Mellor wrote: » Rumour circulating that this did 6.5m buys.
LollipopJimmy wrote: » Am I alone in not giving an absolute toss how many buys or how much money the fight generates? Not having a go at anybody, I'm just wondering am I alone
Outlaw Pete wrote: » In fairness, walshie, as he was throwing the uppercut, Floyd punches him in the shoulder....which is why it didn't have as much torque on it and wasn't flush.
walshb wrote: Did the lights, the stage, the event and all that take away a lot of his energy?
Pussyhands wrote: Conors nearing the end of his fighting career. Don't see him adopting any serious changes to training etc now.
LollipopJimmy wrote: » Doc Dalby I thought would be the right man to fix this. I wonder how involved he is really, or how much say he has. As well as being an absolute space cadet he's actually seriously knowledgeable and was way ahead of his time when it came to nutrition and training
Gamebred wrote: » Well he cant correct his rowing technique.... he is most likely part of the yes man clique around Conor that are afraid to given honest appraisals of stuff like that inc fitness, also being a cardio expert is all well and good cycling ect but combat cardio is different and way more complexed than sticking numbers in on the bike.
Lukker- wrote: » I think it's all getting overblown. He couldn't last a 12 round boxing fight, so what? Amateurs take a few years to get 12 round fit. Boxing pundits like Max Kellerman are shocked he had the fitness for 10. He gassed in the end of round 2 and whole of round 3 versus Diaz...again, so what? Diaz gassed for the 4th round and took it off too. He's shown the recovery can be there. That will only get better. His cardio ain't so bad for MMA. He's trained for a 25 min fight, what 5 times?
CatFromHue wrote: » Looks like Helwani didn't get paid for his interview with McGregor at the "An Experience with...." event he did in Jan. They said they went bankrupt. I think a lot of people flagged in here that that company was a bit dodgy at the time.
wonderfullife wrote: Very surprised both Conor and Ariel got involved with these people though. Seriously dodgy crowd. Funded by "backers" from Greece and the owner has a bankruptcy order against him and has cancelled the last 3 shows he tried to put on.
Eyes Down Field wrote: » He should be able to change his training and work on stamina and endurance over time. He wasn't going able to correct this problem in a 6 week training camp
Gamebred wrote: » He wouldnt be a dual ufc champ with bum cardio I think we who are saying its an issue are being somewhat picky and maybe asking for too much from him, as a fan I wish he would could keep a similar pace up for a full fight it would be mind boggling to watch that for 5 rounds, end of round 2 at 202 v Nate he was winning so easy yet just changed in an instant its very weird.
Sofiztikated wrote: » Listener to Paulie (i know)on Ariels show the other day, but he made a point that when someone puts pressure on Conor, and things aren't going the way he wants, he seems to flag very quickly and look for a way out. Could it be self doubt doing the damage?
Ultimate Seduction wrote: » Conor said if the fight did MayPac numbers ( 4.6m?) That he'd get 100m. This did 6.5 so how much will make, ??
Whelo79 wrote: » Is it possible that his Mystic Mac predictions are coming back to bite him in the ass? If a fight goes past whatever stage he has predicted it to end, he suffers a cardio dump brought on from self doubt? Diaz 1 did he predicted one round I believe. Mayweather he predicted inside 2 when it changed to 8oz gloves.
spix wrote: » Definitely some self doubt going on you can see it in his face as things start going south. He turns into a completely different fighter when that happens. You could see it watching so obviously floyd does right in front of him. I honestly think Conor could have done even better in that fight. He needs more varied hand positioning to throw better punches. He only had 2 positions in that fight, one was his guard up which he's obviously very uncomfortable with. If you look at how his hands were positioned in older fights like the one against ivan buchinger it was much different letting him get off different types of punches, and his ko in that was a similar slip like the one he done several times against floyd but a left counter instead of uppercut, he should have mixed things up a bit which would have kept floyd off him longer. He only had 1 'money shot' option but what happens if it doesn't get the job done? Also needs to follow up on punches a few times, pretty much 100% of the time after he lands a good shot, he does nothing, doesn't capitalize on it to throw something else immediately after whilst his opponent might be a bit dazed. His footwork seemed a bit off too at some points very clumsy looking. There was one point he showed some good backwards movement which made floyd freeze for a second, so he has it in him, I think he just crumbles mentally which makes his confidence and skill reduce greatly.
