Paddy Holohan...

DeVore · 02-10-2014 2:17pm #1

I don't understand why Paddy hasn't had more exposure tbh... the guy is astonishing. I've been driving his hype-train with a big conductors hat on me since I first saw him fight many years ago (back at the start of his ridiculous winning streak, which is still going).

His stand up is crisp and surgical, he finishes fighters in the first round. When he was on Cage Contender I would joke with him that he must be late for his bus or something because he finished quality opponents so fast.

And then there is his ground game, he's.... elastic. He's made out of Stretch Armstrong stuff... He has a ridiculous guard and is the most active fighter even off his back that I've seen.

Of all the fighters to come out of SBG, I'm the most excited to watch Paddy. Many people seem to be sleeping on him, but really... he has the makings of a champ imho.

Mouthalmighty · 02-10-2014 2:28pm

All that and a shocking nice fella too. I watched him compete in the league many moons ago & his jits was slick then

BeepBeep! · 02-10-2014 2:32pm

DeVore wrote: »

I don't understand why Paddy hasn't had more exposure tbh... the guy is astonishing. I've been driving his hype-train with a big conductors hat on me since I first saw him fight many years ago (back at the start of his ridiculous winning streak, which is still going).

His stand up is crisp and surgical, he finishes fighters in the first round. When he was on Cage Contender I would joke with him that he must be late for his bus or something because he finished quality opponents so fast.

And then there is his ground game, he's.... elastic. He's made out of Stretch Armstrong stuff... He has a ridiculous guard and is the most active fighter even off his back that I've seen.

Of all the fighters to come out of SBG, I'm the most excited to watch Paddy. Many people seem to be sleeping on him, but really... he has the makings of a champ imho.

I agree...genuinely excited to watch him fight. A champ in the making!

darced · 02-10-2014 2:33pm

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Richy06 · 02-10-2014 2:34pm

Paranoia Guard ftw! Like rolling with a really intelligent elastic band.

adamski8 · 02-10-2014 2:39pm

darced wrote: »

He got easily held down by a wrestler in tuf and that killed a bit of the faith I had in him but in his natural division now he could be anything.

Its going to be interesting to see how he goes as its the weakest division in the UFC and a title shot can be got with a few good wins.

He was undersized big time in thst fight though wasn't he? Fighting in a bigger division so a strong wrestler is going to cause a much lighter guy a lot of problems.

SevereMMA · 02-10-2014 4:01pm

darced wrote: »

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He fought that with a badly injured back

SevereMMA · 02-10-2014 4:10pm

Petesy latest article with Paddy from today

http://severemma.com/2014/10/paddy-holohan-fear-forced-gaudinot-to-pull-out/

Zero-Cool · 02-10-2014 4:58pm

SevereMMA wrote: »

Petesy latest article with Paddy from today

http://severemma.com/2014/10/paddy-holohan-fear-forced-gaudinot-to-pull-out/

Such a brilliant interview. Cannot wait to see how he gets on Saturday, will be just as nervous watching Cathal and Gunni just like in Dublin. Huge weekend for Irish MMA!

Locomotion · 02-10-2014 5:03pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

Such a brilliant interview. Cannot wait to see how he gets on Saturday, will be just as nervous watching Cathal and Gunni just like in Dublin. Huge weekend for Irish MMA!

Paddy is -288 against his new opponent now
Gunni is -320
Pendred is -137

All the Irish boys as the favourites this weekend. Looking forward to it

darced · 02-10-2014 5:16pm

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Richy06 · 02-10-2014 5:25pm

No difference?! Are you serious? He had two major back surgeries after and it'd been troubling him for a while coming up to it.

DeVore · 02-10-2014 5:54pm

Can't believe his opponent just pulled out with 6 days to go. That's crap... it robs Paddy of the win almost because now its expected he will win since his opponent is stepping in at last minute (when he could be a monster for all anyone knows).

Gah! Anyway, WAR PADDY!

darced · 02-10-2014 5:58pm

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SDTimeout · 02-10-2014 6:05pm

darced wrote: »

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I'd let paddy speak for himself but pretty sure if the UFC knew what was wrong with him they wouldn't have let him fight that day. As far as i know he told them nothing was wrong.

Mellor · 03-10-2014 4:10pm

darced wrote: »

He got easily held down by a wrestler in tuf and that killed a bit of the faith I had in him but in his natural division now he could be anything.

The only thing worse than fighting up a division, is fighting up a division against a wrestler.

Easy Rod · 03-10-2014 4:46pm

darced wrote: »

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I just watched the fight again the other day, still a pretty close fight. I'd have scored it a draw after 2 rounds personally.

DeVore · 03-10-2014 8:45pm

That fight made me singularly angry.... Even Dana said "You can see how this guy has won 30 something of his fights...". it was spoiling tactics pure and simple but paddy said afterwards that he should have been able to counter it and he would work on that. Which I guess is the sign of a true competitor.

I want to see Paddy just destroy this guy tomorrow night

Mellor · 04-10-2014 10:34am

Just caught the weigh in there.
Paddy's opponent was clearly concerned about making weight.
Boxers off, eyes closed, praying, and a look of relief when they called 126.

Easy Rod · 04-10-2014 11:18am

Mellor wrote: »

Just caught the weigh in there.
Paddy's opponent was clearly concerned about making weight.
Boxers off, eyes closed, praying, and a look of relief when they called 126.

To be expected really on such short notice.

Mellor · 04-10-2014 11:21am

Easy Rod wrote: »

To be expected really on such short notice.

I know he had a week or so to make weight. He can only make it if he's in fight condition.
But that's not it. He didn't really look that dehydrated at all. It's like he didn't have much to cut, and just wanted to do the minimum.

Paddy, on the other hand, looked empty, and hit 125 bang on. I expect he'll look bigger in the cage.

MagicIRL · 04-10-2014 2:21pm

Mellor wrote: »

Just caught the weigh in there.
Paddy's opponent was clearly concerned about making weight.
Boxers off, eyes closed, praying, and a look of relief when they called 126.

During the weigh in, yer man said "Your rainbow stops here" and Paddy laughed back "I don't believe in fairies ya SAP!" - Bet he went back to his hotel room and googled what sap means :pac::D:D

G'WAN THE HOOLIGAN!

Zero-Cool · 04-10-2014 2:41pm

I hope Paddy rips your mans arm clean off CLEAN OFF!

Axwell · 04-10-2014 4:29pm

Should be another first round submission from Paddy

Zero-Cool · 04-10-2014 4:32pm

Axwell wrote: »

Should be another first round submission from Paddy

Thanks again to you and your crew for the free month of fight pass. Its up in a few so will get to see ufc Sweden tonight. Hopefully halifax is added to it tomorrow.

Axwell · 04-10-2014 4:38pm

No worries lad, stuck in work doing an event from Japan but will be watching it on fight pass myself!

Dancor · 04-10-2014 5:48pm

What time can we expect Paddy on our screens? about 1 or so?

adamski8 · 04-10-2014 6:32pm

Axwell wrote: »

No worries lad, stuck in work doing an event from Japan but will be watching it on fight pass myself!

I never got my free month code, wasn't in my spam or anything

Axwell · 04-10-2014 7:02pm

I dont have anything to do with the codes, those were given out by the UFC so nothing I can do to be honest.

JacksonHeightsOwn · 04-10-2014 7:41pm

MagicIRL wrote: »

During the weigh in, yer man said "Your rainbow stops here" and Paddy laughed back "I don't believe in fairies ya SAP!" - Bet he went back to his hotel room and googled what sap means :pac::D:D

G'WAN THE HOOLIGAN!

Proper Tallaght slang. I love this guy, he's a fantastic ambassador for the area.

JacksonHeightsOwn · 04-10-2014 7:42pm

The prelims start at 1 on BT sport.

I presume he'd be on that right?

TimRiggins · 04-10-2014 8:31pm

chrisbonnie wrote: »

The prelims start at 1 on BT sport.

I presume he'd be on that right?

Yeah, he's due on first on BT i think.

Wrongway1985 · 05-10-2014 12:02am

Won't be at 1 the first 2 fights kicking off the card commence at 1. The pre-lims with Paddy most likely at 2.

EuskalHerria · 05-10-2014 12:11am

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Won't be at 1 the first 2 fights kicking off the card commence at 1. The pre-lims with Paddy most likely at 2.

Paddys fight will be at 1. The exclusive prelims just started and there's two of those. So paddys fight is the first on the prelim which will be roughly around 1.

Wrongway1985 · 05-10-2014 12:14am

EuskalHerria wrote: »

Paddys fight will be at 1. The exclusive prelims just started and there's two of those. So paddys fight is the first on the prelim which will be roughly around 1.

Oh silly me time to boot up Fight Pass make more use of this free trial!

DeVore · 05-10-2014 9:11am

Keladis (?) surprised everyone there I think... Paddy showed real heart but that was a war and Keladis grew in confidence as it went on.... great ground fights with both of them showing terrific skills on the ground... I was sure Paddy had it when he took his back in round 2 and was sure he was going to lose it when he got mounted but neither came to be! Its a real pity he came up against a very talented new comer but great fight and great heart.

Mellor · 05-10-2014 10:02am

DeVore wrote: »

Keladis (?) surprised everyone there I think... Paddy showed real heart but that was a war and Keladis grew in confidence as it went on.... great ground fights with both of them showing terrific skills on the ground... I was sure Paddy had it when he took his back in round 2 and was sure he was going to lose it when he got mounted but neither came to be! Its a real pity he came up against a very talented new comer but great fight and great heart.

Paddy grappled well in the first, but he made some pretty poor mistakes on the ground as he tired. (Easy guard pass and straight to mount)

That_Guy · 05-10-2014 10:08am

Gutted for Paddy but he will certainly learn from that experience. That was an absolute war for 3 rounds.

MagicIRL · 05-10-2014 10:48am

That was sensational to watch! Thought Paddy has the choke to end it. The Canadian looked huge in the fight, especially when up close in Paddy's guard. Can't wait to see the Hooligan back in action!

Side note: The phantom stool strikes again!

DeVore · 05-10-2014 11:24am

ARTEM!!! **STOOOOOOL***

You really don't want to get on the wrong side of Ais!

Lukker- · 05-10-2014 11:31am

Looked like a pretty big weight difference to me.

Zero-Cool · 05-10-2014 8:16pm

Hey Lads if anyone has a link to the fight could you pm me please? Would be much appreciated.

ps3man · 23-11-2014 2:52am

Did an interview with Paddy for the UCD College Tribune.. check it out here

http://collegetribune.ie/its-a-hooligan-party-and-everyone-is-invited-andrew-cowan-sits-down-with-paddy-holohan/

peege · 28-03-2015 3:42pm

Why does he run like a gimp around the ring when he enters? His running technique is fair gammy.

scudzilla · 28-03-2015 4:13pm

peege wrote: »

Why does he run like a gimp around the ring when he enters? His running technique is fair gammy.

If he carries on the way he's going I don't give a crap if he runs like my grandad

MagicIRL · 28-03-2015 4:52pm

His... running... technique...

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

themandan6611 · 28-03-2015 4:57pm

ah, now i get it, His MMA career is just to help him with his running ambitions of one day running for Ireland

Vim Fuego · 28-03-2015 5:07pm

He's opening up an SBG in Tallaght which is a great move by him I think. Great coach as well as a great fighter.

peege · 28-03-2015 7:50pm

MagicIRL wrote: »

His... running... technique...

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

There is only one 'i' in right

Dtp1979 · 28-03-2015 9:36pm

Vim Fuego wrote: »

He's opening up an SBG in Tallaght which is a great move by him I think. Great coach as well as a great fighter.

Ye but can he run? He may as well call it quits

themandan6611 · 28-03-2015 9:45pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Ye but can he run? He may as well call it quits

he used to run around tallaght stadium

Paddy Holohan...

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