Official Conor McGregor Thread (READ MOD WARNING IN OP)

Zero-Cool · 21-10-2014 9:42pm

Oregano_State wrote: »

was it on already?

Yeah was on at 9, just basically questions about Conor growing up and how he felt during each fight so far. When asked about next fight, he said he is in talks with UFC at the moment.

Rushden · 21-10-2014 9:53pm

Great moment there between Conor and mendes , pity they cut them off

Gumbi · 21-10-2014 10:14pm

Just caught the last 30 seconds. Did he comments on the specifics of his prior UFC fights? If so, what did he say?

adamski8 · 21-10-2014 10:52pm

Rushden wrote: »

Great moment there between Conor and mendes , pity they cut them off

It was pretty funny alright. Conor is way too quick witted for these guys. Makes them sound like chumps.

It is also very funny that they are using conor to promote the card he isn't even on! Has this ever really happened before. Pretty amazing the impact he has made

Zero-Cool · 21-10-2014 11:05pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6HIZX3rfpI

Oregano_State · 22-10-2014 12:22am

What a line. He's so sharp. Even if you don't like him, he deserves props for the sheer quality of sh1te he can talk.

rolexeagle1 · 22-10-2014 9:16am

To be honest I don't really like the way he slags everyone. It's getting a bit old.

Mr. CooL ICE · 22-10-2014 9:42am

Give that man a belt. Genius.

reganreggie · 22-10-2014 9:59am

That was very funny

kirk buttercup · 22-10-2014 11:10am

No different to what Ali did (although I cant remember seeing any clip of Ali talking about putting his balls on someones head) . He is the most entertaining character in sport at the moment , he can back it up when it comes to it so I say good on him.

Easy Rod · 22-10-2014 12:53pm

Thought McGregor was excellent on the show last night in general.

A few things he said still make me cringe slightly but he destroyed Mendes, a petty slag no doubt but it just completely shut him down. I know the nature of the setup with McGregor in studio and Chad on video link favours the guy in studio but a big win no doubt.

The fact that Mendes is so worked up about Conor while preparing for a title fight is crazy, i'd say McGregor went backstage laughing his head off thinking 'job done'.

Lucy and Harry · 22-10-2014 2:41pm

http://bit.ly/1CVljU3 Chad getting owned in the verbals

Mellor · 23-10-2014 4:38am

Joe Lauzon out of 180.
Cono0r said he wanted the fight. He's realistically the only person who could save this fight now.

yipeeeee · 23-10-2014 8:12am

Mellor wrote: »

Joe Lauzon out of 180.
Cono0r said he wanted the fight. He's realistically the only person who could save this fight now.

3 weeks to prepare properly??

Bit too much to ask in my opinion.

Swashbuckler · 23-10-2014 9:05am

Conor is ready. With so many crucial featherweight fights coming up, you can guarantee he has stayed fighting fit incase Mendes, Aldo, Cub, Frankie, Lamas or Bermudez got injured.

yipeeeee · 23-10-2014 9:07am

What about those ligaments in his hand?

Swashbuckler · 23-10-2014 9:12am

Well he tore those 4 weeks before the Poirier fight but I'm not sure actually. Could still be an issue. Completely forgot about that!

Mellor · 23-10-2014 9:54am

yipeeeee wrote: »

3 weeks to prepare properly??

Bit too much to ask in my opinion.

Define prepare? Making the weight wouldn't be an issue. It's not like he'd have to come up with a drastically different game plan.
I imagine he considered the possibility of Aldo or Chad being injured and stayed in shape.

CurryFlavoured · 23-10-2014 10:20am

It's too high risk/low reward. Sanchez has been much preparing longer for the fight and looks impossible to KO so far, all it takes is one of those windmills to connect. If he won the reaction would be "It's a nice win but Sanchez is way over the hill", if he lost it'd be disastrous. I absolutely want Conor to keep active, but it's a no from me...

It'd probably make for a quality fight though.

Oregano_State · 23-10-2014 10:50am

With Sanchez being so easy to hit, I could see Conor connecting with one of those headkicks he's been throwing. Sanchez may have been difficult to ko in the past, but if you get hit right it's game over, no matter who you are.

CurryFlavoured · 23-10-2014 11:00am

Nobodies impossible to KO, that's for sure. But Sanchez is about as difficult as they come. Did you see the BJ Penn beating? Melendez where he took a 3 round beating and almost KO'd Gil in the end? Even Pearson and the dodgy decision? He was 'hit right' in all of them, the guy seems to have a head made of rock. I want to see him fight but I'd prefer he wait a little longer and stick to FW. That's just me though.

Simply Red · 23-10-2014 11:08am

If it happens I could see Conor taking it by doctor stoppage, diego has a lot of old scar tissue on his face and i think conor would easily open that up, not a great way to win but can see it happening. Shame lauzon is out, that would have been a war.

Oregano_State · 23-10-2014 11:22am

One problem I see for this is that if Conor's being keeping the weight down for UFC 179 in case of a Mendez or Aldo injury, then he would be at a disadvantage fighting LW as he'd probably be walking around bang on the LW limit at the moment.

I doubt that would stop him taking the fight, but it would seriously affect his strength and wrestling if it came to it in a potential match-up with Sanchez.

Mellor · 23-10-2014 12:53pm

Simply Red wrote: »

If it happens I could see Conor taking it by doctor stoppage.

That's an awfully specific prediction.

The cut Melendez open above his eye didn't cause a stoppage at the time as he wasn't affecting his vision.
Unless he landed a spinning kick to the forehead and opened the BJ cut.

scudzilla · 23-10-2014 2:09pm

Is it every fight in the UFC now that Conor has come out with a crazy kick in the first 10 seconds? Hoping someone doesn't cop onto this and spark him

Oregano_State · 23-10-2014 2:22pm

scudzilla wrote: »

Is it every fight in the UFC now that Conor has come out with a crazy kick in the first 10 seconds? Hoping someone doesn't cop onto this and spark him

More like the first 2 seconds. He's started off the last two fights with this type of tactic anyway.

It was a spinning head hick against Brandao, and a hook kick against Poirier.

I'd be worried of a Aldo vs Cub type scenario the longer he keeps it up.

Mellor · 23-10-2014 2:24pm

scudzilla wrote: »

Is it every fight in the UFC now that Conor has come out with a crazy kick in the first 10 seconds? Hoping someone doesn't cop onto this and spark him

I think he has. But I do to see it as a risk. It's a long range strike, the other guy is too far away to counter strike but still in danger of being clipped. Obviously somebody could evade and close the distance, but he prevents that by landing right back in a fighting stance, often continuing to strike.
Tbh I think that the spin kicks are as much to bait the other guy as they are attacks.

adamski8 · 23-10-2014 2:26pm

Yeah its not as if he is throwing the same kick each time or anything

Cyber Ghost · 23-10-2014 3:31pm

Saw him on beyond the octagon.
He seemed like a decent guy until Chad Mendes came on and he was spouting crap like "I'll kick the midget head off ya"

Real unclassy scumbag behaviour imo

Cyber Ghost · 23-10-2014 3:35pm

Also who the hell is that langer presenting beyond the octagon. Your man with the long hair. Looks like a bloody fine art critic.

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