When the fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

Many UFC mixed martial arts fans are looking forward to the day when the fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor will take place. The date of the upcoming fight is set for October 6, 2018.

The special interest in the fight is fueled by the fact that the athletes have a strong dislike for each other, and from this the battle promises to be truly spectacular.

Confrontation of strong rivals

Very soon, real sports connoisseurs will be able to see the fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, which will take place in Las Vegas. Now both athletes are actively preparing for the upcoming fight. It is known that Khabib is undergoing physical training in the United States. According to his father, the wrestler has every chance to defeat the opponent.

Throughout his career, Khabib has about 26 fights and not a single defeat.

In addition, he received the title of two-time world champion in combat sambo and European champion in pankration. He is also the reigning UFC lightweight champion.

Conor McGregor is an equally strong rival. It is worth noting that according to some criteria, it significantly surpasses its competitor. The wrestler repeatedly took part in three weight categories, from which he received a champion belt several times.

Conor participated in 24 fights, of which he won the 21st fight. It should be noted that his main awards and achievements are:

• six-time winner of the Performance of the Evening Award;
• two-time winner of the Best Fight of the Night award;
• the title of the best international fighter of the year (2014).

According to many sports analysts, McGregor has a very unusual fighting style. Also, an athlete can knock out an opponent with both left and right hands.

History of the conflict

The situation is heated not only by the obvious rivalry between the athletes on the eve of an important fight, the date of which is set for October 6, 2018, but also by their mutual insults. Although at first their relationship could be called friendly. Conor noted Nurmagomedov back in 2015, when the Russian just appeared in the lightweight division.

Then McGregor was sure that Khabib was in excellent physical shape and was able to win more than one champion title.

But as everyone strove to achieve greater success in their careers, the relationship became strained. The boiling point can be called the day when McGregor became a participant in the lightweight fights and, thereby, bypassed Nurmagomedov in the title fight with Rafael Dos Anjos.

It is worth noting that at that time, Khabib had about seven victories in mixed martial arts fights. While Conor did not manage to win a single one.

After some time, Nurmagomedov spoke sharply about McGregor and announced that he was ready to show him how to fight. Then Conor referred to the lack of time and explained that he would enter the ring only if the opponent would bring weighty arguments for this.

And in August 2018, the conflict gained momentum again. This time, an American acted as a provocateur, calling the Russian athlete a coward. Khabib chose not to answer.

Who will win

It became known at the beginning of August at a press conference dedicated to the UFC 227 tournament when the fight between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov will take place. The place and date have been set: the fight will take place in Las Vegas on October 6, 2018.

One thing is certain, the fight for the championship belt will be very interesting. It is quite difficult to predict the winner, because each of them has several effective techniques.

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Among the main advantages of a Russian athlete are:

• excellent physical fitness;
• the current tactics of exhausting the opponent;
• high pace of the struggle.

It is worth noting that if an athlete transfers the fight to the ground, then, most likely, his opponent has already lost.

McGregor also has several trump cards capable of delivering a counter strike to an opponent:

• excellent tactics of conducting a meeting battle;
• knows how to carry out jabs and is distinguished by good punches on the right;
• delivers dangerous strikes while standing.

If we analyze the capabilities of each of them, then we can note that the victory will be on the side of the one who knows how to defend himself. Despite McGregor's extensive experience, the increase in pace knocks him out of a rut and he is not always able to get away from the punch. But if Conor starts to attack and goes into close combat, then the fight will take place according to his scenario.

Both athletes have an equal chance of winning, and the outcome will depend only on the quality of their preparation on day X.

It is worth noting that there is no exact information yet about what time the battle between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor will take place. But it is known that in Russia the fight will be available to viewers on Sunday, October 7th.

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