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

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walshb

Fall_Guy wrote: »

Poirier was a bigger featherweight than him, Aldo cut every bit as much weight to make featherweight as mcgregor did, Holloway is taller and longer than mcgregor though he doesn't have as big a frame.

He's nowhere near the best of all time or anything, but he's a lot better than the flat track bully you are painting him as here.

Poirier was not a bigger FW.

Aldo is naturally smaller in every way. And clearly so..

Holloway the same. Naturally smaller..

Fall_Guy

walshb wrote: »

Apart from a punchbag Diaz and an old worn Cowboy, who has Conor fought that was both good and bigger-same size

Poirier was a bigger featherweight than him, Aldo cut every bit as much weight to make featherweight as mcgregor did, Holloway is taller and longer than mcgregor though he doesn't have as big a frame.

He's nowhere near the best of all time or anything, but he's a lot better than the flat track bully you are painting him as here.

Tazzimus

walshb wrote: »

Really, Conor was a LW boiled boiled down to FW a few years ago....He is of similar natural size to WWs now, but they are probably too strong for him.

He's pretty much always been a natural WW, but practically all of the WW are not, they'd be more natural MW and possibly even LHW depending on how much weight they cut.
That's why they're too big/strong.

Also why Khabib won't go up in weight, doesn't want to lose that 0.

walshb

I think Conor probably looks at WW and LW and doesn't really see or believe that he is the top dog..

He was successful for a period due to him having size advantages over smaller men.

Really, Conor was a LW boiled boiled down to FW a few years ago....He is of similar natural size to WWs now, but they are probably too strong for him.

Khabib, a man of similar size, but not bigger, handled Conor fairly easily....and Khabib doesn't want to venture to WW.

Overall I think Conor's career was good, but nothing special...a hell of a lot more OTT hype than actual substance

Apart from a punchbag Diaz and an old worn Cowboy, who has Conor fought that was both good and bigger-same size

Mellor

Mr. Karate wrote: »

He's been a one a year fighter for the last few years. Unless he's really hurting for money I don't expect him to change that habit.

Just because he didn’t the last few doesn’t mean he couldn’t fight regularly again.
If the “only when he needs the money” logic were true he wouldn’t have fought at all this year.

eagle eye

robwen wrote:

His plan for the year all going well was Cowboy, then Nate for the BMF belt & then the Khabib rematch

I'm not sure that's correct. I think he wanted Gaethje in the summer.

robwen

His plan for the year all going well was Cowboy, then Nate for the BMF belt & then the Khabib rematch

GiftofGab

Mellor wrote: »

Why do you think that?
If it wasn't Covid, Tony Khabib already happen.
Gaethje wants a shot, Conor wants a shot. There 9 months left in the year.

Covid was the only reason that all got thrown out.

He's too full of ego and drama now to have the ability to calmly sit down with UFC and negotiate 3 different fights in the same year. Always has the throw his toys out the pram.

Mr. Karate

Mellor wrote: »

Why do you think that?
If it wasn't Covid, Tony Khabib already happen.
Gaethje wants a shot, Conor wants a shot. There 9 months left in the year.

Covid was the only reason that all got thrown out.

He's been a one a year fighter for the last few years. Unless he's really hurting for money I don't expect him to change that habit.

Mellor

Mr. Karate wrote: »

I think we all knew before covid that the whole "I want to fight 3 times this year" was bs from Conor.

Why do you think that?
If it wasn't Covid, Tony Khabib already happen.
Gaethje wants a shot, Conor wants a shot. There 9 months left in the year.

Covid was the only reason that all got thrown out.

Mr. Karate

GiftofGab wrote: »

You can bet your house that McGregor is not fighting on July 11th. Won't happen guys.

I think we all knew before covid that the whole "I want to fight 3 times this year" was bs from Conor.

ASOT

Mellor wrote: »

Out of 6 recorded media scores recorded here

Four scored 30-27 Tibau
One scored 30-28 Tibau (10-10 in the 3rd)
One scored 29-28 Khabib (1 & 3, but added a draw wouldn't be terrible)

Collectively, Tibau was award 10pts in 16/18 rounds.
The judges gave him 0.

Crazy scoring really.

Yeah it was a bit of a mad fight, but I don't think it was a robbery that the media scores make it look like personally.

There wasn't much action the whole fight. Give it a watch again and see what you think yourself. The only thing I had an issue with was the 30x27 across the board for Khabib. 29-28/the draw/Tibau win would have been fair, but the 30x27s were a shambles.

Mellor

ASOT wrote: »

Yeah I can definitely see why, the fight was much closer than the 30-27s the judges gave but there wasn't much action for the whole fight to base the scoring, khabib was the more aggressive anyway which rightly/wrongly won him the fight imo. I gave him 1&3, Tibau 3.

Think alot of media had it 30-27 Tibau with 1/2 having it 29-28 Khabib.

Out of 6 recorded media scores recorded here

Four scored 30-27 Tibau
One scored 30-28 Tibau (10-10 in the 3rd)
One scored 29-28 Khabib (1 & 3, but added a draw wouldn't be terrible)

Collectively, Tibau was award 10pts in 16/18 rounds.
The judges gave him 0.

Crazy scoring really.

ASOT

Mellor wrote: »

I must go back and watch that fight. The media scores were all very heavy of Gleison

Yeah I can definitely see why, the fight was much closer than the 30-27s the judges gave but there wasn't much action for the whole fight to base the scoring, khabib was the more aggressive anyway which rightly/wrongly won him the fight imo. I gave him 1&3, Tibau 3.

Think alot of media had it 30-27 Tibau with 1/2 having it 29-28 Khabib.

Mellor

ASOT wrote: »

Yeah officially.

You can argue Gleson won a round aswell. (People think he won the fight, iv seen it a few times I think he was beaten handy 29-28 but was 30-27 across the board.)

I must go back and watch that fight. The media scores were all very heavy of Gleison

GiftofGab

You can bet your house that McGregor is not fighting on July 11th. Won't happen guys.

Tazzimus

I see we've moved on from 2016 to 2018 now.

ASOT

aloooof wrote: »

Isn’t it correct that McGregor is the only fighter to have won a round against him?

Yeah officially.

You can argue Gleson won a round aswell. (People think he won the fight, iv seen it a few times I think he was beaten handy 29-28 but was 30-27 across the board.)

aloooof

Homelander wrote: »

I've rewatched the fight twice and really Conor didn't perform remotely near as badly as people make out. Him and Porier are similiar I mean yeah obviously he was decisively beaten but you'd swear he got choked out in 20 seconds the way some people go on about him being "found out" and "exposed". There is a reason Khabib is 28-0. Poirier didn't do any better.

Isn’t it correct that McGregor is the only fighter to have won a round against him?

Homelander

I've rewatched the fight twice and really Conor didn't perform remotely near as badly as people make out. Him and Porier are similiar I mean yeah obviously he was decisively beaten but you'd swear he got choked out in 20 seconds the way some people go on about him being "found out" and "exposed". There is a reason Khabib is 28-0. Poirier didn't do any better.

eagle eye

Deleted User wrote:

Love re-watching the Khabib fight, see some more scummy fouls by McGregor each time.

I think it's funny that you think people will bite on your attempt to start something off.
We are all aware that there's McGregor lovers and haters.
Guess what, he's currently retired so nobody really cares right now.

AbusesToilets

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Love re-watching the Khabib fight, see some more scummy fouls by McGregor each time.

I find the fact that most of those fouls are illegal is pretty silly imo. Why shouldn't one be able to grab shorts, or knee on the ground? There's nothing scummy about it, entirely arbitrary decisions to make something illegal.

Ref still should have called McGregor on them.

[Deleted User]

Love re-watching the Khabib fight, see some more scummy fouls by McGregor each time.

robwen

RDA called him out for a fight at 155 165 or 170 after Chael Sonnen did one of his videos saying he should

xtal191

Stephen A Smith wrote: »

Was listening to Ariels podcast earlier, says although it’s unlikely he wouldn’t rule out McGregor fighting on July 11th just yet.

Doubt it, isn't it championship fights get a ppv cut so the weaker the card the more ppv money McGregor gets? He wont wanna share ppv money

I always thought that's the reason all his cards have been pretty poor on paper since Aldo, apart from Alvarez but that was the first Madison Square event so they kinda had to put on a massive card

kwestfan08

Whelo79 wrote: »

What a card that would be if he was in it. He couldn't be the main event thought, not ahead of 3 title fights.

He would be the main event surely and every champ on the card would be delighted I'd say because they'd surely all be getting PPV points.

Though a PPV with four 5 round fights has the potential to go way long.

Monokne

Whelo79 wrote: »

What a card that would be if he was in it. He couldn't be the main event thought, not ahead of 3 title fights.

He would have to be the main event. He is country miles bigger star than anyone else on the card.

Whelo79

Stephen A Smith wrote: »

Was listening to Ariels podcast earlier, says although it’s unlikely he wouldn’t rule out McGregor fighting on July 11th just yet.

What a card that would be if he was in it. He couldn't be the main event thought, not ahead of 3 title fights.

Stephen A Smith

Was listening to Ariels podcast earlier, says although it’s unlikely he wouldn’t rule out McGregor fighting on July 11th just yet.

Whelo79

dave1982 wrote: »

Zero insight and no proof haha,

I posted two videos of conor and dana. One conor saying he'd love to fight Tony and another Dana saying conor never turns down fights. Yet here we are conor don't want to fight Tony and dana saying conor said he's not replacement fighter. You obviously seem to know more than me can you explain why it all changed
The Conor video is from January couple months before

Here's where dana and conor said Conor would be ready to step in if fight falls apart. Dana said Conor would step in and conor says that's a accurate statement. This was middle of January

https://youtu.be/KIPIHamRnEI

But yeah listen to Dana he's the most honest fella you could meet

So take breath yourself before posting

Like you say, that was January. The fight wasn't scheduled until April. Dana clearly says Conor changed his mind and said he is not a replacement fighter way before the fight was ever off. He also says when the fight was off Conor was never offered it and he doesn't even know if Conor could have gotten into the country anyway.

Pretty simple to me, why people want to twist it and make it something it isn't is beyond me. I guess we all get out entertainment in different ways, or have different levels of comprehension.