UFC 194: McGregor vs Aldo ***READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING***

Paully D

We're a week out, so it's time for the event thread. Hopefully we can use this one purely for discussion on the actual fights. Unsure how the moderators want to handle this so feel free to move, lock etc if wanted. I've included a couple of the main FAQ's that always crop up for these events and our usual poll too.



Date: Saturday December 12th
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
Time: Early Prelims (Fight Pass 12am GMT), Prelims (BT Sport 2, 1am), Main Card (BT Sport 2, 3am)
Odds: McGregor (8/11) vs Aldo (11/8)
Other Events: Q&A with Holly Holm on Friday 11th December (9pm GMT), Weigh-Ins on Friday 11th December (11pm GMT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-dKGd67g0Y

Note - if either McGregor or Aldo have to pull out, Frankie Edgar steps in.

What time will the McGregor v Aldo fight start at?
It's difficult to give a precise time, but if you tune in from 5am you won't have to wait too long.

How can I watch the event if I don't have access to BT Sport?
It's a pay-per-view. You can purchase the event on UFC TV to stream for €17.99. This will give you access to all of the fights on the main card, including Conor's fight. If you want to watch the prelims too, you'll need to take advantage of the one week free trial that UFC Fight Pass offer or pay the €7.99 monthly fee if you've already used said free trial, just remember to cancel if you don't want to continue to use the service. Live events via UFC TV/Fight Pass are available to view on devices such as Xbox One/Xbox 360, iPad, iPhone, Andrioid and Apple TV via their app.

MOD NOTE:
Paully D has kindly included any details needed to watch the fight. Do not post in this thread asking what are start times or you will receive a warning/infraction. Nobody wants this thread full of the same question over and over again.

Also, please be civil towards one another and don't drag the forum down by resorting to petty sniping or all out flame wars.
If you think someone is trolling, report the post. Do not respond to them.

Lastly,.....Enjoy the fight everyone. Whether you're watching in a pub, or at home, or if you're one of the lucky ones in Vegas.... I hope everyone has a great time watching it.
Irish mma has come a long way in recent years and it's brought us to this point. We should all enjoy it, and realise we're watching history in the making. It's going to be a great night no matter what the result.

Fromvert

McGregor via Decision

I change my mind on a daily basis between Aldo/McGregor and Weidman/Rockhold, can't wait for this. This is what UFC cards should look like!

El Guapo!

Paully, excellent info as usual but I'm locking this for now. No need or for another thread just yet. There'll only be cross-post ING even more than we have now.
I'll re-open this when we get a bit closer to fight day and it can be used for fight discussion.
Cheers

El Guapo!

MOD NOTE:
Paully D has kindly included any details needed to watch the fight. Do not post in this thread asking what are start times or you will receive a warning/infraction. Nobody wants this thread full of the same question over and over again.

Also, please be civil towards one another and don't drag the forum down by resorting to petty sniping or all out flame wars.
If you think someone is trolling, report the post. Do not respond to them.

Lastly,.....Enjoy the fight everyone. Whether you're watching in a pub, or at home, or if you're one of the lucky ones in Vegas.... I hope everyone has a great time watching it.
Irish mma has come a long way in recent years and it's brought us to this point. We should all enjoy it, and realise we're watching history in the making. It's going to be a great night no matter what the result.

Crann na Beatha

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Richard tea

McGregor via Decision

So excited.

RedemptionZ

Aldo via Decision

Sorted out the poll this time I see no more mysterious Holm fans voting after the fight ended!

Hmm I can't see past an Aldo win unless age and the last 18 undefeated fights have caught up with him. Too much in his arsenal for Conor's sole, admittedly very scary, standup. I voted KO/TKO because I think Conor is too big to have the cardio for 5 rounds against a guy like Aldo and he'll get sloppy and lose from there.

I'll be shouting for the Irishman in the fight though. Would be a lovely surprise to have an Irish UFC champion come Sunday.

Paully D

McGregor via Decision

Aaaaand we're off.

19 meltdowns, 45 infractions, 8 bans and 2 death threats is my prediction for this thread.

fermanagh_man

Aldo via Decision

Wonder will the weigh in make us even more excited? McGregor don't do quiet weigh ins.

JustTheOne

Would love to see him come out straightaway , orthodox stance and left sidekick into aldos ribs, no way aldo would be expecting it:)

Muahahaha

McGregor via Decision

what time are the weighins kicking off?

JustTheOne

Muahahaha wrote: »

what time are the weighins kicking off?

Can you not read the opening post?

EuskalHerria

McGregor via Decision

Paully D wrote: »

and 2 death threats is my prediction for this thread.

Oh ya? I'll kill you! (especially if you score better in the fight picks!)

Looking forward to the weigh ins. Curious to see if Conor will maintain Zen or will there be an incident.

Eircom_Sucks

McGregor via Decision

if this stays on the feet i won't worry as conor has a concrete noggin

if aldo takes it to the ground , ill worry , i remember him having faber in the mounted crucifix for like a minute and was lucky the ref didnt end it there , and faber us supposed to be a better wrestler than conor

Richard tea

McGregor via Decision

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Wonder will the weigh in make us even more excited? McGregor don't do quiet weigh ins.

I cant even wait for the weigh in's. Ive 20 quid on CM to win by the 2nd by KO. Anybody staying up for the franky fight?

froog

McGregor via Decision

what time is the main fight on at?

Axwell

froog wrote: »

what time is the main fight on at?

In 5 mins...




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JustTheOne

Axwell wrote: »

In 5 mins...

Please make it stop.

Gaygooner

Aldo via Decision

Go Aldi!

Swashbuckler

Aldo via Submission

Gonna miss the old thread! Like a lot of people I'm back and forth on who's gonna win. Part of me thinks Aldo will try and point a victory with takedowns. Another part things the leg kicks could mess up Conor's knee. Another part of me thinks Conor will wear Aldo down with his striking accuracy. Just have no idea how this will go.

thewheel2.0

I normally buy PPVs on UFC.tv but I'm worried its going to be unstable. Fight pass was unstable this last night/this morning (they fixed up the replay for PVZ card around lunch time.)

Is the youtube version HD? It doesn't say at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yatS6fVnUGQ

RedemptionZ

Aldo via Decision

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

if this stays on the feet i won't worry as conor has a concrete noggin

if aldo takes it to the ground , ill worry , i remember him having faber in the mounted crucifix for like a minute and was lucky the ref didnt end it there , and faber us supposed to be a better wrestler than conor

Yep. Faber was one win away from NCAA Div. 1 All American status so would be a much more proficient wrestler than Conor, but his stand up is nowhere near as deadly. I think most people can agree that if the majority of the fight takes place on the ground Conor will lose, so I'd say TDD would've been a huge part of his training. He's quite lanky for the division though which won't help him there.

As a general rule Americans have the best grappling bases because of the popularity and high standard of coaching of wrestling in high schools and then college. So it isn't really a knock on McGregor that all these guys have much better wrestling than him, it's just that we don't really have anything like that here. Russia and in particular the Dagestani guys seem to have very good Sambo bases though, but I know very little about Sambo, that might be a better base again. They've got a wrestling culture there too as evidenced by the olympics.

fermanagh_man

Aldo via Decision

Going to record tonight event, can't do 2 late nights in a row

Speaking off late nights, what's everyone's plan for staying awake till 6am?

Alcohol?
Power naps?

Axwell

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

I normally buy PPVs on UFC.tv but I'm worried its going to be unstable. Fight pass was unstable this last night/this morning (they fixed up the replay for PVZ card around lunch time.)

Is the youtube version HD? It doesn't say at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yatS6fVnUGQ

Watched the whole event last night on fight pass without any issue apart from one moment where it skipped and repeated about 3 seconds. I've watched plenty of events on it and rarely had any issues and personally wont be worried about it tomorrow night. If anything you tube will prob be worse as theres a comments window feed on the side of it isnt there?

Vertigo100

McGregor via Decision

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Going to record tonight event, can't do 2 late nights in a row

Speaking off late nights, what's everyone's plan for staying awake till 6am?

Alcohol?
Power naps?

A small sprinkling of drugs.

Depp

McGregor via Decision

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Going to record tonight event, can't do 2 late nights in a row

Speaking off late nights, what's everyone's plan for staying awake till 6am?

Alcohol?
Power naps?

only way

Hoki

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Going to record tonight event, can't do 2 late nights in a row

Speaking off late nights, what's everyone's plan for staying awake till 6am?

Alcohol?
Power naps?

I generally try sleeping on the couch between 11 pm and maybe 2 am. Get up then and get myself a bit of food and a beer and I'm ready for the remainder. I've always got it recording on Sky box so when i wake up i start watching the prelims which start at 1 am and then fast forward through the ads. I usually catch up by either the start of the main card at 3 am or just after. Gotta watch this main card live though!

thewheel2.0

Axwell wrote: »

Watched the whole event last night on fight pass without any issue apart from one moment where it skipped and repeated about 3 seconds. I've watched plenty of events on it and rarely had any issues and personally wont be worried about it tomorrow night. If anything you tube will prob be worse as theres a comments window feed on the side of it isnt there?

You can close the Youtube chat window, I close it every damn time

For one of the biggest events ever I just wonder if Youtube's servers would be more reliable.

The fight pass prelims wouldn't load for me at all till about 2pm. The main event was stuttery as fúck all morning too. Very disappointed as its normally very reliable.

Depp

McGregor via Decision

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

You can close the Youtube chat window, I close it every damn time

For one of the biggest events ever I just wonder if Youtube's servers would be more reliable.

The fight pass prelims wouldn't load for me at all till about 2pm. The main event was stuttery as fúck all morning too. Very disappointed as its normally very reliable.

its funny sometimes though!

RollieFingers

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Going to record tonight event, can't do 2 late nights in a row

Speaking off late nights, what's everyone's plan for staying awake till 6am?

Alcohol?
Power naps?

Bolivian marching powder

RedemptionZ

Aldo via Decision

How much do people normally drink during a PPV event? I've never drank for one, I'd drink for matches as they're only 90 mins-2 hours. I think if I was drinking for this I'd be smashed by the main event and it'd be wasted on me. What's the advice for pacing myself here? Planning on watching the full main card.

Axwell

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Going to record tonight event, can't do 2 late nights in a row

Speaking off late nights, what's everyone's plan for staying awake till 6am?

Alcohol?
Power naps?

Lightweight...

Adreneline, excitement and hype for the whole main card from start to finish. Staying awake for this one wont be an issue at all. If you feel you will struggle then why not stay up tonight to adjust and sleep on tomorrow and get up nice and fresh in the afternoon so staying up late wont be a problem.

Azrel

Aldo via Decision

RedemptionZ wrote: »

How much do people normally drink during a PPV event? I've never drank for one, I'd drink for matches as they're only 90 mins-2 hours. I think if I was drinking for this I'd be smashed by the main event and it'd be wasted on me. What's the advice for pacing myself here? Planning on watching the full main card.

10 pints

Easy Rod

I'm meant to be on a local 12 pubs tomorrow so think I'll join at pub 5 at about 8pm, should be able to pace myself til 6am from there. Adrenaline is the main thing.

OmegaRed

McGregor via Decision

Ah lads, the Irish making a show of themselves at the Holly Holm Q&A. It's embarrassing. Live for the world to see!!!

RedemptionZ

Aldo via Decision

Azrel wrote: »

10 pints

Jaysus.

gormdubhgorm

I think Aldo will win he was great he the 94 world cup when he came on to score against Mexico. I hope he beats the guy with Americanisms and fake American robotic accent.

froog

McGregor via Decision

irish idiots shaming us live!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzZPKZS1_Fc#t=957

xtal191

McGregor via Decision

OmegaRed wrote: »

Ah lads, the Irish making a show of themselves at the Holly Holm Q&A. It's embarrassing. Live for the world to see!!!

Haven't been watching, what are they doing?

OmegaRed

McGregor via Decision

xtal191 wrote: »

Haven't been watching, what are they doing?

Drunk AF and asking really stupid / the same questions that were just asked. Being a bit disrespectful to the ladies on stage too!

Muahahaha

McGregor via Decision

bookies have McGregor as fav in a match that is too tight to call. I wonder are the bookies shortening the odds on Conor just because of the sheer volume of Irish money going on him? Be interesting to see what odds the big Brazilian bookmakers are giving, presumably Aldo is their fav

froog

McGregor via Decision

jesus christ

froog

Aldo via Submission

froog wrote: »

jesus christ

Couldn't watch more than 1 minute. Jaysus, dumb beyond your worst expectations. Holly and UFC presenter reduced to telling them to stop drinking and blocking them out.

Not cool at all

Jesus Wept

Just got my free week fight pass :P
Will this cover the fights tonight?

Lukker-

Muahahaha wrote: »

bookies have McGregor as fav in a match that is too tight to call. I wonder are the bookies shortening the odds on Conor just because of the sheer volume of Irish money going on him? Be interesting to see what odds the big Brazilian bookmakers are giving, presumably Aldo is their fav

It's not just Irish fans, when Vegas released the odds originally they had Conor fairly heavily favourite, they then will slide one way depending what way the moneys coming in.

Lukker-

Je suis Mario wrote: »

Just got my free week fight pass :P
Will this cover the fights tonight?

The free week only covers prelims I think for a PPV event. It probably has the TUF finale, don't think that's PPV is it?

Jesus Wept

jebus.

OmegaRed

McGregor via Decision

Je suis Mario wrote: »

Just got my free week fight pass :P
Will this cover the fights tonight?

Nope. You'll get everything except the main card which you'll need to pay 18 quid for!

jimmii

Aldo via Submission

Was able to watch two minute of that. Questions about Tinder and the freakiest thing she's done wtf. I guess they can't ban drunk people from asking questions or these things would only last a few minutes!

Tommy Kelly

McGregor via Decision

Setanta sports has a SD package and a HD package in their 'Subscribe now section' I wonder do I need to subscribe to the HD section if I'm already paying Sky for a HD Package?

Amazingfun

McGregor via Decision

Holly is a great sport, easy going personality and lovely sense of humour