UFC 254: Khabib's Coach on Justin Gaethje, GSP, Conor McGregor Rematch, "Father's Plan"

Ahead of UFC 254: Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov's coach, Javier Mendez speaks to Submission Radio about Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje, Gaethje's dangerous leg kicks, how effective Gaethje's wrestling can be against Khabib and how effective Khabib can be on the feet if Gaethje stuffs the takedown, "The Eagle" and his mindset after losing his father ahead of this fight and training camp, having to reign Khabib in during fights in order to stick to the gameplan, Dana White saving something special for Khabib after this fight, fighting Georges St-Pierre and what weight class that would take place at, the Conor McGregor rematch and what the incentive would even be for Khabib, rumours of Conor and Khabib doing The Ultimate Fighter together as coaches, and more!

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
0:29 Living and training Khabib in Dubai for the past month
2:01 How a Khabib fight week differs from a Cain, DC or Rockhold fight week
3:00 Where Justin Gaethje ranks compared to Khabib's past opponents
4:15 Why Conor was Khabib's toughest opponent
5:18 Justin Gaethje's leg kicks
6:32 How effective Gaethje's D-1 wrestling could be
8:41 The Ali Abdelaziz connection and if they've ever sparred together
9:34 How Khabib can even be pushed in training/sparring
10:22 Khabib and Daniel Cormier grappling, how competitive it is
11:52 How Khabib's dealing mentally with his father's passing
13:20 How Javier is Khabib's father's work during fight week
14:28 If Khabib could be affected on fight night
17:02 Javier having to reign Khabib in during fights when he's going against the gameplan
19:30 Khabib's improvements in the striking
23:20 on fighting GSP next and Conor/Khabib TUF rumours
25:25 Why Khabib would even fight Conor again and what it would take
27:02 If Khabib would fight GSP at a catch weight
28:28 On Khabib only taking big fights
29:55 If Khabib would fight past 30-0
31:20 Prediction for the fight
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