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MrJuice said:
Khabib took Conor's punches and asked for more. Khabib won three to es tonight
He won on the ground, he won on his feet and he shut Conor the f
k up. My happiest sporting memory
Why? Because this was much more than a UFC victory. Conor is looked up to by kids, adolescents and adults alike. His behaviour has been atrocious. Inciting racial tension, insulting khabib's family, offering booze to someone he knows is Muslim and other things. Khabib showed the world how you should behave
The events after the fight were not good. However, no worse than Conor did at the coach. Khabib and all his boys should get no more sanction than Conor. Otherwise it stinks of white privilege.
Will Conor exercise his rematch clause? Lol. Absolutely not
Good post He won on the ground, he won on his feet and he shut Conor the f
k up. My happiest sporting memoryWhy? Because this was much more than a UFC victory. Conor is looked up to by kids, adolescents and adults alike. His behaviour has been atrocious. Inciting racial tension, insulting khabib's family, offering booze to someone he knows is Muslim and other things. Khabib showed the world how you should behave
The events after the fight were not good. However, no worse than Conor did at the coach. Khabib and all his boys should get no more sanction than Conor. Otherwise it stinks of white privilege.
Will Conor exercise his rematch clause? Lol. Absolutely not
AJB88 said:
You are aware he has lost 3 times already? your acting as if this is the first time. He will forget it and move on just like he did after Diaz.
His first two losses were prior to UFC. Loss to Nate was avenged and happened because he gassed. Loss to Khabib will never be avenged in a re-mismatchKhabib and Nate are not on the same level
I genuinely feel like this is all staged to gain awareness and promotion for the UFC.
Mcgregor got his arse handed to him and it couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke. I'm fed up of hearing his mouth, calling Khabibs family terrorists, offering him whiskey and insulting his religion. Khabib was calm cool and collected up until the end of the fight then seems to have lost it, but fair play to him for what happened within the octogan, an excellent performance.
Mcgregor got his arse handed to him and it couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke. I'm fed up of hearing his mouth, calling Khabibs family terrorists, offering him whiskey and insulting his religion. Khabib was calm cool and collected up until the end of the fight then seems to have lost it, but fair play to him for what happened within the octogan, an excellent performance.
MrJuice said:
Khabib took Conor's punches and asked for more. Khabib won three to es tonight
He won on the ground, he won on his feet and he shut Conor the fk up. My happiest sporting memory
Why? Because this was much more than a UFC victory. Conor is looked up to by kids, adolescents and adults alike. His behaviour has been atrocious. Inciting racial tension, insulting khabib's family, offering booze to someone he knows is Muslim and other things. Khabib showed the world how you should behave
The events after the fight were not good. However, no worse than Conor did at the coach. Khabib and all his boys should get no more sanction than Conor. Otherwise it stinks of white privilege.
Stinks of white privilege? good grief, give your head a shake.He won on the ground, he won on his feet and he shut Conor the f
k up. My happiest sporting memoryWhy? Because this was much more than a UFC victory. Conor is looked up to by kids, adolescents and adults alike. His behaviour has been atrocious. Inciting racial tension, insulting khabib's family, offering booze to someone he knows is Muslim and other things. Khabib showed the world how you should behave
The events after the fight were not good. However, no worse than Conor did at the coach. Khabib and all his boys should get no more sanction than Conor. Otherwise it stinks of white privilege.
McGregor is a lot more marketable than Khabib - that's it. Nothing to do with colour or race or whatever. Don't push this where it doesn't need to go.
MrJuice said:
His first two losses were prior to UFC. Loss to Nate was avenged and happened because he gassed. Loss to Khabib will never be avenged in a re-mismatch
Khabib and Nate are not on the same level
Fully aware of when his other losses happened, I have been following him since his cage warriors days and also have mates who fight on CW now. Khabib and Nate are not on the same level
130R said:
hat doesn't seem very likely considering Khabib could struggle to get a US Visa after this. He is in big trouble.
Do you genuinely believe that they'll not give him a visa? I don't. Dana has already said Conor won't press charges. Dana is licking his lips at the thought of all this, it's like WWE.Did they take away Mcgregors visa for attacking a bus and injurying an innocent bystander?
I could be wrong and if so I will happily admit to it, but Khabib is the king of UFC and is Dana's new cash cow along his current one, Mcgregor.
272BHP said:
Stinks of white privilege? good grief, give your head a shake.
McGregor is a lot more marketable than Khabib - that's it. Nothing to do with colour or race or whatever. Don't push this where it doesn't need to go.
Looks like no charges will be brought by the police at least. Let's see what the athletic commission saysMcGregor is a lot more marketable than Khabib - that's it. Nothing to do with colour or race or whatever. Don't push this where it doesn't need to go.
In any case, Khabib leaped into the crowd. Same as Conor did to Aldo. I don't think anything can be brought against khabib for that.
And then Conor struck a team khabib person before he was ever hit by any team khabib person. Lots of video footage confirms this.
So all in all, nothing will happen.
Let's also not forget that Conor struck a ref fairly recently when he didn't agree with a decision
MrJuice said:
Looks like no charges will be brought by the police at least. Let's see what the athletic commission says
In any case, Khabib leaped into the crowd. Same as Conor did to Aldo. I don't think anything can be brought against khabib for that.
And then Conor struck a team khabib person before he was ever hit by any team khabib person. Lots of video footage confirms this.
So all in all, nothing will happen.
Let's also not forget that Conor struck a ref fairly recently when he didn't agree with a decision
Exactly, money talks. If any of this is genuine (which parts of it probably are), then it'll all be hushed up and everyone will move on with a bit of extra £££.In any case, Khabib leaped into the crowd. Same as Conor did to Aldo. I don't think anything can be brought against khabib for that.
And then Conor struck a team khabib person before he was ever hit by any team khabib person. Lots of video footage confirms this.
So all in all, nothing will happen.
Let's also not forget that Conor struck a ref fairly recently when he didn't agree with a decision
This is a disaster for the UFC and MMA as a sport, its one thing hyping a fight and trash talking, that's part of all combat sports and American culture but unrestrained thuggery shows the sport to be the worst of what detractors and mass culture think it to be.
Boxing in the US has never really recovered from Tyson biting Hollyfields ear off, this is a similar drawing back of the curtain and the reprocussions will be felt for years.
There's no excuse or reasoning he should be stripped and serve a healthy ban.
That said extraordinary display of the ground game from Khabib and I'm a bit disappointed Conor tapped, it wasn't on his neck and although it must have been very painful I don't think he should have tapped from there.
Boxing in the US has never really recovered from Tyson biting Hollyfields ear off, this is a similar drawing back of the curtain and the reprocussions will be felt for years.
There's no excuse or reasoning he should be stripped and serve a healthy ban.
That said extraordinary display of the ground game from Khabib and I'm a bit disappointed Conor tapped, it wasn't on his neck and although it must have been very painful I don't think he should have tapped from there.
Watching McGregor having his arse handed to him and being dominated by Khabib was rather beautiful to watch.
I know a lot of stuff said before any fights is usually to hype up the fight, promotion and push ticket sales up, but IMO Conor was too OTT.
He might not have shown it but IMO Khabib did take it personally, NO WAY was he going to lose.
I know a lot of stuff said before any fights is usually to hype up the fight, promotion and push ticket sales up, but IMO Conor was too OTT.
He might not have shown it but IMO Khabib did take it personally, NO WAY was he going to lose.
FredClogs said:
This is a disaster for the UFC and MMA as a sport, its one thing hyping a fight and trash talking, that's part of all combat sports and American culture but unrestrained thuggery shows the sport to be the worst of what detractors and mass culture think it to be.
Boxing in the US has never really recovered from Tyson biting Hollyfields ear off, this is a similar drawing back of the curtain and the reprocussions will be felt for years.
There's no excuse or reasoning he should be stripped and serve a healthy ban.
That said extraordinary display of the ground game from Khabib and I'm a bit disappointed Conor tapped, it wasn't on his neck and although it must have been very painful I don't think he should have tapped from there.
Boxing in the US has never really recovered from Tyson biting Hollyfields ear off, this is a similar drawing back of the curtain and the reprocussions will be felt for years.
There's no excuse or reasoning he should be stripped and serve a healthy ban.
That said extraordinary display of the ground game from Khabib and I'm a bit disappointed Conor tapped, it wasn't on his neck and although it must have been very painful I don't think he should have tapped from there.
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