Oct 20, 2004 · Khabib believes the champ was forced into the fight by UFC officials. “The difficulty was only because Merab didn't want to fight,” Khabib recently told Gorilla Fighting. “I believe that the UFC made Merab fight and they pressured him and made him fight [Umar]. The UFC needed a co-main event fight. That's my personal opinion.

Feb 3, 2018 · Rank the resume's of Khabib, Islam, and Khamzat for the first 5 years of their UFC career: Khabib 8-0 (2012-2016) W's vs Shalorus, Tibau, Tavares, Trujillo, Healy, RDA, Horcher, Johnson (2 fights away from title shot) Islam 7-1 (2015-2019) W's vs Kuntz, Wade, Lentz, Tibau, Johnson, Arman, Ramos L vs Martins (5 fights away from title shot)

Jan 19, 2025 · Khabib did not like to finish his opponents early he wanted to smash and make them suffer. Islam has admitted many times that khabib mindset is unmatched and while islam may be more skilled he never was as dominant in controlling and scaring opponents, Islam would have died in fight til death against Khabib who was his bigger brother.

Dec 17, 2015 · Boo Hoo, I hope Khabib's feeling weren't hurt. If I was on a airline and a Muslim looking guy was sitting by the emergency exit and was causing a problem, I wouldn't be comfortable either. Sorry to say, but that's the world we live in now. Who is it that wants to kill Westerners for the last 20-30 years [or more]? Muslims.

Apr 14, 2019 · Khabib would've probably gotten his ass handed to him by Gray Maynard but we have to sit here and listen to Sherdoggers try to compare him to Jon Jones when Khabib wouldn't even move up to 156 much less 170 to fight a 40 year old GSP.

Jan 19, 2025 · I am a Khabib fan and this was a big L for his team. Merab proved he is more like Khabib than any of his team, fighting with constant forward pressure, complete confidence in himself, no fear, and making up for what he lacks in striking technique with …

Dec 7, 2014 · Khabib has top tier genetics when it comes to cardio. Khabib could probably hang in there, but it really depends on who would be stronger in the wrestling department which is pretty hard to say, since we have no idea how a 155 pound Merab would look like. Usman and Islam wouldn't fair any better than Umar.

Nov 9, 2024 · Khabib's striking was mostly just relentlessly pushing forward daring his opponent to try to throw a punch so he could shoot under it and grab them. Umar and Usman are that next step in the evolution, full-fledged strikers that can also drag and smesh if they want/need to.

Feb 25, 2013 · Khabib Nurmagomedov's longtime coach Javier Mendez revealed that 'The Eagle' puts fighters on house arrest if they deviate from his customary or prescribed course during fight preparation. www.sportskeeda.com

Jan 25, 2025 · Khabib didn't fight frequently and does not have an impressive strength of schedule. Islam snapped Charles's historic 12 fight win streak and he beat him everywhere. He beat P4P Volk twice and the second time made it look easy.