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

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Gamb!t

Nice one,hopefully Poirier wins.

JJayoo

Whiskey sales for Christmas gonna be through the roof

chopperbyrne

That only says Conor signed his contract, nothing about Dustin.

ASOT

chopperbyrne wrote: »

That only says Conor signed his contract, nothing about Dustin.

Because Dustin signed his a week ago.

yourdeadwright

As much as I don't like Conor he is just way to good on his feet for Dustin
Dustin is hit way to easy and Conor will ping him all over the shop

xtal191

Cant see anything but another early KO for McGregor

sonofenoch

Starlord_01 wrote: »

Wonder where it'll be.

Spike island

Whelo79

Looks like Yaz Island going on Dana and Conor's posts today.

US2

Im usually fairly certain how a McGregor fight goes but this one is tricky. Conor could either finish him inside a minute or he could finish him in round 2.

MartyMcFly84

Ring rust is real and so is elite level cardio. These are probably the two biggest obstacles for Conor.

You can certainly make improvements to Cardio in 2 months but any half decent competitve amateur athlete knows it needs to be worked on year around and maintained. How much Conor has been doing the last couple of years will be very telling.

Timing is also something that needs to be maintained and honed. We saw after his long lay off prior to the Khabib fight, That Conors timing and precision was not there, and he was not at peak condition. He has had an even longer lay off this time around.

Depending on how much Conor can make up these two things in camp is anyones guess. Definitely on his day he can beat anyone in the lighter weight divisions. But its really what kind of shape he will arrive in which will be the key dictator in the fight imo.

yourdeadwright

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

Ring rust is real and so is elite level cardio. These are probably the two biggest obstacles for Conor.

You can certainly make improvements to Cardio in 2 months but any half decent competitve amateur athlete knows it needs to be worked on year around and maintained. How much Conor has been doing the last couple of years will be very telling.

Timing is also something that needs to be maintained and honed. We saw after his long lay off prior to the Khabib fight, That Conors timing and precision was not there, and he was not at peak condition. He has had an even longer lay off this time around.

Depending on how much Conor can make up these two things in camp is anyones guess. Definitely on his day he can beat anyone in the lighter weight divisions. But its really what kind of shape he will arrive in which will be the key dictator in the fight imo.

I understand what your saying and of course its true,

Just one small thing its actually less time out this time around
Two years between MMA fights Alvarez & Khabib and 14 months between Mayweather and Khabib , This fight is 12 months after Cowboy

MartyMcFly84

I understand what your saying and of course its true,

Just one small thing its actually less time out this time around
Two years between MMA fights Alvarez & Khabib and 14 months between Mayweather and Khabib , This fight is 12 months after Cowboy

You a right there, I actually forgot about the Donald Cerrone fight. It happened and was over very quickly then, then nothing again again for an extended period.

Thanks for the correction!

yourdeadwright

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

You a right there, I actually forgot about the Donald Cerrone fight. It happened and was over very quickly then, then nothing again again for an extended period.

Thanks for the correction!

To be fair he want the Justin & Ferguson fight but the UFC where holding out thinking Covid would pass as they didn't want to "waste " a Conor fight with no fans due to the money he makes them ,

That why he retired due to the frustration

By the sounds of thing he kept the foot on the pedal training wise for most of the year,

derfderf

News on Conor has been pretty tame this year, by his standards. If he's been itching to get back in the ring, I would say he's put some effort in. Not much else to do but train most of the year anyway.

Liamo_mu

Fight is now offical. What's important know is Dana stop his pipe dream of having Khabib back so soon and has a title fight ready to go for the winner of this fight.

Khabib is insisting again and again that he is retired so no need to hold up the division.

BigMo1

Quite surprising Dana isn't making this for the 155 belt. No stand out contenders in the picture. Seems like the title on the line would be worth extra PPV buys to him which is usually all he cares about.

The Nal

BigMo1 wrote: »

Quite surprising Dana isn't making this for the 155 belt. No stand out contenders in the picture. Seems like the title on the line would be worth extra PPV buys to him which is usually all he cares about.

Khabib will fight the winner and retire.

dashoonage

The Nal wrote: »

Khabib will fight beat the winner and retire.

fixed that for ya.

ASOT

The Nal wrote: »

Khabib will fight the winner and retire.

He's said more than once now that he won't fight again. I'd be fairly confident he doesnt, no mater how much that clown Ali says he will.

GiftofGab

ASOT wrote: »

He's said more than once now that he won't fight again. I'd be fairly confident he doesnt, no mater how much that clown Ali says he will.

Khabib just put on his Instagram "see you soon Dana" with a picture of him and Dana White

JJayoo

GiftofGab wrote: »

Khabib just put on his Instagram "see you soon Dana" with a picture of him and Dana White

He's gonna batter Dana

The game always ends with the boss battle.

Gamb!t

JJayoo wrote: »

He's gonna batter Dana

The game always ends with the boss battle.

Maybe Dana owes him a few bob, fight of the night bonus

LollipopJimmy

GiftofGab wrote: »

Khabib just put on his Instagram "see you soon Dana" with a picture of him and Dana White

They're just going to a Starbucks

H8GHOTI

Khabib has beaten both of them already. Would he have any interest in fighting them again? McGregor maybe, because it’ll be a big story, big payday & he hates him, so might want to smesh him again. Poirier not a hope.

If he does go for 30-0, there seems to be a lot of talk about GSP.

Whelo79

GiftofGab wrote: »

Khabib just put on his Instagram "see you soon Dana" with a picture of him and Dana White

Dana said in the presser on Saturday that he was due to meet with Khabib soon and have a chat with him to see what his plans are. I would imagine if they meet this week and Khabib reaffirms that he is retired then we will see McGregor v Poirier announced for the title.

Del Griffith

Any idea when the venue will be announced or if theres any chance of a decent time for this to be on (like UFC 254)?

The Ayatolla

Fight Island

xtal191

BigMo1 wrote: »

Quite surprising Dana isn't making this for the 155 belt. No stand out contenders in the picture. Seems like the title on the line would be worth extra PPV buys to him which is usually all he cares about.

I'm sure it'll be announced as a title match at an upcoming ppv

eagle eye

dashoonage wrote:

Khabib is retired

Fixed that for you.

Mellor

ASOT wrote: »

He's said more than once now that he won't fight again. I'd be fairly confident he doesnt, no mater how much that clown Ali says he will.

Ali is just angling to keep the belt off Conor.

Del Griffith wrote: »

Any idea when the venue will be announced or if theres any chance of a decent time for this to be on (like UFC 254)?

It's been announced for fight Island.