VID Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson Pre-Fight Analysis - Coach Zahabi
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-rubber guard could be a problem for Khabib only in Rd1 before they get sweaty
-Khabib's high underhook and Judo will be significant
-Eddie Bravo's crazy for saying Tony's grappling is equal to Khabib's
-comparing both fighters vs RDA, and says hard to judge Tony's cuz RDA was winning and got poked in the eye, then started losing
-Tony's reach and Khabib's lack of head movement could be a problem
-Tony's Darce is dangerous since he can put it on from variety of positions
-Tony will edge in actual Kickboxing match, in MMA, he don't know. Khabib supposedly have heavy hands
-Tony's unpredictability and creativity makes Firas very excited
-Tony's weird training regimen should be fine
-Tony's imanari roll could work vs Khabib takedown
-Even if Khabib fails takedowns, Khabib has other means to win. Mauling, Clinching, Etc...
-Firas says whoever capitalizes the Rd 4,5s will be victorious
-Khabib don't need to pass Tony's crazy guard, he can smash or punch him
-Tony needs to get up ASAP if he gets takendown, don't grapple Khabib
-Firas says this fight gives him epic wood
-Tony is harder to mimic in training because of bizarre style, Easy to find a wrestler(s)
-Khabib understands every aspect of grappling. Complete grappler. The everything about grappling, he's knows.
-If doing grappling, Firas says it's ludacris to only train BJJ, should train every discipline. Wrestling, Judo, Other shit
-Don't play with fire. Don't grapple Khabib
-Demian Maia > Khabib Nurmagomedov (Firas think Demian Maia is even more complete grappler.)
-taking down Tony is not easy
-Khabib has better clinch game, but in Muay Thai Clinch = Tony
Firas believe this fight is 50/50, adjustment period until the 3rd round. Could be a finish by Darce, KO, GnP, but thinks it'll go to the championship rounds but definitely by round 3, we'll see a breaking point of one of the two. RDA is not good to use for MMAth. Michael Johnson is not good to use for MMAth. Tony and Khabib, both different fighters.
-Khabib's high underhook and Judo will be significant
-Eddie Bravo's crazy for saying Tony's grappling is equal to Khabib's
-comparing both fighters vs RDA, and says hard to judge Tony's cuz RDA was winning and got poked in the eye, then started losing
-Tony's reach and Khabib's lack of head movement could be a problem
-Tony's Darce is dangerous since he can put it on from variety of positions
-Tony will edge in actual Kickboxing match, in MMA, he don't know. Khabib supposedly have heavy hands
-Tony's unpredictability and creativity makes Firas very excited
-Tony's weird training regimen should be fine
-Tony's imanari roll could work vs Khabib takedown
-Even if Khabib fails takedowns, Khabib has other means to win. Mauling, Clinching, Etc...
-Firas says whoever capitalizes the Rd 4,5s will be victorious
-Khabib don't need to pass Tony's crazy guard, he can smash or punch him
-Tony needs to get up ASAP if he gets takendown, don't grapple Khabib
-Firas says this fight gives him epic wood
-Tony is harder to mimic in training because of bizarre style, Easy to find a wrestler(s)
-Khabib understands every aspect of grappling. Complete grappler. The everything about grappling, he's knows.
-If doing grappling, Firas says it's ludacris to only train BJJ, should train every discipline. Wrestling, Judo, Other shit
-Don't play with fire. Don't grapple Khabib
-Demian Maia > Khabib Nurmagomedov (Firas think Demian Maia is even more complete grappler.)
-taking down Tony is not easy
-Khabib has better clinch game, but in Muay Thai Clinch = Tony
Firas believe this fight is 50/50, adjustment period until the 3rd round. Could be a finish by Darce, KO, GnP, but thinks it'll go to the championship rounds but definitely by round 3, we'll see a breaking point of one of the two. RDA is not good to use for MMAth. Michael Johnson is not good to use for MMAth. Tony and Khabib, both different fighters.
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Firas has some interesting points from the recent video around 6:56, he talks about this fight
he points out RDA won 1st round, then Tony came out swinging at 2nd, then the eye poke happened.
by the way he talks about that eye poke, he's implying that was the turning point of the fight. which is obvious when you watch, Tony starts turning it up, picking him apart for 4 rounds from there.
RDA also drops or Tony slips in round 1 and when RDA tried to jump on that, Tony did a very good job of deflecting RDA's punches and positional gain by Tony using his wild movements with his legs.
RDA vs Tony gives an good idea about how the striking will go for Khabib vs Tony due to similarities in RDA and Khabib's, keep charging forward style. Tony did a good job of nullifying RDA (even if the eye poke made a difference or not)
he points out RDA won 1st round, then Tony came out swinging at 2nd, then the eye poke happened.
by the way he talks about that eye poke, he's implying that was the turning point of the fight. which is obvious when you watch, Tony starts turning it up, picking him apart for 4 rounds from there.
RDA also drops or Tony slips in round 1 and when RDA tried to jump on that, Tony did a very good job of deflecting RDA's punches and positional gain by Tony using his wild movements with his legs.
RDA vs Tony gives an good idea about how the striking will go for Khabib vs Tony due to similarities in RDA and Khabib's, keep charging forward style. Tony did a good job of nullifying RDA (even if the eye poke made a difference or not)