re: UFC news: GSP wants Khabib at 165lbs, Dana has initiated calls

I forgot what podcast it was (perhaps Lex Friedman) where GSP recent said that his strategy against Khabib would be totally different than anyone else's.

He said he would basically attack Khabib and take him down, but do it in the middle of the ring, where he does not have the cage advantage, and basically go from there.

I often had this same thought on why someone didn't try to bully Khabib before he could get you to the cage where he wants the fight to be.

The old strategy of bullying the bully has worked alot in fighting. Tyson Fury did it to perfection with the 2nd Wilder fight.

But then I realized that most all of the guys he fought weren't elite UFC wrestlers.

If GSP ever got Khabib to the ground in the center of the ring, his BJJ, wrestling and submission game would all be there and be deadly.

Question is, though, can Khabib even be taken down? No one has ever ready tried it, and the ones who did kind of did it out of desperation and was probably not in their original game plan.

Khabib has also always used 155 as a gigantic personal advantage. He always barely made weight and, by fight time, he often looked 20lbs heavier than his opponent. With GSP, he would not have that advantage at all.

Although I think Khabib wins the fight, I think that it's probably because of his age, while Khabib is still in his prime.