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Conor McGregor thread (MMA Talk Only - Read 1st Post Before Posting)

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Still Ill

The Nal wrote: »

McGregors not a 170lb fighter. He not even 5ft 9. His most famous win is against a guy who just lost at 135. He'll get absolutely mauled by most of the WW Top 10.

I agree with that. Was just pointing out that someone can't just say with certainty that Wonderboy would knock him out, when he got KO'd by Pettis himself.

Mellor

The Nal wrote: »

McGregors not a 170lb fighter. He not even 5ft 9. His most famous win is against a guy who just lost at 135. He'll get absolutely mauled by most of the WW Top 10.

I agree that Conor is not built for WW. But using Aldo as evidence of that is silly imo.
Those Aldo fights were 4 years apart. Between those two fights Pettis lost to Max at 145 and beat Wonderboy at 170.

Nigzcurran

I dunno why we do this to ourselves starting to look too far ahead. We’ll be lucky if he fights once next year!

Jamiekelly

The Nal wrote: »

McGregors not a 170lb fighter. He not even 5ft 9. His most famous win is against a guy who just lost at 135. He'll get absolutely mauled by most of the WW Top 10.

He's closer to 6ft than he is to Aldo who is billed as being 5"7. Look back at the faceoffs for his Aldo fight and you can see that McGregor is clearly more than 3" taller.

Tazzimus

Jamiekelly wrote: »

He's closer to 6ft than he is to Aldo who is billed as being 5"7. Look back at the faceoffs for his Aldo fight and you can see that McGregor is clearly more than 3" taller.

He is in his hole, he's about 5"8 at a push.
I'm 6"1 and a good bit taller than him.

LollipopJimmy

Mellor wrote: »

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derfderf

Nigzcurran wrote: »

Yeah I suppose after watching how dominant Khabib was against him they would be silly not to maul him on the ground, although colbys ego might outweigh his common sense!

Colby's ego? He doesn't care about putting on a performance. Most of his wins are by shutting people down and making them tired. When was his last finish?
He'd clinch and grind Conor down for 5 rounds if he thinks that's the easiest path to victory. He would have done it to Usman, if he could.

ricero

The goat Khabib calling this fight the minor leagues.

Slating both Cowboy and McGregor. Saying cowboy has lost 8 of his last 10 fight and McGregor hasn't won a fight in 4 years. Hard to argue with that assesment.

RocketRaccoon

ricero wrote: »

The goat Khabib calling this fight the minor leagues.

Slating both Cowboy and McGregor. Saying cowboy has lost 8 of his last 10 fight and McGregor hasn't won a fight in 4 years. Hard to argue with that assesment.

It's quite easy to argue with that assessment, he won a fight in November 2016.

Tazzimus

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

It's quite easy to argue with that assessment, he won a fight in November 2016.

Don't feed it

rob316

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

It's quite easy to argue with that assessment, he won a fight in November 2016.

Khabib said he's going into his 4th year without a win. Considering he's had 1 fight since then it's not much of a point.

AlmightyCushion

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

It's quite easy to argue with that assessment, he won a fight in November 2016.

Plus, Cowboy only lost 6 in his last 10. Which while it isn't great it's not as bad as 8 in 10, plus it ignore the 4 wins in a row just before that.

LollipopJimmy

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Plus, Cowboy only lost 6 in his last 10. Which while it isn't great it's not as bad as 8 in 10, plus it ignore the 4 wins in a row just before that.

Prior to the last 18months/2 years Khabib wasn't exactly an active fighter.

Frank Bullitt

US2 wrote: »

Colby would dominate him alot more than Khabib did , same with Usman an Woodley. Thompson would knock him out too. Only guy he has a hope against is masvidal

Hilarious.

Jamiekelly

Tazzimus wrote: »

He is in his hole, he's about 5"8 at a push.
I'm 6"1 and a good bit taller than him.

Khabib is 5"10 and is basically the same height as Mcgregor in all the face offs.

Tazzimus

Jamiekelly wrote: »

Khabib is 5"10 and is basically the same height as Mcgregor in all the face offs.

No, he's not.
Not unless you're counting his hair as part of his height.

I've stood beside Conor, he's not 5"10

dashoonage

Any update on the length of the beard this week lads ?

Mellor

Tazzimus wrote: »

He is in his hole, he's about 5"8 at a push.
I'm 6"1 and a good bit taller than him.

If you are 6'1. Then you are a good bit taller than lads who are who are 5'10 as well tbf.

Most lads struggle to get their own height right (among other things

). And tend to exaggerate differences with others. Plus the whole variation caused by rounded.

Jamiekelly wrote:

Khabib is 5"10 and is basically the same height as Mcgregor in all the face offs

.
Khabib is taller. By about an inch or so.
Cowboy is slightly exaggerated at 6'1 imo. But regardless of the exact number. He's about 3" taller.
Conor has a slightly longer reach

Mellor

ricero wrote: »

The goat Khabib calling this fight the minor leagues.

Slating both Cowboy and McGregor. Saying cowboy has lost 8 of his last 10 fight and McGregor hasn't won a fight in 4 years. Hard to argue with that assesment.

I'd expect most MMA fans recognize the nonsense of the saying Cowboy has lost 8 of his last 10 fights. For 8 losses you need to go back 24 fights.

And sure, that win rate might not be amazing. But if we're only go back as far at his 3 consecutive losses in 2017 to present it as poorly as possible. We should also include the fact those losses were Jorge Masvidal, Robbie Lawlor, and Darren Till.

hots

As much as I think it's a soft fight for McGregor, Cowboy's losses aren't exactly against bums... there's a good few losses against guys that I don't think McGregor would beat.

The Nal

Mellor wrote: »

I agree that Conor is not built for WW. But using Aldo as evidence of that is silly imo.
Those Aldo fights were 4 years apart. Between those two fights Pettis lost to Max at 145 and beat Wonderboy at 170.

OK so.

Chad Mendes, 5ft 4
Dennis Siver, 5ft 6
Eddie Alvarez, 5ft 8
Dustin Poirier, 5ft 9
Marcus Brimage, 5ft 4

Really worry about Conor at 170 against a 6 footer. Hes going to look tiny.

Naos

The Nal wrote: »

OK so.

Chad Mendes, 5ft 4
Dennis Siver, 5ft 6
Eddie Alvarez, 5ft 8
Dustin Poirier, 5ft 9
Marcus Brimage, 5ft 4

Really worry about Conor at 170 against a 6 footer. Hes going to look tiny.

You forgot Nate Diaz at 6 foot there bud.

The Nal

Naos wrote: »

You forgot Nate Diaz at 6 foot there bud.

Exactly. And lost 1 fight and very narrowly won the other. A better fighter - ie not a punchbag like Nate - would've easily stopped Conor in the mid rounds in the 2nd fight.

Mellor

The Nal wrote: »

OK so.

Chad Mendes, 5ft 4
Dennis Siver, 5ft 6
Eddie Alvarez, 5ft 8
Dustin Poirier, 5ft 9
Marcus Brimage, 5ft 4

Really worry about Conor at 170 against a 6 footer. Hes going to look tiny.

If he was fighting Cowboy at 155 would you be less worried?

The Nal

Mellor wrote: »

If he was fighting Cowboy at 155 would you be less worried?

Yeah course. Cerrone would be a lot smaller. He has every chance of beating Cerrone - whos on a retirement run - but then what? Maia and Edwards and the like?

AlmightyCushion

The Nal wrote: »

Yeah course. Cerrone would be a lot smaller. He has every chance of beating Cerrone - whos on a retirement run - but then what? Maia and Edwards and the like?

Cowboy fought at 155 only 3 months ago. He's not gonna be able to put on a huge amount of weight despite this fight being at 170.

Eircom_Sucks

The Nal wrote: »

Exactly. And lost 1 fight and very narrowly won the other. A better fighter - ie not a punchbag like Nate - would've easily stopped Conor in the mid rounds in the 2nd fight.

except nate can take a hiding

cowboy can't

rda when through him like a steamtrain , also notorious for starting slow and has no head movement

conor should ko him inside 1 but anythings possible

Fall_Guy

The Nal wrote: »

Exactly. And lost 1 fight and very narrowly won the other. A better fighter - ie not a punchbag like Nate - would've easily stopped Conor in the mid rounds in the 2nd fight.

That punchbag nate absolutely punched the head off cerrone when they fought, so I wouldn't be downplaying the relevance of how well mcgregor was able to outbox and hurt the bigger man in that second fight (well both fights to be fair, it was far from a skill issue that was his downfall first time out).

I don't think McGregor could have asked for a better ranked opponent to give him the chance to put on the sort of showcase performance that would make him leapfrogging gaethje for a title shot a little more palatable for most.

Have a feeling he'll win in spectacular fashion.

Mellor

The Nal wrote: »

Really worry about Conor at 170 against a 6 footer. Hes going to look tiny.

The Nal wrote: »

Yeah course. Cerrone would be a lot smaller.

You were talking about the height of fighters he had face previously, mainly at 145. Cowboy is 6ft whether this is at 155 or 170.
His weight won't be significantly different in either case. He's cut to 155 and rehydrate back up usually. In this case, Cowboy simply won't be cutting as much.

He has every chance of beating Cerrone - whos on a retirement run - but then what? Maia and Edwards and the like?

No. Those guys are welterweights.
Cowboy and Conor are Lightweights.

Tazzimus

The Nal wrote: »

Yeah course. Cerrone would be a lot smaller. He has every chance of beating Cerrone - whos on a retirement run - but then what? Maia and Edwards and the like?

Cowboy is 6ft regardless, he doesn't shrink in height with the weight cut to 155

Mellor wrote: »

Those guys are welterweights.
Cowboy and Conor are Lightweights.

Something people can't quite grasp, this is just a lightweight fight without the weight cut, or at least without as big a weight cut.