UFC 257 Poirier vs McGregor 2

rob316 · 24-01-2021 06:57AM

kona wrote: »

Becsuse hes a leg humper and nobody is going to stay up till 5am to watch him do that. Its horrendous stuff.

Jesus. Leg humper? He beats the life out his opponents from the top. I just can't fathom how people find him boring.

bennyl10 · 24-01-2021 06:57AM

kona wrote: »

Becsuse hes a leg humper and nobody is going to stay up till 5am to watch him do that. Its horrendous stuff.

Ah this old chestnut

He’s a wrestler In MMA, that’s an effective martial art that he’s amazing at.

Sounds like you need to watch boxing

EagererBeaver · 24-01-2021 06:58AM

Watching the finishing sequence again, McGregor was actually eating some of the shots pretty well, but he miscalculated the last one and tried to duck and ended up dropping square onto it. Lovely stuff from Poirier.

iancairns · 24-01-2021 06:58AM

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”

Maybe not easy you’re right. But if Reynolds ‘team’ got $610m and Clooney’s ‘team’ upwards of a $1Billion. Maybe Conor team gets in around those numbers. We’ll see anyway. Not a fan boy. Just making that point. Could happen

simongurnick · 24-01-2021 07:02AM

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bennyl10 wrote: »

Done everything in the division and battered everything in front of him.
Why would he not have an air of confidence?

At least it’s justified unlike McGregor

I'm not talking about his confidence. I'm talking about the air of Islamist superiority he emanate. Stuff like if you promote whiskey you are a drunk sinner
Meanwhile he marries his wife with a towel over her head. Can't stand that stuff. He is the Russian version of an American evangelist. Both groups are the opposite of free living. Khabib is as big a scumbag as conor, just for opposite reasons

nialler1978 · 24-01-2021 07:05AM

bennyl10 wrote: »

Ah this old chestnut

He’s a wrestler In MMA, that’s an effective martial art that he’s amazing at.

Sounds like you need to watch boxing

You’re not wrong, and he is wrong in saying a Khabib return wouldn’t get the viewership but it’s not very entertaining just watching grappling, rolling around on the mat trying to choke your opponent out.

bennyl10 · 24-01-2021 07:06AM

simongurnick wrote: »

I'm not talking about his confidence. I'm talking about the air of Islamist superiority he emanate. Stuff like if you promote whiskey you are a drunk sinner
Meanwhile he marries his wife with a towel over her head. Can't stand that stuff. He is the Russian version of an American evangelist. Both groups are the opposite of free living. Khabib is as big a scumbag as conor, just for opposite reasons

Put down the can and go to bed man

No need for any of that stuff; stop listening to Conor and think before you post

To get even half of that scutter from a clip of him and Dana talking is mind boggling

kona · 24-01-2021 07:07AM

rob316 wrote: »

Jesus. Leg humper? He beats the life out his opponents from the top. I just can't fathom how people find him boring.

Hes boring. Mc gregor is not boring.

The Floyd p · 24-01-2021 07:08AM

nialler1978 wrote: »

You’re not wrong, and he is wrong in saying a Khabib return wouldn’t get the viewership but it’s not very entertaining just watching grappling, rolling around on the mat trying to choke your opponent out.

To each their own. I find Khabib fascinating to watch, personally. His finishing sequence against Gaethje is every bit as technical and interesting as McGregor's finish of Alvarez.

Quantum Erasure · 24-01-2021 07:08AM

like a foootball, Ariel...

kona · 24-01-2021 07:09AM

bennyl10 wrote: »

Ah this old chestnut

He’s a wrestler In MMA, that’s an effective martial art that he’s amazing at.

Sounds like you need to watch boxing

Boxing has its share of boring fighters too. But yes its alot better than a khabib yoga session.

Axwell · 24-01-2021 07:09AM

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simongurnick wrote: »

I'm not talking about his confidence. I'm talking about the air of Islamist superiority he emanate. Stuff like if you promote whiskey you are a drunk sinner
Meanwhile he marries his wife with a towel over her head. Can't stand that stuff. He is the Russian version of an American evangelist. Both groups are the opposite of free living. Khabib is as big a scumbag as conor, just for opposite reasons

This is an MMA forum..his religion is irrelevant, take it elsewhere. Fighter bashing and name calling is also against the charter so lets end this discussion right here...

Joeseph Balls · 24-01-2021 07:13AM

Have to say Conor is coming across very well in the presser after the defeat.
Seemed upset when the Khabib tweet was read out to him?

EagererBeaver · 24-01-2021 07:14AM

McGregor saying the stance was all wrong and he needed to be bouncing, wants to get back to that style

Good sign that he's not hubristic enough to think he can just do what he wants.

creeper1 · 24-01-2021 07:32AM

A lot of talk about a Dustin rematch. I think he loses again if said rematch happens within a year.

I would say he needs to be fed a few more guys like Donald cowboy. Maybe even being in the middle of a card.

Even then, as has been noted, that division is stacked with killers.

irishguy1983 · 24-01-2021 07:35AM

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

Have to say Conor is coming across very well in the presser after the defeat.
Seemed upset when the Khabib tweet was read out to him?

He’s obviously changed/a bit different now....He said so himself...You could see it in the build up and last year against Cerrone....I miss some of the old banter/nonsense - it was good fun at times...

The Rooster · 24-01-2021 07:37AM

RoryMac wrote: »

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.

More to it than this, but it is ironic that the more he’s concentrated on boxing, the less power/fizz/snap his left seems to carry.

spix · 24-01-2021 07:52AM

Conor looked like he was sparring against someone who he thought wasn't going to throw back. Slow plodding as if was just doing light sparring in head gear and big gloves. Then when they fought back he wasn't prepared to handle it. Look closely he shot in for a takedown and got punched whilst ducking, thats the 1 that knocked him down. Same as Diaz... went to shoot out of panic as just wasn't prepared for a war.

gmisk · 24-01-2021 08:16AM

Not a fan of Conor McGregor (at all) but at least he was gracious in defeat.
Maybe it's time to actually quit (doubt it though)

yourdeadwright · 24-01-2021 08:19AM

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Duston looked to big and strong for him
Conor cracked him on the chin a couple of times and it didnt move Dustin

I thought Conor wouldnise more kicks himself early on

Joeseph Balls · 24-01-2021 08:24AM

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Duston looked to big and strong for him
Conor cracked him on the chin a couple of times and it didnt move Dustin

I thought Conor wouldnise more kicks himself early on

I don't know, he seems to throw the odd kick early but use his right hand to find range for the left. Didn't seem he had much time for that. Dustin wanted straight in there. I'll have to watch it again

derfderf · 24-01-2021 08:28AM

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[Deleted User] wrote: »

They may go all in on him in an attempt to create a new star.

Dana won't let that happen. It would mean the UFC's champ would be smashed by Bellator's.

Joeseph Balls · 24-01-2021 08:30AM

derfderf wrote: »

Dana won't let that happen. It would mean the UFC's champer would be smashed by Bellator's.

How old is he? 34?
Dustin was quite straight in the presser, he doesn't want him unless he earns it with a few more fights. Can't blame him as such, he's been there for ten years or something.

derfderf · 24-01-2021 08:51AM

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Joeseph Balls wrote: »

How old is he? 34?
Dustin was quite straight in the presser, he doesn't want him unless he earns it with a few more fights. Can't blame him as such, he's been there for ten years or something.

I think so. Khabib would smash Pitbull, but if other results keep going this way could you really say anyone else in the ufc would?

kippy · 24-01-2021 09:01AM

Well that should be that for McGregor. Perhaps a retirement that is actually a retirement is required.
No doubt at his peak a great fighter and has done great work for the promotion and set himself up for life but enough is enough.

Anniepowaa · 24-01-2021 09:03AM

Made a career out of beating people way smaller then him

Alf Veedersane · 24-01-2021 09:05AM

Blanco100 wrote: »

Not that outlandish a comparison.

Hatton was a world class 140lber found out at 147 when fighting bigger guys with equal/more talent and who also didn't have a party lifestyle between their fights.

It wasn't just the party lifestyle that did for Hatton though. It was the heaps of pints washing down chips covered in pints of gravy and ballooning weight as well.

callaway92 · 24-01-2021 09:06AM

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I'm in genuine shock

Was so, so so confident in McGregor winning.

Sin é for his career probably

callaway92 · 24-01-2021 09:15AM

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Anniepowaa wrote: »

Made a career out of beating people way smaller then him

Right. . . .

RoyalCelt · 24-01-2021 09:18AM

Anniepowaa wrote: »

Made a career out of beating people way smaller then him

You could say the same about khabib. That dude is a welterweight.

UFC 257 Poirier vs McGregor 2

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