UFC 196: McGregor v Diaz

pone2012 wrote: »

Wow people need to seriously stop with the fanboy stuff, McGregor was beaten by a superior fighter... theres all sorts of excuses being thrown around but the fact is he was beaten by a better fighter

Diaz made him do everything he never said he would, Diaz beat him without a camp, He was beaten in standup, then panicked and tried to go to ground and got beaten there too. For all his talk about Nate, he didnt last too long with him..2 out of 5 rounds

Conor has achieved great things, and worked well and I highly respect his achievements, but Nate Diaz is a better fighter, the results show that

Conor dominates featherweights because he is effectivley a 155er imo, his cut to 145 is brutal (according to his coach) so his power is his biggest asset. But Diaz took his strikes in stride and Conor couldnt take his

Ok wait a minute. Conor only wins because he is bigger but it doesn't matter that Diaz is three inches taller and has a two inch reach advantage and is heavier?

glasso wrote: »

jaysus, if someone is not t-bagging McGregor's nads, he's out of order - is that it?

You're obviously not familiar with the history betweem Ewan McKenna & McGregor/JK/SBG.

McKenna has been waiting for a chance to deconstruct McGregor in print ever since he made a jackass of himself on twitter, with stupid trolling tweets. He's a crawler and an over inflated hack who threw his dummy out of the pram because he couldn't get an interview with Conor.

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

I feel no compulsion to support anyone or thing purely based on what lottery of life had us born on the same patch of dirt.

i agree where you are born or not born is just random luck, but with your attitude you miss out on a lot of fun and happy experiences. i was quite young back in 1990, but what a great, great summer it was, hugging strangers and jumping up and down with them when Ireland beat Romania. I can honestly say it was one of the best times in my life.
I don't particularly care for mcgregor's persona, maybe he is a decent guy underneath it all, maybe not, but either way i admire his hard work and self- belief to get to where he is.
I hope he bounces back from this loss and becomes a two weight ufc world champion.

glasso wrote: »

Because he's Irish and using the whole Irish thing extensively as part of his image maybe some Irish people take offence at the way that he's gone about it - the way he represents Irishness.
He's made very good money (probably not as much as he claims) but going around like a mid 1990's rapper with instagram pictures of stacks of cash and a rolls royce, dissing people like Diaz because they earn less than him and many silly analogy metaphors that he's chosen to use is just not cool. Is that all there is to him?
If he comes back with dignity and actually does something in the ring (I imagine that he'll be looking for a fight with a high percentage win chance as if he loses 2 in a row his stock will have fallen too far) and proving that he's not a one-trick punch pony then he'll earn respect.
Toning down the rubbish a good bit would help also. He could achieve the same effect of publicity in other ways.

Couldn't agree more. I think he embodies a lot of traits I find horrible in human beings - he's foul mouthed, ignorant, he has no class, he has a completely overly inflated ego, he thinks the whole gangsta thing is cool, he's far to wrapped up in the importance of money, and his own importance. He's just a horrible person in public, and that's all I have to judge him on.

To think that he puts himself forward as fighting for his country actually makes me sick and massively embarrassed.

The worst thing is that young kids think the whole carry on is cool. Very sad really.

Martypants1 wrote: »

Thing is you were supporting the country. They were representing Ireland.

McGregor isn't representing Ireland.

They were wearing a jersey and were called the Republic of Ireland and they were all professional footballers being paid to represent their country. Conor proudly carries the Irish flag. What's the difference?

Gamebred wrote: »

Im not biting but ill make this one comment,


You all hate him yet you no doubt tuned in and paid the privilege,directly into his bank account,that Irony is no doubt lost on ye,mind blowing stuff.

Its Conor's greatest achievement of all. Even the people who hate him are talking about him, keeping him current and lining his pockets in the process.

Long may it continue.

gallag wrote: »

They see me rolling, they hating.....

God dam lock Ness monster I ain't got no 131fidy!!!!!!!

Seriously though to busy planning where to eat out tonight to reply to your "call out" living the dream!!!! McDonald's? KFC? Subway??? Even pizza hut is an option, The world's my ****ing oyster!!!!!!!!!

Which punch that I threw knocked you down?

Martypants1 wrote: »

Thing is you were supporting the country. They were representing Ireland.

McGregor isn't representing Ireland.

i know, but the poster was saying it did not matter to him if it was country or the individual, he felts no compulsion to support a team or individual based on an accident of birth. To reiterate i don't particulary care for mcgregors conducts, but if he wasn't irish, i would still admire his story. Mc gregors is representing Ireland, but the problem for you and others is, you are ashamed of this, i am not. Ali was an outright prick, it doesn't detract from the fact he was a great fighter. although i've stired up another argument now because the refrain will be don't put McGregor and Ali in the same category:D, but that is not my intention. what i'm trying to convey is that you don't have to like a person, to admire his/her talent.

John_D80 wrote: »

Its Conor's greatest achievement of all. Even the people who hate him are talking about him, keeping him current and lining his pockets in the process.

Long may it continue.

Ha, is that the press release from the fanboy club? I like McGregor, some of the thing's he's said has even made me proud but it doesn't get away from the fact he was beaten by a better fighter. I'm a realist not a McGregor hater.