Agreed! That was when the fatigue was setting in. Im sure the short notice had something to do with it, but yeah, timing and precision, bang, ko.

Actually that raises an interesting question of Khabib, he is fast, for sure, but could Conor use that paw to keep him back and post off his head to sprawl back, i wonder?

Khabib, does Sambo, yes, but he isn't a core sambo player. Right, have a look to the core skills displayed in almost every fight... body locks, hands wrapped right around body, wrist control, hip control while posting. So yeah he trained sambo but you show me any evidence anywhere, from any time in his pro fighting career where he does anything except amazing (phenomenal) wrestling decent GnP and bad boxing.
Show me and I will listem. He is a core wrestler, nothing else. And by that I mean this; his foundation is wrestling, thats his core skillset, but as an MMA player, of course he trains other things, like striking, submission grapping etc.

McGregor is what, a brown belt in jitz? trains it heavily for MMA... but are we gonna say he is an very good BJJ guy, in the context of his fight career? No fkn way man. His core skillset, is boxing, something he did froma young age, way before his MMA career.

Khabib is same with wrestling, taking sambo judo etc to complement his MMA arsenal.

Your statement re: sub skills is a bit nutty. As is your Sambo v JJitz statement. They can all be tools in the toolbox, but regardless, Khabib doesnt use whatever Sambo he did learn, it is almost all pure wrestling (and very bad boxing) with very good GnP.

Is it not better to analyse fights/skillsets, in the interest of a good competition? Are you not a fight fan or do the personalities bother you that much??

Absolutely agree, yeah he has trained in a lot of things, naturally and MMA being what it is epitomizes the mix. But his skills came from wrestling from birth practically. So then he hits MMA, his core base is wrestling but he has to learn to strike (boxing), to sub and strike from guard etc, so he learns some Sambo and Judo..... and competed Sambo too of course, but this was to complement his wrestling base, for his MMA career (as far as I am aware, strategised with his dad).

So, if we think about it, what are we really saying, are we stereotyping that he is a sambo player?
or that he knows sambo and trains it as a part of the puzzle for MMA? Well I think I would argue he is an MMA fighter with a core base in wrestling and great sambo striking , some subs (he never does sambo setups for subs, just GnP), some judo.

Look to his go to moves... bodylock, wrist control, hi[ control, arms locked around the back, will drop for a single or double gladly... pretty much core wrestling skills, visible in every fight. then GnP, then maybe sometimes take a sub if it is there, but mostly GnP till decisions?

There is a thing that happens when the gas tank is empty, when fighting in your sport. You revert to type. Boxer ends up boxing his power punch only, wrestler ends up shooting for doubles or for singles against southpaws, Sambo and Judokas end up trying desperately to clinch. It always becomes visible when we are out of gas, revert to type. Khabib is no different, I think, but we might never find out hahaha! He is an engine!