“As a competitor he is very good, he hits really well,” Khabib Nurmagomedov praised Conor McGregor for being an excellent competitor
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Conor McGregor vs Khabib Nurmagomedov
The title match between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor at UFC 229 was possibly the biggest match in the history of MMA. Both these athletes were at top of their game, and after all,m was said and done Khabib came out on top with a dominating performance.
A lot of drama was involved in this fight, Khabib confronted Conor’s teammate backstage and then Conor threw a dolly at Khabib’s bus. Things were pretty wild but when the duo finally stepped inside the octagon, Khabib battered Conor and choked him out to get the victory.
Khabib recently talked to RT Sport where he talked about the key factor that helped him win that fight, in a post put forth by RT Sport News, Khabib stated, “Patience and fairness are the main keys to success. I could say he is bad this way, he is bad that way – but it would be wrong of me. As a competitor he is very good. And he hits really well. But in our fight I was on another level mentally. It was not about who hits harder. It was about mental toughness.”
“In terms of mentality I believe, I am much stronger,” Khabib Nurmagomedov weighs down on his mental toughness
Khabib has always been vocal about not wasting his energy focusing on his opponents instead of himself. He said when a guy talks too much, he puts a lot of pressure on himself to live up to the hype, and more often than not they break down.
He continued, “The whole world was watching and the main thing was to control emotions. We can fight. We can wrestle. We have been doing it our entire life. But when you enter a zone you’ve never been before, sometimes it’s hard to keep your composure. That is why back then I focused on my psychological condition more than the physical one. So as a competitor he is very good. But in terms of mentality I believe, I am much stronger.”
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Suryansh Thakur
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