Conor McGregor thread (MMA Talk Only - Read 1st Post Before Posting)

sonofenoch · 28-10-2020 7:21pm

AbusesToilets wrote: »

The breakdown by Forest Griffin is very complimentary. Conor landed the knee to the head as Khabib shot, and probably could've disengaged at a number of points during the initial scramble.

Watching with the retrospective of the efforts of Porier and Gaethje, he did far better than either of them.

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Josh Thompson was the one I couldn't thinking of, positively glowing of McGregors performance more for the fact he was surprised he had it in his game.....can't find that vid on utube now

Mellor · 28-10-2020 11:10pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

He's only fought there twice ffs.

The post was about him not belonging at FW. I was pointing out he never missed weight, simple really. If Conor shouldn't have cut to 145, Khabib shouldn't be at LW.

EagererBeaver · 28-10-2020 11:31pm

eagle eye wrote: »

You are dealing with McGregor haters here. Some of them pretend to be Khabib fans but you'll find that it's all negative about Conor McGregor, probably because they are so jealous of an Irishman whose made a fortune.

This explains a lot of your recent posts.

eagle eye · 29-10-2020 3:05am

EagererBeaver wrote:

This explains a lot of your recent posts.

What posts?
I'm not a huge McGregor fan, don't like the nasty stuff he was at.
I respect him as a business man though.

Starlord_01 · 29-10-2020 9:34am

weldoninhio wrote: »

He's only fought there twice ffs.

In the UFC.

pastorbarrett · 29-10-2020 11:41am

Starlord_01 wrote: »

In the UFC.

Still, after all this time and knowing and following his career, I'm still taken aback every time I see he's only fought twice at his optimum weight class in the UFC. Crazy.

eagle eye · 29-10-2020 2:14pm

pastorbarrett wrote:

Still, after all this time and knowing and following his career, I'm still taken aback every time I see he's only fought twice at his optimum weight class in the UFC. Crazy.

How have you decided that lightweight is his optimum weight class?
I'd imagine featherweight is given his height.

US2 · 29-10-2020 2:17pm

eagle eye wrote: »

How have you decided that lightweight is his optimum weight class?
I'd imagine featherweight is given his height.

It's called weight class not hieght class . You have to be taking the piss after telling us all week khabib is a welterweight.

Nigzcurran · 29-10-2020 2:25pm

US2 wrote: »

It's called weight class not hieght class . You have to be taking the piss after telling us all week khabib is a welterweight.

He is taking the piss and the amount of replies he gets on this and the fight thread is unreal

eagle eye · 29-10-2020 2:45pm

US2 wrote:

It's called weight class not hieght class . You have to be taking the piss after telling us all week khabib is a welterweight.

I've decided because you all disagree that welterweight is Khabib's proper weigh class that lightweight is McGregor's. He's 5'8" tall, always made weight at feather without a struggle.

eagle eye · 29-10-2020 2:46pm

Nigzcurran wrote:

He is taking the piss and the amount of replies he gets on this and the fight thread is unreal

It's amazing how it all turned when I found out that even Javier Mendez admitted the weigh in looked dodgy.

Mellor · 29-10-2020 3:06pm

eagle eye wrote: »

I've decided because you all disagree that welterweight is Khabib's proper weigh class that lightweight is McGregor's. He's 5'8" tall, always made weight at feather without a struggle.

Didn’t you say you thought Khabib was about 175 in there?
That’s a LW not a WW.
Big Welterweights walk into the cage around 190, small welters would still be north of 180

LollipopJimmy · 29-10-2020 3:25pm

Just popped into this thread... jaysis lads :rolleyes:

eagle eye · 29-10-2020 3:40pm

Mellor wrote:

Didnâ€™t you say you thought Khabib was about 175 in there? Thatâ€™s a LW not a WW. Big Welterweights walk into the cage around 190, small welters would still be north of 180

I didn't guess his weight, I said if Gaethje was 160 then I'd guess Khabib was 175. If Gaethje was 170 then I'd guess Khabib was 185. There looked to be at least a stone in the difference between them.

Mellor · 30-10-2020 12:18am

eagle eye wrote: »

I didn't guess his weight, I said if Gaethje was 160 then I'd guess Khabib was 175. If Gaethje was 170 then I'd guess Khabib was 185. There looked to be at least a stone in the difference between them.

Well, not being able to tell the difference between 160 and 170 or 175 and 185 is probably common, but it kinda questions the reliability of your estimate of their weights in general.

FWIW, I didn't think there was anything near a 15lbs between them. I'm not going to get a job guessing weights in a carnival or anything. But I compete in a sport with weight divisions, so Im constantly aware of what people atually weigh. I'd say Khabib was 175, and Gaethje about 168 - his choice he could be heavier if he wanted.

Tazzimus · 30-10-2020 12:21am

Also. Gaethje would be a slimmer build compared to Khabib's ninja turtle like physique.

derfderf · 30-10-2020 6:39am

Tazzimus wrote: »

Also. Gaethje would be a slimmer build compared to Khabib's ninja turtle like physique.

I don't know what it is about Khabib's head, but it just looks solid. And his neck. Particularly in interviews. He doesn't have a big head, but it looks like you'd break a baseball bat if you hit him.

Axwell · 30-10-2020 7:54am

As per my post in the other thread..Lads the bickering is getting tiresome..I have no problem banning a few of you for a week or two for the sake of some peace and quiet if you can't have a normal discussion like grown adults. That's directed at everyone..so cut out the nonsense or you will find yourself on a break, and once you go on a break they only get longer the next time until its permanent one. If you aren't able to have a proper discussion then maybe do yourself a favour and just don't post here and take it to reddit or Sherdog.

weldoninhio · 30-10-2020 9:04am

eagle eye wrote: »

I didn't guess his weight, I said if Gaethje was 160 then I'd guess Khabib was 175. If Gaethje was 170 then I'd guess Khabib was 185. There looked to be at least a stone in the difference between them.

You've just contradicted yourself.

eagle eye · 30-10-2020 11:56am

weldoninhio wrote:

You've just contradicted yourself.

No I did not. I just gave examples of disparity in my opinion, I never guessed a weight.

rob316 · 30-10-2020 12:10pm

If you make the weight you can fight at that weight, its that simple. McGregor turned himself into a corpse to make FW, Darren Till killed himself to make WW when he's clearly a middleweight. I really don't think you gain much of an advantage fighting against smaller guys as you have put your body through some serious change to make the weight.

I've cut weight for a fight in a weight class I shouldn't have been fighting in, its ****ing awful, I was gassed so quickly into the fight.

weldoninhio · 30-10-2020 12:20pm

eagle eye wrote: »

No I did not. I just gave examples of disparity in my opinion, I never guessed a weight.

"I'd guess Khabib was 175"

yeah you did, it's literally there in black and white.

eagle eye · 30-10-2020 12:30pm

weldoninhio wrote:

yeah you did, it's literally there in black and white.

I said IF Gaethje was a certain weight that I'd guess Khabib was a weight.

How can you not grasp that?

LollipopJimmy · 30-10-2020 12:32pm

eagle eye wrote: »

I said IF Gaethje was a certain weight that I'd guess Khabib was a weight.

How can you not grasp that?

Because it makes no sense.

Tazzimus · 30-10-2020 12:42pm

Anyway,

Do we reckon Conor v Dustin 2 goes the same way as the first one?
Both have made big improvements and Dustin seems a lot more durable than he was at FW, he's still very hittable though.

eagle eye · 30-10-2020 12:45pm

LollipopJimmy wrote:

Because it makes no sense.

You are making no sense.

LollipopJimmy · 30-10-2020 12:51pm

eagle eye wrote: »

You are making no sense.

Excuse you, I nearly always make sense sometimes

Starlord_01 · 30-10-2020 1:43pm

Anyway, back to McGregor. He looks in great shape in the pictures he has been posting, think he's training out in Portugal with at Colin Byrne's Shinobi Academy.

simongurnick · 30-10-2020 2:22pm

Tazzimus wrote: »

Anyway,

Do we reckon Conor v Dustin 2 goes the same way as the first one?
Both have made big improvements and Dustin seems a lot more durable than he was at FW, he's still very hittable though.

Yeah, i think he's a dream match for Conor. Dustin has improved for sure since the first fight, but as you say, he gets hit too easily.

Conor Rd 2.

Nigzcurran · 30-10-2020 3:15pm

Would be amazing if it actually went ahead, what are the chances of it in January?

xtal191 · 30-10-2020 3:28pm

Tazzimus wrote: »

Anyway,

Do we reckon Conor v Dustin 2 goes the same way as the first one?
Both have made big improvements and Dustin seems a lot more durable than he was at FW, he's still very hittable though.

I'd be very very surprised if McGregor didn't win a similar fashion, first or second round KO imo

simongurnick · 30-10-2020 4:41pm

Conor on social media today saying he is all set to fight at lightweight, thanks to FAST of course!
Looks like the ball is still rolling for this fight.

Eircom_Sucks · 30-10-2020 4:58pm

wish the UFC would just announce it already

derfderf · 01-11-2020 10:19am

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

wish the UFC would just announce it already

Dana said they've both signed.

dave1982 · 01-11-2020 1:16pm

https://youtu.be/CqQlkRSD_VA

Great fan made documentary on khabib conor. I think it's better than anything ufc or espn could put out

Zero-Cool · 01-11-2020 10:19pm

Conor doing a q & a on Twitter at the moment. Some good stuff in there like as long ufc give him the dates, he would fight top 5 guys at lw by end of q1 '21. Said he is concentrating on LW next year.

Some gems then like this.

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1323003578789842946?s=19

Still Ill · 01-11-2020 11:24pm

That Jeremy Stephens initial tweet was hilarious tbf

Doff · 02-11-2020 10:03am

Remember that time Conor said he would fight 3 times in 2020? I'll believe it when I see it.

fitzparker · 02-11-2020 10:14am

Q&A was decent

its that kind of stuff he needs to do to reconnect with the fans and get a buzz going, it seemed like he enjoyed it aswell.

He needs all he can to reclaim the top selling PPV the Khabib V Gaethje did...... 675k

Liamo_mu · 02-11-2020 10:27am

Doff wrote: »

Remember that time Conor said he would fight 3 times in 2020? I'll believe it when I see it.

I'm fairness to him Covid did kind of ruin any plans and you can see he has been trying to get fights. Dana ain't easy to work wit. Not that Conor is either mind.

But yeah he will never fight 3+ times in a year cause the UFC are too slow to book top fights even when the fighters want them.

Starlord_01 · 02-11-2020 10:38am

fitzparker wrote: »

Q&A was decent

its that kind of stuff he needs to do to reconnect with the fans and get a buzz going, it seemed like he enjoyed it aswell.

He needs all he can to reclaim the top selling PPV the Khabib V Gaethje did...... 675k

https://www.tapology.com/search/mma-event-figures/ppv-pay-per-view-buys-buyrate

fitzparker · 02-11-2020 12:21pm

Starlord_01 wrote: »

https://www.tapology.com/search/mma-event-figures/ppv-pay-per-view-buys-buyrate

That's the joke,

Dana was creaming himself that 254 was trending to smash the current PPV record when it didn't even make the top 20 of all time and only 5th highest in 2020.

Conor's records will never be broke

JJayoo · 02-11-2020 8:36pm

fitzparker wrote: »

That's the joke,

Dana was creaming himself that 254 was trending to smash the current PPV record when it didn't even make the top 20 of all time and only 5th highest in 2020.

Conor's records will never be broke

It was never gonna do a big but rate being on at that time, just didn't suit the US market

US2 · 03-11-2020 1:42am

Dana said... that they had both signed and it was a done deal on Sat night

https://twitter.com/DustinPoirier/status/1323400307569790976?s=19

LollipopJimmy · 03-11-2020 10:25am

US2 wrote: »

Dana said... that they had both signed and it was a done deal on Sat night

https://twitter.com/DustinPoirier/status/1323400307569790976?s=19

Saw that and he deleted it not long after. Hard to know if he was told to remove it or just felt like a sap

Liamo_mu · 03-11-2020 10:29am

Honestly Dana takes the absolute piss when trying to make fights. I get it is probably hard to work out the details but consistently he seems to waste months to organise fights when the fighters themselves are always pushing for it to be sooner.

LollipopJimmy · 03-11-2020 10:43am

Liamo_mu wrote: »

Honestly Dana takes the absolute piss when trying to make fights. I get it is probably hard to work out the details but consistently he seems to waste months to organise fights when the fighters themselves are always pushing for it to be sooner.

Cant imagine Conor is the easiest to negotiate with

US2 · 03-11-2020 12:24pm

From Porriers tweet it looks like they sent him a contract to fight someone else. Maybe they want McGregor V Gathje

derfderf · 04-11-2020 12:25am

US2 wrote: »

From Porriers tweet it looks like they sent him a contract to fight someone else. Maybe they want McGregor V Gathje

I took it as them lowballing him again. Same thing happened for the Ferguson fight.

H8GHOTI · 04-11-2020 11:22am

What happened to McGregor being the money fight? Red panty night?

I remember Mendes & Diaz, going from like $40k up to $500k. Then Alvarez was reported to have fought on his normal contract. Cerrone too I think got his standard pay. Disclosed anyway, PPV might be different story.

I wondered why Mendes & Diaz got those rises. They would have taken the fight for less I say. UFC seem to have changed tack on this after Diaz held them over a barrel for the rematch.

Tough spot for Poirier. Refuse the fight because you think you deserve more & miss out on all the other benefits.

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