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
Did you see Khabib's face during the post fight interviews? It looked like just walked out of a library. Not a scrape, bruise, or bump to be seen. He was dominant over Iaquinta.
Great breakdown. Only sticking point for me is the assumption that Khabib is "always" going to establish wrestling dominance the first two rounds.
You really get it good reaction on the fight keep up the good work
Good analysis. Khabib could have ended the fight about round 3. He chose to stay standing and practice his standing game. He's not aiming for "high rating", he's aiming to become a better fighter and to win fights.
4th and 5th round he was learning how Al was responding – khabib nurmagomedov is professional in grabs, if he wants to catch you – he will trust me
Khabib smart fighter he strike when he knows he can strike but he won’t use striking skills vs heavy punchers he always destroyed them in the 1st and 2nd rounds by takedown ! after those rounds the fighters doesn’t look the same they
even scared to punch because of the takedown and barboza fight good example let’s see if Conor n tony can strike after first takedown
Conor gonna shut your ass up once again soon enough
Excellent wrestler with great boxing will beat Khabib. Alvarez wins a dec after taking damage in rd 1 but will go 3-1 after that. Maybe Tony’s annoying bottom game drains Khabib but I honestly think Khabib will TKO Tony.
Joe Rogan's commentary was so unfortunate just because it gives casuals this "ammunition" to discredit Khabib. They have no idea what they're looking at, they need the talking points from Rogan to make any points. Khabib's not a striker. He was never promoted as one by himself or his coaches. He goes in there and smashes you. Yet he outstruck Al, a dangerous striker, effortlessly on Saturday. This is extraordinary. It was dominant. That's it. You really think Khabib would stand with Conor, or Nate, or Tony? No, he's a chain wrestler, he missed a few single shots on Al but he just gave up because he knew he could outbox him and wanted the sparring time. He can shoot all day long on those guys I mentioned, get the takedown, and they don't get up.
People are back on the mcgregor band wagon. All im saying is that the minute khabib gets his hand on conor on both 1st and 2nd round. Conor in the third will gas out. I believe tony can beat him with his risk taking and incredible cardio. I think itll be a hell of a 1st and 2nd for tony but i think hell weather the storm