I remember watching Khabib vs. Poirier and holding my breath until Khabib got out of Dustin's guillotine. After the fight, I watched a MMA youtuber's opinion on it. I usually agree with him, but at that time I didn't: he said he was disappointed with Dustin, as he had had a non specific gameplan for the fight: in his opinion, Dustin had to have exploited his virtues, by standing more often on his feet and trying to go for a knockout or a point-win based on his striking. Instead, Dustin decided to prepare very well for the ground game, were Khabib is obviously known for being one of the best in the history of the sport. Apparently, Dustin was looking at his corner, hoping on advice by his coaches, telling him what to do next. This led to him getting tired out and ultimately submitted by Khabib,

I disagree with this view. I think Dustin was the closest to beating Khabib. He may have prepared more his groundgame, but that shouldn't be seen as a bad thing. For instance, some people criticized McGregor for not preparing well enough for what Khabib was going to do in the ground. Probably it was Gaethje the one who hurt Khabib the most, as this was even confirmed by Khabib himself. But the closest to beating Khabib was undoubltly Dustin IMO.

As for the guillotine, the commentators at the moment said it wasn't really in or tight enough. Khabib however said in the press conference it was close. What's your opinion on this? Was it really a chance for Dustin to win the fight? I rewatched it multiple times and it seems Dustin manages to kind of get that guillotine by a distraction from Khabib at the beggining of the second round, if I remember well.