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Originally Posted by The Dead Poet
Khabib doesn't really finish people. He very may get him down and maul him for a round or two....but he has to do it at the very least 5 times because obviously every round starts on the feet. Then in order to take him down he has to get in without getting hit. He also doesn't change it up from fight to fight. He shoots from far away everytime. That's a lot of film to study on how to time a knee or uppercut. I literally can see it going either way....but like I said the closer we get I can more and more see McTappy timing something off a take down attempt.
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i don't think connor has the gas tank to be effective in a third round with khabib. maybe even the second, if khabib gets ahold of him and controls him from the top the majority of the first i mean.
connor is going to be most dangerous directly out the gate. i honestly see it going like the barbosa fight, just connor being more dangerous in the closer distances. khabib was able to keep the pressure on barbosa to stay inside the danger zone of his kicks, but conor can crack him inside that danger zone with his hands like barbosa couldn't.
its gonna come down to how much conor respects the takedown, because he might not let em fly like he normally would if khabib is pressuring him, but on the same side if khabib is pressuring him he could get aldo'd
but word i still see this fight in khabib's favor big time. decidedly so as the fight goes on. even if mcgregor catches him coming in, if it doesn't flash ko him and he gets them filthy russian hands on conor it could be very very bad.