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

Mellor wrote: »

He has added some muscle, not so much that he can't get back to a weight can cut from?

Who is saying he can't get back? Of course he can, the point is whether or not it is still something he should bother doing more than once more given how tough the cut is for him.

You asked "why bother". I was giving you the reason why I he's makes the cut again. I wasn't suggesting he stays at 145 forever.
I was saying he won't leave the belt behind until he has a new belt on the wall, imo (if possible of course)

Dude. I didn't just say 'Why should he bother?' :P You are taking what I said out of context. I made that comment you are referring to in response to .ak's post where they had said:

.ak wrote: »

I think if he does cut back to 145 I think that may be the last straw and he'll start competing at 155.

I replied to the above and said I "totally agree" and went on to say how I felt his final cut would be for a fight against Aldo (hopefully @ MSG) as it would be a fitting stage for his last featherweight fight. You quoted me and started going on about how he has dedicated his life to becoming a UFC champion, through blood sweat and tears and how it's not something he is just walk away from.. but I never said that that he should, unless that is you feel that him only defending his current belt once more qualifies as him "walking away" from it. I certainly don't.

As his career progressed the cuts got harder. Not because there's only so much the body can take, but because he made them harder by putting on muscle.

Okay, but so what if he made the cuts harder by putting on muscle. The point is the cuts are now harder. Doesn't really matter who's fault that is. You seem to want to attach blame here and I'm not sure why. The point is that he doesn't want to do the cut again, JK doesn't want him to do it and Gunnar doesn't think he should either.

Sometimes he was probably 160, sometimes closer to 170. He knows which cuts are manageable, and which pushed it too far and had him doing the strung-out shuffle. The extremely hard cuts are something he created.

And? How does that negate the fact that they are harder now and something he shouldn't really do more than once more? Just because it was something he once did very often and very well does not mean that he should therefore continue to do so for the foreseeable. Things change and quite clearly going by many comments of those close to him, it's for the best that he doesn't do it too much more.

If he is going back to defend he should focus on 145 and do it properly. Then look at 155. Trying to straddle both divisions will result in him not performing in either imo.

I agree Hence my comments about him only cutting for 145 once more so he can focus on 155.

GTA;Notorious

somewhere near the redcow?, I doubt its mcdonalds, those smoothie cups might help figure it out

does Pendred still spar at training camps?