im not sure if people saw this video from a different angle,and think McGregor was innocent in all this,watch the video from about 2.10 onwards after khabib goes over the side McGregor gets onto the top of the cage one of khabibs corner men goes over the top after khabib and McGregor twats him,thats when the others start on McGregor.
as for a rematch khabib destroyed McGregor and would do the same again.
I don't think anybody has come out of this with the honour intact, Khabib's dad has already said he's not happy with it and he holds respect and honour above everything else.Being a protagonist in a melee and being an honourable man are not mutually exclusive though. An honourable man can find himself involved in a melee due to extreme provocation of the sort that team Khabib were subjected to by Conor.
I think your definition of honourable is very narrow and self serving in this discussion. To be honourable is,amongst other things, to do what is morally right. It can certainly be argued that exacting punishment on people who have insulted ones family and religion is justifiable. If this retribution takes place in a melee so be it.
im not sure if people saw this video from a different angle,and think McGregor was innocent in all this,watch the video from about 2.10 onwards after khabib goes over the side McGregor gets onto the top of the cage one of khabibs corner men goes over the top after khabib and McGregor twats him,thats when the others start on McGregor.
as for a rematch khabib destroyed McGregor and would do the same again.
I don't think he does have the tools and i don't believe he would be able to learn them in a quick enough fashion to stop Khabib from doing wtf he wants. The 3rd round (although i've watched the fight 3 times now and think it was only slightly in favour of McGregor and no way an easy win as it felt watching it first time) it seemed to be that Khabib was preserving some energy and also wanted to prove he could take Connor's punches, even though they were much less powerful than they would have been early on. The type of wrestling Khabib does looks like its clumsy, looks like its not getting anywhere but its all chained together in one big sequence and that's why its so successful. I rewatched the second Diaz fight where Connor tried to pace himself and after watching that i was convinced he would be beaten in this manner. I just don't think his type of explosive style of fighting can last at the pace that Khabib sets, hell i think if Ferguson could survive from the early shots he would out work Connor.
Being a protagonist in a melee and being an honourable man are not mutually exclusive though. An honourable man can find himself involved in a melee due to extreme provocation of the sort that team Khabib were subjected to by Conor.
I think your definition of honourable is very narrow and self serving in this discussion. To be honourable is,amongst other things, to do what is morally right. It can certainly be argued that exacting punishment on people who have insulted ones family and religion is justifiable. If this retribution takes place in a melee so be it.
I have respect for your opinion, but you seem to dismiss that McGregor actually learns. That's quite a crucial aspect in MMA. He'll make the adjustment, he'll get his cardio right up. The second Diaz fight that when he doesn't think he can walk through walls, he notches up, he has something to prove to himself.
That "Good knock. I want a rematch" tweet from McGregor actually shows where his head's at. That wasn't days or weeks after, that was in hours and that, Shev, is self belief restored.
I don't know where Nurmagomedov goes from here, if I'm honest as he's showed his hand and there isn't 'more to come' as you might expect, but just the same kind of grind.
The third round showed me that if McGregor can sprawl through the chains, he would dishearten Nurmagomedov enough to keep this on the feet, like Iaquinta showed the world.
I think McGregor's chance has just improved massively.
I will say, though, in the future a fighter can't have two years off and walk into a title fight. I don't care how good you were, there should always be a 'tune up' fight from 14 months out, at least.
Was a sad way for a great ufc night to end. Tony Ferguson is one crazy commited dude rehabilitated his knee on his own. I'd love him to fight khabib and Connor to finish the diaz saga.
That Russian who got sparked out in he last 30 seconds what was he thinking lol where is his fight plan he was winning comfortably just keep your distance and run around till it's over.
If CM doesn’t triple the quality of his ground game in time for the rematch (which is impossible) he’ll get battered again.
Did you not see how one sided it was?.....