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

Saipanne · 11-07-2015 02:55PM

McGregor made that jump?

Clive · 11-07-2015 02:55PM

With Dana burning bridges with Aldo, and this fight being for an interim title, does anyone else think that Aldo might be retiring as previously rumoured?

I can't make sense of Dana undermining him as a champion, if there's potentially a huge unification fight in the offing.

Roar · 11-07-2015 02:56PM

Does McGregor being out first for the weigh ins last night mean he's going to be out first tonight for the ring walks? Seems a bit odd if that's the case.

gallag · 11-07-2015 02:58PM

Roar wrote: »

Does McGregor being out first for the weigh ins last night mean he's going to be out first tonight for the ring walks? Seems a bit odd if that's the case.

Why is it odd, chad is the higher ranked fighter, it's standard.

cletus · 11-07-2015 02:58PM

JustTheOne wrote: »

Of course he is the biggest talker

And he always says when he comes face to face then he will say it to an opponent

Still doesn't mean he can't get annoyed at people like Faber running his mouth.

It's human nature and I'm sure he is used to people having a go at him when running his mouth.

The main point is that it took no balls for Connor to do what he did, he wasn't giving Faber his comeuppance, he was ****ty, and had it gone bad, he would have been in the wrong.

Note I consider myself a fan of Conor MacGregor. He is on the verge of giving me, as a fan of mma, something that I didn't think I would ever see when I first started watching the UFC, back in '96; an Irish champion. I will watch with baited breath tonight.

However, that doesn't and shouldn't mean that I can't call bullshït on bullshït behaviour, because that's exactly what that video showed

Amazingfun · 11-07-2015 03:04PM

I cannot believe this Faber BS is attracting so much commentary on here .....I seriously couldn't give a toss about him or what a weight cutting exhausted McGregor may or may not have said to him at the time....yawnsville.

Roar · 11-07-2015 03:05PM

gallag wrote: »

Why is it odd, chad is the higher ranked fighter, it's standard.

Because given how much the UFC have pumped in to promoting McGregor having a technicality like that dictate which of them walks out first IS odd.

cletus · 11-07-2015 03:06PM

Clive wrote: »

With Dana burning bridges with Aldo, and this fight being for an interim title, does anyone else think that Aldo might be retiring as previously rumoured?

I can't make sense of Dana undermining him as a champion, if there's potentially a huge unification fight in the offing.

Dana has never been known for being particularly long sighted. It's like the knee jerk reactions he usually has to situations not completely under his control.

jjdonegal · 11-07-2015 03:09PM

cletus wrote: »

The main point is that it took no balls for Connor to do what he did, he wasn't giving Faber his comeuppance, he was ****ty, and had it gone bad, he would have been in the wrong.

Note I consider myself a fan of Conor MacGregor. He is on the verge of giving me, as a fan of mma, something that I didn't think I would ever see when I first started watching the UFC, back in '96; an Irish champion. I will watch with baited breath tonight.

However, that doesn't and shouldn't mean that I can't call bullshït on bullshït behaviour, because that's exactly what that video showed

Dont get me wrong; I would like to see McGregor win to get a title for Ireland but I am impartial in general and as I said before if Mendes wins then good luck to him. However to use a weird analogy, McGregor's behaviour and comments kind of remind me of a best man's speech at a wedding, i.e, everything he says is hilarious and people are in stitches and his actions are always in the right, etc, etc.
From my viewing of the video Conor was in the wrong and on another issue Mendes, although not as media savvy, has actually been quite funny in my eyes too but it seems he is dismissed on this forum. No matter what Conor says it gets a hilarious reaction from the fans and huge laughs, cheers! He is funny but not as comedic as people make him out to me.
Anyway of the fights I have the keenest interest in tonight I hope Pendred, MacDonald and McGregor prevail but I would not be one bit surprised if all three lose.
I've never been as excited as GSP Penn 2 so hopefully we get 13 rounds out of the above 3 fights :-)

sonofenoch · 11-07-2015 03:11PM

McGregor just can't afford to lose this can he, if he does everything goes out the window and he becomes just another who falls off the bike and gets back on......Mendes already has that bike so it's not all on the line as much for him

Howard Roark · 11-07-2015 03:12PM

What was Faber doing backstage confronting a depleted mcgregor? He knew well he'd get a confrontation, team alpha male are a pack of clowns

cletus · 11-07-2015 03:18PM

Howard Roark wrote: »

What was Faber doing backstage confronting a depleted mcgregor? He knew well he'd get a confrontation, team alpha male are a pack of clowns

Nodody's exactly sure, but the rumour is he was either pissing, or having a shïte

kwestfan08 · 11-07-2015 03:18PM

Roar wrote: »

Because given how much the UFC have pumped in to promoting McGregor having a technicality like that dictate which of them walks out first IS odd.

Was the same for the Poirier fight. Higher ranked figther come out second its just the way it is. He'll be first into the octagon tonight too.

ibrahimovic · 11-07-2015 03:35PM

jjdonegal wrote: »

Dont get me wrong; I would like to see McGregor win to get a title for Ireland but I am impartial in general and as I said before if Mendes wins then good luck to him. However to use a weird analogy, McGregor's behaviour and comments kind of remind me of a best man's speech at a wedding, i.e, everything he says is hilarious and people are in stitches and his actions are always in the right, etc, etc.
From my viewing of the video Conor was in the wrong and on another issue Mendes, although not as media savvy, has actually been quite funny in my eyes too but it seems he is dismissed on this forum. No matter what Conor says it gets a hilarious reaction from the fans and huge laughs, cheers! He is funny but not as comedic as people make him out to me.
Anyway of the fights I have the keenest interest in tonight I hope Pendred, MacDonald and McGregor prevail but I would not be one bit surprised if all three lose.
I've never been as excited as GSP Penn 2 so hopefully we get 13 rounds out of the above 3 fights :-)

Conor is funny because he doesn't give a **** and you never know what hes gonna come out with. Mendes can be mildly amusing alright but Mcgregor has me in stitches the stuff he come out with, and we find it funnier on here because he's like someone most of us know growing up with but hes doing it on the world stage. Its surreal seeing a lad with a Dublin accent who doesnt give a **** on the likes of Conan and fox news I mean look at him on these videos, he's cracked in the head, its great!:D

MiskyBoyy · 11-07-2015 03:42PM

ibrahimovic wrote: »

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That cruising around L.A video. Never seen that one before. That's brilliant! What a nutjob haha

Saipanne · 11-07-2015 03:44PM

About to purchase on ufc.tv.

Much difference between SD and HD?

EuskalHerria · 11-07-2015 03:45PM

gallag wrote: »

Why is it odd, chad is the higher ranked fighter, it's standard.

Not standard at all. Conor came out second after Holloway, Brandao and Poirier. All 3 were rated higher than him and he came out second.

nc19 · 11-07-2015 03:45PM

Clive wrote:

With Dana burning bridges with Aldo, and this fight being for an interim title, does anyone else think that Aldo might be retiring as previously rumoured?

My opinion, and I'm sure people will be along shortly to tell me I've no idea what I'm talking about, is as such;

If conor wins Aldo will retire. Maybe not straight away. He might agree to fight then back out again blaming X y or z and then maybe 6 months later retire but he will not risk losing the title to conor because he knows he won't get it back.

If mendes wins aldo will take the fight. He has already beaten mendes twice so there's less risk. If he wins he retires straight away. If mendes wins aldo won't be as upset at losing the title to him over conor as aldo and mendes appear to get along.

I really can't see aldo fighting Conor if he wins tonight.

EuskalHerria · 11-07-2015 03:47PM

Saipanne wrote: »

About to purchase on ufc.tv.

Much difference between SD and HD?

Probably depends how you're watching it. SD is grand but if you're watching it on a TV that is a decent size you might regret not spending an extra €2 or so on HD.

stephenl15 · 11-07-2015 03:53PM

Saipanne wrote: »

About to purchase on ufc.tv.

Much difference between SD and HD?

Might as well spend the extra couple of euro

bur · 11-07-2015 03:54PM

Howard Roark wrote: »

What was Faber doing backstage confronting a depleted mcgregor? He knew well he'd get a confrontation, team alpha male are a pack of clowns

Conor was the one who showed up outside the jacks with a tv crew. Looks like Conor tried to stage something that didn't go the way he wanted.

cletus · 11-07-2015 03:56PM

bur wrote: »

Conor was the one who showed up outside the jacks with a tv crew. Looks like Conor tried to stage something that didn't go the way he wanted.

Jaysus lads, they ran into each other outside the bog

CurryFlavoured · 11-07-2015 03:58PM

Faber didn't plan it, he was just finished a piss. Conor came across bad, but he was very hungry, dehydrated and amped up so its understandable. Finito.

Naos · 11-07-2015 04:08PM

EuskalHerria wrote: »

Not standard at all. Conor came out second after Holloway, Brandao and Poirier. All 3 were rated higher than him and he came out second.

Poirier came out second. Brandao & Holloway were not ranked - where did you get your ratings from?

New folk to MMA/UFC/McGregor - have a look at this previous weigh-ins plus fights (as well as Mendes). This is the norm.

As for this Faber stuff - Faber has always been a fan favourite, comes across as a decent guy and is a very exciting fighter, well worth watching his stuff too. He looked like he was just playing around their and of course he's always going to back his teammate hence his talk over the recent weeks.

.ak · 11-07-2015 04:09PM

Pissgate.

:rolleyes:

Mr_Muffin · 11-07-2015 04:16PM

Faber just came out of the toilet (probably didn't even wash his hands) and attempted to touch Mcgregor. How was he Mcgregor to know if his hands were clean or not? It's to close to the fight to risk catching any germs/viruses.

Knex* · 11-07-2015 04:20PM

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

Faber just came out of the toilet (probably didn't even wash his hands) and attempted to touch Mcgregor. How was he Mcgregor to know if his hands were clean or not? It's to close to the fight to risk catching any germs/viruses.

He's lucky to still be alive.

Depp · 11-07-2015 04:37PM

Really hope Garbrant wins, despite the whole alpha male association he really seems like a decent lad

Also just watching this, Lawler is a complete vacuum of personality, and McDonald has guns...im terrified

Tilikum · 11-07-2015 04:39PM

If Conor was 145 at the weigh in. How much will he weight tonight? roughly

DrPhilG · 11-07-2015 04:43PM

Tilikum wrote: »

If Conor was 145 at the weigh in. How much will he weight tonight? roughly

160-165

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