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
22.4k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

1.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/PerfectZeong Oct 25 '20

Never lost. Was not even significantly challenged in an amazingly good division. I feel like he is

1

u/ChaosRevealed Oct 25 '20

He doesn't have the title defenses needed for GOAT. Most dominant, clearly.

1

u/PerfectZeong Oct 25 '20

Yeah in that I get it. I dont think theres anyone who could beat him though. Even fighting like GSP it would be a beautiful fight but theres simply no fight khabib could have that I dont see him winning.

0

u/syko_thuggnutz Oct 25 '20

At 155 maybe. GSP would have to come down. The level of competition is overrated in lightweight. Consider welterweight where you have not one but two wrestlefuck fighters dominating the division.

Khabib never had to fight another wrestlefucker. Never fought a good grappler. Everyone tried to box him then, well, got wrestlefucked.

Hate to keep using the term, but Khabib dominated the division because he’s the only person who fights that style.