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For me BJ Penn/Michael Chandler
BJ had the offense to beat the brakes off anyone. Khabib probably wins by decision most of the time but I could see BJ stopping him 3 times out of 10. A grappler like Khabib really only has one choice against Penn, the GSP 2 strategy...be on him like glue and just methodically wear him down. Khabib would just have to avoid getting hurt for two rounds and it's probably a wrap by decision after that. BJ was a serious problem standing up and on the ground amd was almost impossible to take down.Hm? BJ Penn has great jiu jitsu off his back, granite chin, good takedown defense, great boxing - he already has the skill set, just a matter if he is trained enough or if he's strong enough I suppose.
Stylistically, he checks a lot off what you would need to fight Khabib - just a question if he's good enough.
BJ had the offense to beat the brakes off anyone. Khabib probably wins by decision most of the time but I could see BJ stopping him 3 times out of 10. A grappler like Khabib really only has one choice against Penn, the GSP 2 strategy...be on him like glue and just methodically wear him down. Khabib would just have to avoid getting hurt for two rounds and it's probably a wrap by decision after that. BJ was a serious problem standing up and on the ground amd was almost impossible to take down.
Penn was very mercurial, sometimes he was basically an unstoppable force, sometimes he fought stupid or lackadaisical. BJ was pretty much always up to fight, but he was a frontrunner and unless he could beat Khabib up early, which he had more than enough offense to do, he'd probably wear down by the 3rd round.