Oregano_State wrote: » I'd say he will open as the underdog, but then when the build-up starts all the ****-talking will get people to back him into roughly even with Nate. Just before the fight I would expect doubts to creep in and Nate to end up as a slight favourite. Very similar to the Aldo odds I would imagine.
Gamebred wrote: » https://streamable.com/n9nt Ah lads
sonofenoch wrote: » **** he looks embarrassed....the look he gave Ido a couple times will he be dispensed with
Gamebred wrote: » He is already short priced favourite 8/13 to beat Diaz.
Deadst4r wrote: » He is in Conors camp for at most 2 weeks. ie, when they are winding down. He is not apart of the main camp. He is there to help Conor relax before the fight, get his confidence up, make him feel loose. (this sounds wrong )
Devastator wrote: » make him feel flowy? Hows that work for ya?
JustTheOne wrote: » What because he lost he suddenly realises how idiotic it was and throws Ido under the bus? I don't think so. If he blames him and only realised it when he lost then he is the fool.
sonofenoch wrote: » I dunno maybe he was having flashbacks of what Diaz said....or he was so dazed on his feet and looked at a guy he never had in his corner before and thought 'who the fuk are you'......it was either of them looks
Lukker- wrote: » I don't get why so many posters think the fight will have a different outcome or Conor will have more power if the fight is at 155.
Devastator wrote: » As a McGregor fan who was in the audience, the most depressing thing about that video of McG losing his 1st UFC fight is coldplay
Devastator wrote: » Making the fight at 155 could help in the fight prepartion and mentality leading into the fight. I hadn't considered this before but I was listening to mma houur from 2 weeks with Rashad Evans earlier. Evans says he predicted(& bet on) a Diaz upset. He said part of his reasoning was because McGregor didn't have a weight cut, therefore breaking his usual routine leading upto and including fight week. So maybe having a weight cut helps him concentrate and focus his mind into the fight.
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Deleted User wrote: » How in gods name is Conor heavy favorite to win the rematch on Paddy Power?
Lukker- wrote: » The fight being at 155 or 170 won't make any difference in the outcome of the fight. JK said as much on the MMA hour. Diaz is a light weight, he's not going to bulk up for one fight with Conor at WW. Just means neither fighter will have to cut significant weight. I don't get why so many posters think the fight will have a different outcome or Conor will have more power if the fight is at 155.
Foxtrol wrote: » He said it wouldn’t have made a difference in the last fight, not that it would never make a difference period. Conor fought so stupidly and recklessly that gassing 2 minutes into the second round he was going to lose that fight at whatever weightclass. Diaz is a Lightweight as much as Conor is a Featherweight. Diaz will 100% come in heavier if he knows in advance that they are fighting at WW, while also having the physical benefits of not stressing his body with a weightcut. He has spoken previously about potential fights to WW and stated how he planned to get bigger if he was fighting there again. There’s no reason aside from pride for Conor to take this at WW, I can’t think of one positive to doing so for him.
Lukker- wrote: » Conor has a considerably worse cut for FW. When Nate failed to make weight it was unprofessionalism on his part. He's tall, a giant for the division in fact but hes very lean and doesn't have much muscle mass. He told Dana before getting the Conor fight that he was bulking up so he could get the GSP fight because he wanted to get paid. Dana asked him if he'd have trouble losing the weight considering that he'd been bulking and Nate just said he was lying about it to get the fight and that he was only 175. He'll didn't bulk up for his last fight at welterweight so why would be now? The winner is likely to get a shot at RDA a few months after so there is no way I see him changing his body composition. He has said multiple times recently that WW is Nicks division.
Foxtrol wrote: » Considerably worse is in the eye of the beholder. Conor has never missed weight whereas Nate has more than once, Conor does minimal complaining about the cut whereas Diaz is on the record numerous times about how much he hates his.
Subcomandante Marcos wrote: » Conor's head coach is on record as saying he doesn't like Conor cutting to 145 because it's leaving him close to death and he doesn't want him hurting himself.
Foxtrol wrote: » Considerably worse is in the eye of the beholder. Conor has never missed weight whereas Nate has more than once, Conor does minimal complaining about the cut whereas Diaz is on the record numerous times about how much he hates his. It’s not about changing his body composition massively. Fighting at 170 he can put on a slight bit more muscle, eat what he wants, and not put his body through shrinking to make the lower weightclass. I really don’t understand how posters can continuously make a big deal about Conor’s cut and then completely ignore it for Nate. We’ve seen the two of them in the ring together and the size difference was clear. Are you trying to say that they’re the same size or that cutting has no drawbacks for fighters?
RedemptionZ wrote: » Saying Diaz is a LW as much as Conor is a FW is implying Nate is a natural WW which is not true. Nate got absolutely bullied by Rory MacDonald when they fought and they're the same height I think, Nate may be taller. Height doesn't equate to weight class. He may be a bigger man than Conor but that doesn't mean he's not a LW. He won't be putting on a load of muscle because he's not a WW and it'll just hurt his cardio and he'll have to lose it after the fight too.
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