Topic: UFC 254
UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje
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07.09.2020 | 1:44 PM ET
Responses Page 50
10.26.2020 | 3:00 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 570 Points | Tied for 1288th
Who the **** score these fight, I legit think Judges are braindead. Alot of these are terrible
* Edited at 10.26.2020, 5:58 PM ET *
"Quack quack quack"
10.26.2020 | 3:39 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 600 Points | Tied for 960th
10.26.2020 | 3:47 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 2018th
"Grammar. The difference between knowing your **** and knowing you're ****."
10.26.2020 | 6:22 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 5 Perfect, 650 Points | Tied for 575th
"Dont take life too serious, you will never make it out alive."
10.26.2020 | 6:58 PM ET
After the Hype has died down...
Predictions: 3 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 165 Points | Tied for 3575th
Khabib had 13 fights since being in the UFC since 2012
Khabib had 6 finishes out of those 13 fights. 2 KOs 4 subs
Khabib became champion with his fight with Al Iaquinta ( due to many dropouts / Conor McGregor destruction)
was Al Iaquinta even championship material when other fighters offered to step in ? Answer to that question is NO !! never been in top 5 Rankings -- ( even though rankings are crap stats these days... I will go by this logic )
So Why did I post all this... to say Khabib truthfully in the UFC has fought a lot of fodder and easy winnable fights before getting to Belt. Several wrestlers tried calling him out and wanting to fight him before he got to the champ fight. BUT his manager & The UFC is very smart at marketing and clicking the GO HARD Marketing machine behind a fighter so a bunch of Casual fans will fall in love and believe the hype. IF everyone saying the same thing... the public eats it up.
Khabib is a great lightweight MMA Fighter, but his record seems padded to me before he got into the UFC and after through some cherry-picking fights with his Manager.
Khabib almost lost his Tibeau fight if you watch it and look into. King Mo told his team how to beat Tibeau through a lot of pressure in the first round to tire him out -- Because they didnt know how to beat him.
My point is -- a purebred Dominant fighter who claims to want to be P4P #1 in the world history of UFC goes in dominants and even challenges himself by moving up a weight division, by fighting more than once a year, etc.
Great MMA wrestler / fighter in the UFC worthy of Hall of Fame but not GOAT status. Jon Jones & Anderson Silva are both HOFers and can be called GOAT status not KHABIB.
10.26.2020 | 6:59 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 5 Perfect, 640 Points | Tied for 668th
"š“ No Quarter Given š“"
10.26.2020 | 7:43 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 535 Points | Tied for 1672nd
It was always more of a hope than an expectation. I've seen similar things happen on sites like Reddit where a pro-weed post gets 420 upvotes and everyone then just stops out of mutual respect or on ****hub where a good comment will get up to 69 upvotes and everyone stops. I was curious to see if the same thing could happen here on Tap.
@mulefloyd
I agree with you that we shouldn't get carried away with undefeated records but the reason I love Khabib is not because he is undefeated but because he is a skilled and entertaining fighter who also seems like a really great bloke. Let's suppose he lost to Gaethje and retired with a record of 28-1. I wouldn't hold him in any less regard because of that loss and he would still be a MMA legend. I personally find it quite disrespectful whenever someone says something like "Khabib is great because he never lost" as they are using that little statistic in a way that completely undermines all of the far more legitimate reasons why he is great.
"I wish you good luck but I don't want you to rely on luck"
10.26.2020 | 7:48 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 505 Points | Tied for 1985th
P.S. sorry the Upvote dream got ruined by some negative nancy's. It would have been kind of fun and cool to come back to.
"Iām here to snatch necks and cash checks" - Darrick Minner
10.26.2020 | 7:56 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 535 Points | Tied for 1672nd
Well... it was worth a try! Que sera sera
"I wish you good luck but I don't want you to rely on luck"
10.26.2020 | 11:03 PM ET
Amanda Nunes could be in the GOAT conversation...
Predictions: 3 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 165 Points | Tied for 3575th
she has won two belts in different divisions and defended both belts in dominant fashion against other dominant female champions. She has done things that no OTHER CHAMPION has done. Period !!
** if Khabib had said - I am going to Welterweight to take that belt. I would have been impressed and he would have my respect especially if he WON TWO BELTS. But he knows his style of fighting relies heavily on technique as well as having overwhelming POWER / STRENGTH over his opponents. He cuts a lot of weight to get to get to 155lbs --
Daniel Cormier has said it in the past - that in the gym - walking around weight is easily 195 or more pounds.
Thats Crazy !!
But he would be the smaller weaker fighter in WW - just facts.
* Edited at 10.26.2020, 11:05 PM ET *
10.26.2020 | 11:05 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 600 Points | Tied for 960th
10.26.2020 | 11:47 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 505 Points | Tied for 1935th
"you dont need religion to have morals. if you can't tell right from wrong you lack empathy and humanity, not religion."
10.26.2020 | 11:50 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 505 Points | Tied for 1935th
"you dont need religion to have morals. if you can't tell right from wrong you lack empathy and humanity, not religion."
10.26.2020 | 11:51 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 600 Points | Tied for 960th
Goddamn Greg. Careful with that axe!
10.27.2020 | 2:11 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 2018th
I agree about the Tibau fight but it was obvious that Khabib had improved over that early version himself. The GSP comparison is very apt imo, at least the post-Serra version as both were too focused on defensive tactics and control to ever be truly entertaining.
* Edited at 10.27.2020, 2:12 PM ET *
"Grammar. The difference between knowing your **** and knowing you're ****."
10.27.2020 | 4:13 PM ET
Khabib's Padded record Before UFC ....
Predictions: 3 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 165 Points | Tied for 3575th
only fought 6 fighters with winning records in his first 16 fights
When Khabib was about to fight someone like Tony Ferguson who had plans for him on the ground game -- mean lots and lots of blood spilled - Khabib would suddenly have a medical issue and cant fight because he cut too much weight or something else.
04.27.2023 | 12:22 AM ET
Firefist45
04.27.2023 | 12:49 AM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 5 Perfect, 640 Points | Tied for 668th
"š“ No Quarter Given š“"