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UFC 196: McGregor v Diaz

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  • 26-02-2016 4:06pm
    #1
    NFH
    Registered Users Posts: 292 ✭✭


    Who's gonna win and how?

    Who's gonna win and how? 634 votes

    McGregor by KO
    0% 0 votes
    McGregor by Sub
    56% 359 votes
    McGregor by Points
    1% 12 votes
    Diaz by KO
    5% 35 votes
    Diaz by Sub
    6% 40 votes
    Diaz by Points
    29% 188 votes


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    #2
    Subcomandante Marcos
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    Diaz, mounted triangle, 3rd round.


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    #3
    BOHtox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭BOHtox


    McGregor by KO. Done inside of 2


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    #4
    xtal191
    Registered Users Posts: 6,312 ✭✭✭xtal191


    Easy night for Conor


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    #5
    ASOT
    Registered Users Posts: 7,733 ✭✭✭ASOT


    Mcgregor by points.


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    #6
    VisibleGorilla
    Registered Users Posts: 390 ✭✭VisibleGorilla


    Hope Diaz but it will be McGregor.

    Diaz will get hit too many times to not go down from the left.


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    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    McGregor via KO.

    A good matchup stylistically for Conor as Diaz will stand and trade but is a level below McGregor technique-wise.


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    #8
    Diddley Squat
    Registered Users Posts: 345 ✭✭Diddley Squat


    Dont know much about UFC , but watched Nate Diaz yesterday in press conf and then watched him fight a guy called rory mc donald on youtube.
    Fporgive my ignorance , but this diaz guy sounds like he got an IQ of 40 and fights so slow with so many holes in his style.

    Is this supposed to be a close match ?
    I guess the weight makes a big difference but very unusual to see somebody jump up 2 or 3 weights like that ............
    Best of luck to mc Gregor and I really hope he is a clean athlete.

    Watched mc gregor fights before and he looked almost unrecognizable in the weigh ins. will be keen to see what he looks like come fight time


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    #9
    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    I'm waiting for the official thread (by PaullyD, complete with Picture and viewing details) before I vote. Just doesn't feel right otherwise!! :-)


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    StringerBell
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    McGregor KO Round 2 at the latest, I think it could come near the end of round 1

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



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    #11
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    John_D80 wrote: »
    I'm waiting for the official thread (by PaullyD, complete with Picture and viewing details) before I vote. Just doesn't feel right otherwise!! :-)

    Couldn't risk another injury with me creating the thread! :pac:


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    scudzilla
    Registered Users Posts: 11,911 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    Is this a 3 rounder? Normally Mains are 5 but as it's a short notice fight for Nate i reckon it'll be a 3


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    #13
    Elemonator
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    Participated in contact martial arts for a few years so I think I am qualified to offer an opinion. I think McGregor will win. Everyone tries to predict where he will be, but the thing is, he is unpredictable. When he talks of creating dead space, it is true. Having said that now, watching the pre-fight interviews, Diaz is better with the mind games than Connor's previous opponents. He claimed McGregor was on steroids and Connor didn't take too nicely to that statement. Nonetheless, my money is on Connor. Easy win for him. I know a professional cage fighter who is now retired and he agrees with me.

    Just my 2c.


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    Swashbuckler
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    John_D80 wrote: »
    I'm waiting for the official thread (by PaullyD, complete with Picture and viewing details) before I vote. Just doesn't feel right otherwise!! :-)

    This! I refuse to vote......Cmon Paully.


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    #15
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    scudzilla wrote: »
    Is this a 3 rounder? Normally Mains are 5 but as it's a short notice fight for Nate i reckon it'll be a 3

    Its the headlining fight of the night so it's a 5 rounder...no way it lasts that long tho


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    scudzilla
    Registered Users Posts: 11,911 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    Hazys wrote: »
    Its the headlining fight of the night so it's a 5 rounder...no way it lasts that long tho

    i know that, but headlining fights have been 3 rounds when it's a short notice replacement


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    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    scudzilla wrote: »
    i know that, but headlining fights have been 3 rounds when it's a short notice replacement

    Didn't know there was headliners that went only 3 rounds, when was that?

    Whether right or wrong, by having a 3 bout round for a short notice replacement, you are admitting that the quality of opponent and fight is not as good.


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    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    Hazys wrote: »
    Didn't know there was headliners that went only 3 rounds, when was that?.

    Most recent instance of this was Paddy Holohan vs Louis Smolka if memory serves correctly. Last minute bump up to main event, both fighters agreed to keep the contest at 3 rounds.


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    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Hazys wrote: »
    Didn't know there was headliners that went only 3 rounds, when was that?
    .

    Holohan v Smolka in Dublin jumps out at me.


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    #20
    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    Paully D wrote: »
    Couldn't risk another injury with me creating the thread! :pac:
    Swashbuckler wrote: »
    This! I refuse to vote......Cmon Paully.

    Mods really need to step in here to be fair!! Nobody does event threads like Paully D.

    :P


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    #21
    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    John_D80 wrote: »
    Most recent instance of this was Paddy Holohan vs Louis Smolka if memory serves correctly. Last minute bump up to main event, both fighters agreed to keep the contest at 3 rounds.
    Paully D wrote: »
    Holohan v Smolka in Dublin jumps out at me.

    Great minds etc etc .........


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    StringerBell
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    Elemonator wrote: »
    Participated in contact martial arts for a few years so I think I am qualified to offer an opinion. I think McGregor will win. Everyone tries to predict where he will be, but the thing is, he is unpredictable. When he talks of creating dead space, it is true. Having said that now, watching the pre-fight interviews, Diaz is better with the mind games than Connor's previous opponents. He claimed McGregor was on steroids and Connor didn't take too nicely to that statement. Nonetheless, my money is on Connor. Easy win for him. I know a professional cage fighter who is now retired and he agrees with me.

    Just my 2c.

    I genuinely don't know if this is a spoof post, or a genuine post! :D

    Either way, well played sir!

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



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    #23
    dave1982
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    Diaz by sub

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxTmr5xSfmA


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    #24
    JJayoo
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    For me Diaz just isn't an aggressive submission guy, he isn't gonna go after McG looking for a takedown.

    Really think this is gonna be a 'highlight reel' fight for McG


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    #25
    Axwell
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,461 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    State of this thread, spoiled by Paully's threads and opening posts lately..have come to expect better than this poor mans thread.

    Conor 1st Round KO, think Diaz will try showboat and do a bit of head weaving and get smacked.


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    #26
    ardinn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,246 ✭✭✭ardinn


    McGregor - round 2 me thinks - My biggest question is whether or not I should stay up for it!
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    http://slaneyfishing.com




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    #27
    Whelo79
    Registered Users Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭Whelo79


    PaullyD, give the people what they want!


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    #28
    NFH
    Registered Users Posts: 292 ✭✭NFH


    Dear Moderators, please delete this thread and allow PaullyD to do things properly. I had no idea who's toes I was stepping on!

    P.S. I would have expected a poll thread to be up right after the fight was announced ;)


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    #29
    TherapyBoy
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    Paully! Paully! Paully!

    Give the people what they want! Paully for Taoiseach!!

    Moderator: Non Drinkers Group & Grand Theft Auto



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    #30
    [Deleted User]
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    This is a tough one for me, I have always loved both Diaz brothers as fighters and were always my favourite fighters. Obviously Conor being Irish and also one of my favourite fighters as well, I just dont want to see either lose :( I am happy though to see Diaz finally get that good pay day.

    In saying that I think Conor wins by TKO in the later rounds. Diaz has a good chin and it should last for a while, but I can't see his chin surviving 5 rounds with that left hook.


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    #31
    StringerBell
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    Has it been confirmed as a 5 round fight?

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



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