UFC 189 - McGregor v Mendes *READ MOD WARNING IN 1st POST*

Never knew about this.

IvoryTower wrote: »

5-5.30am i believe

damnnnnn that's late given that the show kicks off from 9pm.

Staying in a hotel that night, not sure the missus would appreciate me trying to stream it at 5am in the hotel room...

:cool: need a plan b

5am... I doubt the hotel will be showing it or even have the bar open at that hour. I guess I could nip down with the laptop as you suggest.

yeah, it's risky. are there other options? I believe only BT sports are showing it and you need a package for that.

i think ill try find a stream and if theres none ill just pay the 17.99 on ufc.tv

Both lads coming across really well in the run up to this fight.

jon1981 wrote: »

Have to say, I'm dead nervous about this one because of all the trash talk McGregor has been dishing out... he needs to come through.

That's all I can think about, I said It here the other day but got eaten alive for It.

What will McGregor do If he loses after everything he's said.

If Conor loses he will look like a complete tool - any trash talk for future fights will be shot down fairly fast as well.

Everyone loses, it is inevitable that he will eventually lose, and when he does i'm sure he will bounce back. The looking like a fool and nobody will take him serious comments, you's do realise this is the fight game yeah?

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

That's all I can think about, I said It here the other day but got eaten alive for It.

What will McGregor do If he loses after everything he's said.

He will just have to regroup, keep improving and return to work his way back into contention. Even if he loses, while not ideal by any means, he still has a great chance of getting a title shot in 2-3 fights time. His charisma sells events and the UFC will want him still headlining events whether he wins, loses, or draws. A loss here is by no means the end of big fight opportunities for McGregor.

Look at Chael Sonnen as an example. He became a top draw for UFC due to the charisma he showed in the build up to his first fight with Anderson Silva and with his performance in the fight. He then went on to serve a year long suspension for a positive drugs test, which didn't stop him getting a rematch with Silva (3rd fight after returning from his ban) which he lost after dishing out a lot of trash talk (he was the real champ and Silva was a fraud, etc). After that, he got a title fight against Jones straight away without having to compete in the Light Heavyweight Division. Unfortunately for Sonnen, age was not on his side and the whole TRT thing blew up which meant he ultimately had to retire. McGregor has neither of those problems to worry about now.

Hopefully this won't arise anyway. I really can't see any outcome other than a KO for McGregor. For me, the reach advantage Conor has when combined with his ability to control distance, just seems too much for Mendes to overcome when you consider that Mendes' fighting style revolves around getting in close.

Davei141 wrote: »

Everyone loses, it is inevitable that he will eventually lose, and when he does i'm sure he will bounce back. The looking like a fool and nobody will take him serious comments, you's do realise this is the fight game yeah?

No I understand that, everybody loses. But not everybody talks like McGregor talks. He's talked his way to the top, he's main eventing Vegas. He's made some crazy claims, he's going to beat everyrone he's pvp no.1 everyone is afraid of him etc etc.

He's talked his way to where he's at and he's young and In his prime, If he loses at his first real hurdle...does that mean Dana was wrong to push him so high so fast? etc etc.