Subcomandante Marcos wrote: » It's either Khabib or Nate or he dosn't fight until after the new year. Khabib is the #1 ranked light weight, he's absolutely relevant.
Lt Dan wrote: » I know he is Number 1, I just thought he has issues about whether he is staying in UFC or that weight division
ThinkProgress wrote: » ... part of me was anticipating some kind of masterclass too.
Sweet Science wrote: » ......your praise of Conor is strange . He was as bad as I thought he was going to be .
Sweet Science wrote: » Mcgregor to land under 50 punches at 4/6 is another nice money maker
Sweet Science wrote: » What punch is he going to land ?
Sweet Science wrote: » He will not be able to land any punch .
walshb wrote: » Here's one for you and us: let's say Conor's engine was rock solid. Can you say that Floyd beats him on points? I can't say for sure, because for me it was not a case of Floyd biding his time and waiting for his man to gas. It was a case of him not being able to get to it impose a decent successful offence on the longer rangier man, and kind of lucky that Conor's engine depleted. Any time Floyd launched his offence on a fresh Conor he had no success..it took Conor to be out on his feet before Floyd started landing clean..
Alf Veedersane wrote: » Conditioning for boxing is very different. But the Mendes fight was before his cardio was shown up. I'd have hoped he'd wrestled or grappled enough in the meantime to improving his fitness and maybe it is still an issue in MMA. I just don't think gassing last night is necessarily indicative that he hasn't worked on it. I hope he has cos if he fights Khabib and gets into a lot of wrestling / grappling, that's very taxing
sonofenoch wrote: » I don't remember him gassing against Mendes, that 'gas face' that's familiar from the 2 Diaz fights .......the first we were led to believe was down to a pre fight infection .....but then the 2nd fight it came 3rd round, arguably in both fights he was clear ahead but not making any real inroad when he gassed ......again last night he may not have been ahead but he wasn't behind by much ..........but making no impression, it's weird he begins to look drunk in the face and it's very visible, it's as if he doesn't knock an opponent down early he gets some sort of mental or anxiety block that makes him look shagged
Outlaw Pete wrote: » For the 'He won't land a punch' crowd.
pone2012 wrote: » And for the " It was fatigue" people Lets take a look at what it looked like when Floyd Landed on Conor One person doesn't even look phased...the other looks so shook his snot jumped out his damn nose like " The f*** was that?"
Outlaw Pete wrote: » Yeah, the part of you that posts on Boards. Well, you didn't get that "masterclass" as you admit, but instead of praising McGregor for being the reason that you didn't (which you should be doing) you are posting nonsense.
Outlaw Pete wrote: » No idea what fight these people were watching but it sure ain't the same one most people were.
Outlaw Pete wrote: » Yeah, the part of you that posts on Boards. Well, you didn't get that "masterclass" as you admit, but instead of praising McGregor for being the reason that you didn't (which you should be doing) you are posting nonsense. This is an incredulous post! As bad as you thought he was going to be??? :pac: Let's check and see if that is any truth in that shall we: You couldn't have been more wrong if you tried but instead of admitting that you post and say he was as bad as you thought he would be....... Well quite clearly that is absolute rubbish as evidenced by your post history.
Outlaw Pete wrote: » Nail.on.head. This is a precise summation of the fight. Fair play, walshie, massive respect to you for your posts since the fight. No idea what fight these people were watching but it sure ain't the same one most people were.
Blueberry Pods wrote: » You are talking nonsense, Conor outnoxed Floyd in the early rounds and displayed some superb slipping and counter punching. Conor's abilty to slip and counter is elite, it's sublime. Even against the great Floyd Mayweather in his boxing debut he could do it. Floyd is not unbeatable, I see Errol Spence Jr beating him.
Morrison J wrote: » People reading way too much into Floyd's performance. He treated it like a glorified spar. Those first few rounds he was literally just getting a look at McGregor, he hardly threw a punch. It wasn't him getting outboxed. He'd fight someone like Spence completely differently to how he fought Conor.
The Golden Miller wrote: » Me talking nonsense?
Reati wrote: » Your arguing with die hards. If Mcgregor walked out and got KO'd by Mayweather with the first punch, there would be a story about how Mcgregor planned that so Mayweather could get the 50 - 0 and then set it up for a re-match. Even in losing the fight, the hero worship goes on. He's brave for taking the fight... he is tough for lasting 10 rounds... he was winning the fight in the first few rounds... the ref shouldn't have stopped it... The ref shouldn't have stopped it. Seeing Mcgregor on his arse might have brought a sense of realism to the diehards on the fact he was getting a hiding in those last two rounds. Doubt he is sitting around arguing online. Bet he is still counting the dollars of that payday!!!
walshb wrote: » Could be true. But we can only assess on what actually happened. May have done this is all hyperbole.. Facts are that he looked poor for large parts of the fight and was very ineffective on offence for large parts of the fight. Closed the show nicely. That's about the best I can do.. Bear in mind we need to analyse and mark this based off who was in the ring... One a debut pro from another sport. The other, the self proclaimed TBE. I could only separate them on conditioning. That, for TBE is quite sad... Floyd even looked awkward and novice like.. Put it this way. If you landed on earth and watched tonnes of MMA and boxing without being allowed see or hear of Floyd or Conor, and then you saw the action last night, it wouldn't be all that clear as to who was the career boxer based off everything but stamina. This is not me over-praising Conor. It's more me assessing fairly and honestly the performance of TBE vs. Conor, a novice pro.
Sweet Science wrote: » Remember in the lead up to this fight you said it could be staged . That Floyd could carry him for a while and then finish it . Not saying I agree now but you called it . Kudos
Sweet Science wrote: » I agree Floyd was very poor . But your praise of Conor is strange . He was as bad as I thought he was going to be .
sonofenoch wrote: » an mma fighter doesn't translate to boxing no more than a boxer translates to mma....
walshb wrote: » And nor do I agree with it. He did not carry him..
Naos wrote: » Ten rounds. Conor, on his pro debut, went almost ten rounds with a pro, 49-0, multiple time/division champion. You can dress it up however you like. You can pretend that Mayweather could have finished it at any moment, but the fact remains he couldn't - because when he tried to finish in the 9th, he couldn't.
snowflaker wrote: » Conor was better than I thought he would be. Floyd wasn't as good as he should have been, but he has been retired for over 2 years. It was like a cat playing with his prey for a good while, and the prey put up a good fight.
Sweet Science wrote: » Really I thought it went exactly how a carried fight would go . Allow him punch out first few rounds . Toy with him mid rounds . Finish in championship rounds . It's strange you are so dismissive of it now
walshb wrote: » Well it's obvious that your idea of a boxer carrying another is way off mine based off what you saw last night...nothing to do with me being dismissive. I will say with 100 percent confidence from all my years watching boxing, that Floyd did not at all carry Conor... I will also add that he was made work damn hard to end that fight.
