"Nurmagomedov said Gaethje is a "very nice guy and good opponent for me," but when the Octagon door closes, Gaethje will have to be ready for more than a boxing match, implying that's what his two recent opponents -- One of the UFC's biggest sluggers will take on a veteran submission ace in Saturday's Fight Night main event. I'm happy for him. I've been talking to him. In a similar scenario, Dustin Poirier is held against the cage once again, this time his feet are parallel and he has his shoulder facing Nurmagomedov. "Cormier said he's surprised Nurmagomedov is returning so quickly after the "Yeah, I thought he would be a little bit longer, but the reality is we find motivation in different ways," Cormier said. However, I felt his presence and tactics on the feet could be enough to deny Nurmagomedov the situations that served him best. In summer 2014, he suffered a knee injury, i.e. His passive defence in the end of the second round made him unable to continue, and the combat was stopped by a referee. Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports. He has never truly shown a comprehensive approach for defending takedown attempts, and his tendency to prioritize capitalizing on shots with guillotine attempts was a cause for concern. Khabib exercised with his brothers, relatives and friends – about 15 people in total. The bout for the interim Lightweight Championship was scheduled on March 4, 2017, against the well-known Tony Ferguson. Justin Gaethje believes Khabib Nurmagomedov’s ego is his biggest weakness as the American aims to become the first fighter to stop the UFC lightweight champion. Nurmagomedov was bothered enough by the outside kicking game to begin to close in on Poirier, who Not long into round two, after being backed up to the cage, Poirier once again stood his ground and returned fire, The difference this time was that Nurmagomedov hesitated to shoot after backing Poirier up with his initial combination, he was in Poirier’s range and there to be hit when he attempted to pressure back in to finish the job. In this circumstance, Poirier’s stance is side-on, he’s in no position to pull full guard with urgency, and with Nurmagomedov pressing against the cage, leaving little room, there isn’t space to fish for a standing choke. Michael Johnson had no chance against Khabib's savage beating and tireless pressure. The threat of wrestling can do strange things to consistently fearless and composed strikers like Poirier. I win the hearts!» In the first round, after successfully backing Poirier to the cage, Nurmagomedov shot a double, dropping to one knee and bending at the waist, keeping his back straight. Then, in 2015, an injured rib forced the fast developing Russian athlete out of the game for an indefinite period of time. He is far from perfect, but in executing his existing skill set, he has dominated. The first is that he may have been concerned about Nurmagomedov’s diving single (There are issues with Poirier’s approach either way.

But Gaethje also was a Div. Nurmagomedov (28-0, 12-0 UFC) is considered one of the greatest fighters in MMA history with an unmatched ground game while Gaethje (22-2, 5-2 UFC) is viewed as one of the sports' best strikers. All he needs to do is take his opponent down and the rest is history. It’s hard to tell exactly why Poirier was so willing to stay in this range, but there are a couple of logical possibilities. With his right arm, he did successfully dig past Nurmagomedov’s face and under his arm. Of course, while Poirier was attempting to fight hands, Nurmagomedov’s bodylock had become what you’d call a tight-waist, and he was able to step around the left leg of Poirier and drag him back down. An under the radar analyst in Josh Yandle wrote a terrific breakdown of The obvious plus to Gaethje is his folkstyle wrestling background, he was a Division 1 All-American at Northern Colorado in an extremely tough 157-pound weight class. It was the same story in round three, Poirier gave far too much respect to Nurmagomedov’s striking entries and conceded tremendous amounts of space while covering up. Many people saw a video clip where Khabib Nurmagomedov and his brother take turns in wrestling with a bear cub in the mountains.

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