Swashbuckler wrote: » Am in the only one who things those maclife videos are ****e? No insight whatsoever. Basically Conor walking around to crap gangster music.
Gamebred wrote: » Conor will be blessing us with a video everyday.
Lukker- wrote: » I bet he gets the fake chicken sushi
Subcomandante Marcos wrote: » Just passed Conor and Dillon Danis crossing the road on Georges Street heading into Yamamori. Go get your fan boy stalk on lads, he's on the sushi.
wonderfullife wrote: » just to clarify you mean they are really hurtful? As opposed to he sucks? That's kinda how you can read that sentence
Lukker- wrote: » Yeah he tends to go low with them. They are fantastic tool for wearing people down, they are a lingering strike the damage isn't really apparent for a few while a while after. Can be the nail in a coffin for a fighter who is already tired. He should utilize them much more, they are an excellent tool for a rangey fighter. It's the equivilent of a leg jab, perfect for mantaining distance and you don't exert much energy throwing them either. I think he fears getting his leg trapped and then being tripped but if a fighter has his hands up and you go low it's very hard to catch. They also set up his left hand and can be thrown from either leg. Gives good option for feints too because if you have been going low trying to wind people they will drop their hands and leave themselves open to that straight left.
Tazzimus wrote: » And Conor's teeps are horrible. As my striking coach puts it, he stabs you with his toes. I've had both types done to me and the type Conor uses are far worse.
Head Wreck wrote: » Teep is Muai Thai
Depp wrote: » ugh i agree, how could you be a fan of someone who eats sushi? could you imagine like?!
LollipopJimmy wrote: » I used to like Conor, this sushi carry on though makes me want to vomit
wonderfullife wrote: » thanks for the positive feedback guys, appreciate it! It remains just a hobby but any of these offers materialise into writing for a publication it'd be brilliant. The thing i really want to write is the story of Joao Carvahlo. Not his fight against Charlie Ward or his tragic death. I want to tell the story of his life. He came to this country as an aspiring fighter and left as a footnote in the story of Irish MMA. I'd love to travel to Portugal and talk to his coaches, training partners, friends and family and tell his story. If i win the lotto or even get 5 numbers up i'll do it myself and put it on a blog if needs be. I think he deserves to be more than a sad footnote in the history of Irish MMA.
wonderfullife wrote: » haha. "Conor ran". Don't worry. It's my usual well-balanced, well-thought-out overnight insomniac stuff. :pac: If nothing else you'll come away from it contemplating how often you apply "availability heuristics" in day-to-day life.
wonderfullife wrote: » https://boltossmma.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/diaz-1-2-5/
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Mellor wrote: » Front kicks are used in karate, but a teep isn't a front kick.
Ush1 wrote: » Front kicks(teeps) are used in karate extensively.
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wonderfullife wrote: » I love when Mellor gets online i just think of the sun in Australia while it's p1ssing it down here :pac:
I think you're mentioning the Steve O' Keefe fight where he ended up unconscious while dropping for a double and Conor cracked him with multiple unanswered elbows.
Yeah sorry i didn't mean to start a karate v muay thai debate. My point, which i made a balls of, is using an example of knees from Cowboy isn't very helpful from Conors perspective. Cowboy stands orthodox and is far taller. Conor requires a lot more explosive energy to land a similar knee. Why waste that energy when a teep can also wind your opponent. I just don't see knees in the game plan in open-Octagon space.
Muahahaha wrote: » Im as insomniac as you tonight Wonder, just cant sleep I dunno. Vegas being 600 feet above Dublin would mean nothing as Dublin is at sea level. Wicklow and Vegas would share a similar altitude. Altitude doesnt come into it till you are at 8,000 feet and above. I climbed to 21,000 feet in Nepal a few years back over the course of 18 days. Had about 50% oxygen available to my lungs at the top of the mountain and although breathing wasnt comfortable the human body acclimitises to it to adjust. On the heat I do agree that 2 weeks is a little late to leave an adjustment in temperature & humidity. I think most Irish people who go to a very hot country on a 2 week holiday feel the heat a lot but most will say that at the end of the two weeks they had gotten used to it. And lets not forget that max temperatures in Vegas in March (when the first Diaz fight took place) are a high of 21 degrees with a low of 12 at night. So not too unlike a very good summers day in Ireland. I just cant see how the March temps were a contributor to the Diaz loss, I would put it more down to Conor being so used to finishing opponents in under 10 minutes. When that didnt happen with Nate he had no more left to give. But after the second fight all that had changed, he looked as fresh as a daisy considering he was just out of a 25 minute war. And he won that war in August when outdoor temperatures would have been as high as almost 40 degrees.
