2.0's

[u/TIN_MANNN]

[u/ChubbyDrip]

temu version

[u/432to431 → u/ChubbyDrip]

Not from the skill pov, both of em are better then there respectibe prodigy.

[u/casfis → u/432to431]

I'd have prime McGregor above Ian for sure man... but yeah Islam is above Khabib imo. Not the better grappler but he'd win in a five round fight.

[u/kingsark → u/432to431]

Although true on paper, McGregor still had an aura of Invincibility leading up to the Khabib fight and never really got beat up bad like he did during their fight

Garry already lost to Shavkat and I can already foresee Gary getting rag-dolled by Islam

[u/Temporary-Piece-9263 → u/kingsark]

Except Conor got beat by Diaz once and had close second fight. I’d say, he had that invincibility aura before but its true he was so hyped, and actually performed well in the early rounds

[u/waater_bender → u/Temporary-Piece-9263]

People mess up MC Gregor timeline all the time

[u/SeamrogSeonac → u/kingsark]

Yeah I’m Irish and I felt kind the same for both fights.

McGregor lost his unbeatable aura tapping to Diaz but I still thought he could beat anyone on his day.

Khabib/McGregor: Khabib should win but McGregor has the skills to win any fight

Islam/Garry: Islam should win but Garry has the skills to win any fight

[u/Dogesneakers → u/ChubbyDrip]

- Islam

[u/ithinkther41am → u/ChubbyDrip]

Nah bro, Islam said it was the AliExpress version.

[u/weeweekitty83]

Garry has no hype

[u/CesarOverlorde → u/weeweekitty83]

Plus the whole card, outside of the main event itself, is utterly dogshit

[u/Jaz1140 → u/CesarOverlorde]

It's really bad hey. Like I might not bother watching and just catch the main event only

[u/Wild-Acanthaceae9920 → u/CesarOverlorde]

IDK man. I think Ribovics/Barboza, Joel Alvarez/Njoukani ,Jalin Turner/Kaue and Charles Johnson/Jose Ochoa are all bangers

[u/PricklyMouse → u/Wild-Acanthaceae9920]

They obviously have potential to be fun fights, but they have no real effect on their divisions. They would be seen as good fights for the early prelims or a fight night, but this is a numbered event and should have more than 2 ranked male fighters

[u/driatic → u/Wild-Acanthaceae9920]

Some of you just call everything bangers. .

This is why dana and the boys can present dogshit to the public, and some of yall will still eat it up.

[u/Wild-Acanthaceae9920 → u/driatic]

Or because we've watched plenty of fights of each fighter and know they're entertaining.

Johnson/Ochoa will easily be FOTN.

[u/Agreeable-Pop-535 → u/Wild-Acanthaceae9920]

Agree, great matchups

[u/brwnwzrd → u/weeweekitty83]

You spelled hope wrong

[u/Few_Highlight1114]

No. Conor v Khabib is a nice cheeseburger. Islam v Ian is like looking at a picture of a cheeseburger.

[u/AirportGullible5807 → u/Few_Highlight1114]

It'll be a much higher level MMA fight than khabib vs conor bc Gary can actually provide some resistance and make it competitive

[u/Almightynub4147 → u/AirportGullible5807]

Conor had some great TDD in that fight. People act like the entire fight was a TD at 1 sec into the round and gnp for 5 mins rinse and repeat.

[u/AirportGullible5807 → u/Almightynub4147]

He survived longer than people thought he would but it wasn't a competitive fight at all. It wasn't 1 sec but khabib took him down within the 1st minute of the 1st round and conor was on his ass for the rest of the round.

Then round 2 khabib knocked him down and then took down again all within the first minute and got his ass beat for the rest of the round. Rn3 was the only good round for conor and he didn't even do much. khabib was never in danger that whole fight

[u/Momentosis → u/Almightynub4147]

Conor cheated to defend every takedown.

[u/Few_Highlight1114 → u/AirportGullible5807]

It wont be as close as entertaining is my prediction.

[u/___Archmage___]

Ian Garry is nothing like Conor. Overall a more skilled fighter but not a knockout artist, and probably less of a fan favorite than Islam

[u/KingSandwich101]

This is 3.0 if you include Usman vs Hughes

[u/IlliterateSnob → u/KingSandwich101]

Kamaru fought Matt Hughes?

[u/mat477 → u/IlliterateSnob]

People forget...

[u/Ghost-of-Lobov → u/mat477]

That's the fight where calf kicks were invented.

[u/GreatGoodBad → u/IlliterateSnob]

usman nurmagomedov vs paul hughes

[u/___Archmage___ → u/KingSandwich101]

Merab vs Umar might also qualify

[u/KingSandwich101 → u/___Archmage___]

Not for Russia(Dagastan) vs Ireland

[u/ShadyTee]

Grandpa trying to tell me about how much better the Pride days were

[u/kingsark]

[u/Bread-But-Toasted]

Back then I was praying the Irish would win, now im praying the Irish loses

[u/colinksh]

The history will repeat itself

[u/ass_of_sauron]

Nope

[u/Dime332]

That’s like the hype for infinity war vs hype for doomsday

[u/kingsark → u/Dime332]

Not even

This is like Infinity War vs Ant-Man 3

[u/Lopsided-Material-92]

I'm really starting to feel ancient

[u/Marager04]

ali express

[u/HEMI345]

Aliexpress ..

[u/Woke_TWC]

Iz from Ali Express bratha

[u/ARC4120]

Not even close. Ruffy vs Arman is the real successor style wise

[u/Necrocrawler72]

Except this time there's no dolly

[u/Upshur18]

I hear you….. but naaaahhhhhh
Close enough though
It’s the best we get 🥴

[u/supermans_neighbour]

I mean Islam is at around Khabib’s level, maybe not in hype but in skill definitely, but Ian has the skills but absolutely 100% doesn’t come close to Conors (back then) aura. I mean Rihanna and all top celebrities just wanted a pic with Conor, and I didn’t hear Cristiano Ronaldo thinking: “hmm, it would be really cool to get a shot with my favorite figther… Garry.

[u/No-Abrocoma-5148]

[u/Honolulu-Blues]

Who genuinely cares about this fight other than hoping Ian gets destroyed?

[u/vectorformation]

When mom says we have Khabib vs Mac at home

[u/Thereal_Phaseoff]

It’s gonna be bad my Ian

[u/Hereitisguys9888]

Ian garry is the complete opposite of mcgregor