FinneasGage Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 ariel's show is loaded today. conor and khabib on. https://twitter.com/i/events/964202978675605505 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungJefe Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) Khabib's a great grappler but I don't see anyway that he beats Conor. The majority of his opponents have been hand picked to highlight his strengths and his overall resume isn't very impressive. For his career his opponents have a 27% KO rate (in their wins) and a 16% KO rate (in their fights overall). He has only fought two guys in the UFC that have a 50%+ KO rate for their career, Al Iaquinta and Edson Barboza who have a combined 8 KO in 29 UFC appearances with those KO coming against: Rodrigo Damm, Ross Pearson, Joe Lauzon, Diego Sanchez, Terry Etim, Lucas Martins, Evan Dunham, and Beneil Dariush. So even the decent strikers he has fought have only had success against journeymen and haven't been able to finish anyone else. Edited October 1, 2018 by YoungJefe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles101 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 1 hour ago, YoungJefe said: Khabib's a great grappler but I don't see anyway that he beats Conor. The majority of his opponents have been hand picked to highlight his strengths and his overall resume isn't very impressive. For his career his opponents have a 27% KO rate (in their wins) and a 16% KO rate (in their fights overall). He has only fought two guys in the UFC that have a 50%+ KO rate for their career, Al Iaquinta and Edson Barboza who have a combined 8 KO in 29 UFC appearances with those KO coming against: Rodrigo Damm, Ross Pearson, Joe Lauzon, Diego Sanchez, Terry Etim, Lucas Martins, Evan Dunham, and Beneil Dariush. So even the decent strikers he has fought have only had success against journeymen and haven't been able to finish anyone else. And? Just because he hasnt fought a striker like connor doesnt mean he cant beat him. Connor hasnt fought a wrestler like khabib. Khabib is more tested against strikers then connor is against wrestlers. Chad Mendes was his closest and it was short notice and chad did good until he completely gassed. The question is can connor knock him out before khabib puts his hands on him. If khabib gets one grappling exchange i doubt connor has the gas to outlast khabib. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsandBroncos Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Conor WILL run out of gas if the fight goes to the ground and lasts all of the rounds. The odds are most likely the following- 1) Conor Taps from Kamura or the more likely surprise 2) Khabib shoots and gets hooked in the Jaw and goes to sleep. These are 100% the only outcomes. I'd bet some serious money on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Snack Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 9 hours ago, eagles101 said: Sean O’Malley is out. Not the worse fight to lose but it is disappointing. Just listened to some of his podcast and the golden snitch even told him the amount was so small it has to be tainted supplements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazer026 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Would have loved to see Mousasi/Whittaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles101 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 12 minutes ago, Big Snack said: Just listened to some of his podcast and the golden snitch even told him the amount was so small it has to be tainted supplements. Ya thats what it sounds like but it aucks he loses out on this fight for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles101 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 42 minutes ago, BullsandBroncos said: Conor WILL run out of gas if the fight goes to the ground and lasts all of the rounds. The odds are most likely the following- 1) Conor Taps from Kamura or the more likely surprise 2) Khabib shoots and gets hooked in the Jaw and goes to sleep. These are 100% the only outcomes. I'd bet some serious money on it. So the most likely out come is something khabib has only done twice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarCrazy2832 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Conor says he would fight Anderson freakin Silva after this fight. Screw GSP, Spider-Conor is the fight we want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsandBroncos Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 hour ago, eagles101 said: So the most likely out come is something khabib has only done twice? Khabib's camp will look at that and I think rear naked chokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles101 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, BullsandBroncos said: Khabib's camp will look at that and I think rear naked chokes If its right there i have no doubt khabib takes it but i think he prefers to just maul for a full fight then go for any submissions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsandBroncos Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Just now, eagles101 said: If its right there i have no doubt khabib takes it but i think he prefers to just maul for a full fight then go for any submissions. I honestly think beating him by being better conditioned would be more humiliating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles101 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Just now, BullsandBroncos said: I honestly think beating him by being better conditioned would be more humiliating. Ya five rounds of being mauled has got to be more demoralizing then a rnk in the third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckrock101 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Blessed vs Ortega confirmed for UFC 231 in Toronto. Also Thiago Santos vs Manuwa - that's gonna be straight fireworks. Looking forward to this. Think there's a good chance they get another FW fight on that card too, incase someone falls through. Maybe Moicano/Mendes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinneasGage Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Buckrock101 said: Blessed vs Ortega confirmed for UFC 231 in Toronto. Also Thiago Santos vs Manuwa - that's gonna be straight fireworks. Looking forward to this. Think there's a good chance they get another FW fight on that card too, incase someone falls through. Maybe Moicano/Mendes. Canadian cards are always bangers. Not usually a lot of headliner names, but wicked match-ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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