blackbelt1 wrote: » Not to take this off topic but I dont think its a huge chin issue with overeem,as you seen with roy nelson if any heavy weight lands a bomb on you its good night irene.
peteeeed wrote: » John kavanagh will be on today's MMAhttp://www.mmafighting.com/2014/9/29/6860605/the-mma-hour-with-chris-weidman-tim-kennedy-renzo-gracie-in-studio
sheehy83 wrote: » Ah was hoping he would get Conor on. Ariel said last week Conor is too Hollywood now to do the show and John said he will drag him on. Will be great to see Ais on it as well.
Be like Nutella wrote: » yeah and its down to your style as well.... Conor is a finisher he has no intention on being in there for long and his stand up style is not a war-ing style like Diego etc or a walk forward MT style like Cowboy where you get hit a lot, he fences and angles like a mongoose v a cobra always looking for that one single strike which leads to the TKO whereas Aldo has been in 25 rounds in his 6 UFC fights over the last 3.5 years. Aldo will never be able to strategise and control Conor for round after round it wont happen Conor will hunt that opening and be too dynamic for Aldo to master him. I genuinely think Conor has his number as much as I have endless respect for what Aldo has done... over so many years from such a young age he is top 5 p4p ever but is Conor not something just different than the lot of them? too fast, too big, too dynamic too sharp. Aldo would be fav now sure but if Conor finishes Cub or Frankie in the first round opinions will change verrrry fast ... He can KO the lot of them it's not far fetched and he is good enough to face Aldo now, feck the queue.
yipeeeee wrote: » But Connor has got caught a few times in these short fights, notably his missing tooth the other night. He still leaves himself open a good bit.
Gumbi wrote: » Everyone gets caught. He hasn't been hit hard yet, that's for sure. He did get caught a good left the other night but he was moving away when it came. He had dropped his hands and was taunting Poirier. The thing with the MMA gloves is that they are so small even balling up "leaves you open a good bit".
CurryFlavoured wrote: » He has been hit hard, not very often but I recall Brandao and Poirier catching him. That straight left by Poirier was hard and it might have shook up someone with a lesser chin. I reckon Conor has potential to beat anyone in the div standing up. I'm still not sure about his defensive wrestling and ground game though. Not doubting him, just saying that we've seen none of it so far in the UFC other than a solitary takedown attempt by Brandao.
yipeeeee wrote: » Hopefully he can work hard on this aspect with Gunnar john etc in the coming months.
“Quick funny story from the weekend. On the Sunday before the fight conor had to go to LA on media tour...which gave me and Artem a night off. So what else to do but rob one of his prized suits and head out (he guards them more than smeagol that ring!) Took a picture with this restaurant owner on the night, the idea been to show him after the fight. Fast forward a week and we’re having food after his win discussing going out to after party. I said maybe I could borrow one of his suits, I showed him this picture saying I reckon this one would look good. Reaction was pretty funny” — John Kavanagh
adamski8 wrote: » Some really bad coverage from the second captains podcast there today. Ken early seemed to suggest it was a dive and a terrible fight and wasn't impressed. He doesn't seem to recognise that finishing someone quickly is the impressive part not going toe to toe for a decision. Some pretty disparaging words too about fans of the sport claiming they are always saying you need to educate yourself. He really does. Disappointing from the lads as i normaly think they are great but it kind of goes along with the irish times coverage in general. Look like everyone there has a memo out to look down on the sport.
pedro1234 wrote: » You can be certain that's because of the 'spat' with John and Ewan on Twitter over the weekend.
Gumbi wrote: » Gunnar has good stand up grappling but I doubt his wrestling can compare to the monsters in the top 5 of the 170 division. In fact I think that will be his downfall, the guys there are huge and Gunni is a small WW and I think he will be out muscled in the higher echelons of WW.
blackbelt1 wrote: » I had an arguement with a neighbour earlier he claimed with the money at stake its likely dustin took a dive to keep the hype train going,these are worse than conspiracy theorists my reply to any of them let someone hit them behind the ear with the power of someone like conor and see if their left standing never mind getting pummeled within an inch of their lifes on the ground from hammer fists imbeciles
SDTimeout wrote: » Roughly when in the podcast?
