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Bundt Cake posted:doesn't khabib pretty much plow straight forward into punches? p sure hes going to die Yes he does. I just think that he can survive eating that punch on the way in. If that happens, he'll get the clinch, and then make Conor pay tenfold for that one punch. After the standup happens, Conor will be too beaten up to make it happen meaningfully again.
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CommonShore posted:Yes he does. I just think that he can survive eating that punch on the way in. If that happens, he'll get the clinch, and then make Conor pay tenfold for that one punch. After the standup happens, Conor will be too beaten up to make it happen meaningfully again. what if conor stick + moves and khabib just eats that punch over and over again
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Bundt Cake posted:what if conor stick + moves and khabib just eats that punch over and over again Plz don't try to bring high level concepts like moving out of the way into MMA
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Sep 12, 2018 18:33
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Bundt Cake posted:what if conor stick + moves and khabib just eats that punch over and over again i think he will fade quickly. he looked alright for 5 rounds against diaz which is good going but i personally think khabib is even fitter and certainly stronger
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Sep 12, 2018 18:35
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if it weren't for how loving good and improved Conor has looked since the fight against nate it'd be easy to say Khabib. but if he spent three hundred thousand dollars to learn how to throw leg kicks BEFORE the Mayweather payday I bet he's spending half a million on learning to sprawl
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I.N.R.I posted:i think he will fade quickly. he looked alright for 5 rounds against diaz which is good going but i personally think khabib is even fitter and certainly stronger I agree with that too. im trying to convince myself of my imaginary bull v matador scenario but its not working
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conor vs. khabib press conference in NY next week media only no public
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Throwin bottles in the conf, like a blizzard When we get fined we do it right gettin slizzard
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i dont think khabib is any fitter than nate. nate can go 5 hard rounds but conor was cracking him and getting hit takes away your gas real fast. khabib has a much better way to tire out and beat conor than nate did tho, and nate still won
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but i definitely agree that if khabib is doin his thing then conor is gonna fade pretty quick and get dominated on the ground
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Don't forget Conor hasn't fought in an MMA fight in 21 months, and has been most likely living it up playboy style. There's got to be a bit of ring rust, and I doubt he'll be mentally sharp going in. On top of that he's fighting an elite grappler, and we've seen that grappling is his weakest skill. I could see him break mentally if Khabib gets him down and controls him there. Then again, IF the fight happens, it could just be a repeat of the Aldo fight. It's so compelling though, something the UFC really needs.
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it doesn't feel like an exciting fight to talk about, like it will be to watch but no one anywhere seems to think it will be anything other than 1 of them looking dominant
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Skip My Posts posted:i dont think khabib is any fitter than nate. nate can go 5 hard rounds but conor was cracking him and getting hit takes away your gas real fast. khabib has a much better way to tire out and beat conor than nate did tho, and nate still won I could go with that. . Nate and Max are both awesome on the feet but everyone else has got KO'd right? In my minds eye Khabibs head swings around as he charges in and I think he might get KOd
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Sep 12, 2018 18:55
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i have no idea whats gonna happen. even when conor was dropping nate like 5 times and had him tired, he also faded bad and had to run to avoid exchanges in the later rounds
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Sep 12, 2018 18:58
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Khabib sub's him in round three, I reckon. Conor will have moments and there's a definite rematch booked regsrdless of winner, though if it's Conor's win, he takes another 2 years off so he gets stripped instead so he never has to defend a belt.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Khabib sub's him in round three, I reckon. if i had to make a pick i would pick exactly that, khabib by soem kind of choke in the 3rd round
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Conor has really good footwork and a decent frame, so until he gets tuckered out i can see him landing lots. He does really well against guys who try to punch into the clinch or set up a double with an overhand, so it will be interesting to see what khabib does to get in snd how well it will work. One imagines ankle picks and low singles, but we will see
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Like for eddie the path to victory was circle to eddie's left, get a single or arm drag, and try to get it to the ground. He circled right and tried to stand and trade from the opening bell
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lol eddie does that poo poo like clockwork, part of his charm at this point
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This will be Khabib's best opponent for sure, right? But not for Conor, since he fought Aldo and (the dumbest possible version of) Eddie. Don't think it has any affect on the fight, just an observation.
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More than any recent fight I feel this one is a coin toss and I wouldn't be able to predict a winner with any sort of certainty. If I *had* to, Conor in round 2 by knockout, but really who the gently caress knows.
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Skip My Posts posted:i have no idea whats gonna happen. even when conor was dropping nate like 5 times and had him tired, he also faded bad and had to run to avoid exchanges in the later rounds conor's not gonna be punching up at khabib so i think he'll hit harder. and i mean if khabib is as tough as nate i don't even know how you'd beat him.
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My first inclination might be my best in that Khabib took some shots against Johnson that were worrisome and you can't do that against Conor. Gun to my head, Conor tko r2. I'm pulling for Khabib though and really hopes he ragdolls Mac around the octagon for a few rounds before ground-and-pounding him into mush. That would be my ideal ending to the fight.
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Sep 12, 2018 20:19
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Conor might be punching up from his back the entire fight
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Conor's last fight was also a boxing match a year ago, and he may have actually gotten crazier or is doing more drugs, so who the gently caress knows.
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Sep 12, 2018 20:26
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I look forward to the post fight "X was never really that good" discussion in a few weeks.
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Mekchu posted:I look forward to the post fight "X was never really that good" discussion in a few weeks. Im posting that now about both guys if it makes you feel any better
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Wonder if Conor comes out in that wide stance. If he does, khabib wouldn't really have to put himself in the firing line to pick an ankle up.
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Marching Powder posted:Wonder if Conor comes out in that wide stance. If he does, khabib wouldn't really have to put himself in the firing line to pick an ankle up. Yeah I was thinking that too but Conor does frame up pretty well and has real nice footwork and balance.
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Mekchu posted:I look forward to the post fight "X was never really that good" discussion in a few weeks. I was waiting for conor to get wrecked during his entire march to the title. I actually put $100 on chadmoney because Conor had never faced an american trained wrestler in the UFC and I expected him to be exposed. He basically kept proving me wrong over and over until Nate choked him out, and he was able to redeem himself in the rematch. Basically I agree with the people here that one of the people in this match are going to make it look easy while they dominate the other one, I just don't know which person.
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Shout out to Conor ruining the UFC and make his own once every other year fights the only good ones
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mewse posted:I was waiting for conor to get wrecked during his entire march to the title. I actually put $100 on chadmoney because Conor had never faced an american trained wrestler in the UFC and I expected him to be exposed. He basically kept proving me wrong over and over until Nate choked him out, and he was able to redeem himself in the rematch. i bet on chad too lol. i was thinkin it was workin out great for like the first round or so
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Mr. Carlisle posted:Conor might be punching up from his back the entire fight maybe, yeah. hopefully, even!
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Bluedeanie posted:This will be Khabib's best opponent for sure, right? But not for Conor, since he fought Aldo and (the dumbest possible version of) Eddie. Don't think it has any affect on the fight, just an observation. Definitely Khabib’s best opponent. The thing is, Conor made Aldo and Eddie both fight in a dumb way. Is Khabib too much of a stone cold single-minded killer, or will he too fall victim to Irish hypnosis?
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FishBowlRobot posted:Definitely Khabib’s best opponent. The thing is, Conor made Aldo and Eddie both fight in a dumb way. It's not really hypnosis when the way he fights every time plays into Conor's strengths while it's on the feet.
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Skip My Posts posted:sounds like TJ wants the Cejudo fight Easy money.
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Mekchu posted:I look forward to the post fight "X was never really that good" discussion in a few weeks. I've been making fun of Conor not defending belts since years before his most recent title stripping. At the end of the night either I'm still gonna make fun of him exactly as much for being too much a prick to defend what he wins, or I'm gonna make fun of him harder for having a new thing he won't ever defend Good news is it seems there are less people currently under the assumption he'll defend if he wins
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Dan Didio posted:Easy money. yeah i think so, sounds like they want it at 125 as well
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