the division. The only option at that point would be to move up or finish with a mega fight against a GSP or the like.
Loved it here as well. 10am early prelims, 2pm main card.
Personally I don't think anyone 'kills' Tony.
Agreed. I get the impression anyone who says that hasn't watched much UFC and isn't familiar with Tony. Khabib could win, but it certainly won't be easy like his previous fights.
I've no doubt that both are elite athletes mate and that Nate would hang with Khabib.
I probably agree but I don't like to gate keep
he was being graceful
I probably agree but I don't like to gate keep
Conor fought Khabib at the wrong point in his career in my opinion. He was long past his peak by 2018, despite being at an age where he should have been peaking. His focus/hunger was gone and he'd spent 2 years not really being an MMA fighter. Cocaine is a hell of a drug too... Had he fought him in the autumn of 2016 (for example, if Conor fought Khabib at 205 instead of Eddie) we would have seen a much better fight. I'm not saying Conor would win but he wouldn't have been bitch slapped so badly.
But yeah, Tony is the one to watch. I'd be pissed if they did a Conor rematch before Tony-Khabib. Right fighting style and a crazy MF too. Speaking of crazy Raging Al's performance looks better and better every time you see Khabib since then, too.
The next event wont be as warm as hopefully the arena will be done.
Exactly. He burnt his last reserves of energy and when Khabib needs to control hands, Dustin has no strength to fight or resist.
