Coach Zahabi thinks,
-Khabib's performance was brilliant, amazing
-have wood about Khabib's 1st take down, the low-single, reminds him of Sakuraba, haven't seen takedown like that in the UFC
-will revisit that takedown technique later
-scored all 5 rounds for Khabib
-4rounds total domination by Khabib
-AL is the man for taking the fight on 1day
-AL is not that smaller
-AL was standing low to prevent Khabib to level change but Khabib went down even lower for a lower single (wood)
-Al put all the eggs in one basket, not get taken down, opened him up for all that Jab and even the Punt kick by Khabib
-Iaquinta did a really good job but Khabib made good adjustments when he shot for the low single.
-Al's flat footed, low stance was a descent game plan, it worked early on where first TDD was good, fantastic to not even let Khabib get full-grip cuz if Khabib grabs and fully lock, game over.
-Khabib's failed TD is actually a blessing in disguise, the fact that he didn't get so discouraged after, he kept it cool, calm, and collective, and moved on to later, securing a TD.
-It's very hard to pull off low-single like that in pro MMA fights, especially in Championship fights. think of any fight with low-single (never unless u count James Toney)
-Khabib mixed up a lot in this fight, tried to go for subs, rear naked choke, AL did a good job defending all of it.
-Khabib's gameplan in round 3rd and 4th after he slowed down, thinks he did it to relax, recoup, recharge.
-rounds 1,2 Khabib was so dominant, AL was worned down from the takedowns, at this point AL's explosion was mostly gone and for a worn down fighters, KOs happen in the later rounds, statistically.
-Regardless of how you look at it, AL just couldn't find Khabib, didn't really hit him with anything significant, worried too much about TD, got jabbed, punt kicked
-Did he already say Khabib's low-single? amazing! (wood)
-Khabib did have his chin up little too much but Khabib's striking D wasn't bad, and maybe concerned only because of 4oz gloves,
-Doesn't agree with Joe Rogan commentary, Khabib has different type of fluidity, little stiff, but reality, Khabib didn't really get hit, nothing significant and overall, Khabib's striking was excellent, the jab was a beautiful addition to his arsenal.
-Maybe, Khabib stole a page out of GSP's book(the Jab) but GSP still has the best double in the history of MMA in his opinion.
-Khabib gets 9.5 out of 10 in his performance vs AL
-Saw Khabib rolling with DC, and it was scary to watch. Hard for anyone to beat Khabib, keep seeing him improve.
-in order for GSP vs Khabib, has to beat Conor first, and clean division, then if Khabib moves up and takes WW, then maybe GSP will be interested but as of now, only fight intrigues GSP is vs Conor at catchweight.
-Conor went too far with breaking the glass on the bus and physical contact on UFC employees was stupid, crazy.
-bus attack was not a PR attack, gotta see what happens to Conor at court. Lot of staff were physically hurt.
-Tony vs Khabib will never happen unless Tony goes on absolute tare again where no one can deny
-Khabib vs Gary Tonon is very interesting match up in grappling
-Khabib vs Conor is the fight to make. There is no other fight. Only problem is the trouble, Conor is in.
Probably not Russia, McGregor won't go cuz it's dangerous there for him.
-If it happens, it'll be a blow out, one way or the other. Khabib grabs, Conor getting smashed but Conor has the best weapon to stop that. The left hand (touch of death)
-Tony vs Conor, crazy fight, not out of the realm of possibility, Tony does get hit but has more variety of striking tools, weird angles, weird shit, and interested to seeing how Conor reacts to that
-Khabib vs Lee, most realistic possibility in the near future. But Lee has to win impressively, then could call Khabib out.
-Kevin has different wrestling style than Khabib, Khabib is more chain wrestler.
-Kevin is one big shot, penetrates, explosives, effective and less risky
-1st round of Rose/ Joanna could be a draw or Joanna, or the entire fight, he wouldn't mind whichever happend
-Stipe wins over DC, good fight DC is awesome at HW but giving the edge to Stipe for better striking
-thinks Brock Lesnar should be banned for life, for anyone who pops even once with steroids.
-Tom Brady says, "Khabib is overrated", challenges Tom Brady to put his money where his mouth is at, "bet money against Khabib next time Tom!"
up to 27:25, check out the rest of the video for more
-Khabib's performance was brilliant, amazing
-have wood about Khabib's 1st take down, the low-single, reminds him of Sakuraba, haven't seen takedown like that in the UFC
-will revisit that takedown technique later
-scored all 5 rounds for Khabib
-4rounds total domination by Khabib
-AL is the man for taking the fight on 1day
-AL is not that smaller
-AL was standing low to prevent Khabib to level change but Khabib went down even lower for a lower single (wood)
-Al put all the eggs in one basket, not get taken down, opened him up for all that Jab and even the Punt kick by Khabib
-Iaquinta did a really good job but Khabib made good adjustments when he shot for the low single.
-Al's flat footed, low stance was a descent game plan, it worked early on where first TDD was good, fantastic to not even let Khabib get full-grip cuz if Khabib grabs and fully lock, game over.
-Khabib's failed TD is actually a blessing in disguise, the fact that he didn't get so discouraged after, he kept it cool, calm, and collective, and moved on to later, securing a TD.
-It's very hard to pull off low-single like that in pro MMA fights, especially in Championship fights. think of any fight with low-single (never unless u count James Toney)
-Khabib mixed up a lot in this fight, tried to go for subs, rear naked choke, AL did a good job defending all of it.
-Khabib's gameplan in round 3rd and 4th after he slowed down, thinks he did it to relax, recoup, recharge.
-rounds 1,2 Khabib was so dominant, AL was worned down from the takedowns, at this point AL's explosion was mostly gone and for a worn down fighters, KOs happen in the later rounds, statistically.
-Regardless of how you look at it, AL just couldn't find Khabib, didn't really hit him with anything significant, worried too much about TD, got jabbed, punt kicked
-Did he already say Khabib's low-single? amazing! (wood)
-Khabib did have his chin up little too much but Khabib's striking D wasn't bad, and maybe concerned only because of 4oz gloves,
-Doesn't agree with Joe Rogan commentary, Khabib has different type of fluidity, little stiff, but reality, Khabib didn't really get hit, nothing significant and overall, Khabib's striking was excellent, the jab was a beautiful addition to his arsenal.
-Maybe, Khabib stole a page out of GSP's book(the Jab) but GSP still has the best double in the history of MMA in his opinion.
-Khabib gets 9.5 out of 10 in his performance vs AL
-Saw Khabib rolling with DC, and it was scary to watch. Hard for anyone to beat Khabib, keep seeing him improve.
-in order for GSP vs Khabib, has to beat Conor first, and clean division, then if Khabib moves up and takes WW, then maybe GSP will be interested but as of now, only fight intrigues GSP is vs Conor at catchweight.
-Conor went too far with breaking the glass on the bus and physical contact on UFC employees was stupid, crazy.
-bus attack was not a PR attack, gotta see what happens to Conor at court. Lot of staff were physically hurt.
-Tony vs Khabib will never happen unless Tony goes on absolute tare again where no one can deny
-Khabib vs Gary Tonon is very interesting match up in grappling
-Khabib vs Conor is the fight to make. There is no other fight. Only problem is the trouble, Conor is in.
Probably not Russia, McGregor won't go cuz it's dangerous there for him.
-If it happens, it'll be a blow out, one way or the other. Khabib grabs, Conor getting smashed but Conor has the best weapon to stop that. The left hand (touch of death)
-Tony vs Conor, crazy fight, not out of the realm of possibility, Tony does get hit but has more variety of striking tools, weird angles, weird shit, and interested to seeing how Conor reacts to that
-Khabib vs Lee, most realistic possibility in the near future. But Lee has to win impressively, then could call Khabib out.
-Kevin has different wrestling style than Khabib, Khabib is more chain wrestler.
-Kevin is one big shot, penetrates, explosives, effective and less risky
-1st round of Rose/ Joanna could be a draw or Joanna, or the entire fight, he wouldn't mind whichever happend
-Stipe wins over DC, good fight DC is awesome at HW but giving the edge to Stipe for better striking
-thinks Brock Lesnar should be banned for life, for anyone who pops even once with steroids.
-Tom Brady says, "Khabib is overrated", challenges Tom Brady to put his money where his mouth is at, "bet money against Khabib next time Tom!"
up to 27:25, check out the rest of the video for more
Coach Zahabi's insights should shut everybody (including me) up and we can all move on to next better things.