Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-32831664-20180405190126/@comment-32831664-20180408164534

CanadianOracle3301 wrote: Khabib has holes in his striking, this not a secret and it did not take a match with Iaqunta to prove this (the way everyone is talking now).

Someone with volume and feet could possibly avoid his TD long enough to tag him up.

But don't get last night's "stinking" performance twisted, Khabib was only doing so because he knew he only had to avoid the one big shot Al has in his toolbox.

Khabib is not going to offer the same opportunity to a Conor or Max, that would be ridiculous he willl go for the TD right from the first second. He was toying with a lesser opponent and still looked sloppy but he knew who is opponent was.

Yes! Striking has never been his forte and that definitely wasn't a state secret. But I reckon people were surprised with his performance because everyone was expecting him to maul Al like Barboza. However, what people didn't notice in his earlier fights is that he gets really tired in the 3rd round, his GnP cannot be sustained for 5 rounds. This was his first 5 round championship fight and perhaps for the first time ever had to rely on his striking for 3 rounds straight when he couldn't get the takedowns. There was an aura of invincibility regarding his takedowns and GnP, that he can take you down at will. But I suppose that myth was busted today.

And people went like - "hang on a sec! He isn't as scary as I thought". And also the fact that he couldn't finish an opponent everybody deemed a "sacrificial lamb" magnified the attention on his below par striking.