Fight Time From 4am-McGregor vs Mayweather**MOD Warning in 1st Post**

Mellor wrote: »

He came to an agreement because it was probably worth more to do so.
Not because he's employee with MMA fights on his contract, which was the claim.
If you agreeing that it was the smarter move that's fine, but it's not what the previous 3 or 4 posters said.

And It's a federal act, they wouldn't be tying it up in court for any length of time. They could bring civil suit against him if they were bitter. Who knows how that'd go. Wouldn't stop the fight though.

While all of this is correct I think a reason overlooked by many is Conor values loyalty above mostly anything. He's so grateful to Dana and Lorenzo Fertitta, so I think there's that element as well - that he'd view it as betraying them/a snake move to use the Ali Act to circumvent the UFC.

Plus, Dana hinted a few weeks ago that Conor will soon be a part-owner of the UFC

I seen spinning attacks being mentioned for Conor to try. Fairytale stuff. This isnt Mortal Kombat

The Nal wrote: »

Conors punches are far too long as it is.

He's stunned and dropped people with short sharp shots, including rights come to think of it.

Conor is strongest as a standup fighter. In MMA, long straight shots, whilst also hurting people and putting people down, help to give you the advantage if your goal is to avoid a takedown. He fights the opponent in front of him most of the time. He won't counter balance with his right hand down and shoot at that range, from that stance, extending that far, for Floyd, no need to, no risk of a takedown.

Its a crazy carry on to look at McGregor fighting in MMA, when one of his main objectives is to try to keep the fight on the feet, and make takedowns as difficult as possible for his opponents, and think he'll fight/through punches the same in a boxing ring.

People are getting daft. I half expected it from casual MMA fans, without much knowledge of boxing, but common sense is going right out the window with a lot of boxing people.

Like with Conors media day. He used it as a middling conditioning session because he didn't want to totally blow off a days training but is doing his usual orefight misdirection shenanigans. Everyone has YouTube. Should take 3 minutes searching for people to figure out that's not him trying to look at all fast, slick or with perfect boxing technique. He didn't even try to through a hard right hook or right uppercut, he tapped both out there, he wasn't trying to impress. There's footage of him throwing how he really throughs with his right. Even in fight MMA come and watch me fight footage, but people are choosing to believe that's the best he's got. We know it isn't. The cats out of the bag and sitting up on the keyboard licking its own arse and people are still falling over themselves to believe what they want.

Its gone right over the edge at this stage.

Eyes Down Field wrote: »

8oz gloves approved. NSAC apparently saying it's a "one time exception"

Doesn't make much of a difference, Maybe Floyd knocks Conor out a bit sooner.

In terms of impact power, from ten ounce to 4 ounce gloves means about a six percent reduction. 10 to eight is probably hovering around one percent maybe basing it off that? Its nothing. Slightly smaller meaning less coverage, but again that's pretty negligible. And extra two ounces to through about isn't going to really effect handspeed or stanima with guys these size either. 8 or 10 is pure marketing that will have pretty much no relevence.

walshb wrote: »

And I'd say if a lot of greats fought so defensively and "negatively" most of the time they'd have similar stats..

Fook me, his D gets ridiculously overrated, or more aptly, overstated. When you spend so much time not wanting to get hit you likely won't get hit too much.

If other fighters could fight like him and win easily they would . Nobody enjoys getting punched in the face . But very few can excluding Parnell Rigo and the likes