UFC 205: Alvarez v McGregor (Event Discussion) - FAQ's in OP

chrisbonnie wrote: »

so that way when they do lose, its so heart breaking for them, it seems to break them. I dont think any fighter he's stopped has looked the same ever since

Mendes is done, Aldo isnt much better. Poierer is done. Do i see Alvarez making another run for the title? I doubt it.

Mendes lost to Frankie, hardy means he lost anything.
Porrier went 4-0 at LW before leaving losing
Aldo looked great upon his return.
Holloway is 9-0 since McGregor


Literally only Brimage, .Brandao and Siver have dropped the ball

Was Nate there? I'd read that he was supposed to be and he had a NY after party organised but didn't see a camera panning to him at all.

Nate had a meet and greet session in a bar close to MSG the day of the fight. So he must have been at fight

Fair play to Conor. He did what he had to. Alvarez really put up no fight. LW champion? He was very weak. I expected at least some decent effort.

TheTownie wrote: »

Alvarez did two interviews. Might have had to go to hospital after as a precaution, who knows. NYSAC are very tentative with fighters these days wouldn't surprise me if that was the case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fopzvPVKUkI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxtTNnm_R3Y

Gracious in defeat, fair play to him.

I do have to feel a little freaked out at how accurate Conor was in his pre-match 'banter' and predictions.

His face is completely busted up, his lip looks horrible, his kids will definitely not be used to seeing their old man like that.

I think that's what attracts so many people to Conor - what he says, he does.

parc wrote: »

Genuine question, after that masterclass do people still think Khabib would dominate McGregor?
Seems like Khabib would shoot and McGregor would use range and reach to connect

Hard to tell, Khabib does look an animal when he gets on top......but then Alvarez too looked an animal against RDA.......I think he's his toughest proposition without doubt if you cut out the quite unrealistic prospect of 170

Dave0301 wrote: »

Any takedowns he tired Conor stuffed. His takedown defence is very good. Only Mendes has been able to take him down at will really.

I think he worked on his takedown defence after that fight. He was too easily taken down and it showed a weakness in his game.

Dave0301 wrote: »

He made the mistake of trying to stand and trade with Conor and that was never going to end well for him. He admitted as much in his interviews after.


Any takedowns he tired Conor stuffed. His takedown defence is very good. Only Mendes has been able to take him down at will really.

Absolutely, he stood and exchanged because Conor forced him to. I know his response after the fight was that he didn't know why he stuck to game plan, but that's why, because Conor forced him to stand - how many TD's did he defend?

.ak wrote: »

Dave0301 wrote: »

He made the mistake of trying to stand and trade with Conor and that was never going to end well for him. He admitted as much in his interviews after.


Any takedowns he tired Conor stuffed. His takedown defence is very good. Only Mendes has been able to take him down at will really.

Absolutely, he stood and exchanged because Conor forced him to. I know his response after the fight was that he didn't know why he stuck to game plan, but that's why, because Conor forced him to stand - how many TD's did he defend?

Three according to the UFC stats on the fight. No doubt that McGregor's defence played a big part in Eddie trading.

Deleted User wrote: »

Drawing a blank here, did Conor and Eddie shake hands afterwards? or was there still bad blood?

Conor went over to him afterwards and had a few words for Eddie. There was no animosity.

My (slightly) drunken thoughts on last nights shenanigans.

To be honest, I don't even listen to most of the things Conor says. He does that to promote fights and to get under peoples skin, and does a damn good job at that. I completely understand that side of it, and I'm fine with it (though I do cringe on occasions).

But as a fighter you cannot doubt his skill. He made Eddie look like decidedly ordinary. I don't care how Eddie fought, that was a masterclass in striking and distance management. At the end of the day he talks a lot of ****, but he then steps into the cage and does the business. He was in no way disrespectful of Eddie too, he praised his toughness in the post fight press conference and in various interviews. He did say in this post fight interview that Eddie shouldn't have been in there with him, and as bad as that sounds it was somewhat true.

Long story short, I have massive respect for him as a fighter. Anything else I couldn't care less. It's what you do it the octagon that counts, well as far as I'm concerned anyway.

And Woodley is awesome. I honestly don't get the hate that he receives, it baffles me. ****ing nice dude! However, as much as I like him he is very very beatable. My question is can any of the CURRENT welterweights beat him. Maia, I'm not sure. I would absolutely love to see that fight though. I would also like to see a rematch with Wonderboy. I actually think his tactics against Wonderboy here quite poor, even though he did enough. Gave him too much space. Although in saying that, Thompson is a bit of an enigma, nobody else fights like him. So he's not the easiest opponent to plan for/adjust too.

JJ is a beast and will probably dominate for a long time. But she lacks power. But that's just her style though, volume over power. KK, despite being dominated (mostly, 1 incident aside) came out unscathed.

The Chris was slightly unlucky (I know I know, it's MMA and anything can happen), and Yoel is beast. I think both statements are somewhat correct. Long way back for Chris now though. There's no alternate universe where I see Bisping beating Romero. Then again I thought the same thing about him v Rockhold (2), so what do I know.

Frankie needs to move to 135. I was slightly unimpressed with that victory.

Miesha, I love you

Looks like Santa Claus does exist.

Gotta say there was only one winner of the fight even before it started. Alverez couldnt wait to get into the ring and get it over with. Couldnt look at McGregor. Couldnt do anything. He was the very same as Aldo was before the fight.

I dont think that there would be any serious animosity between most fighters the talk before the fight seems to be just getting an edge, and when it is all over, its all ok again, bar perhaps Jose Aldo.

I think that McGregor deserves a break. I hope when he does come back his next fight is against Kahbib, as it is difficult to see how he can side step him after the way he called him out...Plus, McGregor is in his absolute prime now. Kahbib almost got floored by Johnson.

I thought Eddie was cutting down from 180 pounds?

Conor looked as if he absolutely dwarfed Alvarez physically.