Conor McGregor Vs Khabib Nurmagomedov is getting its actual hype. While most of the UFC personalities have already predicted their possible winner, the former UFC Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez has also talked about the Lightweight Championship bout at UFC 229.
Unlike others, The Underground King's prediction seems quite honest at the moment. Alvarez stated the weakness of the current Lightweight Champion Khabib from the UFC 223 against Al Iaquinta and told that he keeps his head high which would end up getting him more strikes.
Though Iaquinta did not land more than 16 shots in a single round, the case seems different from that with Conor, as he is a real badass. Conor has a different kind of power in his hands.
"Styles are match-ups. I think if Khabib does not correct the mistake of sitting back with his chin back and going to the side, Conor's going to put his lights out with that left hand pretty bad, pretty quickly. So he needs to correct that mistake and he needs to learn to relax in the pocket and know that he's safe. Until he does that, he's always in danger of getting beat by a guy with knockout power like Conor McGregor."
However, Alvarez believes Khabib can beat the former two division champion if he takes him to the ground. "Khabib's a different animal on the ground,' he focused on McGregor's ability to cope with the nightmare", he said.
"But Conor McGregor on his back, I don't feel like he has a strong spirit for fighting on the ground. Some guys have a real strong spirit, they can stand up all day for five, ten rounds as long as they're standing up but when it goes to the ground their spirit weakens."
"I don't think Conor has a strong enough spirit to be able to withstand Khabib's ground attack over and over. So I'd have to give the edge to Khabib because I feel like there will be takedowns and Conor will not get up and I don't know if he has the spirit to stay in the fight with a ground fight where Khabib is controlling fifteen to twenty minutes of a twenty-five minute fight. I'd have to give the edge to Khabib."
This seems a fair prediction from the Underground King. Conor can't cope with the Nurmagomedov's grappling prowess.
