UFC Classic: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor | FREE FIGHT

and we're on our way McGregor in Greeno in Black McGregor gets early pressure early on from Connor he's trying to force

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's shot with pressure instead of waiting for

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to come to him khabib grabbed him by the ankles he's got his leg and what you have to do is place your left leg on the back ankle of Khabib's right leg. He needs to get that left leg in place. Connor needs a left leg behind Khabib's ankle to cover this and now he has it, but good defense. Conor look at this, he got the TR on the ankles, it stays on the ankle, he's fine, he's doing a fantastic job defending.

Watch him circle around Khabib looking to complete the takedown and he gets it. Conor goes right up to the cage, let's see if he can get back on his feet, this is one of the big questions, his feet are tied, well look what good Khabib has done by joining those two legs, this is what it does to everyone he

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s, crosses his legs and now If your legs can't escape then you can't get your pin up to the floor and he's done it better than anyone, raise and straighten your legs and now what he's going to do is try to lift your legs.

Conor's knees and legs higher. Connor's head so he can't move. Conor just has to stay calm and not use his energy because he's not taking damage here, he feels like he's much better equipped to handle five rounds than when he left in 2016. Kabib does such a thing. Good job wrapping those legs, spreading them out and wrapping them so you can't pull them out from under. You've never seen anyone able to stretch their leg like that because of the way he hangs and almost blocks you with his knee as he picks up your heel. Upstairs, it's different how he holds you there, most people can escape when you do that, but when Khabib grabs your legs, he just holds them, yeah, he's doing it again, look at him, he puts those legs together, he does it differently , they cross paths every time he. he crosses them over each other he's so good at squeezing this is what you have to do to Corner early even though you're khabib you have to do this early you can't try to give him all the rest he needs in the first two rounds That's when Conor is the better partner dangerous.

Right hands have landed on Khabib in his first punches of the

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. McGregor, trying to control his breathing, ate a big right hand there and what Connor is doing is trying to dig under Hooks and keep the ball so he doesn't get hooked so Connor sees how it went over Khabib's head or of his arms. He needs to get between Khabib's arms and legs. If he's going to get up, he can't, he can't be on the outside of Khabib's arms here again. Khabib ties those legs, it's tremendous how he does it and it's something you see him do against every single guy he fights, they know what he wants to do, they can't stop him, he has a different type of pressure from here.

I think he is also extremely strong and now he is under Connor's back so Conor can't get his hips under him, it's a lifetime of gra and you have a referee in your Dean who will give Khabib all the opportunities to work on the floor, especially when your legs are trapped at the moment. We're seeing that Connor is fine because he's not taking any damage, so he stays very calm so as not to waste his energy, but once he gets tired of this fight, then you're done. I'm going to start to see Kabid get up and start hitting big shots, but he can't do it too early because otherwise Conor will escape.

He needs to play The Squeeze game right now. Nice pass straight to the half guard and now the pressure is just on. heavy here you could say extremely heavy, that left shoulder on Conor's chin really helps, it makes it minimal for Conor to be able to land a punch, it does a tremendous job, but it prevents you from being able to breathe chest pressure and then the overwhelming feeling that he can continue doing this for as long as he wants and that's exhausting in itself, so I love that he's being patient, even though this is what you have to do to Conor early, you can't be stupid. and he tries to pretend that you're going to give him room to stand up, you have to smother him and try to take some air out of his saes early so he's not as powerful, take some of that pop out and then leave.

Take a little risk after that if you're K and Conor can't use too much explosive energy to try to get up without technique. If he does, he knows he will get burned and he knows if he can't stop Kabib Khabib. I'm going to be able to do this on the second, the third, the fourth, and then how long can you keep it away from him? Well, don't forget that Conor literally used no energy at this point because he didn't take any damage, he was stuck on the ground. but he doesn't have it, so in this second round he will be fresh, let's see what exactly the start that khabib Nago metov was looking for in the first round does with him, well, every round of mixed martial arts starts with the feet, let's see how it goes here early. second round Conor knows he can land that left hand whenever he wants, so that's what he's waiting for, he's waiting for that counter, he's waiting to force Khabib to take a bad shot and then make him pay for it, that's what we're seeing here.

McGregor fires the The knee seems to fail, oh I got the right hand from Medog and a knee from McGregor, nasty right hand. Wow, and that's the problem with takedowns as they earn the respect of the strike and your striking improves if you force takedowns because you're thinking about the shot. and now the set shot from the top goes back and forth and that's the best thing here, wow, what a tackle from Nago Medov and now he has McGregor against the fence for over four minutes to work with and this is what Khabib gives him He has done to everyone if you fill in his fight then he will hit you once you start taking hits.

His grappling opens up again and that's why you need a grappling and striking threat mixed in, but realistically the sharpness is for Carter and the Striker, but the grappling is as one-dimensional and as finished as if he were working an arm triangle. here he is, oh he's on top of him, with a good fight from Connor getting his guard back, butterfly, not full guard, the khabib is on him here and McGregor. he exploded there to try to escape without doing anything 90 seconds passed here second round and khabib's moral victory Landing that big right hand oh big earth imp p and khabib said he wanted to make Conor suffer he also said he wanted to change his face this is one of the scariest things i have ever heard a person say about a fight, well not unlike tony ferguson, khabib can last all day, oh big right hands, nago landing metav, who came into this fight no doubt on the best way of your life.

Conor is speaking. to him i can't hear what he's saying but they're tagging him it's khabib talking and he's not saying nice things oh the big elbow from Theo didn't seem to cut McGregor open the power he generates from this ground and punching is just interesting . I don't understand it because you can hear it. Landing again and again is simply fierce. I mean, he's the best ground and pound artist in the sport. Oh, he's lighting up. Conor is in serious trouble, oh massive hits to the ground here. Herde watches closely. Kabib is trying to smash his face in that you could Take, it's covered up, it just doesn't look right.

I don't think he's trying to gas K. I think he's being crushed. I think it's a mix of everything. I don't think he has a choice here. I don't think he's trying to gas him. I think they're crushing it. I agree, but if you have no choice, an illegal knee to the ground by Conor, a knee to the head of a downed opponent, they can't interlock their toes on the ground. fence McGregor got his way that he keeps doing it grass I should warn him that he's going for it it's tight it looks like it's going to end here ladies and gentlemen that's tight good defense is why he's not trying to get up because he's exhausted and they're hitting the face and I don't think I can.

I just think Khabib is much better on the ground and he is surprised. I agree and Nago Manon is down for the count. Wayne a little, now remember we're dealing with The Old Rules here, so Kab has to wait until he's fully up to hit him with his knees. The crowd goes crazy when McGregor gets up, but how long does he take a deep breath 30 seconds here in the second round. I maintain this rhythm for five and no. I don't think Conor won by knockout in the UFC after the second round, that's correct. Conor hasn't had any response to Khabib's grappling in a while.

John Kavan on not wanting McGregor to come after him, we'll see if he can. forces K Kavanaugh said pressure to get some air, you can get some air if you push at the beginning and now khabib is also tired, don't forget that the Striking is full of blood with buar, maybe McGregor feeling that now McGregor is looking for that big Kabib's left hand used tons of energy on that wicket and hit Joe tons, that was some crazy pace on the last wicket. Well, we saw him slow down considerably against Alquinta in the last few rounds and now you're watching Connor attack the body, that's the same thing. he did to Mendes, he waited two rounds and started hitting the body and then started coming up high, there's the T of the body that he's just trying to get out of Khabib, letting Khabib fight just because you have to, you can go.

Either way, well, you hate reading too much into body language, but this is as fatigued as I've ever seen Khabib Nago Medov in that octagon. I don't know if he seems fatigued to me, it doesn't seem like he's breathing hard. It looks like he's trying to find his moments but they're getting over him, yeah I don't think he's tired, I think he's just a little heavy from the last round but he's not tired per se, the muscles are full of blood so It's a little slower. and that's where Connor can use his left, there's the shot and that's what his coaches were talking about, that Conor elbow, that's what K was talking about, he said the first two shots were going to be strong, then they won .

It won't be as heavy, big right hand from Kabib, just over 3 minutes here in this third round, level change from Khabib, he filled that in too, check this out, this is where it's getting interesting. Now the real question is how much stamina does Conor have now, how much? He's worked on his conditioning and how you prepare for a guy like Nurov. Nice to see Conor's body. Those knees to the body will add up and so are the punches on the TS. Oh Uppercut. McGregor faints. These guys stare at each other. face right on T no reach at all they're just sitting there punching trading McGregor continues to build that up Bodywork seeing khabib standing right in front of Connor like that is crazy.

I don't understand why he doesn't shoot, why he does it. Don't confuse him oh, he cut off his left hand oh, he slapped him, he slapped that front kick to Connor's body, he's kicking with that that punch, having a hard time recovering that punch and khabib standing right in front of maybe the best striker in UFC history McGregor to the body again, good left hand to the body there from Conor, another good knee to the body, doesn't seem to fear McGregor's returning power so far, a trip by Byov makes Let McGregor go down briefly and go back up. at his feet, although very interesting, that's our Focus, that's our Focus SL Edge in terms of the significant blows in the third round for Connor, there is less than a minute left in the round and you see how Conor is picking up the arm Khabib's left hand that stops him. from being able to connect his hands and he can't bend or grab a single leg, if you can't get your hands together you can't finish the takedown, so Conor is leaning against the fence and only controlling one arm, so what?

Does Kabib do to counteract that? You have to try to get a single as best you can CU you can't get a double while Connor is controlling your wrist he is holding the glove there you can't put your hands together the only thing you can do is keep the pressure like he does so that don't get destroyed, but you have to see that he has his glove, he has his glove underneath, so he just holds it so he can't complete the takedown in 15 minutes. the books we're heading into the fourth round of the championship look at Conor's left hand counterattack that's what he's been preparing he's waiting for khabib's right hand oh Conor Conor looks great coming out for this fourth round I think I swear I think this is when he was trying to make him wait for Khib to get a little tired on the takedowns and look to knock him out later, you'd think it would be the other way around, although this is the second time these two fighters have seen it. a fourth round in his careers, a front kick to the body that he used fantastically against Chad Mendes and is using it here again tonight, again you are so worried about the power in his hands that sometimes you forget about his legs, good entry, Bago killed McGregor trying to use the fence to his advantage and tripped him too well, makesgood job of using his legs to wrap around yours but Connor almost stands up and this is where Kabib really starts to move forward from this position, once he gets here he doesn't let go of that grip and goes back and forth between bends and bends.

It wears you out by putting all that pressure on your arms that way it makes you carry your weight against the fence. He's done it time and time again and when you try to get up without manual control he gives you another Herb Dean warning. to grab the fence there, his grip is just tremendous one step ahead just tremendous control on the ground four out of seven on takedowns for Nago Medov but it's what he does with them It's been two minutes here in the fourth round he got a triangle of arm almost but Conor has his other weasel, his other arm there, it's there, but it's still the fact that he can hold his head against the arm, it's a big part of making sure that if he can control that, now he put his arm over , but now.

Connor got that arm back, all Connor has done is stay pretty safe, he was just controlled very poorly, that's the only difference, good hip. Escape there for Conor needs to continue if he has the energy, but again Khabib uses those legs to tie up his legs. I mean, it's a big part of his wrestling, it's not just fighting with his arms, but also using his legs to control Nago medob's big left hands. Again, mou full, mou back, there's the choke he has, it's under the neck, there it is, no, it's on the chin there's the T still Undisputed K medov is done K mcgreger tonight look at him look at him screaming in the corner is yelling at Dylan danis Conor McGregor's Jiu-Jitsu coach ladies and gentlemen referee she Dean has stopped this contest at 3 minutes 3 seconds of the fourth round declaring the winner for some mission due to a rear naked choke and still the champion Undisputed UFC Lightweight World Cup Habib the Eagle No.