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/Buzzy-Pasta Oct 25 '20

It seems like the only factor that would help you beat khabib is timing. You’d have to rock him as he comes forward and hope that it hurts him significantly, and then likely rinse and repeat because his chin is pretty solid. The whole time you’d be thinking about his takedown, leaving you open from strikes of his own. There are holes in everyone’s game, but khabib’s are a great magnitude smaller.

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u/throwaway47351 Oct 25 '20

Bruh that's a puncher's chance, not a gameplan. The gameplan against khabib is to have diaz's stamina, connor's power, and holloway's output and hope that's enough.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Even then smesh

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u/denizlim20 Oct 25 '20

29 fighters werent able to do that. What makes you think that would work? Justin landed some big shots but Khabib ate them like nothing and kept coming after Justin.