At UFC 223, Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated Al Iaquinta by lopsided unanimous decision. On today’s podcast, we’ll grade his performance. While some believe ‘The Eagle’ looked vulnerable and will fare poorly against Conor McGregor or Tony Ferguson. Others, however, believe he was as dominant as ever. What’s the truth? We’ll look at both the numbers and the tape to get to the truth. This is the Monday Morning Analyst with Luke Thomas.
2018-04-09
Limited? Yes. I think so. Better strikers do exist in his future, those of which might be able to exploit.
I feel like i'm noticing a ripple of the Mandela Effect because i'm so confused on why everybody is making a big deal about Khabib's striking as if that wasn't noticed in the Michael Johnson fight. Khabib's striking isn't the best but his grappling is amazing, the same way Conor's stand up is good but his grappling is terrible. Neither one of them are well rounded fighters like a Jon Jones so what are we really talking about here?
very fair review…great way of assesing the fight…joe rogan had a bad day..it's OK. .he just needs to avoid Eddie bravo fr obvious reasons???..
Excellent video! Thanks Luke ?
I think he tested him on the first maybe 2nr round, he felt comfortably secure in the fight and decided to carry him to the 4th or 5th round to put on a show.
Just look at the face of Khabib after the fight and Al laquinta face 😉 that will tell you a lot of things
Man your logic had substance ! I have a similar opinion on the fight. Its like someone who scores 95 in each exam but in one exam that same guy scores 80 to 85 wich brings a lot of criticism. So i would say lets see what happens in future..
Great analysis, as always!
I bet making this video was much more fun than last night
I think the fight showed that Habibi is not as dominant a fighter as everyone thought and that he has holes in his game that can be exploited. At no time was he in danger of losing the fight, but he couldn't take Al down after the 2nd round and couldn't finish the fight. I think if his next opponent sticks to the same gameplan as Al fought, there could be a L in Habibi's record.