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 [Post-Fight Breakdown] 

**Note that I can't watch Prelims here so I will only cover the main card.**

 Chun Li Thighs def. Not-so-Jacked White Gal by Unanimous Decision  : Michelle looked sharp here in contrast to Felice who looked so lost at times. And I was amazed by how big Waterson looks.. It might probably be her thighs. But her striking short-comings are still there as she still got cracked at some points. And like I said, she is still going nowhere. For Felice, she dropped the ball, probably like she did to Karolina (which I didn't get to watch). Most of the fight revolve around getting their hips under each other's hips to throw but Michelle was more dynamic with that.

 Meme-God def. Commarde No-Knee-Strikes by KO at the last minute : Volkov was amazing. Using angles and his length to keep Derrick at bay and made him do Bob Sapp imitation multiple times. And I was very impressed with how he beautifully snatched that Defeat from The Jaws of Victory.. Throwing a Round Kick instead of kicking with his Lead Foot was such a brilliant display of his Fight IQ. I mean he basically gave an angle to Lewis who was basically looking for a Hail Mary punch the whole time, after apparantly breaking his orbital. Also I was flattered with the fact that Volkov didn't throw any knees when Lewis was doing his best Bob Sapp imitation, when there is no takedown threat.. heck even Conor was ballsy enough to go for the knees against Khabib. Anyways, great post-fight interview by our Black Beast as expected.

 Reyes def. OSP by Walk-off KO Unanimous Decision : Went as expected with OSP dropping the ball hard. Reyes did the right thing by not going too crazy against OSP who's known for snatching Victories from The Jaws of Defeat. Too bad the ref didn't calloff the fight, which would have resulted in a perfect Walk-off KO. OSP's empty stance switches did not offer anything at all.

 El Cucuy def. Biggie Pettis by TKO (Corner Stoppage)  : Tony looked shaky or not too confident with his knee at first but he did showed the world why he was called the El Cucuy and also Pettis who showed flashes of brilliance despite suffering an eventual beatdown, living up to his nickname... just in the opposite way mostly. It sucks that Pettis broke his hand again just like in Holloway fight because he had a lot of opportunities to counter and all his shots were just pitter-patter because his hand was fucked. Duke did the right thing for the best for his fighter. I'm also surprised that Pettis didn't pull guard with Tony moving in him a lot like a freight train and I saw him abandoning his low kicks because he was essentially back-peddaling most of the time. I think Pettis was going for some type of Cross Counter or Overhand the whole time because of Tony's tendency to leave his chin up so high.

 Sleeper Agent def. Irish Drunkard by Neck Crank : It's hard to tell at first because Conor got taken down almost immediately so we didn't really see what Fresh/Not-Gassed Conor offered on table. Anyways, Conor did a good job of stalling in the first round... and I lost transmission due to bad weather and when it got back on, Conor was on the ground again. I saw a replay of Khabib landing a flush shot on Conor but I didn't know what led up to that one. While Conor eventually ended up giving his neck just like he did to Nate but before that he did stood his ground by stuffing several takedowns.

Also I noticed that Khabib is not really a cardio machine. Let me explain why. He just give off this aura of having stamina for days but when I looked into it, Khabib needs to take break and he did a lot in most of his fights because his grinding style is so exhausting. He take breaks by maintaining the top position whenever he got the chance to (make sure to notice that next time). Essentially both fight in a way that revolves around grinding their opponents and it takes a lot out of them. But Conor's exhaustion is more apparant than Khabib.

The first takedown, which I think decided the outcome of this fight, was resulted from Khabib using lateral movement if I remember correctly. Conor's linear advancing style can be caught off-guard by using a footwork of Leonard like he did in second Duran fight. By moving side-to-side, Conor has to change his direction whenever Khabib changes direction, which leaves Conor open (I need to make sure tho, whether he did just that exactly). Conor wasn't explosive as should be, which I guess was a tactic to conserve his gas... but it turned out to be a really wrong approach. He could have avoided the takedown using his explosiveness which would have open Khabib to counters.

 Aftermath  :: First of all, WTF was Khabib thinking???!! People using Conor's dolly throwing to justify Khabib's dirty act but there is a difference in Conor didn't do it in a public place unlike Khabib. Even if I don't fault Khabib for making a scene (since he probably didn't touch Danis), his teammates are definite shitheads. Conor might have been concussed and hurt (both physically and mentally), and he got jumped on by two guys from behind. People will debate what actions and favorism will happen but damn Schaub was right. A violent incident did  happened.

On the subject of Conor tapping quick to submission, I don't think it's not right for people to accuse fighters of not going out on the sheild and cowering out of fight. But I think tapping to sub is harder than going unconcious to sub. Remember that famous Leonard vs. Duran 2 which I kept chimming about, where Roberto infamously 'No Mas' (or 'No Sigo' as Duran insisted). Many people slammed Duran for that shit but Mike Tyson famously viewed that as the act of ultimate courage because Roberto knew he had nothing to offer (or nothing in him due to grueling weighcut) for Ray and waved the fight away knowing the inevitable consequences of his actions. What I'm trying to say was, stop making fun of fighters 'tapping out like chicken' that shit takes more balls than most would consider.

Unlike most like to believe, I don't think Conor is not retiring after this loss. He will definitely rematch with Khabib just like he did with Diaz in the near future. He might need some time to sort things out. Let's be honest though, both looked nervous despite whatever people said about who's winning the 'Mental Warfare' and Khabib did showed his real self and emotions after the win.

Feel free to leave your opinions and comment on my quick reaction breakdown.