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UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje
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Krappadizzle
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Great night of fights. Khabib shows again why he's the GOAT. Sad to see him go, but he has all my respect in the world. Whatever is best for him and his family is his choice and him doing it at the top of the game knowing that he's the best speaks wonders to his character. Glad for him, sad to see him go, wish him all the best.
HawarMiran
Banned
wtf maaan only 1 fight more for 30-0 
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
All that support that khabib gets from his team and country is going straight to Islam. Khabibs father's wish was for Islam to take khabibs place after khabib retires, they're gonna do everything they can to make that happen.
Unknown Quantity
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El Pistolero
Banned
WTF Khabib won? I overselpt and missed the entire card...Just woke up...Nooooooooo!
Mhmmm 2077
Member
Hah! Called it.
12Goblins
Lil’ Gobbie
Khabib would return from retirement to fight GSP, guaranteed.
I think gaesthje did better first round than the impressions I'm seeing. I gave him the round before that takedown. He dazed khabib a few times with good strikes. Khabib can be a bit wreckless at times and we could have seen Justin KO him if they decide to trade
Just sad khabib retired on a fight to someone who lost to Poirier and Alvarez. Wish it would have been Tony for a perfect story arc.
Fuck Covid for killing khabib dad.
I think gaesthje did better first round than the impressions I'm seeing. I gave him the round before that takedown. He dazed khabib a few times with good strikes. Khabib can be a bit wreckless at times and we could have seen Justin KO him if they decide to trade
Just sad khabib retired on a fight to someone who lost to Poirier and Alvarez. Wish it would have been Tony for a perfect story arc.
Fuck Covid for killing khabib dad.
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KingdomHeartsFan
Member
I don't see that happening, he said he made a promise to his mom to stop after this. He doesn't seem like the kind of person to go back on that promise.
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
Wow Khabib had two broken toes and a broken bone in his foot and never said anything. He dominated with an injury like that, aint no one even close to Khabib. Conor pussy ass crying that his foot was a balloon, Khabib goes in there with a worse injury and doesn't complain once.
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highrider
Banned
Much props to Khabib a true legend, I thought Justin would be able to disrupt Khabib a lot more than he did but great fight. I’m not sad to see Khabib retire, his style would get neutralized if he went up to his natural weight and he’s beaten every guy at 155. Great champion though and from all appearances a very good guy as well 
DrumNBassDanTTV
Member
No he wont, the guy is all about respect and his word, no way would he break a promise to his mother.
12Goblins
Lil’ Gobbie
he would without a doubt fight GSP if he could
El Pistolero
Banned
Just watched the fight: Khabib is a monster, and the whole division must have gone: "Al Hamdu Lillah” when he said that he was retiring. Sad not to see him perform again, but, in all honesty, who in the division could have had a chance to beat him? “None", is the correct answer. Tony would have been mauled, again and again, and Connor has zero chance against such a high level grappler...
Godly gifted fighter. I honestly thought that Gaethje was the only fighter equipped to somehow pull an upset, and yet Khabib went out there and put him to sleep in a less seconds than it took for the referee to wrap his head around the situation. Kudos to him and his team.
Godly gifted fighter. I honestly thought that Gaethje was the only fighter equipped to somehow pull an upset, and yet Khabib went out there and put him to sleep in a less seconds than it took for the referee to wrap his head around the situation. Kudos to him and his team.
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Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
Knew the guy would win, i would have hoped to see one more fight and be 30-0 but mad respect for the dude esp with the loss of his father. Pound for pound the best ufc fighter. Rest up champ, you deserve it
Cunth
Fingerlickin' Good!
Probably but not in the ufc
Will we ever see this dum fuck get his head kicked in
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
You mean the one he already beat yeahokpal.gif
Will we ever see this dum fuck get his head kicked in
El Pistolero
Banned
Will we ever see this dum fuck get his head kicked in
This biatch can hold the camera while his Irish spouse gets mauled by the Eastern bear in a street fight. Once Khabib is finished with McChicken, he will probably lunge at the screen like in those horror found footage movies...That is the last time anybody will get to enjoy the infamous Danis’s girly screams.
Just send location!
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manfestival
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Reflecting on Khabib's career... I have to say my favorite moment of his was when he was scheduled to fight against Tony Ferguson.
Carton
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Cannonier received some really poor advice/false reassurance between round 2-3, when his cornerman advised him that all Rob had was the jab and that he was only throwing single shots; clearly they had missed Rob landing a double jab followed by the right hand combo just 20 seconds earlier. Then, of course, Whittaker comes within a few nits of putting Cannonier’s lights out completely with a beautiful combination. Great win for Rob.
What else can you say about Khabib? He had a fantastic strategy with constant pressure to get Gaethje over-excited and sloppy and then school him with precision. Gaethje‘s wrestling was actually his downfall, as he gave up his back as if they were being scored on wrestling criteria which Khabib quickly seized and put the hooks in. What extremely confident work from the top to go straight to a high mount and work for the triangle, not giving Gaethje anytime to get his bearings.
What else can you say about Khabib? He had a fantastic strategy with constant pressure to get Gaethje over-excited and sloppy and then school him with precision. Gaethje‘s wrestling was actually his downfall, as he gave up his back as if they were being scored on wrestling criteria which Khabib quickly seized and put the hooks in. What extremely confident work from the top to go straight to a high mount and work for the triangle, not giving Gaethje anytime to get his bearings.
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Carton
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He’ll keep them. If he was that interested in and influenced by empirical evidence, he wouldn’t have formed a belief in them to begin with.
kretos
Banned
shame he's retiring always wanted to see khabib vs tony, oh well
this clown must not have seen their fight, conor was smeshed
Will we ever see this dum fuck get his head kicked in
this clown must not have seen their fight, conor was smeshed
Ornlu
Banned
The biggest wtf moment of the night.
I've been waching Struve get his brain rattled around his skull for what feels like my entire adult life. I actually skipped that fight intentionally yesterday, because I don't have it in me to watch him get KO'd anymore.
mekes
Member
I agree with Jones here, there are some caveats (drug test related) but in general I agree. The only bullshit post is obvious, the general public don’t hold him down for his skin colour. His star was supposed to shine just as bright as anybodies in the UFC, I believe he was on track for ridiculous success. He put an end to that himself, very sad to witness as an onlooker.
Radical Dreamer
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Khabib seems like a great person. Good for him to keep his promise for his mom.
pesaddict
Banned
The pregnant women he hit & run
HIMSELF... he hid under the cage for 8 hours at his GYM when USADA visited to collect sample... rofl ..coke head
JimiNutz
Banned
I had a few people over to watch it last night and 'Terminator' is a word that was mentioned a lot during the fight. Khabib was so composed and methodical.
Gaethje was bouncing around all over the place like an excited puppy but Khabib just had that killer look in his eye. Although Gaethje caught him a couple of times with his wild hooks Khabib didn't really seem to have much respect for his power, pretty much walked through his punches and then landed much crisper straight shots down the middle.
When he got Gaethje down it was crazy how quickly he advanced position. Gaethje, like so many before him, looked completely helpless on the ground.
What a fucking beast.
If he does genuinely retire then it's gonna suck because no matter who takes the title in his absence we are all gonna know they are a fake champ that couldn't beat the true GOAT.
12Goblins
Lil’ Gobbie
Jon has accomplished more than khabib no doubt. I would aargue his fight IQ is also much higher . But he cheats... Fuck you Jon Jones
Khabib just crushed a bunch of strikers with his specialty in one weight class, let's call it what it is
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Romulus
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The difference is the amount of close calls Bones has had. Even fans of him know he has barely squeaked by and many argue he lost two fights, not to mention so many other close matches. Just look at his record, anytime he fights someone his height, he has difficulty. Most of Bones fights are him sniping people with his massive reach advantage(sometimes 10+inches) short stocky guys that he preys on. Khabib just outright wrecked the top guys in his division, not even close 95% of the time, and he had no physical advantages, in fact he was at a disadvantage quite often. He's the GOAT 100%.
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KingdomHeartsFan
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Is he serious? How many rounds has Jones lost? Khabib hasn't lost a single one, hell Jones even lost some fights on the judges score cards. Also he's crying about working 4X harder as a black man, bitch Khabib had to fight WAY more than Jones before he was given a title shot, Jones got the fast track to the title. This is a fucking joke.
Ornlu
Banned
A wealthy black man from a wealthy black family in the wealthiest country in the world bitching about people praising someone from fucking Dagestan has to be close to peak irony. For fuck sake.
GymWolf
Member
I rewatched the fight and justin was doing a great job with the leg kicks, another 3-4 of them and i don't know if the results would be the same...you can't push like he was pushing with a leg that doesn't support your weight.
Ironically enough, i think that justin did more damage than any khabib opponent in the last years, surely more than dustin and conor.
Ironically enough, i think that justin did more damage than any khabib opponent in the last years, surely more than dustin and conor.
notseqi
Member
Boned Jones showing exactly why people are hyping Khabib... He's likeable. Bones' success is one side but he has shown himself to be a bit of a turd.
rulebook keeping the black man down