Gamebred wrote: » You're so confident put your money where your mouth is, easy to talk with so much certainty when theres nothing on the line, your words hold no strength you're claiming to be so confident yet not clearly enough to put your hard earned down for the freest money ever.
callaway92 wrote: » Haven't put on a bet on months. Why does everything have to be brought back to gambling?
Gamebred wrote: » How much have you got on the tko at 8/11? easy dough you'll make a mint if you that confident.
callaway92 wrote: » What is this like???? Honestly??? I can't wait for this damn fight to be over with. Never thought it would happen because I thought it was too farfetched. Now it's clear it's perfectly farfetched enough. Such a circus. McGregor is going to be embarrassed (in a boxing sense). Finished by a barrage of body shots imo.
The Nal wrote: » Or just hit everywhere so many times it'll be stopped. Hes getting embarrassed either way though yeah.
callaway92 wrote: » McGregor is going to be embarrassed (in a boxing sense). Finished by a barrage of body shots imo.
wonderfullife wrote: » Conor if you're lurking, I'm available August 26th if you need a personal emotional support section in the T-Mobile :pac: Qualifications: * Hard working defending your game all-day everyday. * Take part and then take over a Conor-thread. * Bring a strong evidence-based posting style. * Clean work (grammar). * Apologize to nobody for confidence in your talent. * They say I've no chance of staying up all night defending you, I say 'doubt me now' while eulogizing about you at 530am. * Loyalty. Downside: * Petrified of flying. * Will probably puke my ring up with nerves.
Outlaw Pete wrote: » Well, firstly, love that guys vids, his 'What really happened' ones are always worth a watch.... However, I'm not really sure why you're posting that vid to back up your view McGregor pulled Paulie down, as he doesn't (necessarily at least) agree with you, or to be more to the point...... more of what he says could be used to support my view of what happened, than yours. A few examples: At 1m32 he says: and at 1m40 he says that it landed and at 2m30 (speaking about Paulie's right hook) he says: So, he's now saying that Paulie's been hit by a jab and now as he throws a right is showing signs of being off balance and this is all BEFORE Conor's left glove even touches the back of Paulie's head............. ...... At 2m08 he says (regarding that last left hook Conor threw: So now he's even adding the possibility that left might have clipped Conor too! Now, while I personally don't think that left landed, the fact that he is saying that left might have connected, just further weakens the view that Paulie lost his balance and footing because Conor was pulling/pushing him down. To sum up: he admits Paulie eat a jab, showed signs of being unsteady right after that as he threw a right hook which missed and that he might have been clipped by Conor's left...... and all this was obviously before that left glove began "pulling" or "pushing" Paulies head............. but yet we're supposed to dismiss all that went before that and just see it is as Conor pushing / pulling him to the ground. To cap it all off, at 2m58 he says: Let's be honest, the guy is all over the place with mights and maybes. One minute he says that he doesn't think it should be seen as a knockdown, the next he is saying things which support the view that it should be seen as just that. End of the day, but for McGregor landing shots, Paulie wouldn't have lost his footing....... and if gassing and losing your balance negates or nullifies knockdowns that wouldn't have happened if that fighter wasn't gassed or unsteady, then there are a whole heap of famous knockdowns that we'd have to go back and strike from the records that were similarly messy. Knockdown, no knockdown, doesn't really matter though....... what matters is that this guys made up a bull**** reason for leaving the camp and said that he was pushed down because he was beating the breaks off McGregor and he couldn't handle it so resorted to pushing him down out of frustration...... all of which is a load of bollox. He still maintains he won that round by the way. Anyway, one thing which I don't think has gotten enough attention is just how much power Conor seemed to have after sparring for 12 Rounds. Now I know Paulie is a fat, ex pro etc etc, but I think it's still pretty impressive to be throwing this kind of shot in Round 12, even against the now obese magic man.
Gintonious wrote: » Enjoy my friend.
"Conor takes a side step to the right and throws a jab......"
"Paulie extends to the right as he threw his right hand and by doing that he lost his footing"
"Now I don't know if it skid past the headgear, and might have connected just for a second......"
"It's not really a push though"
Fantomas9mm wrote: » If I have my tv and internet through virgin, can I still order the fight ?
Me: Is it possible to watch Mayweather-McGregor, on a laptop, with good broadband? In Ireland - Don't have a TV or any kind of TV service. Them: Thanks for getting in touch. Do you have NOW TV at the moment? Me: No. Them: If you purchase a NOW TV box here is how you can watch Sky Box office with it :https://help.nowtv.com/ie/article/can-i-watch-sky-sports-box-office-events-on-now-tv Me: Do I need a box though? The link you sent me seems to say otherwise. Again, I don't have a TV. Them: You can watch on a PC or Mac by ordering using the link in the help article.
wonderfullife wrote: » Great post. On a slight tangent, I've been accused (at last count) by 5 different posters of "living vicariously through Conor" and 2 posters implied that I might be the type of crazy-stalker to inflict violence on him/JK. The other day someone said "well why don't you go try achieve greatness in your own life instead of living through him" and while my initial reaction was "not this sh1t again", I did a bit of thinking about it. Part of why Conor inspires me so much is that it was far easier for him to give up on his dreams than to chase them. When he was up in Donegal fighting Paddy Doherty or over in Portlaoise fighting Sowinski, I'm sure the UFC looked an impossible dream. For the first 5 years of his journey in MMA, 14 contests, he probably made a financial loss from fighting. I've no doubt in my mind he had people in his ear constantly telling him to give up that stupid fighting and get a 'real job' and still, he stuck at it. The other side of that coin is the day after he knocked Paddy Doherty unconscious in 4 seconds, he reached out to Paddy, asked him was he feeling ok and if he'd ever like to come down to Dublin to train he'd be more than welcome. After every victory or defeat, Conor has consistently shown empathy, compassion and humility for others. The images of him picking himself off the deck after the Diaz fight and how he handled a setback in life should be just as inspiring to us as how he handled his victory over Doherty. People on here try to embarrass and shame me for being such a "fanboy" of Conor's but the truth is the first word in "living vicariously" is "living". Just like Conor was being told to give up on his dream, for a long time I've had parts of my brain telling me to just 'give up' completely. I'm grateful to have a passion and to draw inspiration to persevere and truck onwards. Achieving greatness is a very subjective thing but right now, for me, it's just living I really hope he beats Floyd on August 26th because if he does it won't be because he lands a lucky left hook - it'll be because he refused to quit on his dreams, never stopped believing in himself and never stopping working as hard as he could to achieve them. That's the message we should be teaching our children.
Jesus Wept wrote: » Was it you who counted them m8?
Outlaw Pete wrote: » Yes, but he has just been hit with a right to the chops at that point, which is why he wildly missed with his own right. He showed clear signs of being off balance and that was all before Conor's left glove had come anywhere near him. Again, Paulie was already flailing before that. Eating the right clearly disorientated him and that's why he gave up, as just having Conor's glove on the back of his neck was too much for him at that stage. The chap gassed out. Calling it a pull down is ridiculous. Yes they do, Gintonious, yes they do...... I think that's what they call an own goal :P
Gintonious wrote: » You can see from the behind angle that Paulie is trying to throw a right and move at the same time because the left is coming at him....
....thats when the glove ends up behind his head and he is pulled down and he just gives up.
You can even hear it in the slow-mo video, all the other punches and were thrown before it make a nice loud noise, but the left makes nothing.
how.gareth wrote: » Conor and John have managed to be pretty successfull with their way of doing things so I think they deserve a pass when it comes to decision making regarding sparring partners and corner men for this fight imo
Lukker- wrote: » Tbh he was overselling himself a bit, he's a cut man he's not gonna be influencing gameplan regardless of what he said. I'm sure he'd bring some sage wisdom and would be a good person to have around, but Conor elevates Tommy McCormack big time by doing this and that's good too.
wonderfullife wrote: » Dana holds a grudge worse than anyone I've ever seen it's borderline sociopathic - the only exceptions are if you can actually make him money! If you're a cut-man, journalist, coach, ref he'll hold a grudge for life because you can't make him cash. Stitch is right though his experience could have proved vital on the big night. No disrespect to Tommy McCormack, I'm sure he's good at his job, but he'll have never worked an occasion of that magnitude or anywhere even close to it. Stitch has been in huge fights with Andre Ward and Klitcshko. Mind you Stitch did stick the boot in at the end of that video calling SBG "an amateur team".
Lukker- wrote: » The whole Stitch situation was really sad, I knew well he wouldn't be allowed near though, UFC still have a good deal of control over Conor.
wonderfullife wrote: » ha! It's such a misleading headline. If you watch the video what he actually says is that John approached him at Bellator while James Gallagher was fighting, that both Conor & John wanted him in the corner but *someone* said "you're too expensive". That *someone* was a former UFC lawyer who is representing Paradigm. Stitch said John texted him to apologize and said they all wanted him and Stitch implies that Dana White didn't want him working in the UFC PI and basically in not-so-many-words blames Dana for ruining a great opportunity for him.
