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

MartyDublin · 12-10-2016 05:19PM

wonderfullife wrote: »

He's been dropped 7 times in his pro-career.

In the words of the man himself "a gust of wind and he does the chicken dance".

Hes been stopped 1 by KO

ASOT · 12-10-2016 05:21PM

A month out and the threads already decending into madness; this must be a new record.

wonderfullife · 12-10-2016 05:22PM

MartyDublin wrote: »

Hes been stopped 1 by KO

Yep but hitting the deck 7 times from strikes is not going to be good against someone with the power/accuracy of McGregor.

One thing is for certain.

If Conor drops Eddie, there will be no waving him back up. He'll jump straight into his guard and start throwing strikes.

MartyDublin · 12-10-2016 05:25PM

wonderfullife wrote: »

Yep but hitting the deck 7 times from strikes is not going to be good against someone with the power/accuracy of McGregor.

One thing is for certain.

If Conor drops Eddie, there will be no waving him back up. He'll jump straight into his guard and start throwing strikes.

Yes being dropped by strikes and beig finished is completely different. I compete in mma and being dropped is fine as long as your offensive in your guard and can also do damage.

I think conor ends it within 2. But i feel people here are misrepresenting his comments.

Outlaw Pete · 12-10-2016 05:30PM

MartyDublin wrote: »

Hes been stopped 1 by KO

Cowboy's win was as good as TKO as it gets. Was bizarre to grapple him when he could barely stand and that was after being hit with less power than Conor will hit him with.

Eddie never once took Cowboy to the ground either, despite trying a dozen times or more.

I'd say McG will hit him with lots of knees taking the wind out of him and then finish him with strikes by the end of 2nd.

Duff · 12-10-2016 05:33PM

ASOT wrote: »

A month out and the threads already decending into madness; this must be a new record.

Nah, the Aldo fight takes that record.

wonderfullife · 12-10-2016 05:35PM

MartyDublin wrote: »

Yes being dropped by strikes and beig finished is completely different. I compete in mma and being dropped is fine as long as your offensive in your guard and can also do damage.

I think conor ends it within 2. But i feel people here are misrepresenting his comments.

That mentality won't get you very far.

Firaz Zahabi said it best.

He said "being dropped means a disruption between your brain and your body."

You are arguing that being dropped is fine but being KO'd is not fine! The only difference between the 2 situations is the degree of disruption between your brain and your body.

Long term if you keep getting dropped, you're susceptible to all sorts of problems. There's so little actual science on the subject but there are strong indications that constantly having disruptions between brain and body can lead to CTE.

It also affects your ability to withstand future blows.

There's no positive way to spin being dropped 7 times in your last 14 fights. None. And that's exactly the position Eddie Alvarez is in.

As for yourself, i'd do some research on CTE if you think the only thing you need to worry about is offensive guard-play when dropped.

MartyDublin · 12-10-2016 05:40PM

wonderfullife wrote: »

That mentality won't get you very far.

Firaz Zahabi said it best.

He said "being dropped means a disruption between your brain and your body."

You are arguing that being dropped is fine but being KO'd is not fine! The only difference between the 2 situations is the degree of disruption between your brain and your body.

Long term if you keep getting dropped, you're susceptible to all sorts of problems. There's so little actual science on the subject but there are strong indications that constantly having disruptions between brain and body can lead to CTE.

It also affects your ability to withstand future blows.

There's no positive way to spin being dropped 7 times in your last 14 fights. None. And that's exactly the position Eddie Alvarez is in.

As for yourself, i'd do some research on CTE if you think the only thing you need to worry about is offensive guard-play when dropped.

For a start im gonna finish and stop here. Eddie was droppwd 7 times in 28 fights mate.

wonderfullife · 12-10-2016 05:54PM

MartyDublin wrote: »

For a start im gonna finish and stop here. Eddie was droppwd 7 times in 28 fights mate.

We don't know that for sure as none of us saw his regional fights.

Anyway, what we do know is 7 of them happened in his last 14 fights. His chin is worsening not improving.

We'll see what happens. There's 26 days until Fight Week begins and 24 days until the next decent MMA card so there won't be a whole lot else to discuss other than this fight :pac:

MartyDublin · 12-10-2016 05:56PM

wonderfullife wrote: »

We don't know that for sure as none of us saw his regional fights.

Anyway, what we do know is 7 of them happened in his last 14 fights. His chin is worsening not improving.

We'll see what happens. There's 26 days until Fight Week begins and 24 days until the next decent MMA card so there won't be a whole lot else to discuss other than this fight :pac:

Have ya never watched bellator. He was dropped once in bellator. I think conor inside 2 and thompson to beat woodley.

nomadchocolate · 12-10-2016 06:08PM

Chael Sonnen believes the story about Conor.

Where did he get the picture in the video from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-wAbwXMgtk

wonderfullife · 12-10-2016 06:10PM

MartyDublin wrote: »

Have ya never watched bellator. He was dropped once in bellator. I think conor inside 2 and thompson to beat woodley.

Bella-who-da-fuk? :pac:

MartyDublin · 12-10-2016 06:10PM

Is that not an old picture

Mean Laqueefa · 12-10-2016 06:11PM

No Tattoo's on his arms ?

MartyDublin · 12-10-2016 06:11PM

wonderfullife wrote: »

Bella-who-da-fuk? :pac:

Oh so your one of those mma fans.

Tazzimus · 12-10-2016 06:14PM

nomadchocolate wrote: »

Chael Sonnen believes the story about Conor.

Where did he get the picture in the video from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-wAbwXMgtk

Stahhhhhhp.

Also, that's from god knows where and he looks to be stretching or about to tumble.

The cage in SBG doesn't look like that.

MartyDublin · 12-10-2016 06:17PM

Tazzimus wrote: »

Stahhhhhhp.

Also, that's from god knows where and he looks to be stretching or about to tumble.

The cage in SBG doesn't look like that.

Thats mjolnirs cage. Conor hasnt been over there this camp

splashthecash · 12-10-2016 06:34PM

Hey all...for UFC205, am unable to buy the ppv for the fight on it's own or will I need to subscribe to eirsport or BT or whoever will be showing it? How much would this be if it is a PPV? If subscribing is required, could I subscribe for a month only?

moneyman · 12-10-2016 06:44PM

Actually I'm fairly sure that's a still from a video when he was sparring Paddy Hyland a few years ago. In fact, I'm certain of it, you can see the end of Hyland's name in the top left corner. Also the tattoos.

Also, the story is confirmed to have been nonsense. Chael went with the story to get a few extra listeners.

MartyDublin · 12-10-2016 06:54PM

moneyman wrote: »

Actually I'm fairly sure that's a still from a video when he was sparring Paddy Hyland a few years ago. In fact, I'm certain of it, you can see the end of Hyland's name in the top left corner. Also the tattoos.

Also, the story is confirmed to have been nonsense. Chael went with the story to get a few extra listeners.

That cage is in iceland though thats mjolnirs logo on floor

moneyman · 12-10-2016 06:58PM

MartyDublin wrote: »

That cage is in iceland though thats mjolnirs logo on floor

I don't know where it took place but it's definitely the same sparring session I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBke3P2ovVk

It does look like SBG Dublin, just with a different canvas in the octagon.

MartyDublin · 12-10-2016 07:00PM

moneyman wrote: »

I don't know where it took place but it's definitely the session i memtionwd

Yes see that mate

Mean Laqueefa · 12-10-2016 07:34PM

https://twitter.com/jeremybotter/status/786272540381425664

https://twitter.com/ZPGIFs/status/786272776755613696

ASOT · 12-10-2016 07:35PM

Mean Laqueefa wrote: »

https://twitter.com/jeremybotter/status/786272540381425664

https://twitter.com/jeremybotter/status/786272540381425664

Wouldnt surprise me the commision is a kangaroo court, his punishment was a joke. Makes things interesting going forward, but €€€ would make him see sense.

Mean Laqueefa · 12-10-2016 07:40PM

ASOT wrote: »

Wouldnt surprise me the commision is a kangaroo court, his punishment was a joke. Makes things interesting going forward, but €€€ would make him see sense.

I get you, but its gonna be interesting to see the gate and ppv sales after 205, cause from what i see on here of what people are paying for tickets is it not on course to break his own record ?

ASOT · 12-10-2016 07:55PM

Mean Laqueefa wrote: »

I get you, but its gonna be interesting to see the gate and ppv sales after 205, cause from what i see on here of what people are paying for tickets is it not on course to break his own record ?

Yeah id imagine MSG will be the biggest card of all time but its down to how stacked it is and the magnitude of the actual event being the first in MSG, if 202 had the same card as 205 it would do the same imo.

Zero-Cool · 12-10-2016 08:35PM

****ing yes! As soon as the fine was handed over I said Cobor shouldn't fight in Vegas anymore, didn't think he'd actually suggest it himself. Wouldn't be surprised to see MSG offer him an exclusivity deal like the new arena in Vegas was trying to do.