Official Conor McGregor thread (part 2). **Read warning in 1st post**

Saipanne

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Gonna go out on a limb here and guess it was sarcasm.

Correct.

nomadchocolate

Paully D wrote: »

Was this not common knowledge by now? I thought it was, along with the ticket money incident.

The first thing Kavanagh says about the incident: "it sounds worse than it was". It will definitely get blown out of all proporation however.

I'll give it a week on here before the story changes to Conor running at her from behind and striking her in the back of the head before he asks the Kinahan's to take her hostage to frighten her.

What is the ticket money incident?

J Mysterio

Re: Mcgregor announcement, my own speculation:

1. Ireland PPV
2. Mayweather fight
3. Career break & Mayweather fight
4. Career break / Retirement & Mayweather fight

ardinn

You forgot Croke Park Mayweather fight!!

nomadchocolate

Will he still make the announcement if he loses?

StringerBell

He won't lose so I doubt you have to contemplate that tbh.

It seems pretty certain the missus is pregnant and he is going to take a break from the constant training, travelling and media commitments for a period. Will do him no harm whatsoever to step away for a while, he has been non stop for a long time now, has to take its toll.

sonofenoch

StringerBell wrote: »

He won't lose so I doubt you have to contemplate that tbh.

It seems pretty certain the missus is pregnant and he is going to take a break from the constant training, travelling and media commitments for a period. Will do him no harm whatsoever to step away for a while, he has been non stop for a long time now, has to take its toll.

How does being a 2 belt holder and taking an official year out work? if indeed it is that

Swashbuckler

sonofenoch wrote:

How does being a 2 belt holder and taking an official year out work? if indeed it is that

It doesn't and shouldn't work. He should be stripped of the FW belt at least.

Mellor

Conor walks into a MMA gym for the first time. And wants to jump in with their best guy. That's hardly surprising. He did exactly the same thing when he walked into 10th Planet.
Ais being hit with a body shot and dropped. Thats unfortunate, but it happens. Playing it up as it was with malicious intent is odd.

Knocking an over zealous new guy down a legis something that has probably happened in every MMA/BJJ gym.

Mellor

This is is my fight prediction;
https://gfycat.com/AcrobaticDecimalBasenji

Tigger

Mellor wrote: »

This is is my fight prediction;
https://gfycat.com/AcrobaticDecimalBasenji

You think it'll take that long ?

take everything

Just read the interview in the Sindo with John Kavanagh. Seems like an interesting guy. Must be the first time i've seen reference to Joseph Campbell's Hero with a thousand faces or archetypes (from Jungian psychology) in the Sports pages.

Brilliant stuff.

.ak

Mellor wrote: »

This is is my fight prediction;
https://gfycat.com/AcrobaticDecimalBasenji

What weight was that? Yer man looks huge compared to Eddie!

wonderfullife

nomadchocolate wrote: »

What is the ticket money incident?

Back in the day Conor had to sell a load of tickets and give Kavanagh the money. He sold them all and blew the money on drink and bets AFAIK. And then stopped training as he didn't have the money. Eventually Kavanagh went to his gaf and said forget the money you're either all-in or good luck....and Conor showed up on the monday and rest is history.

Rough version.

wonderfullife

take everything wrote: »

Just read the interview in the Sindo with John Kavanagh. Seems like an interesting guy. Must be the first time i've seen reference to Joseph Campbell's Hero with a thousand faces or archetypes (from Jungian psychology) in the Sports pages.

Brilliant stuff.

anybody have a link to this article? Or able to quote the text of it here? thanks!

wonderfullife

Mellor wrote: »

This is is my fight prediction;
https://gfycat.com/AcrobaticDecimalBasenji

Conor won't be able to dish out a soccer kick if he cracks him with a left :pac:

Dtp1979

wonderfullife wrote: »

Conor won't be able to dish out a soccer kick if he cracks him with a left :pac:

He won't have to

wonderfullife

Eddie Alvarez chin. 2 things we know for certain - he gets hit a lot. And when he gets hit clean, his legs buckle. The other thing we know for sure is he has tremendous heart, not too dis-similar to Nate Diaz. He can get dropped and get up and keep fighting.

The question is can he take Conors power and accuracy? I don't think so. The most interesting fight in the following list is the Cerrone fight. Alvarez striking was so poor in that fight, head down wildly swinging. And what's more, by the 2nd and 3rd rounds Cerrone didn't respect his power and walked straight through Alvarez best shots. Proceeded to drop Eddie with some powerful knees and wrecking his lead leg with kicks.

I haven't included the Loughran fight (the last Irishman to buckle Eddies legs!) as i can't find it at the moment. Shinya Aoki also buckled his legs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWpn1xrvmDE

Dropped by Amade with a right hook at 2:23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLFW16d2oi0

Kawajiri drops him short left hook at 5:18 and an uppercut/left hook combo at 7:23 (which may resemble a slip).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqMyQTA7l08

Chandler drops him twice with short right hooks at 0:13 and 0:20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wftHpG60OI

Gil Melendez buckles him with an elbow at 0:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT6oz5RJYXA

StringerBell

sonofenoch wrote: »

How does being a 2 belt holder and taking an official year out work? if indeed it is that

The FW belt is stripped for sure, the LW belt probably has a time limit attached, as in if he does not sign to take a fight by x date then that goes too. Probably creating an interim belt in the mean time to sort out who his return will be against and buy them time.

hendo111

If Aldo refuses to fight Holloway he should be stripped straight away and make Holloway v Edgar for the 145 belt,after he jabs the head off stephens.

Swashbuckler

hendo111 wrote:

If Aldo refuses to fight Holloway he should be stripped straight away and make Holloway v Edgar for the 145 belt,after he jabs the head off stephens.

All the while Conor keeps the FW belt?

hendo111

Swashbuckler wrote: »

All the while Conor keeps the FW belt?

No,its getting taken soon as he beats Alvarez,even if he loses I hope he gives it up so Holloway can reign over the fw division.

Swashbuckler

hendo111 wrote:

No,its getting taken soon as he beats Alvarez,even if he loses I hope he gives it up so Holloway can reign over the fw division.

Gotcha. If Conor drops the belt then I'd imagine Aldo won't be refusing to fight anyone. He'd just be fighting for the official title.

hendo111

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Gotcha. If Conor drops the belt then I'd imagine Aldo won't be refusing to fight anyone. He'd just be fighting for the official title.

How long do they let him drag his heels with this retirement talk? I'd love to see him fight Holloway for the title one of my dream fights in the ufc although I fear Pettis will get a shot because he has a bigger name.

Swashbuckler

hendo111 wrote:

How long do they let him drag his heels with this retirement talk? I'd love to see him fight Holloway for the title one of my dream fights in the ufc although I fear Pettis will get a shot because he has a bigger name.

The retirement talk is just posturing I'd say. If Aldo is smart he won't be committing to any fight until after 205. Would love to see him fight Holloway though.

wonderfullife

wonderfullife wrote: »

anybody have a link to this article? Or able to quote the text of it here? thanks!

http://www.independent.ie/sport/mma/paul-kimmage-meets-john-kavanagh-my-friendship-with-conor-battling-mcgeeney-and-how-we-blagged-our-way-into-jlos-party-35133838.html

Good piece - I've thought in the past that Kavanagh can present himself a little oddly on social media, but when quoted in context as here he comes across much better: thoughtful, reserved, not a d&*^-head
Liked how he intimates that his role is to guide his athletes, not create or search for talent but to uncover and polish the raw material already there

Zero-Cool

Swashbuckler wrote: »

The retirement talk is just posturing I'd say. If Aldo is smart he won't be committing to any fight until after 205. Would love to see him fight Holloway though.

Aldo vs Holloway would be such a cracking fight!!

brevity

Cali_girl wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/sport/mma/paul-kimmage-meets-john-kavanagh-my-friendship-with-conor-battling-mcgeeney-and-how-we-blagged-our-way-into-jlos-party-35133838.html

Good piece - I've thought in the past that Kavanagh can present himself a little oddly on social media, but when quoted in context as here he comes across much better: thoughtful, reserved, not a d&*^-head
Liked how he intimates that his role is to guide his athletes, not create or search for talent but to uncover and polish the raw material already there

Cheers. It's a great interview. I loved this line:

"Oh! You're that guy. You just have a different face."

I do that all the time.

Swashbuckler

Cali_girl wrote:

Good piece - I've thought in the past that Kavanagh can present himself a little oddly on social media, but when quoted in context as here he comes across much better: thoughtful, reserved, not a d&*^-head Liked how he intimates that his role is to guide his athletes, not create or search for talent but to uncover and polish the raw material already there

Excellent piece. Love reading what Kavanagh says. Nice guy it seems.

JustTheOne

Cali_girl wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/sport/mma/paul-kimmage-meets-john-kavanagh-my-friendship-with-conor-battling-mcgeeney-and-how-we-blagged-our-way-into-jlos-party-35133838.html

Good piece - I've thought in the past that Kavanagh can present himself a little oddly on social media, but when quoted in context as here he comes across much better: thoughtful, reserved, not a d&*^-head
Liked how he intimates that his role is to guide his athletes, not create or search for talent but to uncover and polish the raw material already there

Should read his book, lot of that interview is taken from it.