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

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The last thread was nearing the 10k post limit so here's part 2.

The same rules as the last thread apply here. People seem to have strong opinions either way when it comes to McGregor and threads here tend to get a bit heated from time to time. Please keep it civil and discuss all things Conor in a mature way.
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Any "Do you even train Bro?" or "I'm an mma fan longer than you" type posts are not permitted either. They only make you look like a fool and as a result, everyone hates you. Yes everyone.

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J Mysterio

wonderfullife wrote: »

Could be worse. Years ago I brain farted and asked Bryan McFadden will he be going back to Boyzone or staying solo. To his face. Sitting beside him at the airport. It got worse when i was sat opposite him on the flight to LA.

Spelt his name wrong too?

wonderfullife

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Me with half a second to think: "Alright, Conor.. best of luck in New York, man".

Conor: "Thanks so much, brother, appreciate that!".

So, eh, yeah.. I was talking to Conor McGregor in town earlier :cool:

Could be worse. Years ago I brain farted and asked Bryan McFadden will he be going back to Boyzone or staying solo. To his face. Sitting beside him at the airport. It got worse when i was sat opposite him on the flight to LA.

J Mysterio

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Me with half a second to think: "Alright, Conor.. best of luck in New York, man".

Conor: "Thanks so much, brother, appreciate that!".

So, eh, yeah.. I was talking to Conor McGregor in town earlier :cool:

Where were yis?

darced

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Outlaw Pete

Me with half a second to think: "Alright, Conor.. best of luck in New York, man".

Conor: "Thanks so much, brother, appreciate that!".

So, eh, yeah.. I was talking to Conor McGregor in town earlier :cool:

Boom_Bap

You could also try on the mac life's contact page -> https://themaclife.com/get-in-touch/

hendo111

Head down the Forge the weekend he be there watching the ufc as usual.

wonderfullife

HarryStuby wrote: »

Yep read in his book he wouldn't entertain someone calling to the gym and understandably so. Thanks lads

Little bit of advice - Don't ask John for anything to do with Conor. You'll be told to ask Conor yourself.

Follow up - asking Conor yourself online is next to impossible unless you want to spam his Twitter and Facebook. Which really won't work as he's already spammed with dozens of similar requests.

Further follow-up, this won't be easy but your best bet is actually catching him on your own in a car park and asking him.

HarryStuby

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Honestly the only way would be contacting Conor directly or emailing John with the details and asking him if he can help.

Just don't be that guy who shows up at the gym asking for stuff.

Yep read in his book he wouldn't entertain someone calling to the gym and understandably so. Thanks lads

Subcomandante Marcos

HarryStuby wrote: »

Lads quick question for anyone that could answer.

I am doing an auction for charity and I was thinking a pair of signed Conor McGregor MMA gloves would fetch a fair few quid.

Anyone any ideas on the best way going about this?

Honestly the only way would be contacting Conor directly or emailing John with the details and asking him if he can help.

Just don't be that guy who shows up at the gym asking for stuff.

Tazzimus

HarryStuby wrote: »

Lads quick question for anyone that could answer.

I am doing an auction for charity and I was thinking a pair of signed Conor McGregor MMA gloves would fetch a fair few quid.

Anyone any ideas on the best way going about this?

I'd imagine conor or john would be a good place to start. Twitter/email/call into sbg etc

Call Me Jimmy

Sbg car park maybe?

HarryStuby

Lads quick question for anyone that could answer.

I am doing an auction for charity and I was thinking a pair of signed Conor McGregor MMA gloves would fetch a fair few quid.

Anyone any ideas on the best way going about this?

hendo111

Gary Tonon still has Danis's leg on his trophy cabinet Dillon cant compete with Gordo and Tonon,he's been training boxing lately so mma is where the future lies for him.

Subcomandante Marcos

wonderfullife wrote: »

Gordon Ryan chirped in with some sort of congratulations but it's hard to know if he was being sarcastic as he pointed out he wasn't eligible to compete and Garry Tonon was injured. And that they should be paid to compete against Dillon.

GR has a backer who's willing to pay $20,000 for a exhibition event in which Gordon faces the MG "dream team" back to back, winner takes all. Offer has been out in the ether for a while now and none of Marcelo's guys have responded. they skerd.

wonderfullife

This may also be one of the very few fights where Conor has a straight BJJ advantage over his opponent.

It's a tough one to call. Eddie is unbelted (which in itself doesn't mean a lot) and Conor, by all accounts, is not far from black belt level.

Rolling with John, Gunni and, now, Dillon can only help sharpen his game. So if it goes to the mat, i'm not sure that Conor doesn't have the edge in that department. I wouldn't even be surprised if he takes Eddie down at some stage. It'd be the last thing Eddie is expecting and Conor seemed explosive and confident with his takedowns in his last fight at 155 against Buchinger.

Speaking of Dillon, glad to see him back to good form in the Pan-Ams. 3 straight guillotines between the classes and a slick kneebar.

Gordon Ryan chirped in with some sort of congratulations but it's hard to know if he was being sarcastic as he pointed out he wasn't eligible to compete and Garry Tonon was injured. And that they should be paid to compete against Dillon.

DrPhilG

Dave0301 wrote: »

Is "taken down at will" not a bit harsh on McGregor? He did stuff three takedowns and after the last he caught Mendes and finished the fight.

At will, would imply that McGregor has zero takedown defence.

Agreed.

Chad Mendes did not take down McGregor at will.

GSP took down Dan Hardy at will.

Mellor

.ak wrote: »

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Mendes did all the work, McGregor soaked it up and defended well, forcing Mendes to panic and go for the submission. He gassed himself, anyone who's done any wrestling knows it's the offender that tends to be less proficient with their energy,

I dont think Mendes panicked with the sub. He went for it because the opening was there. Conor got out due to his quick reactions and that fantastic escape.

I wouldn't agree that the offender tends to be less efficient with energy. sith a good offensive, the defender should be squirming about getting nowhere.

Tazzimus

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Yeah, very few people are stopping Chad from getting his struggle-cuddle on.

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Bravo sir.

Subcomandante Marcos

Tazzimus wrote: »

To be fair, Mendes will take you down if he wants to, you're not gonna do much in the way of stopping him unless your names Jose and you have god level takedown defense.

Prob one of the best wrestlers in the organisation.

Yeah, very few people are stopping Chad from getting his struggle-cuddle on.

deadanonymau5

nomadchocolate wrote: »

Ariel Helwani (even though I don't like him for the Lesnar announcement) basically dampens down the McGregor announcement.

Wonder what Dana and Conors relationship is like. Likewise Conor and the Fertitias seemed to part on a sour note

.ak wrote: »

You don't like an MMA reporter reporting news about MMA?

But he stole from the fans....oh wait, no, that was Dana pulling Conor from UFC 200 :pac:

Tazzimus

To be fair, Mendes will take you down if he wants to, you're not gonna do much in the way of stopping him unless your names Jose and you have god level takedown defense.

Prob one of the best wrestlers in the organisation.

Subcomandante Marcos

Dave0301 wrote: »

Is "taken down at will" not a bit harsh on McGregor? He did stuff three takedowns and after the last he caught Mendes and finished the fight.

At will, would imply that McGregor has zero takedown defence.

I think at will is fair to be honest.

He did well to wait for space to get back up each time, focused on limiting the G+P until there was an opportunity to scramble because he knew Chad wasn't much of a submission threat, and the guillotine escape was very good to get the final scramble before he cut off Chad's retreat and cracked him. Chad did feed him elbow samiches for a while at one stage though.

Dave0301

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Nate's not a take down artist.

the only time we've ever seen Conor against a hard nosed wrestler was the Mendes fight and he got taken down at will, supposed bad knee or no.

If Eddie goes for take downs, he'll get them. I think he'll be stubborn and just try stand with Conor out of pride though.

Is "taken down at will" not a bit harsh on McGregor? He did stuff three takedowns and after the last he caught Mendes and finished the fight.

At will, would imply that McGregor has zero takedown defence.

.ak

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Nate's not a take down artist.

the only time we've ever seen Conor against a hard nosed wrestler was the Mendes fight and he got taken down at will, supposed bad knee or no.

If Eddie goes for take downs, he'll get them. I think he'll be stubborn and just try stand with Conor out of pride though.

The mendes fight is a great example of Conor's ground defence though. His leg work is brilliant. Anytime I watch a McGregor fight with people I always hear them scream "get out of the clinch" or "stay on your feet", but I've never seen McGregor in trouble on the ground (bar the Diaz submission which was down to the fact he was sparked)

Mendes did all the work, McGregor soaked it up and defended well, forcing Mendes to panic and go for the submission. He gassed himself, anyone who's done any wrestling knows it's the offender that tends to be less proficient with their energy, it's why so many of the top elite fighters look so good off their back.

McGregor will be happy to go on his back in the middle of the octagon. He'll want to stay off the cage tho where things could get messy for him.

Subcomandante Marcos

Boom_Bap wrote: »

One of the best things about McGregor is his take down defence. Nate was chipping away at that in the last fight in the last few rounds and only had success in the last minute.

Nate's not a take down artist.

the only time we've ever seen Conor against a hard nosed wrestler was the Mendes fight and he got taken down at will, supposed bad knee or no.

If Eddie goes for take downs, he'll get them. I think he'll be stubborn and just try stand with Conor out of pride though.

Boom_Bap

One of the best things about McGregor is his take down defence. Nate was chipping away at that in the last fight in the last few rounds and only had success in the last minute.

CurryFlavoured

Eddie's plan will be clear - take him down and tire him out. He's not going to have much interest standing like he did against Pettis, unless he's stupid. I think Conor has a good chance of clipping him early and putting him on wobbly legs, but the worry is if he can't stop the early takedown's it could become a long and gruelling night. I hope Conor's drilling that takedown defence, if he can stop the first couple of attempts he'll have Eddie very worried.

Mellor

wonderfullife wrote: »

You can count on one hand the amount of single-leg and double-legs he has successfully completed in his last 10 fights.

He's hit 10 takedowns in his last 3 fights.
Probably 20+ in his last 10. Not sure what the above idea is based on.

You actually have to go back to 2009 for the last time he successfully dragged someone to the ground to get a submission win.

That's true. And he choked out Josh Neer (standing) in 2010 too.
But great wrestling doesn't necessarily mean lots of submissions

wonderfullife

Mellor wrote: »

Partially relevant, Dillion Danis wins double gold in No-Gi Pan Ams. His weight division and also Absolute (open weight)

Hopefully he'll be over in Dublin soon to train for Polaris 4 given it's on in the UK.