Can't wait for this one! People keep talking about Conors left hand but if he does win I think he'll catch Khabib with something like a knee or kick, also I keep hearing if Khabib wins he'll win via decision but I can see him submitting Conor. It's going to be a very interesting fight.
I think he might catch Khabib with an uppercut when going for a take down tbh. Maybe a knee, but I noticed an uppercut as part of his repertoire during the open workouts too.
Of course, just as easily, Khabib can take him down and maul him at will on the mat, especially if Conor's cardio isn't up to snuff in the later rounds. He keeps talking about going 30 minutes in the boxing ring, but he was looking awful after the 5th or 6th round, which would have lined up with the middle of the 3rd round in a 5x5 UFC fight, which is where he usually gassed out during his Diaz fights.
This fight will be determined by Conor's cardio imo. As we get closer to the fight, I'm growing more skeptical of my confidence in Conor. I'm at the point where my heart is saying Conor cause I'm a fan, but my head at the moment is saying Khabib. I can't wait to see how this unfolds. I'm probably going to flip flop so many times leading up to the main event. I honestly have no clue.
Conor strikes me as being a little off/different leading up to this one. When an antagonist doesn't get a reaction from their target it rattles/frustrates them. You could see that at the weigh-in. Conor also seems even more charged up than usual. That's coming off as false bravado IMO. This is the first time I get the feeling he genuinely feels it's possible he could lose, and lose badly.
Kind of feeling similar. He seems to be overcompensating. I won't count the first press conference because he seemed to be drunk out of his mind or some shit, but the second press conference he couldn't do what he usually does because Khabib figured he wasn't going to play the game, and Conor seemed to be overcompensating for something at the weigh-ins. What he does there is usually the norm with him creating a stir, but he was really something else there.
You can tell when he's super confident and he gives his "Mystic Mac" prediction by saying which round he'll end it in. He did it in every fight build except for the Diaz ones because the first one was short notice and the second one was a redemption fight for him. He even had a "Mystic Mac" prediction for the Floyd fight. All he's said in this one is that he wants to rearrange Khabib's face and that he's preparing for 5 rounds. It definitely seems different this time.
