Chael Sonnen reacts to Conor-Khabib press conference: One of 'greatest things I've ever seen' | ESPN 

100%. Not too many rational mma fans.

For sure. Neither one will back down.

Oops I must be on the wrong site, a rational comment was made. Fight could go either way, both have great, but very different styles. Quick KO for CM early or a drawn out mauling by KN

I think Khabib is slightly more nervous. The main reason is Conor is kind of like a dog chasing a car. He's not scared even if he should be. I'm not saying he's going to lose to Khabib, I'm just saying that Conor is so confident in his own abilities he's willing to do things like challenge one of the best boxers of all time to his own game.

Very true. Sure he probably felt a bit out of his element at that press conference verbally against McGregor but in reality neither feels fear at this point lol

He speaks Russian and English, what are you talking about? Conor was scared during the stare down but he was the one who wanted to get closer? Again what are you talking about. Khabib made Conor stand down but Khabib was walking off stage with his back turned while Conor was abusing his manager talking about him ratting to the police, his links to terrorism and abandoning his son he owes 50k in child support for, Khabib didn't even turn his head after all that dirt.

Strongly agree

same shit different smell

Well said.

No... With his hug

@@samsungsamurai His fists damaged Conor too, aged like milk

Yes!

Lol

I reckon Khabib does have quite a bit of intellect though. He speaks quite a few completely different languages. A known sign of high intellect.

The guy is friends with terrorists wtf are u talking about ? He was a bad man and still is but he plays the good guy infront of the camera and shit But conor quiet the opposite when the camera is on he may sounds like the bad guy but when its off he is really a good man

Lol

Khabib is more intelligent than Conor. Inside and outside the ring

Hopefully it's muscles and not tiramisu

wait until he pools off the fight... lmfao just wait

Khabib has at least 10lbs over conor

Was thinking the same thing

Tiramisu better make weight .. 👊🏻🍀💥

😂😂😂

He's full of shit! Always has been, love him or hate him

that's a party I want to go too

How awesome of a night/party with that crew be? & you could talk shit to anyone that doesn't have a gun & they'll crush them

Silva got his head smashed in the entire 1st fight till a lucky catch RIGHT at the end of a fight he 200% got his head caved in.

@Hala Madrid yeah he fears dillion danis

conor looked nervous you can sense it

@Hala Madrid if you say hala madrid we can take picture

Whaswag He's not a bum like you m8

Hes the king of promotion. He knows what hes talking about

Tipcal russian typing in a 1999 Desktop with his nuts frozen and no women around

@@TheFucker669 Lmao I don't even know if he's russian but lol. Most Russians don't even like khabib!

Hes talking about the press conference that we all just watched and the fight for which it is promoting.

Khabib speaks at least 4 languages and maintained his composure the whole time, Emanuel Pereira. McGregor came across as unhinged and low class.

he should have the belt Tony and Conor are champs...not the buffoon khabib

The clown was khabib , the mute clown was left speechless.. No brains!!

low class.. his antics, drama and most importantly his fighting ability made him millions. i think you are hater, a sour low life pennies bomb

MavsFanForLife you’re a clown

uhhh NO. adjective tense, strained, wired (slang), nervous, anxious, restless, edgy, jittery (informal), uptight (informal), on edge, jumpy, twitchy (informal), overwrought, fidgety, keyed . Thats exactly how Conor was acting.

agree with you 100%. they're just pushing the ufc narrative bro, its a total farce. it was like a trump rally. conor was erratic, agitated, and ridiculous. he was manic. his swearing and antics were beyond innappropriate. It was telling that Dana made it strictly ufc-media only, no public allowed. and what about the whole whiskey thing? Leads me to think that this is just profile-raising for khabib. Conor has mental health issues, clearly. He wont be fighting. And khabib knows that, which is why he let the show go on. Khabib will fight Tony (who coincidentally is on the same card). Just imo obviously.

Khabib cant even talk rn. A baby with a beard. References thrown at him about country and religion and understood none of em. Some fake nationality there. However conor was, that's the only way press conference could go since khabib doesn't even talk. Why even get his to press.

all fighter has their own fav fighter. but sorry he is tapmachine 😂

how wrong was he

who da fook is dat guy

Craig Szymanski both of em

lol

No one truly knows but one thing we do know is there is only one Connor mcgregor

Where does Kevin Lee fit in all of this though?

COMPLETELY. HE WAS DEAD WRONG

yes. His thinking aligns oppositely all the time. Go look what he said he would do to Anderson silva and got embarrassed really bad.

Its like Chael wrote this script before the conference even happened

I think chael has also drunk

Proper Twelve on his ass!

Did he not humiliate homeless people by laughing at them for doing press ups for money. Say what you want about conor but he would never do that. If he ever did that I would permanently withdraw my support for him. So dont get it twisted

Khabibs father taught him to punk guys when they're alone and then hiding like bitch.. Then he taught him to laugh at homeless people.. What an douche

Desmond McAlister what is a press up?

Aniketh Shejwadkar In Russia and post soviet countries, you must respond for your words, that clown Artem said in an interview too much shit about Khabib... next you know... a real men responds to his words

@@Nathan-vj1tr haha exactly wtf is a press up lol

Tan Autry Maybe your too slow to understand whats going on?

You needed 3/4?? Wasn t it obvious from the start? Don t you think it is deliberate?

I can see khabib mauling Conor and asking "who's the coward now?" But I can also see khabib getting starched

Matt77 they both will and lets see who breaks first 😂

27-0

Conor won't have the best seat since he will only see ceiling while he's getting mauled by khabib

Conors gonna be outside the cage? lmao

S M u speak english worse than khabib,congrats

Khabib didn't even understand what the hell was being said these ESPN people are morons

There are all fools who think like that!

Correct and I couldn't agree more. When I see this, it seems all that's in Khabib's mind is "give me location", and "how whisky gonna help him".

DON'T YOU DARE INSULT CHAEL THE UNDISPUTED UNDEFEATED WORLD CHAMPION OF ALL CLASSES EVER

Alec B if you say that enough times you might convince yourself of that

Im guessing you've NEVER seen any of Mcgregror's past press conferences... hes always like this, and guess what? He gets the win. Now fuck off

Shut your dumbass up

MikeM16 nah usually he comes across as arrogant but confident and genuine. This seemed forced and like he was too worried about playing Conor McGregor than just being Conor McGreogor.. Came across weak and like he knows there's a strong possibility he gets pummeled in a few weeks. Look at the Aldo build up that was genuine confidence and he scared Aldo even before the fight, this not so much

M R exactly, solid points with Diaz. People mistake him as “elite” because of the Conor fights but really he’s just really good and not a true contender. Everybody forgets he was even supposed to fight Conor and that he was fill in. Conor might have the best stand up in the game right now so he can definitely win this fight but that presser made me believe mentally he’s not as prepared as usual. Also chael somehow comes across even worse than McGregor here. Dude has somehow become an even bigger joke than he was

Rafael Maciel Perfect call

Mussell Bestbrook How’s Noah?!?! Yes I know that’s Ali’s son and the MOA links

Mussell Bestbrook did you watch the whole thing? Conor worked himself up, he got irritated, angry, emotional, the guy looked like a relapsed drug addict and you think he looked cool? All conor managed to do was get inside his own head. He is not the same animal from 2016.

Mussell Bestbrook muslim tinted glasses? Youre a clever boy. Get that conor poster down, hes a nervous wreck, the fact that you cant tell that Conor is becoming contrived shows how much you idolise him. I have mcgregor winning the fight, but all he did in the conference was agitate his own mind. Against Eddie and Nate, his rehearsed lines were witty and natural, with Khabib it was so forced. Please dont reply to me, youre annoying

not really khabib looked pretty mad

He was staring him up and down. It would look silly if he only stared at and shouted at Khabib's shoes the entire face off. 😂

Not even half of that cro cop strare

He's a boring leg grabber that can't finish haha

nikeairjordanfly ...Listen, just who has Khabib beaten ?..I ask you that respectfully, not to be smart or sarcastic, but I don’t believe he has ever fought anybody like McGregor. How versatile is Khabib & what will he do if he’s put down early in the fight. I’m not saying he won’t win, but if McGregor is fully fit & ready, he could expose Khabib as being totally overrated.

Well you have to be honest whoever watched Khabib fight can see many ways he can lose, like how after the second or 3rd round he went 0/9 on Takedowns vs Al who wasn’t training for a 5 round fight, Khabib’s standup showed so many holes in his game & the fact he isn’t a wrestler in terms of shooting for a double/Single, Khabib is Like Ronda he needs to get ahold of you & Clinch, and he is extremely good at that but if Khabib can’t close the distance than he can’t win & Khabib is very Good at what he does but he doesn’t have the Fight IQ that Conor has either, as long as Conor is training seriously & has trained his Cardio & isn’t doing Drugs or partying out of Control I think he is going to do what Holly Holms Did to Ronda Lets see if Khabib & if that happens let’s see if Khabib has the mental toughness Conor has bouncing back from a loss cuz Khabibs Record means everything to him like it did Ronda! Conor has more wins than Khabib vs fighters in the Top 5 at LW what about Khabib to win the title he fought a guy outside the Top 10 that would be like Conor getting a Belt for beating Dennis Siver, Conor has wins over Dustin, Eddie, & Nate, but don’t forget about Aldo, Holloway & Mendes , Khabib is the real Hype train here has only faced guys who are great matchups for him & hasn’t really ever fought elite competition guys who are Top 5 & are in the P4P list, Conor has fought guys who he matches up poorly against & got the W!

Vigus DNA ...I couldn’t have summed it up any better than that...👍

In the end. Khabib is 26-0. Conor’s been out two years! The sport has moved on and up a level without him. Get ready to weep. “If he dies, he dies.”😂

he's paid off

Conor was brilliant, don't understand why people hate him, we need to appreciate this man.

Its a fight and you are supposed to promote. Conor did his thing ! Khabib knew his weakness and remained shut. As the Great One said, know your roles!

alcott devalte We do but this time it was like The Big bang theory without the laugh track.

Same!!!

Exactly

Facts!

Kyrie Irving So what changed from Connor past press conferences? Khabib did not sell one ticket. Connor once again did all the work

The only fool here is you if you think conor isn't in Khabib's head. From the first comments about his father and Chechens his whole vibe changed, he tried to keep cool but was visibly shook.

He's not check out his channel - he prosecutes a good case for McGregor which I agree with

you are just a mad black man!

I'm pretty sure for most people, as soon as the press conference ended they were like "fuck my life". Conor isn't a pussy, he'll say everything that's on his mind and display his whole personality. Those crazy/foolish emotions to me is someone who is not afraid of expressing their full personality. Most people only behave like that in front of their family members or close friends because they aren't afraid of what they might think, but Conor is able to be himself in front of the entire world, that is what makes him so unique.

Alchemistic Academician well written sir !!

Very true

Its called liquid courage..from the whiskey he be sippin

@@alikagaskin5994 if that was true, he must've been drunk since 2012 because that kind of courage is all he's ever shown.

@@Alchemistic88 welll he is Irish soooo..its possible haha...lil jokey joke

Yes

Chael would get more attention saying the opposite so I disagree

I honestly can't believe Chael is talking utter shit. Conor spent the entire conference talking like Colby, he stuttered non-stop, had the worst lines, and didn't even get a voice raise out of Khabib. Conor's whole talk game is a gimic, it's like a sitcom without canned laughter if his crowd isn't there, and that's what it was tonight. So fucking awkward. Please go watch the presser and don't listen to Chael's paid analysis

Mr. Marshall imagine actually believing this shit lmao

never forget he's the stephen a smith of mma, so… let that sink in

It sounds like this thread has a lot of armchair psychologists.

😴

How can someone who got so verbally destroyed he couldn't speak win a press conference? Conor got under his skin it was to obvious to see

lol he didnt even understand what he was saying and there were times khabib posed a question to connor several times but he didnt respond deffo drunk and out of his element

Money Mitch no because when someone ignores your question it gets into your head and it was getting in khabibs

Khalib is gonna get smoked!!!

Well said.

Send me location......

Lol

Wise advise

You'll argue when u have the ability to. U cant even talk. References given to his country and religion. Got none of em. Fake nationality prob.

Roderick Sutton you spelled “he” wrong idiot. Also, Khabib is gonna to fuck him up. Drinking days out from a fight with Khabib!? “If he dies, he dies.” Get ready to lose tragically.

defend title =0 . conor scared to fight khabib till khabin get his first belt

Nosmalija Yunos no Conor was the first double champion in history why defend and risk the belts and legacy he went 10 or 11 rounds with the greatest boxer ever Mayweather himself said Conor fears no man Khabib fears Magomedov,Putin,Kadyrov and Ali’s connections

I kiyani he did. All he spoke was truth.

Take your blinders off fool.

Look at you

Khabib was shook after the Putin pic question and Conor capitalized

Fuck Khabib!

Legends might take u home aswell

Let's be real you're a bitch

nah

Not really. If he got under your skin then he defiantly got under Kabibs #Facts

Based off what? He literally opened the 205 presser about to throw a chair. He’s being consistent, there’s just no crowd but Conor still has to sell to the fans watching online

Especially when Conor took another mic to Dana White to promote his whiskey, it's so unclassy of him. Don't suppose i've seen an athlete being like that.

NYvarsity Sports for real, i don’t know what people are expecting khabib to do the man doesn’t speak english, of course he’s pretty much just gonna sit there

Jonathan Olivieri precisely. The whole thing was cringeworthy. Conor did nothing good for the Irish stereotype either. That being said, if I were Khabib I would have asked for a glass and then threw it (whiskey) at Conor. Would have made Conor more of a raging imbecile than he already is.

You hope thats the case, like you hoped with Alvarez

Chris Mahoney I understand his act well. Throwing a glass full of his whiskey in his face may have lent some spice to his act. Mahoney is an Irish name isn’t it? Burp.

Chris Mahoney We’ve all seen Conor’s act before dude. It’s no secret.

Frankie Dudie Legacy vs money

Facts khabib stayed confident and humble

no means yes, yes means anal

All truth

Talking through his ass, serious verbal diarrhoea

WAAAAAAAAY COOLER THAN TALKING ALL THAT RIDUCULOUS SHIT THE LEPRECHAUN WAS

Well foook. At least my Lucky Charms are still "magically delicious!" Other than that, zee leprechaun has gone completely batshit...

Scared? Where? He is just used to feeding of the crowd, no crowd and with how dead the journalists were he needed to get going himself, he didn't have to come back and especially not to fight khabib so him being scared is simply not the case

Looked scared ?? What are u on, u moron. They were 5 feet away from each other. If u think Conor is scared then u must be new to the sport. And if u think Conor gives jackshit about losing, then ur wrong. The guy is doing this for 💰. He doesn't care if he loses, he knows he's making a lot of money. It's a win win for Conor.

Connor is and idiots. Khabib will get the job done perfectly.

You just disagree is all Chael gets it whatever you want to think. He did pick Khabib to win so there's that lol

fuck off

Sriracha Sauce Mamamamaaaa, Your McTapper got owned 🤣😂🤣

@@LSXvoodoo who said I like conor? you're a fucking sport killer, like the rest of the fanboys in mma

i stay on bus - khabib

More like Conor vs Aldo

delusional

Connor couldn't keep eye contact with Khabib, always lookin down. That shows lack of confidence

boy you should become a psychologist. you're analyzing that shit quite good

FreakOnTheLeaf Chael understands what you clearly missed

Yup Chael often talks crap

Graeme Chael is a joke. So fake and inconsistent. He contradicts himself, his ever changing opinion on jones is a great example.

It’s Conor’s job to get people talking about the presser to help sell the event and that’s what he did. His opponent doesn’t have the mindset/personality for it ...hell he doesn’t even speak English that well so it was all up to Conor. What about that don’t you miserable sensitive fans understand?

The shallower the brook, the more it babbles.

lol true alsi when conor mentioned his father and khabib goes " dont know what your father taught u but my dad taught me to never give up " that was clever

@Dr. Loomis I dont see how you can say anything was planned or not. Considering Conor brought khabibs country and countrymen first... either way I cant wait for the fight. If either one of these guys pulls out I'm gonna be pretty disappointed...

Yup that line probably damage all the Irish people damn mctapper got mad

The Irish were brutally ruled by England for over 700 years and has been rebelling since I think the Irish are anything but English bitvhes

You fool if you paid attention, Conor replied in Irish, how's the English empire doing now you brexit. Bitches

lmao i never saw conor struggle so much to think of a rebuttal

And when he did speak Gaelic .... did you understand? ... No .... so that’s why he’s speaking in English .... JUST LIKE KHABIB

Lol conor got under his skin and got baited when he say about his father coward coz of fear and about Putin..The only one who looks scared is khabib when conor ask are u disrespecting ur President (Putin).. Funny as hell..

andrewUA exactly Khabib was cool wth Chael talking about 🤣

You obviously can’t read body language

Lol, khabib was raging inside look at his eyes change when he talks about Dagestan

he reacted the same way as aldo, except we understand him

He sat and let another grown man disrespect him for half an hour straight, that’s embarrassing. What’s even more embarrassing is people saying khabib has the upper hand in the presser. Khabib looked foolish out there.

Keatrix Biddo If you know about russian politics, you 'd know conor roasted khabib and it went scarily over the line.....but hey..you keep thinking that

@@69birdboy he may have roasted him but his body language told another story.

@@bluechurchowl7641 he stood there and said it, but it just wasn't as convincing as in the past.

Never seen Mcgregor's face so red.

Agreed 100000%

Khabib is a class act? He openly supports and helps organise child fights, ridicules homeless people on the street, thinks women are second class citizens and thinks homosexuals should be in prison, what a good guy.

Point us to a press conference where the observers didn't say Conor looked like a clown. You all gobble it up over and over.

I think the alcohol, money & fame got to Connor. The dude drops his company names and brands like a 12 year old whose dad opened a mock company for him to give him confidence. Connor is a child. But white men will always defend him because he is their hero...

You’re all morons

@@jacob4690 Conor was drunk asf 😂

something tells me you work for Dice or EA or some liberal shit turd company.

Come on, fellas. We should defer to Chael on gamesmanship. LOL

@Sheikh Kristaffa of Tallastine Conor also never studdered before tho🤔

Chill MODE lmaoooo Oky

Khabib cant talk yet. Once he learns. He will understand.

hozeyy “if he dies, he dies.”

It was like self talking. Infront of a baby with a beard. Rubbing his nose only. The only way press could go by Conor taking. Khabib shouldn't have been therem

Responding to your opponent's childish bullshit =\= losing emotional control

Alchemistic Academician 100%!

Yes. People say Khabib is so mentally strong but if that was the case he would never have needed to go up to Artem in the first place.

You are right on the proud part.

lol no,you are wrong,

Jason Davis He was agitated though and noticeably so. Conor doesn't make people feel fear. Anger. With anger you can lose yourself pretty easily and it is a brilliant mental warfare to break down fighters before a fight. Not saying I would do something like that myself but promoting fights can turn into an act though Khabib is definitely on a more personal level for Conor which makes this very unpredictable. They have both done things they shouldn't have and I am pretty sure none of them actually regret it.

Did you even watch the press conference? Conor roasted khabib.

Jacob Robinson that doesn’t mean he moved him mentally dummy. That just means he said mean things

@Chicco Renthlei The press conference that turned the whole world into body language experts, mind readers and armchair psychologists lol

when he said about religion , nationality , language and his father khabib was triggered , what do you mean

Conor tried to sell the fight cause Khabib has no personality

He picked Khabib to win he just gets what Conor is doing is all. He's being subjective something the Khabib and Conor Fanboys have trouble understanding

Rudy Mathews lol if I was a millionaire I’d probably not give too many fucks either...

@@william4207 50-0

Mctapper till great another vergin let me guess you would of not tap hard man

26-1!! Believe that!! How blind can you be if you not see that

Like you thougt you would win last week

Darren 'MCTAPPER' Till mcgregor is 21-3 18 knockouts

Who's Connor? Oh, you mean CONOR.

@Cleetus Luckas he was promoting his whiskey

Lol, bunch of broke bitter people hating on Conor. He’s the best to ever do it bitch, y’all the best at never doing shit!

How did he... Connor is always like that so your talking bs

coming from the Russian

Mind Games ! Khabib and his manager are DONE

Still cant develop his stand up game... and remember, mcgregor has fought mayweather. His boxing must be better now, surely.

Anthony Lopez lol dont talk shit

Your talking out of your ass Eddie Alvarez may not be the greatest of all time but he is most definitely a top fighter hence winning a title in the toughest fighting competition in the world beating names like RDA, Pettis, Melendez and Gaethje. Also you have no idea what your talking about with Cerrone (or even how to spell his name) he got moved up two years ago because he had two hard losses two RDA despite being on a hot streak, so they moved him up because he wasn't beating RDA and has been getting destroyed since. As for Dana clearing the way for Mcgregor, your completely lost. Anyone that knows a thing about MMA will admit Conor is Dana's favorite but Dana did not clear the way, on the top of my head I think Conor had the hardest fight path out of anyone in the UFC. Since his debut he fought Holloway - Brandao - Poirier - Siver - Mendes - Aldo - Nate Diaz - Nate Diaz - Eddie Alvarez and took on the greatest boxer of this era. Name me another person who fought that level of competition from their debut to now, there is nobody that comes close nevermind saying Dana cleared the path for him.