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

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Tazzimus

I see we've gone back to 2017 again.

eagle eye

walshb wrote:

2. Floyd is a fooking windbag taking ten rounds to win....scared ****less of getting hit and having to wait till a non boxer got tired before going to work.

That's called being smart, not being scared.
It's why hes had such a long career. The best defense in boxing.

sonofenoch

walshb wrote: »

Poirier and Conor are very similarly sized men....naturally similarly sized....

We're talking very little for either being bigger....

Course they are, you only have to look at them .....Poirier is slightly wider round the mid section and that's about it ........they both fought at featherweight , if one was noticeably bigger than the other he was never getting down to a 145 weight

Mellor

sonofenoch wrote: »

........they both fought at featherweight , if one was noticeably bigger than the other he was never getting down to a 145 weight

Exactly. The way people are going it you’d swear he was fighting a big WW at 165.

There’s a few things that often happen with rematches.
People overlook of the loser of the previous fight.
And also can’t see past the way that fight went.
Also the odds do a huge flip.

In Jan fight Dustin was a big underdog. Conor could potentially be the underdog here.

FileNotFound

Mellor wrote: »

Exactly. The way people are going it you’d swear he was fighting a big WW at 165.

There’s a few things that often happen with rematches.
People overlook of the loser of the previous fight.
And also can’t see past the way that fight went.
Also the odds do a huge flip.

In Jan fight Dustin was a big underdog. Conor could potentially be the underdog here.

I do think everyone here is looking at Conor off on his holidays, kids birthday in the news (nothing wrong with that). And assume rightly or wrongly that he isn't putting in the hard yards.

PatrickDoherty

Considering he hasn't done a days training with Kavanagh Roddy or Sergei in months I think we can safely assume he is out dossing in Dubai.

[Deleted User]

PatrickDoherty wrote: »

Considering he hasn't done a days training with Kavanagh Roddy or Sergei in months I think we can safely assume he is out dossing in Dubai.

All I see are videos of him jogging.

cloudatlas

PatrickDoherty wrote: »

Considering he hasn't done a days training with Kavanagh Roddy or Sergei in months I think we can safely assume he is out dossing in Dubai.

I would say they will be heading out soon for the camp or he'll be heading back.

Edit: He's on the sauce though so they better get out there soon https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2021/5/8/22426101/conor-mcgregor-calls-khabib-nurmagomedovhomophobic-in-deleted-twitter-rant-ufc-mma-news

yourdeadwright

How does he hope to improve of hes not doing anything to help him improve
Seems to think he only need to train in fight camp, im sure Dustin has been in the gym learning and brushing up on techniques while Conor just barely keeping himself ticking over soing hos own cardio work outs

Conor seems deluded,

Unless as i said before he knows something we don't, as in some kind of injury or problem going inot the last fight, it all seemed to nice to calm like he didn't feel like ge could ve brass or confident,

Mellor

FileNotFound wrote: »

I do think everyone here is looking at Conor off on his holidays, kids birthday in the news (nothing wrong with that). And assume rightly or wrongly that he isn't putting in the hard yards.

That’s certainly one aspect of it. Personally I would have expected him to be in the gym, working on kickboxing and TDD. On the other hand, if he was in there doing the usual. They’d also be comments of “he needs to work his cardio” not his striking.

Regardless, my point about rematches stands outside of any training comments.

mma_noobie

Conor is going to get beaten soundly

fitzparker

cloudatlas wrote: »

I would say they will be heading out soon for the camp or he'll be heading back.

Edit: He's on the sauce though so they better get out there soon https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2021/5/8/22426101/conor-mcgregor-calls-khabib-nurmagomedovhomophobic-in-deleted-twitter-rant-ufc-mma-news

Regardless of Conor's actions, It's not like John will try stop him anyway, he thinks about the money that's it, Conor can do what he wants and John will make a comment about it after the fact rather than tell him to cop on.

You just need to look at the Khabib fight, Conor was a train wreck, drinking at press conference's. Yet the "godfather of irish MMA" wouldn't say boo until after his cheque cleared and then does an interview saying he wasn't happy about it to save face

eagle eye

mma_noobie wrote:

Conor is going to get beaten soundly

Amazing how you come back with that comment but no response toy comments regarding Alvarez beating Chandler and RDA before facing Conor.

Also making a comment like that without any explanation means nothing. It's like what a casual fan would say, somebody who doesn't really understand the sport and how different rematches are.

ginoginelli

fitzparker wrote: »

Regardless of Conor's actions, It's not like John will try stop him anyway, he thinks about the money that's it, Conor can do what he wants and John will make a comment about it after the fact rather than tell him to cop on.

You just need to look at the Khabib fight, Conor was a train wreck, drinking at press conference's. Yet the "godfather of irish MMA" wouldn't say boo until after his cheque cleared and then does an interview saying he wasn't happy about it to save face

Tough position for John. Life changing money at stake for him.

What bothered me most about kavanagh was his appearance on Ariels after the porier loss.

He was sitting in his white robe, in a luxurious backdrop, beaming from ear to ear as if he just won the lottery. (Which he probably kind of did).

It was a terrible look.

He also seemed to absolve himself from all blame that 'you cant train for those kicks' and then contradicting himself that they will be ready for them next time.

There was no fire, no hunger or passion, just acceptance and contentment. I know hes into all his zen jazz but the loss just seemed to sit way to easy with him .

yourdeadwright

ginoginelli wrote: »

Tough position for John. Life changing money at stake for him.

What bothered me most about kavanagh was his appearance on Ariels after the porier loss.

He was sitting in his white robe, in a luxurious backdrop, beaming from ear to ear as if he just won the lottery. (Which he probably kind of did).

It was a terrible look.

He also seemed to absolve himself from all blame that 'you cant train for those kicks' and then contradicting himself that they will be ready for them next time.

There was no fire, no hunger or passion, just acceptance and contentment. I know hes into all his zen jazz but the loss just seemed to sit way to easy with him .

Hard to disagree with any of the above,

Iv said a few times Conor is either gone completely delusional or had some kind of injury we didn't know about ,

Seemed far to nice , reserved ,almost flat in the build up almost like he knew he couldn't be his arrogant brash self as he knew what lay ahead, Kavanaghs attitude cemented that feeling for me as you said above to accepting of defeat,

Maybe he is just delusional and his coach knows its all over bar the last few money fights,

Only time will tell ,

[Deleted User]

There's a few things that Conor needs to do if he wants to have success again.

1) Have a goal. Is he a 155er, a 170er or a boxer? You can't just jump between them all and expect success. He clearly was using a very different boxing stance in Poirier 2.

2) Work on Cardio. You will lose eventually if you can't go more than 8 mins without heavy breathing.

3) Work on tactics. What do you do if you can't connect with the left hand in the opening 2 rounds?

I don't expect Conor to make these changes though. He's too cocky and surrounded by yes men that will have him believe he can jump in against anyone and smash them in round 1

robwen

McGregor in a Q&A on Twitter said,

"I am going to do this fight away from the family also. For a change. Fights and boppies and cuddles is a hard one to balance.
I’m going into this one a wild dog."

Glad to hear he's leaving the family out was bit ridiculous last time, no way to prepare

simongurnick

robwen wrote: »

McGregor in a Q&A on Twitter said,

"I am going to do this fight away from the family also. For a change. Fights and boppies and cuddles is a hard one to balance.
I’m going into this one a wild dog."

Glad to hear he's leaving the family out was bit ridiculous last time, no way to prepare

This is great to hear. I have always thought having the family around is a big mistake. As cool as it is to see him love his kids and involve them, they are a massive distraction and soften him up.
I have 5 kids myself and my youngest little daughter makes me melt. I couldn't think of smashing another mans face in when I'm in her presence.
Also, I work in banking. When I have a big presentation or meeting or whatever I take time to prepare and am fully focused. I'm not rolling into the meeting room with the kids in tow, smiling and laughing.

He's going to war. Good to see daddy daycare being left behind.

Ush1

Ever have to smash a mans face in in your bank job?

yourdeadwright

robwen wrote: »

McGregor in a Q&A on Twitter said,

"I am going to do this fight away from the family also. For a change. Fights and boppies and cuddles is a hard one to balance.
I’m going into this one a wild dog."

Glad to hear he's leaving the family out was bit ridiculous last time, no way to prepare

Doesn't have a baby due any week now or is it a bit further off ?

robwen

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Doesn't have a baby due any week now or is it a bit further off ?

He said it's due in the next week

AlmightyCushion

Ush1 wrote: »

Ever have to smash a mans face in in your bank job?

New mortgage lending rules. Not only do you have to prove your ability to pay back a mortgage, you also have to be able to take a beating.

FileNotFound

robwen wrote: »

McGregor in a Q&A on Twitter said,

"I am going to do this fight away from the family also. For a change. Fights and boppies and cuddles is a hard one to balance.
I’m going into this one a wild dog."

Glad to hear he's leaving the family out was bit ridiculous last time, no way to prepare

I assume that he plans a serious training camp once the baby comes so.

Hopefully - no matter your thoughts on the man I want a competition on screen, not just a farce played out for a pay day.

bmcc10

FileNotFound wrote: »

I assume that he plans a serious training camp once the baby comes so.

Hopefully - no matter your thoughts on the man I want a competition on screen, not just a farce played out for a pay day.

I highly doubt at this stage that he need to be fighting for a payday.

simongurnick

Ush1 wrote: »

Ever have to smash a mans face in in your bank job?

lol. few lads in the office I wouldn't have minded giving a dig.

Nigzcurran

Say what you like about his personality but he is a serious money maker. Conor McGregor is the worlds highest-paid athlete on Forbes 2021 list earning $180m

Mellor

Ever since he appeared on the list maybe 5 years ago he’s been saying he’ll be top one day. You cannot argue that the Mayweather money carried him to no.2.
But this year is entirely his own doing.

derfderf

He said from the start he wanted to get in, get rich, and get out. I wonder is that thought still always on his mind?
He's gone through most of his career relatively damage free, but I'd say the last fight definitely has him thinking about his priorities. I think Diaz rocking him when he was exhausted was the only previous time I can remember him looking hurt. This was a new experience for him.

FileNotFound

derfderf wrote: »

He said from the start he wanted to get in, get rich, and get out. I wonder is that thought still always on his mind?
He's gone through most of his career relatively damage free, but I'd say the last fight definitely has him thinking about his priorities. I think Diaz rocking him when he was exhausted was the only previous time I can remember him looking hurt. This was a new experience for him.

All i can think is that he has been dealing with these massive business decisions during what should be fight prep time.

Anyone would struggle the keep the head interested in a fight when you've achieved this.

Who thought that nonsense whiskey business would work out haha. Proved me wrong.

Mellor

FileNotFound wrote: »

All i can think is that he has been dealing with these massive business decisions during what should be fight prep time.

What business decisions?
He owns the company, collects the endorsements. He doesn’t run the business day to day.

Who thought that nonsense whiskey business would work out haha. Proved me wrong.

Given the time frame it’s been incredibly successful. 4th highest selling Irish whiskey is impressive considering the Top 3 are around since 1700s.