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

Old Perry · 12-07-2015 11:38PM

nm wrote: »

I'd love to know what they said to each other here -

http://imgur.com/nWe3Yig

Conor: stay away from that faber lad will ya fella.

c montgomery · 12-07-2015 11:40PM

bmcc10 wrote: »

Just watching it again my god that entrance has to be one of best sporting moments for me so haunting, Goosebumbs everytime.

Know exactly what you mean, have watched it more times than the fight itself.
It's such an emotive song and with sinead siloutted in the haze and her haunting voice tickling my heart I felt emotions that rarely come to the surface.
Just imagine how conor felt!

Depp · 12-07-2015 11:41PM

watched the fight genuinely 60 times today id say, still cant get over it!

bmm · 12-07-2015 11:46PM

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Why is this not getting more media coverage? It's 13 on the rte sport website.

What is rte??

Easy Rod · 12-07-2015 11:48PM

nm wrote: »

I'd love to know what they said to each other here -

http://imgur.com/nWe3Yig

I think I heard Conor say "you're a legend" anyway, didn't catch anything else.

Knex* · 12-07-2015 11:51PM

Holloway saying how the body shots would have gassed Mendes regardless of a full training camp or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rytq4vJ5Y4

we'llallhavetea · 12-07-2015 11:53PM

just came in to read the posts as the fight was going on, shocked to see people suggesting it was a fix, i can only presume that these people have never watched ufc before, ridiculous.

that was the best night of fighting i have witnessed! as said, prelims were a bit yawn but from 3am on was amazing!
great to see gunnar win, his last fight was disappointing, seems like a sound lad.
lawlors lip flapping about *puke* macdonalds nose imploding *PUKE*

mcgregor fight was so emotional, i really truly thought he was a goner when mendes nearly got him by the neck. couldnt sit down at all, just twitching and shouting and squeaking the whole way through! for him to get up off the floor after all the elbows to the head and jump straight into attack mode was unreal, where the hell did such energy come from?! I'd say we woke the whole village up when he ko'd mendes

tears and all! delighted for him.
its so much more exciting with someone from your home country fighting, you feel emotionally invested in the whole thing. i can only imagine the pressure on the poor fcuker, no wonder he cried!

darced · 12-07-2015 11:55PM

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ricero · 12-07-2015 11:56PM

Easy Rod wrote: »

I think I heard Conor say "you're a legend" anyway, didn't catch anything else.

Called him a legend for taking on the fight

A Primal Nut · 12-07-2015 11:58PM

nc19 wrote: »

You hear it all the time in every sport from the players/fighters, from the managers and from the commentators;
"He was unlucky not to have finished him in the 1st"
"He was unlucky not to score"
Etc..........

If you throw a knee in the general direction if your opponent and it connects in such a way as to finish the fight then you are lucky.......you're lucky the knee didn't glance off his cheek.....you're lucky you didn't miss and you land badly and hurt yourself......You're lucky he didn't slip it and uppercut you to ko you for the finish.

I'm not saying there is no skill or technique involved, of course there is but there is also luck. He had the skill and technique to throw the knee and was lucky it connected.

Enough of the butt hurt......it's just my opinion.
I had other MMA 'gurus' on here last telling me I knew nothing when I said how last nights fight would end and I was right!

But the point is it takes skill to throw all those knees, kicks and punches....the more you attempt and the better you are, the more likely it is one will take out your opponent. A bit silly to say it was luck. He would have been unlucky if none of them connected like that.

Knex* · 12-07-2015 11:59PM

One of the moments of the night, for me.

A Primal Nut · 13-07-2015 12:03AM

sheehy83 wrote: »

For the best imo. Nothing worse than people talking about something they know nothing about.

They don't have to talk about the strategy of the fight.

An Irish fighter was in one of the most commercially successful MMA events in history, it broke many records (highest ticket sales value in UFC history) and his win was one of the greatest achievements in Irish combat sports ever.

Unlike many Irish sports stars, people outside Ireland actually cared about this one.

A Primal Nut · 13-07-2015 12:06AM

bmm wrote: »

What is rte??

Ireland's national broadcaster.

Here's a link:

http://www.rte.ie

Paully D · 13-07-2015 12:07AM

I'm out of my feet at this stage, genuinely knackered after getting about 3 hours sleep last night. Yet every time I go to switch off and get some sleep, I read another article, see another video etc and that's me buzzing again. Last night was the definition of amazing.

Man, tomorrow will be tough. :pac:

Pudsy33 · 13-07-2015 12:09AM

I watched the Nelson fight again, my god that was beautiful. I was almost happier with that then the main event. It was so perfect, once he knocked Thatch down it was a masterclass.

Axwell · 13-07-2015 12:09AM

A Primal Nut wrote: »

They don't have to talk about the strategy of the fight.

An Irish fighter was in one of the most commercially successful MMA events in history, it broke many records (highest ticket sales value in UFC history) and his win was one of the greatest achievements in Irish combat sports ever.

They arent interested in wasting the ink, they have their readership and they know most of them wouldnt be MMA fans. They fill it with the usual sports news from GAA and Soccer. MMA is a very niche sport, plenty of people wouldnt have a clue of any of the fighters, plenty even posting on here would only know McGregor and this would have been the first fight they saw of him. Its the same within the media, as Darced said previously Andy Lee was fighting for a world title and there was feck all coverage in the main media about it. Boxing coverage has died a death and MMA is so new to the media it hasnt caught on yet to get the coverage.

ColeTrain · 13-07-2015 12:09AM

Easy Rod wrote: »

I think I heard Conor say "you're a legend" anyway, didn't catch anything else.

Yeah something like "You're a legend for taking the fight"

Pinkman · 13-07-2015 12:10AM

The lack of coverage by RTE is pathetic. A 1 or 2 minute clip at the end of the RTE 6.1 news. One of the biggest victories in irish sport history and next to no coverage of it.

stephenl15 · 13-07-2015 12:11AM

Comments under a Lawler McDonald post on Facebook. People like those two really really frustrate me. Narrow minded and think they're above all this.

csallmighty · 13-07-2015 12:13AM

EuskalHerria wrote: »

Watching the fight companion video from last night. Still entertaining to watch Schaub and Callen discuss the fight knowing the result. Seems being tense and nervous as f**k wasn't exclusive to the Irish.

Schaub was really rooting for Thatch. Saying don't go to sleep on his striking or something like that. Was brilliant when Gunnar dropped him.

we'llallhavetea · 13-07-2015 12:15AM

stephenl15 wrote: »

Comments under a Lawler McDonald post on Facebook. People like those two really really frustrate me. Narrow minded and think they're above all this.

oul wans that dont normally watch ufc would in fairness be horrified watching that fight, it was a bloodbath! me ma wouldnt stomach that either i dont think :P

Means Of Escape · 13-07-2015 12:18AM

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

Had to be a typo but

He's got balls,Joeseph Balls.

brevity · 13-07-2015 12:19AM

Holy hell...
https://twitter.com/rory_macdonald/status/620314709690990596

Means Of Escape · 13-07-2015 12:24AM

Pinkman wrote: »

The lack of coverage by RTE is pathetic. A 1 or 2 minute clip at the end of the RTE 6.1 news. One of the biggest victories in irish sport history and next to no coverage of it.

Should be an RTE sports special on the guy and his achievements
George Hook brought in to host it .

DeVore · 13-07-2015 12:26AM

Gunnar was a thing of beauty... as soon as he dropped him, I knew it was over. Gunnar is like an anaconda on the ground, a real joy to watch! He wasn't kidding that he has worked on the holes in his game after the last loss... he clearly has.

The idea of a fix is just laughable. The calls of an "early stoppage" is also silly. Watch the video again, Mendes is out on his feet. His eyes are closed before the left straight jab (if you can call that haymaker a "jab"

).
Herb saw it I believe or if he didn't the stiff legs and immediate curling up made it clear he wasn't coming back.

For anyone who hasn't training in fighting, believe me if you have never "gassed" its an astonishing feeling. I can train 10 rounds of 1.5 minutes in stand up pads (kicks and punches) and be relatively fine, sweaty but not laboured breathing. 2 rounds of grappling leaves me sitting on a chair gulping air (hey, I'm 45!)... I've gassed (once) from it and I literally could not raise my arms above my waist. Its a feeling I'll never forget. Mendes had gassed from the 10 minutes of grappling and kicks/punches to the body. He was out on his feet and gassed and I could see it before it even happened (I was out of my chair from the moment he missed the last attempted take down, it was that obvious at that point that he was gone).

If I can see it, so can the best ref in the business. Herb knew he was done for and saved him unnecessary damage. That's why he's a great ref.

brevity · 13-07-2015 12:29AM

http://gfycat.com/QualifiedThoseBonobo

Definite fix.

scudzilla · 13-07-2015 12:30AM

stephenl15 wrote: »

Comments under a Lawler McDonald post on Facebook. People like those two really really frustrate me. Narrow minded and think they're above all this.

I don't really blame them, we're used to it and seen the Lawlor/Mcdonald fight as one of the best ever, you get someone who has never really watched the sport before tune in for Conors fight, settle down at the start of the ww title fight and see that, blood everywhere, split eyes, split lips, busted noses, it was a tad too much for the newcomer i think :pac::pac::pac:

LollipopJimmy · 13-07-2015 12:30AM

stephenl15 wrote: »

Comments under a Lawler McDonald post on Facebook. People like those two really really frustrate me. Narrow minded and think they're above all this.

That's exactly why UFC gets very little by the way mainstream media coverage.
Combat sports are, unfortunately, seen in some circles as inhumane. If RTE did a big piece on the news about it there'd be aul ones ringing Joe tomorrow

ted1 · 13-07-2015 12:32AM

Pinkman wrote: »

The lack of coverage by RTE is pathetic. A 1 or 2 minute clip at the end of the RTE 6.1 news. One of the biggest victories in irish sport history and next to no coverage of it.

It's not one of the biggest victories, it's also PPV so they would probably have to buy rights to show clips.

scudzilla · 13-07-2015 12:33AM

Isn't the whole card on TV3 on tuesday night?

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