Alexander Emelianenko shared his opinion about who wins the battle on October 6 - the Russian Habib Nurmagomedov or the Irishman Conor McGregor. A duel under the auspices of the UFC will be held in Las Vegas.
"Habib will win," said Emelianenko. - I'm saying this not because he's my compatriot. I consider the situation as a person who knows mixed martial arts and these fighters. What is the advantage of Habib? The fact is that McGregor is not so good in the wrestling, and also worse ready as to cardio. Yes, he moves well in the stand-up. But Conor is not ready for the long, exhausting battles. In this we could already be sure when he suffered his last defeat (from Nate Diaz in March 2016 - McGregor lost after a strangling reception.) - Note "SE").
Habib sees the blows of opponents, works with a lowered chin. Constantly pressures and responds well to counter attacks - he goes under attack and moves the fight to the ground, imposes on his opponent his manner of fighting, exhausts.
"How do you feel about Conor?"
- A good fighter. I respect people who go in for sports.
"And what about his action when he threw the cart onto the bus in which Habib was stationed?"
- If the battle simply took place, it would not be so interesting. And now the attention of the whole world is attracted to him. Mixed martial arts is a sport of the 21st century. It is not enough that the athletes come out, fight and leave. Need a show, promotion. We need to create a background to make it interesting for the audience.
- That is, the behavior of McGregor - just a PR-action?
- It seems to me that he himself did not expect that after his throw the window would be shattered
