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"What are you expecting from Khabib and Conor if it does go to the ground?"https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1038600125118119936
"Well, everybody's guard so far hasn't been good enough for Khabib. You look at Rafael dos Anjos, Edson Barboza, Michael Johnson, all these guys. Nobody has the guard to deal with Khabib. Especially since most of the guys Khabib takes down, they're running on the ground which means they're trying to get back up to the feet, they're trying to use the fence to drag themselves up. So they're basically running from the ground game." "No one's really stayed and faced Khabib head on from their back. That's what Tony's (Ferguson) going to do. Tony's not going to be one of those guys trying to drag himself up and trying to just crawl their way and spend the whole round trying to get back up while he's getting mauled. Tony's not going to do that. If Tony gets taken down, he's going to square up and attack him. So Khabib's got to worry about Tony's ground game because Toyn has a lot of firepower."Unsurprisingly, he doesn't see McGregor faring as well on the ground against Nurmagomedov.
"Does Conor have the most powerful left hand ever? Probably, but that does not transfer to guard work. Odds are, if Conor gets dragged to the ground, it's not going to be a good night for him. It's going to be a long night."
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