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

He has some of the best if not the best boxing in mma. Renowned boxing trainer teddy atlas even gave him plaudits. It might not be the prettiest but its every effective.

His only weakness glaring weakness as been his chin and that seems to have improved now too.

Oliveria is actually a pretty good match up for him. If Dustin can keep it standing he can win.

His comments since the fight are only getting worse and worse, I mean how do you reconcile the fact that he went out with a gameplan to kick the **** out of a guy but at the same time was also in serious consideration of being pulled out of the fight because of multiple stress fractures to his leg?

Its sad at this stage actually, everytime he loses theres an excuse but they are really starting to kiss goodbye to reality at this stage, "I had multiple fractures in me leg, so we figured the game plan should be to go out and throw leg kicks at him as hard I possibly could"

I feel the 10-8 cards were tipped by what was a perceived knockdown and swarming of him again, I actually think as all he did was shell up and turn away he was a little lucky Herb didn't step in during those 5 seconds he was cowering against the cage but either way it was a pretty conclusive round in the books for Dustin. Conor has one hell of a hard head, I'll give him that. He took so many elbows to the face and head while getting dominated on his back, he is lucky obviously in that he just doesn't cut up easily but credit to him he has a hard head.

Dominance, Damage and Duration - thats what they use for judging, it was obviously a dominant round for Dustin, even on the feet - Conor had a minute where he was throwing spinning kicks and leg kicks and then Dustin actually took the centre of the cage and the power difference was obvious between them, Conor caught Dustin clean with the left cross Dustin walked through it, Dustin caught Conor with a one two and the left really hurt him, staggering him backward, Dustin followed up getting through again and knocking his head back and then Conor clinches up (in his post fight interview he has somehow already convinced himself Dustin shot to close the distance, not Conor shooting to save his face)

Damage - He had a bloody mouth and ear, but like I said he doesn't cut up easily and it can fool people into thinking he hasn't taken much damage but I can assure you if you've ever been elbowed hard to the face while taking another mans body weight it is very damaging both in that moment and to your long term prospects in a fight.

Duration - Again Conor had about 60 seconds where you could argue he was on to in the feeling out period, he never had the guillotine at all and Dustin was clearly in dominant position for more than 50% of the round. You can see why spending 2/3 minutes on your back while eating elbows is going to stick in a judges mind as being a long time a guy was getting a pasting.

It was a very clear 10-9, and you could make a case for the 10-8 for sure but I don't honestly think we see two judges call it a 10-8 if they realise there was no contact really on the punch and it was purely his own momentum that snapped the leg and put him down.

win or learn my arse

Big Lol at you all on here criticising McGregor so much. The lad has achieved in sport something that no other irish person has before, or even looks like achieving in future. And he even managed to do it and be the pioneer of the sport worldwide. Yes he acted like a tool there for a few years after becoming Champ Champ, partying hard with his posse of deciples, and i didnt like the way he lost a lot of fans during this time and after, he went from funny/charming Conor to ignorant/bully Conor. But sportswise, he got his head back in the game since 2020, has been more or less always looking to fight the top guys, and still has the self-belief that he will get back to the top. Lets hope he recovers well and gets back fighting next year, there is still no bigger ufc show that a top guy vs Conor in Vegas. And yes its usually vs Conor, so he is actually the underdog in most of this fights ye are criticising him for.

Before I go further, which pictures specifically are you referring to on his twitter?

He has said many times that he has gone into fights with niggles or injuries that others would pull out from, it can be a bit of a gamble. They would have weighed up the probability and concluded the ankle would be ok and he would have enough to beat Dustin. I wouldnt give Dustin much credit for the ankle break even if it came as result of him checking a kick, it was a freak incident. Yes he is on record with the win and fair play to him i hope he gets the title next, they both got paid well, but he only won because of this incident.

Seemed the damage was done by Dustin's elbow?

All fighters go into the cage with niggles, banged up, sore - its the fight game.

To say he only won because of the incident is a little disingenuous, after the previous fight and how that first round went the onus was on McGregor to do something different because what he had been doing v Poirier for 2 fights just wasn't working at this stage and he had shown no answers to that point.

It looks like, and its funny to say it, but it looks like the break actually saved Conor from taking more damage to his brain and potential problems in later life if anything.

McGregor will continue to be a draw for the UFC for another couple of fights. The freak injury will allow them to sell a comeback/redemption fight against someone.

However, I think he is done in terms of being able to compete with the top guys in the LW division. Khabib and Dustin both looked in much better nick than McGregor come fight night. His partying to excess and flirting with boxing has really stalled his development as a MMA fighter.

I said it before, but if he was to move to the USA and join a top gym over there and make a fresh start I would like to see it. If not, this is certainly the beginning of the end for his UFC career imo.

I can certainly say that the only reason Dustin won is because McGregor broke his ankle. That is what happened. It is 100% fact.

Now had he not broke his ankle, Dustin may well have gone on to win the fight, be it a knockout, ref stoppage or submission in rounds 2, 3, 4 or 5. Or it may have been a judges points win after 5 rounds. At the same time, maybe McGregor would have won by any of these.

I will also add, had he not broke his ankle, the fight would have gone into round 2, Dustin wasnt gonna through a knockout punch in those last few secs and probably neither Conor. Who knows what would have happened had he not broke his ankle.

Ahem, Roy Keane

Kavanagh should not be coaching any more fighters at a UFC level, clearly not cut out for it at all. Completely bottled Khabib and BOTH of these fights as he has no idea on how to improve McGregor as a fighter. Once McGregor beat Alvarez, SBG should have been given a chunk of money and he should have relocated to the US.