UFC 189 - McGregor v Mendes *READ MOD WARNING IN 1st POST*

Beersmith

ken76 wrote: »

Sorry in advance if this has already been answered, but what time will the fight actually start Irish time? Thanks

First thread in the forum

Knex*

Found this really interesting. He talks about a lot of technical stuff and really goes into some in depth analysis.

Interest to hear from people on here with actually MMA experience, or similar, what they make of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgDy0d83C84

Eircom_Sucks

mendes us too emotionally invested in this fight

every embedded he talks about conor

even in the ring after aldo defeat he talks mcgregor etc

he might come in all ready to throw etc and be picked apart

Arrow in the Knee

This pic was put on his Twitter 13 hours ago.

He looks thin and that was Monday night (U.S. time).

He'll be even thinner come Fridays weigh in.

I hope he beats Mendes.

TimRiggins

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

This pic was put on his Twitter 13 hours ago.

He looks thin and that was Monday night (U.S. time).

He'll be even thinner come Fridays weigh in.

I hope he beats Mendes.

Look at him episode one of the embedded in Boston

Always looks really skinny fight week.

Eircom_Sucks

when is the next embedded up ?

real slow at uploading these

dying for sat , great card in fairness

DrPhilG

At long last it's here.

On the bus to Dublin now, flight is at 7am

Mellor

dave1982 wrote: »

Sorry be bringing up the weight cut issue but talks conor weighed 172 couple days ago. He doing loads of media and traveling Canada New York and Vegas. I have no doubt he will weigh 145 bang on. Surely cutting 27lb practically 2st needs his full time attention to do right

He was probably 172 at some point a while ago, but I don’t think it he was that weight 8 days out. Just from looking at photos. Chael was just being Chael imo.
Regardless, I think what Darced said is right, anything to distract him from the cut is a positive. He doesn’t need to actively do much to make weight, it’s a mental battle mostly.

Foxtrol wrote: »

UFC is fluid with their pricing. Tickets started at a higher level than most events and when they saw how high demand was at that price they ramped up the price of tickets when blocks were opened to public sale. I presume any returns they’ve received now have gone back up at a rate than what they were originally sold at to make up the latest increase. Dana also mentioned that they’ve put in bleachers but I’ve no idea where they could fit them in but if they’ve managed to squeeze in 100 more people at near floor level it would be a big chunk of the increase.

As this is a very non-Irish way of selling tickets so people will moan about it being money grabbing but Americans are pretty used to it for a lot of events.

I only heard about this dynamic pricing yesterday. But it sounds likes its only the case for the seat marked “premium”. The regular seat are set prices. They might have squeezed a few extra seats in, but for the most part the gate amount is set by the regular ticket price.

His draw power will really be shown with the PPV numbers.

ASOT

And shes up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX4_Fp8GGr4

Yurt

g.o.a.t on the water bottle

Zero-Cool

That spinning kick to the ball was beautiful

CatFromHue

sheehy83 wrote: »

That spinning kick to the ball was beautiful

Ha but he kicked the ball away from everyone and over the wall, that's why they went in after :pac:

bmcc10

Chad is much better on the camera without the other idiots, Hopefully Rory wins Saturday night aswell been my favourite fighter since he joined Ufc before McGregor, The new breed is taking over.

Hazys

Foxtrol wrote: »

UFC is fluid with their pricing. Tickets started at a higher level than most events and when they saw how high demand was at that price they ramped up the price of tickets when blocks were opened to public sale. I presume any returns they’ve received now have gone back up at a rate than what they were originally sold at to make up the latest increase. Dana also mentioned that they’ve put in bleachers but I’ve no idea where they could fit them in but if they’ve managed to squeeze in 100 more people at near floor level it would be a big chunk of the increase.

As this is a very non-Irish way of selling tickets so people will moan about it being money grabbing but Americans are pretty used to it for a lot of events.

Are you saying because Aldo pulled out, people returned their tickets and UFC were able to sell those returned tickets at a higher price than they initially sold for?

nocoverart

I'm probably hypocritical because I do eat meat, but I hate the fact that Chad takes great joy out of hunting and killing animals just to hang them on his wall like its some kind of trophy cabinet. Hopefully Conor dedicates this fight to Bambi when he knocks him out in one.

Foxtrol

Hazys wrote: »

Are you saying because Aldo pulled out, people returned their tickets and UFC were able to sell those returned tickets at a higher price than they initially sold for?

They can sell them for whatever they want and I've just compared the tickets that are on sale to the image that DrPhilG put together when the tickets went on original sale and I put it at over 50% that have increased in price since that date. Once tickets are returned they'll be put out straight away for resale so the one's here may or may not be returns but either way many have gone up in price.

I think I've also gotten to the bottom of the extra seats/bleachers, from the original map they've removed the ESPN and Fox stages and have replaced them with around 180 extra seats (section 222 & 223). Most haven't sold yet but if they all do it'll make them an extra $90k.

but1er

Airport time!

Safe flight everyone!

slicus ricus

bmcc10 wrote: »

Chad is much better on the camera without the other idiots

Totally agree. When he's not around the others, Mendes comes across as being really sound and seems to be a very grounded kind of guy. Faber in particular comes across as a complete knob, which has taken me completely by surprise. They all looked like such clowns in that boat scene.

It's pretty cool the way Mendes hunts for his own meat and keeps chickens to lay eggs. He's getting the best of meat there, all wild and organic.

Eircom_Sucks

i see brenden shaub saying he thinks mcgregor is petrified of facing mendes and he believes mcgregor didn't have an option not to fight mendes , the the ufc said " aldo is out , this is the fight your taking "

also believes john kavanagh etc tried everything to get out of this fight etc

brenden schaub is a complete tool imho anyway so take from it what you will

edit : heres the link

http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/brendan-schaub-i-think-conor-mcgregor-is-terrified-right-now-070715

Knex*

The same McGregor who wanted to bet Dana White $3m that he'd knock Mendes out in the 2nd round?

Sounds about right.

Hurk

slicus ricus wrote: »

Totally agree. When he's not around the others, Mendes comes across as being really sound and seems to be a very grounded kind of guy. Faber in particular comes across as a complete knob, which has taken me completely by surprise. They all looked like such clowns in that boat scene.

It's pretty cool the way Mendes hunts for his own meat and keeps chickens to lay eggs. He's getting the best of meat there, all wild and organic.

You'd get the feeling that Chad wakes up some nights with Faber standing there with his top off, watching him sleep.

Hurk

Really enjoyed this breakdown. Check it out if it's a slow day at work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgDy0d83C84

Zero-Cool

Strange out of Schaub who's usually gushing over Conor. Fair enough if you don't think someone will win but willing to bet all your money that Conor tried to pull out of the fight is a bit strange.

Hurk

sheehy83 wrote: »

Strange out of Schaub who's usually gushing over Conor. Fair enough if you don't think someone will win but willing to bet all your money that Conor tried to pull out of the fight is a bit strange.

That, and the "terrified" comment seem a little odd for him alright. Thought the rest of his analysis was fair and reasoned. He is prone to wild statements though.

shrewdness

Strange comments from Schaub, for a self-confessed Conor fan he seems to have absolutely zero confidence in him against the top of the division. He's entitled to his opinions obviously, but the idea that Conor is terrified of Mendes or that his team 100% tried to get a different fight than Mendes, is bizarre.

He seems to be on a good run of predictions right now - he tipped Werdum to sub Cain, and picked the round too I think - but hopefully he's off the mark here!

Awesomeness

shrewdness wrote: »

Strange comments from Schaub, for a self-confessed Conor fan he seems to have absolutely zero confidence in him against the top of the division. He's entitled to his opinions obviously, but the idea that Conor is terrified of Mendes or that his team 100% tried to get a different fight than Mendes, is bizarre.

He seems to be on a good run of predictions right now - he tipped Werdum to sub Cain, and picked the round too I think - but hopefully he's off the mark here!

I actually picked Werdum too. While I understand why cain was the favorite I dont think it was as big of an upset as others seemed to think.

It was nowhere near serra/gsp levels for me

Zero-Cool

The Tash will be at the fight week expo, would be epic to get a pic with him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_MvxQm7Zdw

JustTheOne

shrewdness wrote: »

Strange comments from Schaub, for a self-confessed Conor fan he seems to have absolutely zero confidence in him against the top of the division. He's entitled to his opinions obviously, but the idea that Conor is terrified of Mendes or that his team 100% tried to get a different fight than Mendes, is bizarre.

He seems to be on a good run of predictions right now - he tipped Werdum to sub Cain, and picked the round too I think - but hopefully he's off the mark here!

Well seems a lot of people think Mendes is a harder test than aldo who knows if there is some truth behind it.

bmcc10

JustTheOne wrote: »

Well seems a lot of people think Mendes is a harder test than aldo who knows if there is some truth behind it.

With the mindset Conor has I very much doubt it, You called it Brenden dude good job dude your a bad ass guy dude.

I don't think anyone can guess. on the wrestling thing, mendes could catch a gigantic knee on the way in and it's lights out, ohhh the joy!!

sure I've see tons of underdogs go into matches as if it meant certain death (especially TUF series) only to catch the hyped opponent and finish him quick. sure look at how calvin lashed Uriah hall!! everyone wrote him off and it would seem hall had it in the bag!!

it's a fight and no one can call it, that's the beauty!! I'm confident McGregor can do it but I'd hate to see him made a fool of, I.E tapping in the first round AKA Anthony Johnson!