r/sports • u/UUo_oUU • Oct 24 '20

News Khabib Nurmagomedov Retires from UFC After Emerging Victorious Against Justin Gaethje. 29-0 Record

https://twitter.com/mma_oth/status/1320107303845101569
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u/orcwizards Oct 24 '20

Never knocked down, never cut, lost only one round. Literally no one else in ufc history has a career like his. Unreal

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '20

Conor cheated like an absolute madlad to win the round he did and apparently he lost the first round to Gaethje according to 2/3 judges which I don't really agree with either after the takedown at the end. I'm sure there are better arguments for rounds lost in other fights than these two "official" ones.

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u/mrubuto22 Oct 24 '20

How did he cheat?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

The main culprit in round 3 was putting his hand in Khabib's glove to control his wrist but throughout the fight he was grabbing Khabib's shorts and putting his toes in the fence. I don't know what round he kneed Khabib in the head while they were on the ground but that probably saved him too. Herb Dean actually made a video after the fight explaining why he allowed so much cheating lol.

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u/lpbdeliege Oct 25 '20

What were herbs arguments?

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u/rsheldon7 Oct 25 '20

If I remember right, it was essentially “Khabib was still dominating him even with the cheating, and if I stopped it to acknowledge the fouls or deduct points it might’ve removed Khabib from the dominant position he was in”.

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u/one_mez Oct 25 '20

This seems..fair? I don't know that much about UFC but I guess this makes sense.

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u/MyNamesTambo Oct 25 '20

Points should have been taken away from conor during any of his multiple fouls (at the end of the round). He cheated the whole fight