UFC 257 Poirier vs McGregor 2

Quantum Erasure · 24-01-2021 06:19AM

rottie 11 wrote: »

Great card pity about conor. Do ye reckon he’ll be back ? Probably should have came back against a lower ranked opponent

i dunno, I'm always hoping for a new era of Conor, maybe this could be the start of it...?

rottie 11 · 24-01-2021 06:19AM

rob316 wrote: »

He did that already against that bait bag Cerrone

True that was a year ago though

nialler1978 · 24-01-2021 06:19AM

MattS1 wrote: »

Wouldn't be surprised if Conor took this loss for a big payday from someone else who bet on it.

Don’t think I’ve ever read a bigger pile of stupendously idiotic shįte anywhere, ever.

simongurnick · 24-01-2021 06:20AM

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dougm1970 wrote: »

surprised how he didnt defend all them punches better at the end....not the last two...but the four of five shots up to it....a boxer would either cover up instinctively or try and grab his opponent and hold on.

Mma striking has no comparison to boxing, defensively. There is basically no defence in mma bar using your head as a shield. Bob and weave? What!?

John_D80 · 24-01-2021 06:20AM

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MarkY91 wrote: »

Tell me a single quote from mcgregor that was disrespectful towards poirier before the fight.

I clearly said "On aggregate, in his time in the UFC he has been far more disrespectful to his opponents than respectful".

Utopia Parkway · 24-01-2021 06:20AM

Would be interesting to see Conor in a different camp just to get him out of his comfort zone. Reckon there are a few coaches who would love to work with him. Don’t think it will happen though.

iancairns · 24-01-2021 06:21AM

High chance he’ll be selling Proper Whiskey for €500m easy to be honest. He won’t need the money

Blanco100 wrote: »

The hunger is gone. Too much money to ever be hungry for it again. One dimensional camp as someone said, full of boxing cutting corners. Poirier looks basic enough too.

You can't live that lifestyle and be at your optimum. I think he will still be fighting in 3 or 4 years when the €€€ has dried up to be honest.

ClanofLams · 24-01-2021 06:22AM

I’m not very knowledgable on MMA, basically only watch the ppvs and good fight night cards but McGregor didn’t look close to his best for me. As Marvin Hagler said it’s tough to get out of your bed at 5am to do road work when you are sleeping in silk pyjamas.

Also seems pretty obvious that if you live the way McGregor reportedly did for two-three years it’s going to make an impact on your performances.

Financially he’s far better off but it is a pity he didn’t stick to UFC, would have been interesting to see how close to Khabib a peak McGregor focused and living well could have got. Living the lifestyle he did and still being the only fighter to ever win a round against him speaks to the talent but sadly it wasn’t matched by discipline.

I think he will prob have 3-4 more fight, some wins and losses and hopefully for his own sake wrap it up in the next year or so unless there is a drastic improvement.

Quantum Erasure · 24-01-2021 06:22AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi5QIo0LG18

Dana's talking about illegal streaming... first time i didn't have to go searching around for it, the built in vpn in opera browser that i use normally worked fine with the dutch link

buyer95 · 24-01-2021 06:23AM

"This is what happened, when you change your team, leave the sparring partners who made you a champion and sparring with little kids, far away from reality." Khabib.

kona · 24-01-2021 06:24AM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

One thing I'd be interested in going back to - did Kavanagh say anything about the kicks between the rounds? Kavanagh has been accused before, arguably with good reason, of being a bit of a yes man and I remember him having a "lovely stuff, great round" moment after one of the rounds where Nate was boxing/slapping the head off him.

You would be correct.

manofwisdom · 24-01-2021 06:25AM

He should frame that masterpiece.

simongurnick · 24-01-2021 06:25AM

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Dana talking about streaming is like the king trying to stop the tide. Ridiculous

weldoninhio · 24-01-2021 06:26AM

iancairns wrote: »

High chance he’ll be selling Proper Whiskey for €500m easy to be honest. He won’t need the money

Some Mexican company, Becle, own 49% of it. I’m not sure what the breakdown of the other 51% is, but it’s not all McGregor. I very much doubt the whisky company is worth 1bn, so he’ll be getting nowhere near “500m easy”

weldoninhio · 24-01-2021 06:27AM

manofwisdom wrote: »

He should frame that masterpiece.

Paint me like one of your French girls hahahaha

kona · 24-01-2021 06:27AM

Realistically, whats mc gregors plan? As mentioned he never defended, hes lost a number of fights since aldo. Why the hell has he bothered to come back, i dont think hes a fool?!

SlowBlowin · 24-01-2021 06:27AM

That's the most miserable Dana I have seen in a press conference.

simongurnick · 24-01-2021 06:28AM

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weldoninhio wrote: »

Some Mexican company, Becle, own 49% of it. I’m not sure what the breakdown of the other 51% is, but it’s not all McGregor. I very much doubt the whisky company is worth 1bn, so he’ll be getting nowhere near “500m easy”

That is Jose cuervo tequila. Time for Conor to.cash in and enjoy his family

rob316 · 24-01-2021 06:29AM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Would be interesting to see Conor in a different camp just to get him out of his comfort zone. Reckon there are a few coaches who would love to work with him. Don’t think it will happen though.

That is another option, move to another gym. Always felt too many yes men in his camp and he runs the camp.

24-01-2021 06:29AM

kona wrote: »

Realistically, whats mc gregors plan? As mentioned he never defended, hes lost a number of fights since aldo. Why the hell has he bothered to come back, i dont think hes a fool?!

Millions and millions of dollars might be a part of it.

weldoninhio · 24-01-2021 06:30AM

simongurnick wrote: »

That is Jose cuervo tequila. Time for Conor to.cash in and enjoy his family

On 28 February 2020, Mexican drinks group Becle announced it has exercised its option to buy an incremental 29% stake in Eire Born Spirits (EBS).

On 24 April, the Tequila maker completed its purchase of the additional 29% stake, taking its ownership in EBS up to 49%. EBS owns and markets the Proper No. Twelve blended Irish whiskey brand, which is made at Becle’s Old Bushmills Distillery in Northern Ireland.

buyer95 · 24-01-2021 06:30AM

weldoninhio wrote: »

Some Mexican company, Becle, own 49% of it. I’m not sure what the breakdown of the other 51% is, but it’s not all McGregor. I very much doubt the whisky company is worth 1bn, so he’ll be getting nowhere near “500m easy”

Ryan Tubridy is highly involved per Ewan McKenna.

EagererBeaver · 24-01-2021 06:30AM

What do they do for the belt now? Assuming khabib stays retired (at they can't make the McGregor fight for mega millions. Well, they could, but you know what I mean) it's Gaethje, Poirier and now Chandler at the top table. I don't see Oliveira getting a shot any time soon and Ferguson is almost as good as done.

Poirier-Gaethje 1 was an incredible fight, part of that incredible sequence of fights between the two of them and Alvarez. Would love to see it again. Equally, that statement from Chandler gonna be hard to ignore but they can't give him it already.

Interesting to see how sincere McGregor is when talking about being active. It's hard to see what fight they can make for him that can headline a ppv other than Gaethje maybe. It'll never happen but would do him no harm at all to step back a bit and co main a few fights against some lesser opponents.

lawrencesummers · 24-01-2021 06:31AM

Terrible mistake taking a fight against a top opponent after that long out. Looked rusty at times but in control at other times.

That was a fight he could and should have won had he been better prepared I think.

No fighter comes back after that long out and fights a top 3 opponent.

simongurnick · 24-01-2021 06:31AM

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SlowBlowin wrote: »

That's the most miserable Dana I have seen in a press conference.

Conor khabib would have been huge, hence talking to khabib right after. Now its dead

24-01-2021 06:32AM

simongurnick wrote: »

Dana talking about streaming is like the king trying to stop the tide. Ridiculous

Tis great advertising in fairness

LollipopJimmy · 24-01-2021 06:32AM

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rob316 wrote: »

That is another option, move to another gym. Always felt too many yes men in his camp and he runs the camp.

I disagree, he spent most of this camp woth boxers rather than the lads he came up with. He needs to get back to HQ and work the way he did if he wants to compete again. Also needs to go back to give something back to the place that made him. He's thought about 5 classes since Brandao

mdwexford · 24-01-2021 06:33AM

If Khabib is not coming back then Dustin v Oliveira for the vacant belt with Chandler possibly fighting the winner is the way to go.

Conor v Justin with both coming off a loss makes a lot of sense. Would be a stand up war that the fans would love to see.

People underestimated Dustin big time here. Khabib apart he’s been the best lightweight on the planet for the last couple of years.

simongurnick · 24-01-2021 06:33AM

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EagererBeaver wrote: »

What do they do for the belt now? Assuming khabib stays retired (at they can't make the McGregor fight for mega millions. Well, they could, but you know what I mean) it's Gaethje, Poirier and now Chandler at the top table. I don't see Oliveira getting a shot any time soon and Ferguson is almost as good as done.

Poirier-Gaethje 1 was an incredible fight, part of that incredible sequence of fights between the two of them and Alvarez. Would love to see it again. Equally, that statement from Chandler gonna be hard to ignore but they can't give him it already.

Interesting to see how sincere McGregor is when talking about being active. It's hard to see what fight they can make for him that can headline a ppv other than Gaethje maybe. It'll never happen but would do him no harm at all to step back a bit and co main a few fights against some lesser opponents.

Khabib vacate and throw Dustin at chandler

RoryMac · 24-01-2021 06:33AM

kona wrote: »

Realistically, whats mc gregors plan? As mentioned he never defended, hes lost a number of fights since aldo. Why the hell has he bothered to come back, i dont think hes a fool?!

I think he believed the camps he was doing were making him a better fighter and he would beat Khabib in a rematch, it looks in hindsight the emphasis on boxing in his camps have taken away the bits that made him such a threat in MMA.

UFC 257 Poirier vs McGregor 2

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