GIF perfectly illustrating how Khabib will get finished by Conor

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To follow-up on the best and most technically accurate pre-fight prediction thread in the lengthy history of Sherdog (http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/p...how-eddie-will-get-finished-by-conor.3356655/)

I present to you a GIF perfectly illustrating how Khabib will get finished by Conor. It is no secret that AKA Edmond (Javier Mendez) is coach to some of the most historically bad strikers in the UFC including Khabib himself and Bethe Corriea among others, Khabib, despite training at AKA for years now, has some absolutely terrible habits.

He lunges forward and drops his hand nearly all of the time, especially when he tries to throw that looping uppercut. As you can see here, Kamal Shalorus, a lifelong grappler with no striking experience, is easily able to land an (ugly) left right combo followed by another right as Khabib continues to move forward with his hands at his waist. There is absolutely no way Khabib would survive this three punch set by Conor.

Now I already know whats coming "this was 6 years ago". That is true, but the fact is he has not improved in by a significant measure. He still lunges and drops his hand nearly every time he tries to pressure with strikes. The ONLY way khabib wins is if he literally throws no strikes and spams takedowns. If he attempts ANY form of striking to setup a takedown he gets slept.

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Khabib won't be this offensive, that's true and that's what you'll hear

But Conor is going to push the pace and force Khabib to react. Khabib is going to be reactionary because conor won't give him any choice. That's where the questions get answered.

I see Khabib attempting and failing some pretty poor takedowns in this fight, even if he wins. He's going to get a little desperate because of Conor's aggression.
 
My God stop being so simplistic. Khabib sucks at striking and Conor sucks at wrestling. Both will do the necessary to avoid the opponent's strength. This is an important fight and neither Khabib or Conor will fall in any trap THAT easily
 
GIF perfectly illustrating how Conor will get finished by Khabib.

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My God stop being so simplistic. Khabib sucks at striking and Conor sucks at wrestling. Both will do the necessary to avoid the opponent's strength. This is an important fight and neither Khabib or Conor will fall in any trap THAT easily
Please click the link in the OP as you will see people said similar thing regarding "gritty grinder Eddie Alvarez" who will "smother Conor against the cage" neutralizing his striking advantage.
 
Please click the link in the OP as you will see people said similar thing regarding "gritty grinder Eddie Alvarez" who will "smother Conor against the cage" neutralizing his striking advantage.

With all due respect, I don't care about what anyone says, even what Khabib and Conor says.
What you show in this gif will not happen unless it's the 5th round and Conor is barely standing on his feet. No way Khabib will engage that much and that close in striking. You think he doesn't know Conor is 3 times as fast?
 
Khabib will almost certainly get dropped, the question is how fast can he recover. Conor has to KO him straight though, because getting him hurt is still not enough because Khabib will eventually get a hold of him and they end up grappling and Khabib recovers
 
I remember seeing that fight and thinking Khabib was the worst striker I had ever seen, and assuming he would wash out of the UFC quickly.

Then I saw him grapple.

Khabib is the best LW in the UFC and if he fights smart will probably beat Conor easily.
 
Or he doesn't try that shit and dry humps Conor for 5 rounds. I actually want Conor to win but this thread is dumb, you don't know shit, and devauling Khabib is idiotic he's a great fighter
 
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