How Khabib Nurmagomedov's Genius Defeated Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 | Luke Thomas
At UFC 254, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated interim champ Justin Gaethje via second round triangle choke submission in the pay-per-view main event on Fight Island.In this breakdown of the title fight, I go through Khabib's game plan, tactics on the feet and strategy for the ground including the curious absence of ground and pound, wrestling between the two fighters, Khabib's grappling skills and more.
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Lots of unforeseen issues getting this out on time and in a coherent way. Sorry for how choppy it is. Good news is you might be seeing more breakdowns on this channel every Monday. Stay tuned.
Shit, what did i miss? Nice tshirt dude
Amazing stuff
Luke thank you you deserve credit you know what the fuck your talking about
Noo is good analyse . Thx fore uploading Luv from Holland
I am no expert, but I predicted Khabib would exploit Justin's leg kicks for take downs. BUT, I did not expect such impressive striking game. Game plan was perfectly tailored to Justin. Knees, kicks up the middle, step in uppercuts predicted well that JG would instinctively lower head and drop down. Closing the distance & keeping him on the back foot was also imperative. Also, big credit must go to Javier Mendez as well! Or as I like to call him Javier "Kane Velasquez style" Mendez. Khabib's execution of the plan & performance were nearly perfect. Objectively, he should have completed the arm bar at end of 1st round.
If you talk about punch, say it to Teddy atlas reaction,.. this man is not real, this man a joke... His prediction is nothing real. Period
Hey Luke are surprise about the right...??? For sure because your prediction is far far far fucking way... I think when you say something you can learn about something, your analize maybe poor like your prediction...
wtf 8000 likes
Great breakdown as always! What is the software or App Luke is using to draw on the footage?
Amazing breakdown!!!
Thank You,Luke. It was a great break down. Can't be done any better!
Luke, you never mentioned the horrendous scandal that was the judges giving the 1st round to Gaethje ???
I literally had to check if I messed up the video speed to 1.5x. The pace was fucking insane!
Luke made me cry at the end when he thanked Khabib on our behalf and said he was a better analyst. Thank you Luke for all you do.
Khabib made me fall in love with mma
Didn't khabib say he went to submission with no gnp because justin is good guy and so didn't want to hurt him? That makes this even more impressive. Ground wise was like black belt vs student.
You’re the greatest analyst ever , I’d like to see more khabib fight , 30. Perfect
He was serious about taking him into the deepest ocean and drowning him
When Khabib fights 🥱🥱🥱 Most boring champion ever!
i can see Luke giving himself this nickname " professor salt and pepper"
Someone do a count of how many times Luke says "Nurmagomedov". Lol.😂
Luke loves to say "Nurmagomedov". Loves it!!!
Is the creative by Luke Thomas? I can't tell. 😃
Man after the fight everyone realised how great Khabib is but after the analysis we realize how great Justin is, Loved the analysis, Khabib the Goat of the toughest division, I just at least hope I can see him and his hero GOAT GSP fight a fun fight.
Hes most for sure made me more of a fan i believe the goat in UFC but he needs to fight GSP so there's no doubt
best mma analyst
Khabibs striking defense is underrated. Also, Gaethjes wrestling was not terrible. He was able to escape any sort of clinch positions, but the fast shots off of leg kicks were just great timing
Khabib made his own fighting style called Anaconda
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23:20 ...this is just insane, how khabib operates there
Al Iaquinta 5 rounds Conor Mcgregor 4 rounds Dustin Poirier 3 rounds Justin Gaethje 2 rounds Tony Ferguson 1 round? Either Khabib is just getting better and better over the years or the competition is just getting weaker. If that's the case, does it mean that Al Iaquinta is the real gangsta of them all? Hmn, makes me wonder.
I mean khabib is a great fighter but he hasn't fought anyone good. The lightweight division has always been the worst division for fighters.
@Summer Breeze same reason why mayweather isn't the GOAT
You wanna discredit him but at the end you disrespects his ex-opponents ability
Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.... Khabib the 🦅 🐐
Where everyone's level ends khabib's level starts from there
i wish i had a Physics teacher like You!!
Ive said it from the start of his career ,the only thing that can beat Khabib is the scale and thats only on an extremely bad day. Lol literally the only thing he has done in this sport is shown everyone he's a giant among midgets.
11:34 scooping ice cream in a violent way😂 holy shit watching the punch after hearing that makes it look hilarious
Hahahah, Where are we? We're in the bad place! omg too freaking funny because it is so freaking true.
This was great thank you for this breakdown. I will say, Khabib stood toe to toe with Justin, one of the more notorious strikers, and took a few good shots from Justin and just shrugged them off. Literally, you can see his shoulders shrug with his hands open facing up like as if he were saying, "that's it? that's all you got" and then we got to see Justin Gaethje on the run. Had Justin been fighting anyone else, I would have bet on Justin. But I knew Khabib's level of wrestling made Justin's level of wrestling look like elementary children at lunch recess. Khabib is a master, his wrestling skills are something all American wrestlers have never seen before. It just doesn't compare. We have seen Khabib eat some big punches and still control every aspect of each fight. He is a living legend.
great breakdown Luke. You da man.
Pj penn in his prime would give khabib probloms! 👍 if you agree!
Justin ran a marathon around the cage lol never seen that!
Great job man awesome break downs! I really enjoy these!
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Thank you, Luke❤️
Great analysis and best compliment from good Expert Mr Luke Thomas.
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damn, why can't i like this a thousand times...
lmao what can you criticize about him as a person???? Luke sit down... dude is the GOAT inside AND outside the octagon.
I just wanna remind everyone: • Gaethje was Khabib’s toughest matchup stylistically, and ended up being his toughest fight - and it still only lasted 6 minutes. • Khabib not only out-struck Conor (the greatest striker in the world except for Adesanya), he did not take any big shots from Conor. • Khabib also absolutely dominated Iaquinta (someone known for their boxing) with boxing. • Khabib broke the record for most takedowns landed in a fight (21), and he did it against a 4 Time All American Wrestler, and he did it in a 3 round fight. • He dominated and finished Poirier (who has beat prime Holloway, Gaethje, Pettis, & Alvarez), dominated Dos Anjos (a former champ), dominated Barboza, and dominated Johnson. • He never lost a fight. • He dominated every elite fighter he faced, never having a close fight. • He lost, at the absolute most, 3 rounds in his entire career; and in none of those rounds was he dominated. • He was never in trouble, never hurt, never stunned, and never cut. • He did all of that in the most stacked division there has ever been in the history of MMA. And on top of all of that - he never tested positive for PEDs.
The best breakdown of the fight. 👍🏿
Luke -- Just before KN puts JG to sleep, KN's broken finger of his right foot gets caught in the cage which is why his transitioning was not smooth - At 40:42
I respect khabib more for his character outside the octagon. I don't know what life choices prof talks about.
I only wanted to roughly go through the video from here and there. Ended up watching the whole video. Great break down from prof. Khabib Goat ♥️
Nurmagomedov's punching technique is not text book, but he has combos, knows how to defend, overall not a bad striker. In the first round I was thinking "Khabib has to use the single to change to a double, he can't finish this on Gaethje". And this is what he did. Nurmagomedov is sooo quick, too. He thinks on a different speed!
I wonder if, at the moment Khabib got the double and Gaethje drops his weight, I wonder if instead of Justin grabbing the waist of Khabib, if he put his forearm on Khabibs face and tried to continue the sprawl, I wonder if it would've helped? It at least would've prevented Khabib from taking the back as fast as he did. I'm almost certain Khabib would've be able to complete the takedown, but it at least would've put him in a "better" position than he did. It would've blocked Khabib from rotating to the back so fast.
Luke Thomas is also genius who has sight to recognize genius of khabib...Amazing breakdown..Khabib is so technically sound and highly skilled, he understood sprawl patterns of justin in just 2 attempts and make adjustments so well and quickly that justin couldn't even imagine...Hands down to skills level.
Luke, excellent content as always. Been following recently only from your podcast, a friend recommended it and I've been a constant listener. On the 41:00 mark of the video on the matter of Khabib sitting back and "expecting" Justin to sit up, I thought Justin had no choice but to sit up because Khabib had Justin's right arm trapped. If Khabib sits back with that, wouldn't Justin's elbow will feel the pressure hence forcing Justin to sit up to relieve that pressure? Keep up the good work! I was captivated the whole video runtime.
Khabib made me a better Christian and he's a Muslim
“Scooping ice cream in violent way” punch 😂
Bro i notice u are wearing a cannibal corpse t shirt. Wow
You know what's problem with khabib opponents they try to survive not try to win... They just went there where khabib want them to go.. I hate to say only Conor was trying to do something against him.. With all respect all of his opponents were try not to lose.. And 1 more thing puts him top of the food chain his pressure.. It's insane before khabib Fight you should've strong mentally very strong like rock than maybe you has chance against him otherwise if return ever maybe till 45 he will never gonna lose his fight IQ is high
40:00 if you noticed ,Khabib wants to push Justins hand out, but obviously Justin is pushing otherway. so khabib use that and just pull his hand under
Khabibs grappling is so good it is ultra instinct for him, he could do it in his sleep
Why does khabib made everything look so easy😂
Khabib did all of this with broken foot toes ... just remember this folks
Love your breakdowns, Luke!!!
He wasn't forcing "speed chess"he was simply putting the pressure on which doesn't allow the opponent to get set.This same strategy is used in ALL sports,example i play Defense in hockey and my biggest challenge is a player who really hounds me,keeps the heat on.Same thing in Football,you put pressure on the Quarterback for a reason.Khabib never fights within kicking range,he either stays out or moves in.Most of the real bad fighters in the UFC stand right in that kicking range which is also out of your striking range,so it is a stupid distance to fight at. I personally thought Justin did not look like a guy who wrestled,maybe he is just that rusty.The first thing yo udo is put pressure on the head but Justin was just trying to run which puts himself off balance.
I don't look at it as a "fight game"that sounds more like the WWE,i look at it as a SPORT and that is how I want to see it evolve into an organized sport.
35:01 best part
reporter: can you make an anaylsis how you win against justin? khabib : i dont now..its just happen on the spot.
Cool video
Complete and excellent analysis tyvm for sharing i just noticed it was a 47 mn video :)
IAM going to dagistan russia and find khabibs mothers house and beg her to change her mind and let her son fight again, cus MMA world will be empty with out khabib in it. who is with me on this mission.
for 2 months all i heard was how justin is gonna stop khabibs takes down and how good justin is on the ground, from what i saw khabib made justin look like an amateur and if khabib wanted to cause serious damage to justin he could have done easily .lets give respect where respect is do.
Best part was be like.. You casuals are criticizing for his fights skills..
Couldn't find a clean shirt? lol
Mcgregor dont know how good khabib was.. He made a big mistake to fight Khabib.. Big Mistakes he ever made in his entire life
How?? Cause Khabib is too good for the UFC at 155
He taugh mma world a lesson how is to be good, kind humble, modest outside and smash everybody inside , those who act strong he smashed double for free .. You never gomna see someone like him
Dunno why you ditched this channel. I know you're busy with MK but you should have kept the live chat here at least. Your numbers were coming along really well, shame man.
Is that what happened? Was wondering why nothing has been on here
Khabib is the master of is art.made it look easy,the greatest 155 ever,no doubt.
Good breakdown, but after the 50th time you said Nurmagomedov instead of Khabib it began to grate my nerves. In your defense they both have pretty unappealing last names but it sounded like you were firing his name out of a machine gun.
It's funny looking at Khabib's takedown defense. Literally who would ever voluntarily try to wrestle with Khabib?
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We're never seen THE KING EAGLE hunting skills and technique anymore...dammmmnnnn I'm really miss already
Dead channel
Khabib is a fighting genius.
Luke, the reason Khabib won the way he did is that's the way he wanted to win .Same as all of his fights, just because you think he didn't try to finish certain previous fights doesn't mean he Couldn't. He tells you before each fight what he wants to do in that fight.
Luke you're an amazing analyst! Love your content! Keep up the phenomenal work!!
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Speed Chess , with Khabib already thinking 20 steps above everybody else. Physically Jon Jones might have the best physically body (well that's the positive part of him 😏). But Khabib have the best or among the best of physical, mental and Mind in all fighting aspects
41:35 Khabib hurts is broken toes on the fense and grimaces which is why he wasn't in the best position after moving his leg over Justin's arm. A second later you can see the pain he's in but re-establishes the move and begins the choke
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i believe even the fighters dont really know what are u babbling about
Good blow-by-blow analytics-- especially that last takedown, thanks Luke.
I didn't know Khabib was a caring person as not to have Justin parents watch the pounding he usually administer to hes adversary, a new look Eagle.
He took that many shots from Justin and submitted him in the second.🐐🏆
I give them credit where it's due but it's the UFC's marketing genius that cripples a lot of opponents. Iseen it happen countless times with Fighters that get built up to Legendary status the opponent comes in and basically fights their fight for them. Look at how fearful gaethje was, he was moving really fast to get away and that was all that was on his mind as soon as the bell rung. Everyone thinks I'm a Conor McGregor fan because of his Antics I'm a fan because of his fighting style look at how Connor faced him in their first fight he walks out like a G. That's why I want to see George St-Pierre fight khabib because I know George will shoot for the takedown I want to see khabib taken down. Then when he knows the person is good on the ground he gets pieced up on the feet
Justin Gaethje is Khabib's most toughets opponent, Conor cheating like a chicken, and Khabib still beat him
That wierd punch is called the eagle punch
Luke gets seriously triggered when you call him a soy boy. With that reaction its undeniable. Lol
41:00 is where Cornier talk about Khabib don't want break Justin arm
He definitely genius.. thts why he never got any damage
It's an eagle punch.
Bonjour luke Je pense que Habib et vraiment trop fort C est une légend.