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Official Conor McGregor thread (part 3) *Updated Warning in 1st Post Re:Boxing match

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The last thread was nearing the 10k post limit so here's part 3.

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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JohnMc1

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

He will just relinquish it like the other 3 titles he has had and never defended

I doubt they'll just let him relinquish the belt just so leave the promotion. He'll have a nice court case. If he's not pissing his money away in booze fests the legal fees will take what's left.

raze_them_all_

He will just relinquish it like the other 3 titles he has had and never defended

JohnMc1

markc91 wrote: »

http://smackhisface.com/2017/04/17/breaking-news-conor-mcgregor-returns-at-ufc-213-you-wont-believe-the-matchup/ I presume it's bs but I wouldn't be suprised on the other hand

Conor will fight out the remainder of his UFC contract as fast as he can

Yeah, you'll be free to go soon with that LW belt you're holding hostage. :rolleyes: Kavanagh or someone from from SBG might want to remind Conor about a little something called the "Champion's clause". They'll keep extending his contract as long as he's Champion.

See Conor. It pays to defend your belt.

JohnMc1

John_D80 wrote: »

Before steroids became so big in bodybuilding, nitrous oxide was the performance enhancer of choice for many bodybuilders I believe.

Dont know what it does though.

Its known as "Laughing Gas"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxide

I'm guessing Bodybuilders use/d it to help relax after workout to aid in recovery. And increase oxygen to the muscles.

Its still used in some Supplements.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nitric-Oxide-1000mg-Capsules-Neulife/dp/B01HGQXGD8/ref=sr_1_3_s_it?s=drugstore&ie=UTF8&qid=1492460547&sr=1-3&keywords=Nitrous+oxide

PREG1967

markc91 wrote: »

http://smackhisface.com/2017/04/17/breaking-news-conor-mcgregor-returns-at-ufc-213-you-wont-believe-the-matchup/ I presume it's bs but I wouldn't be suprised on the other hand

if so woodley is gonna be a bridge to far, how many fights he left on his contract? will maynotweather still be interested if he loses them all

John_D80

PREG1967 wrote: »

is nitrous oxide tested by USADA?

empacher wrote: »

Is he on the laughing gas now aswell? Or becoming an illegal street racer?

Before steroids became so big in bodybuilding, nitrous oxide was the performance enhancer of choice for many bodybuilders I believe.

Dont know what it does though.

markc91

http://smackhisface.com/2017/04/17/breaking-news-conor-mcgregor-returns-at-ufc-213-you-wont-believe-the-matchup/ I presume it's bs but I wouldn't be suprised on the other hand

LollipopJimmy

empacher wrote: »

Only pussies use nitrometh. Get ya **** together man.

Exactly my point... the fast and the furious miseducating (is that even a word?) people. 18 speed gearboxes and nos making a floorpan fall off

empacher

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Only pussy street racers use nos... The fast and the furious has a lot to answer for

Only pussies use nitrometh. Get ya **** together man.

LollipopJimmy

empacher wrote: »

Is he on the laughing gas now aswell? Or becoming an illegal street racer?

Only pussy street racers use nos... The fast and the furious has a lot to answer for

JohnMc1

empacher wrote: »

Is he on the laughing gas now aswell? Or becoming an illegal street racer?

He's definitely on something.

http://www.scrapdigest.com/conor-mcgregor-trashes-hotel-room-ends-smashed-treehouse/16153/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=cung%20le

empacher

PREG1967 wrote: »

is nitrous oxide tested by USADA?

Is he on the laughing gas now aswell? Or becoming an illegal street racer?

PREG1967

is nitrous oxide tested by USADA?

Mellor

CatFromHue wrote: »

I think that might be a parody from Mofasa there

He's just a twitter random making a joke. He's not actually pretend that conversation happened.

Dillion Danis parodies are the last thing we need now. His ego would love that

D.Q

wonderfullife wrote: »

It's very clear how intimidated Eddie was by Conor. I don't for one second mean he was scared because it's crazy to call any UFC fighter scared - they get into a cage for a living. But it's beyond obvious that all these fighters respect the hell out of Conor's ability and his left hand. Think about his last 4 opponents - Chad Mendes is a pressure fighting wrestler with a good overhand. Aldo is a pressure fighter with awesome muay thai and kicks. Diaz is a pressure fighter with great boxing and jits. Alvarez a pressure fighter with wrestling and boxing.

Yet in all of those fights, for the opening 2 rounds they were all intimidated from the opening bell from pressuring forward because they all knew Conor's counters are the real deal. Worse again, when they did pressure forward they were anxious in their strikes because of the fear of being dropped with a counter. That's such a potent weapon to be able to deter a pressure fighter from coming at you right from the opening bell simply because they're worried from the get-go about being caught.

There's many factors that go in to making Conor a next-level talent and amazing fighter but in my opinion he has the best vision in all of MMA, certainly the very best in the UFC. People talk about his timing and movement but what makes all of that so special is his vision. He's always got his eyes on the target.

This video edit against Nate illustrates it well. Watch Conor's eyes on every single strike thrown, even the leg kicks. Never fails to give a few goosebumps this one:

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

Great post

wonderfullife

.ak wrote: »

That's great, thanks for sharing.

The little steps forward under the masked right jabs are class, I didn't pick them up at all but you can see how deliberate the movement is and how effective it is.

So many people bang on about how Eddie was making mistakes and lost the fight himself, but when you see videos like that you understand from once the bell rang Conor was stealing from Eddie; stealing ring space, stealing movements, stealing his slip options, stealing the space between them without Eddie even really realising what was going on. Very impressive.

It's very clear how intimidated Eddie was by Conor. I don't for one second mean he was scared because it's crazy to call any UFC fighter scared - they get into a cage for a living. But it's beyond obvious that all these fighters respect the hell out of Conor's ability and his left hand. Think about his last 4 opponents - Chad Mendes is a pressure fighting wrestler with a good overhand. Aldo is a pressure fighter with awesome muay thai and kicks. Diaz is a pressure fighter with great boxing and jits. Alvarez a pressure fighter with wrestling and boxing.

Yet in all of those fights, for the opening 2 rounds they were all intimidated from the opening bell from pressuring forward because they all knew Conor's counters are the real deal. Worse again, when they did pressure forward they were anxious in their strikes because of the fear of being dropped with a counter. That's such a potent weapon to be able to deter a pressure fighter from coming at you right from the opening bell simply because they're worried from the get-go about being caught.

There's many factors that go in to making Conor a next-level talent and amazing fighter but in my opinion he has the best vision in all of MMA, certainly the very best in the UFC. People talk about his timing and movement but what makes all of that so special is his vision. He's always got his eyes on the target.

This video edit against Nate illustrates it well. Watch Conor's eyes on every single strike thrown, even the leg kicks. Never fails to give a few goosebumps this one:

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

.ak

wonderfullife wrote: »

This is a brilliant and complete breakdown of the Alvarez fight and one of the best I've ever seen.

Conor was playing 4D chess against Eddie's checkers. This video is superb, informative and will give people a new appreciation of how masterful a performance it really was. I must have watched the fight 30+ times and this breakdown points out things I completely missed (such as the right hook Conor threw in between the double left that dropped Eddie the first time).

That's great, thanks for sharing.

The little steps forward under the masked right jabs are class, I didn't pick them up at all but you can see how deliberate the movement is and how effective it is.

So many people bang on about how Eddie was making mistakes and lost the fight himself, but when you see videos like that you understand from once the bell rang Conor was stealing from Eddie; stealing ring space, stealing movements, stealing his slip options, stealing the space between them without Eddie even really realising what was going on. Very impressive.

CatFromHue

I think that might be a parody from Mofasa there

Danye

Gamebred wrote: »

https://twitter.com/hakkar2k/status/852672511548567552

lol

Wow!

Another Conor wannabe, James Gallagher, - IMO he's even starting to sound like Conor. Adopting his accent! He's a young lad and I wish him well but Copying Conor to Such a degree is pathetic.

Gamebred

https://twitter.com/hakkar2k/status/852672511548567552

lol

Mean Laqueefa

froog wrote: »

so is there any actual evidence that conor has been;

(a) hoofing coke
(b) banging random girls

?

[CRAIC]

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Swashbuckler

froog wrote:

so is there any actual evidence that conor has been;

froog wrote:

(a) hoofing coke (b) banging random girls

Heed the mod warning...

froog

so is there any actual evidence that conor has been;

(a) hoofing coke
(b) banging random girls

?

wonderfullife

sonofenoch wrote: »

I've always felt that, the Aldo, Diaz and Alvarez fights just didn't have the same atmosphere .......the Mendez fight felt like he was breaking new ground, his first real challenge

UFC 189 was the perfect storm and remains my favourite UFC event of all-time. Fights were magical and got progressively better and the war between Robbie and Rory was a thing of beauty.

From an Irish perspective though, it was the last Conor fight that was somewhat reasonably priced, it didn't clash with any major football tournament, it was his first huge Vegas fight and it was his first tilt at a belt.

It was the perfect storm.

Average Ticket Prices for Conor's last 5 fights:

UFC 205 New York, New York $971
UFC 202 Las Vegas, Nevada $747
UFC 196 Las Vegas, Nevada $738
UFC 194 Las Vegas, Nevada $600
UFC 189 Las Vegas, Nevada $502

A fight with Floyd Mayweather is not going to buck that trend lol. There won't be many "ole, ole's" ringing out with an average ticket price of $7,000 (Floyd v Manny had an average price of $6,200).

dashoonage

Gamebred wrote: »

Fluke win imo, same with the Aldo punch complete lucky shot double champ my arse..

you want him to double what your arse ?

Mean Laqueefa

we need [CRAIC][/CRAIC] tags

Gamebred

Fluke win imo, same with the Aldo punch complete lucky shot double champ my arse..

yourdeadwright

scudzilla wrote: »

Gamebred wrote: »

Wouldnt beat a full camp Mendes though....

We going there again are we? Ok, i'll bite

Conor was training for Aldo, not mendes, so you could say he had to totally change his game plan

Mendes just wasn't beat, he was destroyed, short camp or not he was still supposed to be one of the highest level wrestlers in the division, didn't do him much good

All this talk of mendes only having a short camp, is, IMO, bollocks, mendes and his team knew full well there was a high chance of Aldo pulling out and would have been preparing in the background, whie saying they had a short camp they couldn't lose

Who knows what a full camp for either would have odne,
but its fact Mendes was off hunting when he got the call, it was the middle of hunting season and he hadn't been near a gym for nearly two weeks it was well documented , I think the UFC even had trouble contacting him ,

PM me nudes

Sarcasm detector... Non existent.

scudzilla

Gamebred wrote: »

Wouldnt beat a full camp Mendes though....

We going there again are we? Ok, i'll bite

Conor was training for Aldo, not mendes, so you could say he had to totally change his game plan

Mendes just wasn't beat, he was destroyed, short camp or not he was still supposed to be one of the highest level wrestlers in the division, didn't do him much good

All this talk of mendes only having a short camp, is, IMO, bollocks, mendes and his team knew full well there was a high chance of Aldo pulling out and would have been preparing in the background, whie saying they had a short camp they couldn't lose