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UFC 189 - McGregor v Mendes *READ MOD WARNING IN 1st POST*
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realdanbreen wrote: »Yea, once Chad & Herb were certain the money had hit their accounts they were never going to moan.
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Just watched the fight there now. I'm no expert but thought Conor looked exhausted very early on.
He was taken down very easily too and that 2nd round looked exhausting even to watch. Mendes caught him with a lot of elbows and punches.
It was nice to see Conor humbled and respectful of his opponent at the end.
Again, I am no expert but I think his kicks, particularly his spining ones are weak. I think he leaves himself open for a quick taken down or punch.
A fit a ready Aldo would prove a tougher fight.
We may have watched a different fight so
When you are tired from a take down with 30secs left you don't chase down your opponent. When you have an 8inch reach you could play the round out. Conor didn't look tired.
Conors body shots hurt Mendes.
Most of the guys have a decent chin, but Conors straight left, no one seems to be able to take it. People respect that, Mendes did. When the two stood up after Medes got in 6 or so nice elbows, it looked like it was Mendes who hand just been poundend. His body was open as he moved around, Medes would not have made the 5 rounds. Weeks to prepare is a joke. The training required for 5 rounds is harder on the body than the actual 5 round.
I don't think Aldo will ever fight Conor.0 -
This nearly seems Italia 90'esque for todays generation.
I havent been that nervous watching any sporting event ever.
regarding the fight. I dont think there's any doubt that Conor needs to work on his takedown defence a bit more, but in fairness, he had 2 weeks notice to fight Mendes, who is, easily the best wrestler in the division.
I think his calmness, and above all else the use of his reach is keeping him in range, and his opponents out of range, which in turn means he controls just about every aspect of the fight. He certainly had Mendes shook up in that first round, you could see Mendes didnt really know how to close the distance.
Im not saying it was a cakewalk, certainly not. But with a full camp of preparation ,and of course minus the injuries, then i think he'd make it look even easier.
Regarding the injury. I heard about this through a friend that works for the publishing company that is currently writing Conor's autobiography.
I heard, the day after the Dublin press conference that Mcgregor had to see a knee specialist in Germany. I was also told the fight would more than likely not go ahead because of this. When i never heard any more about it, i just shrugged it off.
A lot was being mentioned about this in the last few weeks, and i think it became fairly common knowledge that Conor was getting stem cell injections to keep him in the fight, and thats one of the main reasons he was training in Las Vegas.
So when you factor all of this in, Conor's win last night was probably even more impressive.
Roll on Croke park, whenever that may be
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I admit I know Sweet FA about UFC but as I see it CM has a problem going forward and that is going to be his constant struggle to make the weight in this division.
If he beats Aldo then he is obviously the undisputed Champion and lets say that happens. However he is a freakish size in this division so logically he is gonna have to move up to lightweight where he could be on the small side. (please correct me if I am wrong here) I asked the question if he would dominate at LW and it seems the general concensus is that he would struggle.
So he seems to be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea to coin a phrase, because if he doesn't do the business against Aldo he will be ripped apart by the haters. If he does the same folk will say he only dominated because of his size, which realistically he cannot maintain, and therefore if he fails at lightweight he will also be ripped apart by the same haters, what has the guy got to do to get the acclaim he deserves?
I noticed even before the fight with Mendes his fellow Professionals were writing him off too, what gives??
Everybody cuts weight and tries to gain any advantage where they can, I don't see why he would move division unless he was sure he could dominate.
He's there to make as much money as he can in the quickest time possible, hes excelling at that objective right now, more than anyone in the history of the sport, and he's pretty entertaining too 0 -
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Skipped this thread for the last while as some people were just insufferable. Same again for me, still not fan but can respect the fighter all the same.
One question, what's the difference between interim champ and no. 1 contender?
I guess its that the interim champ is the de-facto champion if the "old" champion doesn't return to fight for his title.
If he was just #1 contender then the belt would be vacant and he would have to fight for it.
In part really, its semantics but then so is the concept of a "belt" if you really think about it logically 0 -
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So, just waking up after that night of fights... That card was *stacked*... I was really hoping Conor would finish it with a flying knee just to keep it on theme!
The fight went pretty much how I predicted, Conor couldn't stop Mendes taking him down, Mendes couldn't stop Conor getting back up and Conor was absolutely dominant on the feet.
The game plan was smart, Mendes is carrying an *awful* lot of muscle on him and that drains blood and oxygen so I thought he might have problems with cardio. Clearly so did JK and Conor... from the off they targeted his body and Conor is right, if you've never been teeped in the gut you would dismiss them as annoyance kicks but man they drain your energy like nothing else. From the first round Mendes looked like he was in trouble with his cardio and it showed. At the end he was gassed imho and he was pretty much out on his feet before the left-straight.
Conor might be putting on a brave face but his ground game, to borrow a phrase from himself, was basic. He never looked like getting out from under Mendes and that wasn't a full mount, he was in Conor's guard! Against the likes of a cardio bunny like Edgar, that wont do.
All that said, what a cracking night to be an Irish fight fan.0 -
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