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

Ush1

Mellor wrote: »

Front kicks are used in karate, but a teep isn't a front kick.

You're right actually yes, similar but different.

wonderfullife

darced wrote: »

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haha.

"Conor ran".

Don't worry. It's my usual well-balanced, well-thought-out overnight insomniac stuff. :pac:

If nothing else you'll come away from it contemplating how often you apply "availability heuristics" in day-to-day life.

Call Me Jimmy

Extremely readable, wonderfullife. I'm usually very critical of any artistic endeavor but they've both had a great quality to them, very flowy!

Depp

wonderfullife wrote: »

https://boltossmma.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/diaz-1-2-5/

TL;DR

nah but seriously nicely done!

Whelo79

That was a really well put together piece Wonderfulllife. I was wondering where the first half was going but it knitted together excellently. Exceptional stuff, keep it up.

Swashbuckler

wonderfullife wrote: »

haha.

"Conor ran".

Don't worry. It's my usual well-balanced, well-thought-out overnight insomniac stuff. :pac:

If nothing else you'll come away from it contemplating how often you apply "availability heuristics" in day-to-day life.

It's only after reading others comments that I realised it was you. Excellent stuff. To be honest I completely agreed with the analysis. Well done. Keep 'em coming!

wonderfullife

thanks for the positive feedback guys, appreciate it!

It remains just a hobby but any of these offers materialise into writing for a publication it'd be brilliant.

The thing i really want to write is the story of Joao Carvahlo.

Not his fight against Charlie Ward or his tragic death. I want to tell the story of his life.

He came to this country as an aspiring fighter and left as a footnote in the story of Irish MMA.

I'd love to travel to Portugal and talk to his coaches, training partners, friends and family and tell his story.

If i win the lotto or even get 5 numbers up i'll do it myself and put it on a blog if needs be.

I think he deserves to be more than a sad footnote in the history of Irish MMA.

D'Agger

wonderfullife wrote: »

thanks for the positive feedback guys, appreciate it!

It remains just a hobby but any of these offers materialise into writing for a publication it'd be brilliant.

The thing i really want to write is the story of Joao Carvahlo.

Not his fight against Charlie Ward or his tragic death. I want to tell the story of his life.

He came to this country as an aspiring fighter and left as a footnote in the story of Irish MMA.

I'd love to travel to Portugal and talk to his coaches, training partners, friends and family and tell his story.

If i win the lotto or even get 5 numbers up i'll do it myself and put it on a blog if needs be.

I think he deserves to be more than a sad footnote in the history of Irish MMA.

That sounds a fairly cool endeavor man, hope you get to go for it at some point

Subcomandante Marcos

Just passed Conor and Dillon Danis crossing the road on Georges Street heading into Yamamori. Go get your fan boy stalk on lads, he's on the sushi.

LollipopJimmy

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Just passed Conor and Dillon Danis crossing the road on Georges Street heading into Yamamori. Go get your fan boy stalk on lads, he's on the sushi.

I used to like Conor, this sushi carry on though makes me want to vomit

wonderfullife

Page 209.

Don't be scared homie.

Depp

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I used to like Conor, this sushi carry on though makes me want to vomit

ugh i agree, how could you be a fan of someone who eats sushi? could you imagine like?!

Lukker-

Depp wrote: »

ugh i agree, how could you be a fan of someone who eats sushi? could you imagine like?!

I bet he gets the fake chicken sushi

Tazzimus

Head Wreck wrote: »

Teep is Muai Thai

And Conor's teeps are horrible.
As my striking coach puts it, he stabs you with his toes.
I've had both types done to me and the type Conor uses are far worse.

wonderfullife

Tazzimus wrote: »

And Conor's teeps are horrible.
As my striking coach puts it, he stabs you with his toes.
I've had both types done to me and the type Conor uses are far worse.

just to clarify you mean they are really hurtful?

As opposed to he sucks? That's kinda how you can read that sentence

Lukker-

Tazzimus wrote: »

And Conor's teeps are horrible.
As my striking coach puts it, he stabs you with his toes.
I've had both types done to me and the type Conor uses are far worse.

Yeah he tends to go low with them. They are fantastic tool for wearing people down, they are a lingering strike the damage isn't really apparent for a few while a while after. Can be the nail in a coffin for a fighter who is already tired.

He should utilize them much more, they are an excellent tool for a rangey fighter. It's the equivilent of a leg jab, perfect for mantaining distance and you don't exert much energy throwing them either. I think he fears getting his leg trapped and then being tripped but if a fighter has his hands up and you go low it's very hard to catch. They also set up his left hand and can be thrown from either leg. Gives good option for feints too because if you have been going low trying to wind people they will drop their hands and leave themselves open to that straight left.

Tazzimus

wonderfullife wrote: »

just to clarify you mean they are really hurtful?

As opposed to he sucks? That's kinda how you can read that sentence

Ha yeah sorry, they hurt more, instead of getting a full foot which spreads the impact somewhat, you get the toes and the ball of the foot so the area it hits is more concentrated, also it's usually around the solar plexes so it proper ****s you up.

Lukker- wrote: »

Yeah he tends to go low with them. They are fantastic tool for wearing people down, they are a lingering strike the damage isn't really apparent for a few while a while after. Can be the nail in a coffin for a fighter who is already tired.

He should utilize them much more, they are an excellent tool for a rangey fighter. It's the equivilent of a leg jab, perfect for mantaining distance and you don't exert much energy throwing them either. I think he fears getting his leg trapped and then being tripped but if a fighter has his hands up and you go low it's very hard to catch. They also set up his left hand and can be thrown from either leg. Gives good option for feints too because if you have been going low trying to wind people they will drop their hands and leave themselves open to that straight left.

He tends to whip them in rather than a big power kick so I'd say they're hard enough to catch as is. Plus if it connects it'll hurt anyway so you've to deal with that too while he goes for you again.

cloudatlas

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Just passed Conor and Dillon Danis crossing the road on Georges Street heading into Yamamori. Go get your fan boy stalk on lads, he's on the sushi.

Tank you brother.

Effects

Lukker- wrote: »

I bet he gets the fake chicken sushi

They don't serve anything like that.

Gamebred

Conor will be blessing us with a video everyday.

Swashbuckler

Am in the only one who things those maclife videos are ****e? No insight whatsoever. Basically Conor walking around to crap gangster music.

Dtp1979

Gamebred wrote: »

Conor will be blessing us with a video everyday.

Sounds like something a cult leader would say to his flock

Lukker-

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Am in the only one who things those maclife videos are ****e? No insight whatsoever. Basically Conor walking around to crap gangster music.

Hit and miss.

Some are good, mainly the training and sparring videos. I like the music, I feel it fits nicely.

The production quality is a bit lower than normal, seems to using a phone or something for the recording.

Swashbuckler

Lukker- wrote:

The production quality is a bit lower than normal, seems to using a phone or something for the recording.

Maybe that's what it is. I'm probably making the mistake of comparing them to Embedded videos.

bmcc10

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Am in the only one who things those maclife videos are ****e? No insight whatsoever. Basically Conor walking around to crap gangster music.

The Mans Work one from fight night with Diaz was great

Swashbuckler

bmcc10 wrote:

The Mans Work one from fight night with Diaz was great

Not sure I've seen it to be honest

BOHtox

The UFC 202 MacLife video was absolutely fantastic.

Just in case anyone didn't see it^

Depp

wonder will roddy be putting out vlogs again, his were fantastic!

Swashbuckler

BOHtox wrote:

The UFC 202 MacLife video was absolutely fantastic.

Cheers for that. Yeah I have seen that one and it was fantastic. That one, compared to the most recent one are world's apart.

Lukker-

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Cheers for that. Yeah I have seen that one and it was fantastic. That one, compared to the most recent one are world's apart.

The footage from today's one is most likely from today, so he only has a few hours to edit and upload it.

I'd say the daily ones will be of lower quality overall, but I'm hoping they have sporadic ones like Man's Work because honestly some of them were better than the embedded's.