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

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The Nal

Tazzimus wrote: »

Probably cos he likes to swang and bang, instead of utilising his exceptionally good wrestling.

Yeah. Will be interesting to see if he fights smarter from now on.

[Deleted User]

McGregor would batter Gaethje. Khabib may have stacked his record against plumbers and plasterers but at least he has wins over McGregor, Dos Anjos and Poirier. Gaethje has lost to the two half decent fighters he has fought. Wins over Barboza, Johnson, James Vick...

McGregor would have more taxing sparring sessions.

D'Agger

The Nal wrote: »

Yeah. Will be interesting to see if he fights smarter from now on.

He won't

Guy has some brilliant tools and still fights like a zombie

Tazzimus

D'Agger wrote: »

He won't

Guy has some brilliant tools and still fights like a zombie

He's shown a bit more intelligence in his last few fights, instead of rushing in head first, so he shows signs of being able to change his style up a bit so he doesn't end up braindead by his mid thirties.

EagererBeaver

The Nal wrote: »

Hes beaten Vick, Barboza and Cowboy since losing two in a row. Hardly a big endorsement. The UFC clearly giving him a push though.

He annihilated the three of them. How are they giving him a push? He's earned it. His losses were in absolute wars too. One against a former lightweight champion, one against a future interim lightweight champion.

Why is McGregor battering Cerrone, albeit more quickly, noteworthy and Gaethje doing the same not?

It'll not happen but McGregor-Gaethje would be an unreal fight and he'd be a worthy opponent.

The Nal

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Why is McGregor battering Cerrone, albeit more quickly, noteworthy and Gaethje doing the same not?

I don't think that

EagererBeaver wrote: »

It'll not happen but McGregor-Gaethje would be an unreal fight and he'd be a worthy opponent.

Agree

EagererBeaver wrote: »

He annihilated the three of them. How are they giving him a push?

Because hes a personality who sells fights and he was given three easy fights to get back on track. Smart from Dana.

D'Agger

Tazzimus wrote: »

He's shown a bit more intelligence in his last few fights, instead of rushing in head first, so he shows signs of being able to change his style up a bit so he doesn't end up braindead by his mid thirties.

I still think if he gets cracked then he'll revert to type and try swing his way out of it - which to be fair, has worked for him plenty but I'd hope you're right because he has plenty of tools available to him as a fighter

Ush1

I think McGregor would butcher Gaejthe to be honest.

pastorbarrett

Gaejthe fight won't happen so all immaterial.

yourdeadwright

Gaejthe style is perfect for a guy like Conor,
Conor would ko him early .

Everyone always talks about his wrestling but iv never seen it is it good ?

Doff

I think Conor would walk through Gaejthe. Would be very interesting to see how Catholic Conor copes when Gaejthe isn't holding back in the pressers.

Mellor

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Gaejthe style is perfect for a guy like Conor,
Conor would ko him early .

Everyone always talks about his wrestling but iv never seen it is it good ?

NCAA Division 1 All-American

Which means he was among the top few wrestlers in the top division, of the top league. Very high stsndard

derfderf

Mellor wrote: »

NCAA Division 1 All-American

Which means he was among the top few wrestlers in the top division, of the top league. Very high stsndard

Gaethje was asked about it, and he said he wasn't the best offensively, but he was always very hard to take down. If that's true it makes him a bad match up for khabib.

Mellor

derfderf wrote: »

Gaethje was asked about it, and he said he wasn't the best offensively, but he was always very hard to take down. If that's true it makes him a bad match up for khabib.

Plus the general consensus is that freestyle has better takedowns and folkstyle has better escapes and mat wrestling.

Guys like Askren and Gaethje are always saying that the “funky”” nature of folkstyle compared to freestyle would give Khabib the biggest issues. I’d love to see it tested tbh.

US2

McGregor is the worst possible matchup for gathje, it wouldn't last a minute

derfderf

US2 wrote: »

McGregor is the worst possible matchup for gathje, it wouldn't last a minute

The first few times i saw Gaethje fight i thought Conor would give him brain damage if they fought. He's gotten a bit craftier lately, but i still think he gets messed up.

Banana Republic.

Doff wrote: »

I think Conor would walk through Gaejthe. Would be very interesting to see how Catholic Conor copes when Gaejthe isn't holding back in the pressers.

Conor changes for each fight but in the end apart from Khabib there was always respect after, even after Aldo he went over to him and had a word with him. Gaejthe can talk smack but Conor will destroy him on that line, suits Conor either way. By being all nice and stuff with Cerrone then absolutely destroying him showed it didn't matter wary Conor does the presser his in Octagon IQ and class is always there. It's just a smokescreen 99% of the time. What's exciting about Conor is he's evolving knowing that the bigger guys can take the punches more so switching up his arsenal that fighters don't realise he has or most ppl don't, shoulder strikes case in point.

joeguevara

Banana Republic. wrote: »

Conor changes for each fight but in the end apart from Khabib there was always respect after, even after Aldo he went over to him and had a word with him. Gaejthe can talk smack but Conor will destroy him on that line, suits Conor either way. By being all nice and stuff with Cerrone then absolutely destroying him showed it didn't matter wary Conor does the presser his in Octagon IQ and class is always there. It's just a smokescreen 99% of the time. What's exciting about Conor is he's evolving knowing that the bigger guys can take the punches more so switching up his arsenal that fighters don't realise he has or most ppl don't, shoulder strikes case in point.

Do you think if khabib hadn’t gone postal after the fight Conor would have offered his hand like every other time?

Banana Republic.

joeguevara wrote: »

Do you think if khabib hadn’t gone postal after the fight Conor would have offered his hand like every other time?

We'll never know but I doubt it, this one was absolutely personal. I think he would of recognised that Khabib was the better fighter on the night and would still want a rematch as he learns from defeats aswell as wins. They will need a ring of steel police wise for the rematch.

rob316

Cowboy saying he got flat pay which is probably about as true as McGregor claims he got 80m.

sonofenoch

rob316 wrote: »

Cowboy saying he got flat pay which is probably about as true as McGregor claims he got 80m.

Is there any after fight interviews with Cerrone? (not the cage interview) ...haven't seen anything crop up

H8GHOTI

rob316 wrote: »

Cowboy saying he got flat pay which is probably about as true as McGregor claims he got 80m.

Maybe he’s expecting a visit from the IRS. Seriously though, strange comment to make if not true. He also said his nose and orbital bone were not broken and the UFC shouldn’t be saying otherwise. Lots of misinformation out there.

H8GHOTI

sonofenoch wrote: »

Is there any after fight interviews with Cerrone? (not the cage interview) ...haven't seen anything crop up

Haven’t seen anything either. Would like to hear his thoughts on the fight now, after having time to reflect. He’s keeping pretty quiet.

Mellor

rob316 wrote: »

Cowboy saying he got flat pay which is probably about as true as McGregor claims he got 80m.

Why is it unbelievable that he’s got a flat payout?
A flat bonus doesn’t mean no bonus.

Still Ill

Mellor wrote: »

Why is it unbelievable that he’s got a flat payout?
A flat bonus doesn’t mean no bonus.

He said 'I didn't get PPV money.'

rob316

His disclosed pay is 200k I refuse to believe he fought McGregor for that. He had to have gotten at least 7 figures.

Mellor

Still Ill wrote: »

He said 'I didn't get PPV money.'

Not getting PPV points doesn’t mean he didn’t get any bonus.
I seen the quote from Cowboy. He said he got flat money. And people online are interpreting that as he only got his $200k purse. Which is a bit of a leap.
His purse wasn’t flat. It was 200/200k. So the “flat money” was likely a fixed bonus, rather than an increasing one.

Homelander

Also couldn't the UFC have said we'll give you 200K (plus possible bonus) to fight McGregor, and we'll give you a new contract with excellent rates for your next few fights...if you take the McGregor fight.

Why wouldn't Cowboy take that? It's guaranteed decent money in the bank no matter how good/bad he performs in his next few.

H8GHOTI

He did say he signed a new multi fight deal for this fight on improved terms. Was surprised to see €200k. I hope he got something extra undisclosed.

Banana Republic.

H8GHOTI wrote: »

He did say he signed a new multi fight deal for this fight on improved terms. Was surprised to see €200k. I hope he got something extra undisclosed.

That would be the lowest anyone has ever got paid to fight Mc Gregor. Surely he got 7 figures as it was one of the highest PPV in UFC history.