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

isn't there some sort of White House UFC fight happening soon?

gotcha.. Thanks..

Broadly agree but people will watch because if he runs through whoever hes fighting theres a chance of another 3-4 fights from him. Its possible.

And if you look at some of the biggest PPVs etc from other huge star fighters - Ali, Floyd, Tyson etc - the PPVs numbers were bigger when they'd lost/been washed up. Floyd vs Manny, Ali vs Frazier in Manilla etc.

Takes years to get Joe 6 packs attention. If anything, the hatred towards him will make more people tune in.

Haha. Yeah I think he'll be steamrolled by anyone decent/active.

People in the industry saying it'll be Max.

Many many caveats there.

1) "A trained Conor". We'll say no more on that.

2) Max was KO'd by Topuria, sure. But that's the only time he's ever been stopped. We have mountains of evidence to show that Max is extremely hard to KO, including a fight with a prime Conor McGregor himself.

3) Speaking of, there's plenty of water under the bridge in the 13 years since they fight fought. Two different bridges. One, Max has gone from strength to strength and has spent the years since then being active, fighting the best in the world, winning titles and is only a couple of weeks removed from a fight against a recent 155 Champion (granted, he got smushed). The other…………………

To answer your question, the area where Max would strike "fear" into Conor (not literally, just using your venacular) is in some of what I said above. He's fit, strong, active, an accurate pressure boxer who will put Conor under pressure from the opening bell. An active Conor had a disasterous gas-tank. I can't imagine what he'd look like after five years off, tens of thousands of cans of Forged Stout and an uncountable number of lines………. learned on the set of Road House.

My instinct after seeing you say you'd be confident in Conor winning would be to offer you a wager, as I would be VERY confident Max would beat him. But i'd imagine it wouldn't do you much good as if they fought, you'd get much better odds from a bookmaker. Surely Conor would be the underdog.

If not, come back and i'll give you Evens :)

I think that might have been true at one point. But a man who has squandered his prime years with drink, drugs and is showing early signs of CTE? He's not the McGregor who beat Eddie Alvarez. Well, I don't thnk he is. I haven't seen him fight in 5 years.

In that time though i've been Max fight approx eight times against the best in the world. Max might be coming to the end of his career, but Conor's end was a long time ago.

Not a heavy hitter and not strong? You did watch the Gaethje fight yeah?? 2026 McGregor hasn't a hope tbh.

Max is definitely not a heavy hitter. Obviously still a brilliant fighter but he is a volume puncher.

I wouldn't overall favor McGregor over Max at this stage but he would definitely still be dangerous to Max in the earlier rounds.

Definitely a volume puncher rather than a knockout specialist, but I wouldn't go as far as to say he's not strong. You know the typical drunk, flat footed, mouth breathing look that even prime lightweight McGregor (post-Alvarez) always got after the first round and a half? Can you imagine him now, Max would maul him.

If Conor is there in rds 2/3 and somewhat fresh he’ll finish him. If not, in rd 1

Because even a lesser version of himself is still a potentially OK fighter, even if his best days are long gone.

He's 37 not 50. Some guys fight with success until late 30's or 40. Jim Miller is still fighting in the LW division at 42.

No-one here is talking about him going on some monumental championship run so I'm not really sure what your comment is even really about.

People act like losing twice to one of the best fighters on the roster in Porier somehow proves McGregor is a useless bum who isn't capable of fighting a crisp packet.

There is no reason McGregor couldn't put on a decent fight at this point regardless of whether or wins or not, especially if he fights someone below elite level like Dan Hooker or Mike Chandler.

He's 37 not 50. Some guys fight with success until late 30's or 40. Jim Miller is still fighting in the LW division at 42.

Yeah, and that simply comes down to lifestyle choices. Of which, McGregor has made some very bad ones, that has an impact on how long you can compete at any level for.

No-one here is talking about him going on some monumental championship run so I'm not really sure what your comment is even really about.

It is pretty simple, the idea of him fighting again after 5 years is laughable.

People act like losing twice to one of the best fighters on the roster in Porier somehow proves McGregor is a useless bum who isn't capable of fighting a crisp packet.

It was 5 years ago, he was pieced up at ease. Today, that would be just as worse.

There is no reason McGregor couldn't put on a decent fight at this point regardless of whether or wins or not, especially if he fights someone below elite level like Dan Hooker or Mike Chandler.

McGregor is far below elite level right now.

activity isn’t always advantageous. And particularly if you’ve been in some wars.

McGregor has hardly been sitting on his hole the last few years getting old n fat. Been ticking over fair bit training here and there etc.

Maybe Holloway’s past few active years in tough fights will do him less favours here.

Anyway, Max winning wouldn’t be a surprise, but if I were betting I’d be somewhat confident that Conor’s style and physicality are bad for Holloway.

gassed rds 3 onwards against bigger and stronger opponents than Max. In their actual fight years ago over 3 rds it was a walk in the park win for Conor!

ask yourself a simple question. Could Conor find Max’s chin? Max is past it, was knocked clean out practically vs a smaller Topuira. It won’t take Conor 3/4 or 5 rds to nail him