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Mc Gregor vs Diaz PART 2

  • 19-08-2016 9:42am
    #1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭


    Should be a cracker. Will you be tuning in ?

    Mod note:

    1) Usual After Hours charter still applies

    2) No allegations against fighters, particularly regarding steroid usage, etc

    3) No illegal streams or requests for streams

    4) No fighter bashing. Opinions welcome, bashing not

    5) No eye gouging, fish-hooking or small joint manipulation. Groin shots are frowned upon

    Thanks to Nicolas Cage for drawing them up.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭eet fuk


    Should be a cracker. Will you be tuning in ?

    What time will they be on at? 5 am or something?


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Sure will.
    I expect another crushing Diaz victory.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭eet fuk


    eet fuk wrote: »
    What time will they be on at? 5 am or something?

    Just checked. It's 5 am.

    That's such a tricky time I think.
    Will people be waking up early or staying up late?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    We're gonna open this for about 24hrs considering it's a big sporting event :)

    Mod note:

    1) Usual After Hours charter still applies

    2) No allegations against fighters, particularly regarding steroid usage, etc

    3) No illegal streams or requests for streams

    4) No fighter bashing. Opinions welcome, bashing not

    5) No eye gouging, fish-hooking or small joint manipulation. Groin shots are frowned upon

    Thanks to Nicolas Cage for drawing them up.

    MMA forum can be found here


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,950 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Will watch the highlights in the morning.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,037 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    I hope he gets the head boxed off him


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭pablo128


    50/50 in my opinion. Both fighters have their merits and weaknesses. One things for sure though. It won't be a snoozefest rolling around the ground sh1te.

    The heart says McGregor to win though!:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,366 ✭✭✭DellyBelly


    I'd say Diaz is favourite. He's a better fighter than Conor however I just have a feeling McGregor could upset the odds. Would be a major shock but it's doable.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭Alf Stewart.


    The press conference was gas.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Have McGregor for this ,if he fights smart and sticks to his excellent movement he is known for he will win ,
    Diaz is no super fighter he's lost half his fights


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭asteroids over berlin


    Gatling wrote: »
    Have McGregor for this ,if he fights smart and sticks to his excellent movement he is known for he will win ,
    Diaz is no super fighter he's lost half his fights

    His a tough mofo though, a lot tougher than mcgregor.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    His a tough mofo though, a lot tougher than mcgregor.

    He's tough that I'll give him , good jujitsu too excellent cardio when he makes the effort

    Can't see McGregor making the same mistakes this time around he won't go all out with the big left or try take diaz to the ground ,

    I think he's fairly flat footed when it comes to movement compared to McGregor ,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Easy win for McGregor. Nate seems to have totally lost his bottle.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Easy win for McGregor. Nate seems to have totally lost his bottle.

    What makes you think that?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    What makes you think that?

    Was just a play on words ;) But I do think McGregor will win.


    https://twitter.com/MMA_Ireland/status/766856168274665473


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,780 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    Easy win for McGregor. Nate seems to have totally lost his bottle.

    Yeah diaz has over 20 fights in the cage, already beat mcgreggor but this is the fight that freaks him out


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,847 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    We're gonna open this for about 24hrs considering it's a big sporting event :)

    No it's not.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    Is thread just here bcoz mcgregor is a jackeen


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭pablo128


    Specialun wrote: »
    Is thread just here bcoz mcgregor is a jackeen

    Yyyeeelllll dooooo nuttin!:pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Yeah diaz has over 20 fights in the cage, already beat mcgreggor but this is the fight that freaks him out

    He's lost half of those fights McGregor is on a similar professional record 19-3 and only lost once in 7


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    No it's not.

    Not a sporting event of major national importance perhaps, but lots of people in the country are certainly interested in it that wouldn't ordinarily watch mma.


    https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/765631978007695360


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭Burial.


    Gatling wrote: »
    He's lost half of those fights McGregor is on a similar professional record 19-3 and only lost once in 7

    It's a good thing fight records mean sweet f*ck all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Burial. wrote: »
    It's a good thing fight records mean sweet f*ck all.

    Maybe but we'll have to wait to 5am


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭Burial.


    Gatling wrote: »
    Maybe but we'll have to wait to 5am

    No you don't. A fight is between two people, not the people they have fought before. What happens tonight will have nothing to do with who they have fought before. Fighting doesn't work like that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    The best way to avoid injury in a fight is to run away really fast before it begins.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I hope McGregor does him.
    I've a feeling there is something up his sleeve in this one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    I've a feeling there is something up his sleeve in this one.

    They're fighting topless. The sluts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    I hope they can sort out their differences and come to some sort of amicable agreement.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Agricola wrote: »
    I hope they can sort out their differences and come to some sort of amicable agreement.

    A hug ,A kiss and a slap in the ass let them be on there way


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    glorified thuggery


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    McGregor needs to be expecting a 25-minute-long fight - I don't think he has the power to knock out Homer-head.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Diaz will beat him again, its just a bad match up for McGregor.
    Saying that though it would be in Diaz's best interest to to lose this, that leaves a best of 3 winner takes all bout down the line when they both have nothing left to fight for.

    Right now he'll probably win this, then return to his own division and hang around the middle bracket chasing the big payday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭FTA69


    Either Diaz by sub in the middle rounds or else Conor will win a stinker by running around and pot-shotting.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭prinzeugen


    MMA is not a sport. Its just two lads beating the bollox out each other.

    And saps pay to watch it.

    It's like the WWF in the early 90's.. Hulk Hogan etc. It will die a death as people start to realise what a load of crap it is!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,722 ✭✭✭posturingpat


    Not much of a UFC/MMA man but watched the last fight and enjoyed it. I'm baffled at the prices the bookmakers are offering after he last fight (expected Diaz at 4/7 at best) yet he's odds against.
    Mc G had a purple patch early in the last fight and threw all he could at Diaz who just walked through it like he was fighting a 10 year old. Then the fight got into a bit of a boxing match and to my eye Diaz was/is head and shoulders above him as a boxer or at least was the last day and my understanding is he's miles ahead on the matt. I've had a decent bet on Diaz and might go in again prior to the fight if I stay awake.

    Diaz had only a couple of weeks to get ready last time and still walked through Mc Gregor so I camt understand how that will change with him with a full camp under his belt and looking noticeably in better fighting condition during the week.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,628 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    I'm fairly pissed here on the couch. Not sure if I can make it to 5am...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,908 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    prinzeugen wrote: »
    MMA is not a sport. Its just two lads beating the bollox out each other.

    And saps pay to watch it.

    It's like the WWF in the early 90's.. Hulk Hogan etc. It will die a death as people start to realise what a load of crap it is!

    sport
    spɔːt/
    noun
    1.
    an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

    Seems to make the definition in fairness.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Some people love McGregor, some people hate McGregor. Me? Well any man or woman that flies the flag for Ireland in any sport, then they will always have my support.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭Fleawuss


    Think McGregor said it would be a trilogy. Was he preparing his fans for defeat? Or hinting it was his turn? I think he will win and it will go to best of 3.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,468 ✭✭✭fergiesfolly


    TallGlass wrote: »
    sport
    spɔːt/
    noun
    1.
    an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

    Seems to make the definition in fairness.

    Except for the skill part.
    I've seen two drunks outside Superman's at 3am wallop puck out if each other, with similar levels of skill to that being displayed in MMA/UFC.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,628 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    prinzeugen wrote: »
    MMA is not a sport. Its just two lads beating the bollox out each other.

    And saps pay to watch it.

    It's like the WWF in the early 90's.. Hulk Hogan etc. It will die a death as people start to realise what a load of crap it is!

    Hello.

    You're talking out of your hole.

    Bye.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,220 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    Not much of a UFC/MMA man but watched the last fight and enjoyed it. I'm baffled at the prices the bookmakers are offering after he last fight (expected Diaz at 4/7 at best) yet he's odds against.
    Mc G had a purple patch early in the last fight and threw all he could at Diaz who just walked through it like he was fighting a 10 year old. Then the fight got into a bit of a boxing match and to my eye Diaz was/is head and shoulders above him as a boxer or at least was the last day and my understanding is he's miles ahead on the matt. I've had a decent bet on Diaz and might go in again prior to the fight if I stay awake.

    Diaz had only a couple of weeks to get ready last time and still walked through Mc Gregor so I camt understand how that will change with him with a full camp under his belt and looking noticeably in better fighting condition during the week.

    Not sure either of them were in real shape last time. McGregor had to put on weight at short notice for the fight and Diaz had only a few weeks notice. I'm no expert, but fair play to mcgregor for taking this fight. It would have been easy for him to drop back down and fight Aldo again knowing he'd probably win. If he loses tonight his marketability is shot completely IMO. He's putting it all on the line when there's an easier option, that takes guts. Hope he comes through


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,685 ✭✭✭AllGunsBlazing


    Is this tonight? Strange, doesn't seem as hyped in the media as the last encounter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,220 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    Is this tonight? Strange, doesn't seem as hyped in the media as the last encounter.

    I think the olympics and euros have effected the build up as the media sports bulletins were chockablock and couldn't accommodate MMA. You also have a lot of the bandwagon fans disappeared after he was beaten last time. He was on the crest of a wave going into his last fight but unfortunately it was a real anti climax so a lot of people I know have lost interest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    These threads are usually fun :D

    Yes, I think they made a balls up by having it during the Olympics. Even as a MMA and McG fan, the fight has been a bit of an afterthought this week.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,282 ✭✭✭Oops!


    Because people are starting to see through Mc Gregor's patriotic BS.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


    I've seen two drunks outside Superman's at 3am wallop puck out if each other, with similar levels of skill to that being displayed in MMA/UFC.

    Makes you wonder why they don't go and earn millions like McGregor then, seeing as how they have the same skill level and all.

    Bit short sighted of them really.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,921 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Diaz to win in the 3rd round, I'd say Conner will be knackered by then and the big lump will win by submission. Something similar to the last time they fought.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    I'll probably stay up to watch this. I wouldn't be overly interested but it does make for entertaining viewing!

    Diaz by submission is my (poorly informed) prediction :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭bur


    Except for the skill part.
    I've seen two drunks outside Superman's at 3am wallop puck out if each other, with similar levels of skill to that being displayed in MMA/UFC.

    They don't allow taco chips in the octagon is the only difference.


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