Official Conor McGregor thread (part 6) *Read Mod Note in Post 1* Revised 13-01-19

Outlaw Pete

Wouldn't mind seeing Aldo/McGregor rematch at 155.


https://twitter.com/josealdojunior/status/1049482801211482112


Interests me far more than the Nate trilogy fight anyway and I feel Aldo deserves it more too.

Mellor

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Wouldn't mind seeing Aldo/McGregor rematch at 155.

Aldo has talked a lot about moving up to 155. Indicated to the UFC that he was open to it. But he was offered a fight at 155 (vrs Cowboy Cerrone) and turned it down.

martyos121

Mellor wrote: »

Aldo has talked a lot about moving up to 155. Indicated to the UFC that he was open to it. But he was offered a fight at 155 (vrs Cowboy Cerrone) and turned it down.

To be fair to Aldo, he’d have to be absolutely nuts agreeing to a fight on short notice with Cerrone, a seasoned veteran of short notice fights (it’s an advantage, however small it may be) and a much bigger man than him, currently competing two weight classes above Aldo. He was never going to sign up for that, and I couldn’t blame him. It’s a bad career move for him at this stage.

Fighting Conor at 155 as proposed by Outlaw Pete is a different story altogether. He’d accept that fight in a heartbeat, it’s not comparable to a short notice fight with Cowboy IMO.

Mellor

martyos121 wrote: »

To be fair to Aldo, he’d have to be absolutely nuts agreeing to a fight on short notice with Cerrone, a seasoned veteran of short notice fights (it’s an advantage, however small it may be) and a much bigger man than him, currently competing two weight classes above Aldo. He was never going to sign up for that, and I couldn’t blame him. It’s a bad career move for him at this stage.

Fighting Conor at 155 as proposed by Outlaw Pete is a different story altogether. He’d accept that fight in a heartbeat, it’s not comparable to a short notice fight with Cowboy IMO.

I don't blame him for not taking a short notice fight. He would be stupid to. Any top fighter is stupid to move up on short notice imo.

But he actually agreed to the short notice fight. They declined when they suggested Cowboy.
I don't think that Cowboy is any more difficult an opponent than any other plausible LW they could have given him, he's an easier fight than anyone in the top 10 imo.

martyos121

Mellor wrote: »

I don't blame him for not taking a short notice fight. He would be stupid to. Any top fighter is stupid to move up on short notice imo.

But he actually agreed to the short notice fight. They declined when they suggested Cowboy.
I don't think that Cowboy is any more difficult an opponent than any other plausible LW they could have given him, he's an easier fight than anyone in the top 10 imo.

I don’t think he’ll come up to 155 for any opponent not named Conor McGregor tbh. I agree he’d struggle to crack the top 10 there, but if he couldn’t get the Conor rematch, he could definitely beat Diaz in a 3 rounder.

I’d also be intrigued to see him fight Khabib, not that it’d ever happen of course. Best TDD versus the best offensive grappling in the sport and Aldo is a much better striker, Khabib’s size advantage probably wins it but it wouldn’t be as one-sided as him fighting a brawler like Ferguson, Gaethje or Poirier. I’d like to see Jose get one more payday and hang up the gloves, always enjoyed watching him since the WEC merger, and the few fights of his I’ve seen before it.

Mellor

martyos121 wrote: »

I don’t think he’ll come up to 155 for any opponent not named Conor McGregor tbh.

He jumps up instantly for the rematch. But I'm not sure he's interested in fighting Max again either.

EagererBeaver

Just on McGregor getting clipped by Khabib and some comments about "peak McGregor doesn't get caught with that".

Is that necessarily true? His striking is of course absolutely elite but is his defence? He has always taken shots, even in the Aldo and Alvarez fights.

Ultimate Seduction

Can't really argue with this

https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSjAXCF0yx/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1cd39e715v515

Outlaw Pete

What do you mean you can't argue with that? Sure it's laughable.

He says Khabib stood the whole round with McGregor to make a point, but if that's the case, why was he trying to take McGregor down?

The boys are just trying to get as much money for the rematch (whenever it happens) as possible and sure why wouldn't they.

Not a hope that it doesn't happen if they don't get the $100m though. Bluster.

Spudman_20000

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Can't really argue with this

https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSjAXCF0yx/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1cd39e715v515

100 mil? And Conor is the delusional one, is he?

Conor needs to fight Tony next, put himself back in the number 1 contender spot, and then Khabib is cornered like a rat .

He then either vacates, retires or has to take the rematch.

weldoninhio

ricero wrote: »

The champ responded to Mcgregors instagram post by writing:

“It’s only business.”

Physically and mentally beaten Mcgregor.

He mustn’t have been listening properly.

Autecher

Artem Lobov vows to leave UFC if Zubaira Tukhugov cut

http://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/25062668/artem-lobov-vows-leave-ufc-zubaira-tukhugov-cut

xtal191

Haha I doubt the UFC would give a **** if Artem left

jammiedodgers

"You can't fire me, I quit!"

Gamb!t

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Can't really argue with this

https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSjAXCF0yx/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1cd39e715v515

Rumble replied and said he would drop weight for 100 mill

Mellor

Eddie Alvarez has come out and said if Zubaira is kicked out, Khabib leaves and Artem quits...then he's not stayin either.

:pac:

weldoninhio

Well if Artem leave, the UFC can forget about signing me up on a 10 fight deal. :D:D

arybvtcw0eolkf

Mellor wrote: »

Eddie Alvarez has come out and said if Zubaira is kicked out, Khabib leaves and Artem quits...then he's not stayin either.

:pac:

If Alvarez, Zubaira, Khabib & Artem are gone I'm quitting Judo :pac:

xtal191

xtal191 wrote: »

Haha I doubt the UFC would give a **** if Artem left

Artem is cheap (for the UFC) and if they let him go he would bring a lot of promotional value to other organizations. They'd get a lot of mileage out of him being Conor's mate, Conor might even attend events etc.

For that reason UFC wouldn't be keen on letting him go.

spix

Artem could probably do better ppv buys than some champions

Commanchie

Mellor wrote: »

Eddie Alvarez has come out and said if Zubaira is kicked out, Khabib leaves and Artem quits...then he's not stayin either.

:pac:

Is eddie not gone already?

Commanchie

http://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/25056362/eddie-alvarez-says-one-championship-deal-worth-eight-figures

xtal191

Come on, I honestly like Artem, he's a top top bloke but the UFC would not give a single toss if he quit. If he loses against Johnson he'll be 2-5 (including TUF finale) in the UFC, he's just as likely to get cut.

ricero

spix wrote: »

Artem could probably do better ppv buys than some champions

Nonsense. Artem sadly is a walking meme in the mma world.

cletus

Commanchie wrote: »

Is eddie not gone already?

I think that may be the essence of the joke...

Frank Bullitt

spix wrote: »

Cringe. Now khabib himself is even posting that fake quote, hilarious when you realise mcgregor never even said that. How many people in this world actually have functional ears? Khabib has previously said he can't understand mcgregors english so he gets a pass for not having a clue what was said to him in the cage, and instead relies on what he reads on articles he finds whilst googling himself.

Proof that Khabib reads boards so.

spix

Gintonious wrote: »

Proof that Khabib reads boards so.

How so? There were stories about that quote being posted on nearly every mma and tabloid news site "Mcgregor apologizes to khabib!!!"

Frank Bullitt

spix wrote: »

How so? There were stories about that quote being posted on nearly every mma and tabloid news site "Mcgregor apologizes to khabib!!!"

I was taking the piss.

Chances are though, that Khabib might have heard him...considering that he was right there.

spix

Gintonious wrote: »

I was taking the piss.

Chances are though, that Khabib might have heard him...considering that he was right there.

There's a difference between hearing and understanding. I heard most fighters don't have much memory from fights though... they got to watch it back to see what happened, too much adrenaline.

Frank Bullitt

spix wrote: »

There's a difference between hearing and understanding. I heard most fighters don't have much memory from fights though... they got to watch it back to see what happened, too much adrenaline.

Really? I've never heard that one before.

At better excuse you could have come up with was that Khabibs cauliflower ears hindered his ability to hear McGregor say anything. You can use that one if you want, I'll let you.