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15th August 2018
03:53pm BST

"If right now, we're putting money on it, my safe money is on Khabib."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1028969275741167617
"This just shows you how good Khabib is. Out of 26 fights, I did see Michael Johnson land one straight left that kind of hurt. If Conor lands that same straight left, Khabib's going to go to sleep. That left that Conor has, that straight left, puts everybody on Queer Street. Maybe it doesn't knock out Khabib, but it's going to hurt him and it could really change the outcome of a round and could cost some problems." "That being said, you've got to think that Khabib knows the straight left coming down the middle is the only shot that Conor has to win the fight and early. That's a lot that Conor has to hope lines up. If I was Khabib, just grind him at first. First round, just clinch him. Don't even take a shot. Clinch with him, walk with him against the cage, make it ugly if he wants, grind him."
"We know that Conor has those really high-octane anaerobic-type musculature which allows him to be extremely powerful and quick, but he burns out. We've seen it fights before where he gets into those extremely grinding fights, like he did in the second fight with Diaz, the third round he was backpedaling. He looked like he was ready to fall on his face. And Nate Diaz can't put the same kind of pressure that Khabib can put on him. So if he thought that was bad, it's going to be worse."Some folks are pointing towards the Al Iaquinta fight as one that highlighted a chink in Nurmagomedov's armour. However, Mir feels that Iaquinta is more well-rounded than McGregor. He believes McGregor's fight against Chad Mendes is a better example of what could be in store at UFC 229.
"Chad took him down, I think twice in both rounds. If Mendes took him down, Khabib's taking him down. Mendes had a two-week camp, he wasn't in great shape, he wasn't able to put any heat on him once he got him down. I don't think anybody in the world thinks that Conor can survive underneath of Khabib on the ground. That's nothing against Conor. I don't know anybody in the lightweight division (who could) besides Tony Ferguson."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1013052829735452672
"The 26 people that he's faced, when they wind up on the bottom with Khabib, they take a beating. He's one of the best in the world, if not the best at ground and pound. He probably has the most vicious ground and pound."He's certainly up there anyway.
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