Nah, when you know Cerrone's background you see that this fight is pretty much tailor made for Conor to dominate. He's had 50 professional fights and his tendencies and holes in his game are well established. You just have to pressure him and he cracks. Front kicks to the body and straight punches are anathema to him (these are Conor's specialties (they call his left straight the Celtic Cross)). Conor is an aggressive counter-puncher, meaning he pressures you (pushing you back to the fence, establishing a reference point for him to retreat + counter), gets you to throw a shot and then counters over the top of it. Cowboy has meh footwork and meh ring awareness, I guarantee he'll find himself with his back against the fence early and often. How's Cowboy gonna use his kicks if Conor's right in front of him, not giving him any space? He doesn't. He resorts to loopy punching and gets knocked out - Till, Masvidal, Gaethje, they all crowded Cowboy and did this.
I'll bet avatars that Conor knocks him out in the first 2.
Really dunno about Tony v Khabib. Would have to lean towards Khabib tho.
Last edited by Ele; Dec 12, 2019 at 03:39 AM.