I donāt understand this at all. Conor was a top 3 p4p fighter when Khabib fought him and Khabib destroyed him, and finished him. Conor did not have Khabib hurt at any moment of the fight.
Matt Serra a journeymen ex failed LW literally made GSP tap to strikes.
People can try to make as many excuses as they want for a guy who tapped to strikes against a journeymen and couldnāt finish a sandwich vs. a fighter who never got scratched and is now the best coach too, but you donāt have me fooled.
GSP isnāt losing to a smaller wrestler. Khabib is not beating someone bigger than him. GSP is quicker, more explosive, and stronger. I think GSP jabs Khabib to a predictably boring Decision.
One mistake in a lot of analysis in this fight is that GSP was never afraid to go to the ground with anyone before a theoretical Khabib fight. It made his striking look better than it is because people second guessed whether or not he would shoot on them.
The opposite holds true when he fights Khabib. Khabib would drown him on the ground so GSP would be avoiding the grappling and lowering his hands to avoid getting shot on. I said the same about Charles when people were saying heād knock Islam out.
People are very quick to point out Khabib had the wrestlers advantage when he landed better punches than Conor, but wonāt admit that GSP had that advantage his whole career, and would lose it against Khabib.
Khabib had a hard time getting Conor down and doing damage. He just got Conor tired, which is a legit way to win. My point is, how would he beat GSP? He wouldnāt get him tired.
Not sure why youāre using Khabib dominating the P4P #2 fighter in the world at the time against him. Khabib landed better punches than Conor on the feet, beat him up on the ground and choked him out. Georges has never outstruck someone on Conorās level in his entire career, or even got a finish in his final 7 title defences in a row Georges tapped to strikes to Matt freaking Serra and got beaten out of the sport by Hendricks
I think you know exactly why Iām using Conor as an example. Heās no wizard on the ground and fared decently well against Khabib. GSP is much better and bigger than Conor. I think he would beat Khabib. You donāt have to agree, but quit feigning stupid.
lol fared wellā¦ by what? Getting beaten up on the ground, taken down repeatedly, dominated and finished? He did fooking nothing. The only times he avoided takedowns were when he cheated and grabbed Khabibās gloves and shorts.
Georges couldnāt finish a sandwich and actually got finished himself more than once. Heās not on Khabibās level.