UFC 229: Khabib v McGregor

[Freakalth]

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This will be an interesting fight for sure. Hope there will be action and not just bouncing around. However, from where are going to watch it? If your country isn't streaming it you may want to get something like NordVPN to spoof that you are in the US for example and watch directly from UFC website (here's a good deal BTW). Kinda sucks that you have to do that, but some countries are just stubborn like that with their favourite sports and not something like UFC.

[MacGowan]

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You got a replica belt? you're my new bestfriend for sure.

[rabbitfistssaipailo]

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Khabib isn't very good off his back, Conor should just take him down.

Dude did you see him pull guard on abel truijllo ...not a good idea .

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[MichealHeitz]

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McGregor is gonna get his butt kicked straight to kingdom come

[WarMMA]

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Btw guys, don't forget pre fight press conference is today at 6pm et. Can't wait to hear some more whiskey talk lol.

[WarMMA]

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It's on guys. Conor's late to the press conference as usual, so Khabib said he didn't care to wait on Conor and wanted to start. So media asking him questions now.


EDIT: Khabib just left. He said 15 mins and he was out. Conor didnt show up in 15, so Khabib left.

[p_rushing]

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Conor looks good, not drained at all

Conor talking about stuff that MMA media doesn't call out.

[WarMMA]

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Conor looks good, not drained at all

Conor talking about stuff that MMA media doesn't call out.

Yh he looks pretty good. Best he's looked imo. He's leaner than usual. He probably did it for cardio issues cuz he knows he definitely don't wanna gas out vs Khabib. I think Conor's style is just what tires him though.

[Dave_S]

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Dude did you see him pull guard on abel truijllo ...not a good idea .

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I didn't see him pull guard, but I did see him work off his back a bit.


I just rewatched fight, incredibly terrible job by Rogan calling the fights.

Khabib seems a lot better now than in that fight though, he threw almost no strikes in fight against Trujillo.

[WarMMA]

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I didn't see him pull guard, but I did see him work off his back a bit.


I just rewatched fight, incredibly terrible job by Rogan calling the fights.

Khabib seems a lot better now than in that fight though, he threw almost no strikes in fight against Trujillo.

Yh I remember that fight. Khabib just put on a wrestling clinic in that one. He ended up on bottom at one point and did some work off his back. Think he went for a sub or something from guard if I can recall correctly.

[Dave_S]

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Yh I remember that fight. Khabib just put on a wrestling clinic in that one. He ended up on bottom at one point and did some work off his back. Think he went for a sub or something from guard if I can recall correctly.

He got taken down early in the fight, Abel get first takedown, Khabib got the next like 20. He was on his back a couple times from scrambles. He tried triangle, mounted triangle armbar, maybe some other stuff also.

[rabbitfistssaipailo]

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Sorry what I meant was ...there was a moment when abel took him down and khabib just wrapped him up ...guy couldn't get off any strikes at all .

Man this fight is going to be crazy . I still believe that khabib is going to try and sub him early and call it a night .

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[WarMMA]

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Sorry what I meant was ...there was a moment when abel took him down and khabib just wrapped him up ...guy couldn't get off any strikes at all .

Man this fight is going to be crazy . I still believe that khabib is going to try and sub him early and call it a night .

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Khabib needs to try and finish him if he takes him down. I know he wants to give Conor a beatdown, but don't give him another chance to try and ko you in the following round if you don't have to. The problem for Khabib though is the fight starts standing and he has to try and get it to the ground. If he wants to get it there, he better not go in rushing like he did against barboza. He needs to use patient pressure and if Conor pressures him, let Conor come and try to counter wrestle him. That's how Mendes had success taking Conor down. But going at Conor is just what Conor wants so he can counter you with his left. Khabib better not play into his game like Aldo, Alvarez, ect. Make it hard for Conor by staying patient and not giving him anything easy to counter.

[rabbitfistssaipailo]

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As a fan of McGregor ...I'm afraid for him in this one . Honestly bro .

You have to really have good bjj and wrestling to beat khabib .

Alvarez said it best , something like Conor hypnotizes you in a way that you want to stand with him and try and hit him . Almost like he makes you feel like it's ok and then whap whap whap .

Man I dunno which I could watch it live but I just have to follow it on comments and look for videos later .

But man ...I dunno ...this is going to be crazy .



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[WarMMA]

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As a fan of McGregor ...I'm afraid for him in this one . Honestly bro .

You have to really have good bjj and wrestling to beat khabib .

Alvarez said it best , something like Conor hypnotizes you in a way that you want to stand with him and try and hit him . Almost like he makes you feel like it's ok and then whap whap whap .

Man I dunno which I could watch it live but I just have to follow it on comments and look for videos later .

But man ...I dunno ...this is going to be crazy .



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Honestly you only have to worry for him if Khabib gets him down and get's in a dominant position really. If he can hold Khabib in the guard, he should be able to stay relatively safe. Of course thats waay easier said than done. But the problem is if he lets Khabib get in a really dominant position, then he'll have real issues. And then obviously if its on the feet you don't have to worry at all cuz thats Conor's world. Unless the mma god grant Khabib with the punchers chance coming through of course...now wouldn't that be crazy lol.