Official Conor McGregor Thread (READ MOD WARNING IN OP)

ASOT

newbbieb wrote: »

In fairness Conor might KO him early anything is possible,but that statement is ridiculous.Cerrone is 6 1 to Conors 5 9 has a reach as long or longer than Conor which nullifies one of Conors greatest strengths and to say Cowboy an absolutely elite world class kickboxer with way way more experience than Conor will get walked on is beyond naive.

His reach done him the world of good against RDA didn't it? I love Cerrone but he just matches up bad against Conor, he will go to the body and finish it early, it's not naive at all to think that.

Swashbuckler

shrewdness wrote: »

Seen an article by Kevin Iole on Yahoo Sports earlier where there were some quotes by Dana. He said Conor would remain in the main event but he didn't know if it would be for an interim belt or not.

Jesus, there's no way in hell there should be an interim title. Absolute joke if it happens.

ASOT

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Jesus, there's no way in hell there should be an interim title. Absolute joke if it happens.

Exactly it shouldn't in a million years be happening.

slicus ricus

newbbieb wrote: »

In fairness Conor might KO him early anything is possible,but that statement is ridiculous.Cerrone is 6 1 to Conors 5 9 has a reach as long or longer than Conor which nullifies one of Conors greatest strengths and to say Cowboy an absolutely elite world class kickboxer with way way more experience than Conor will get walked on is beyond naive.

Regarding reach, Conor's reach is 74 in, Cerrone's is 73 in. McGregor still has a reach advantage despite being shorter.

I couldn't dispute the rest of what you said, although I still would fancy Conor to connect with the powerful left hand and get the KO.

Brian2011

Who will Conor fight now instead?

newbbieb

slicus ricus wrote: »

Regarding reach, Conor's reach is 74 in, Cerrone's is 73 in. McGregor still has a reach advantage despite being shorter.

I couldn't dispute the rest of what you said, although I still would fancy Conor to connect with the powerful left hand and get the KO.

Not saying Conor wouldn't win but to say its a walkover is strong and is underestimating just how good Cowboy is.

He has a history of choking big fights like the RDA one and letting Diaz get in his head but still his stand up is some of the best in mma and underestimate him at your peril.

raze_them_all_

ceecee14 wrote: »

Cerrone with another post,

"anyone,anywhere, any time.. Just waiting on a call"

Fair play to him anyway, willing to fight in 2 different divisions in 13 days, says alot about the pussys turning it down

****ing hell. Cowboy publicly states he needs as much money as possible. Every single fighter who has turned it down has fought in the octogon multiple times against work class opponents, yet you can call them "pussys". FFS this thread is ****ing brain dead at times

shrewdness

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Jesus, there's no way in hell there should be an interim title. Absolute joke if it happens.

Yeah that would be a joke and I can't see it happening. The two likely opponents seem to be Cowboy who got destroyed in a title fight in December, and Nate who has won one fight in over 2 years.

What's most interesting is where Conor's fight will be on the card. He's clearly the big draw and if he is co-main there could be a weird atmosphere in the arena for the main event with some people leaving, but on the other hand it would be strange for a non-title fight to be headlining over a title fight.

dave1982

I think if a card is advertising as a title fight a title fight has to go ahead or you're entitled to refunds. Anyone know if the main event must be a title fight or does it matter where in the card it's on ?

ceecee14

raze_them_all_ wrote:

****ing hell. Cowboy publicly states he needs as much money as possible. Every single fighter who has turned it down has fought in the octogon multiple times against work class opponents, yet you can call them "pussys". FFS this thread is ****ing brain dead at times

Can't even make sense of that..

Aldo says he's staying ready an will fight anywhere anytime.. Time comes, he pussys out. Same for Edgar.

markcahill1985

Has the possibility of a Duffy rematch been mentioned? Might be of interest to Conor.

StringerBell

sonofenoch wrote: »

What's RDA's history like of pulling out injured? it's slightly curious....possibly strategic, gets a chance to have a look at an unknown potentially very dangerous opponent in the weight class before UFC 200.....if he'd have lost it would have been extremely embarrassing for him....McGregor loses against whoever that fights out the window, he wins at the very least he's had a proper look

Absolute nonsense tbh.

StringerBell

sonofenoch wrote: »

It's just a hypothesis .....

"According to multiple sources, dos Anjos suffered a broken left foot last Friday, forcing him to pull out of the lightweight title fight against McGregor. The Brazilian was hoping the injury would get better over the weekend but when it didn't his team had to make the call to cancel the fight on Monday."

how does a fking broken foot heal over the course of a weekend?

They may not have known it was broken on Friday, there may have been too much swelling and gave it the weekend to go down, when a proper scan and examination could be done and the bad news that it is a break be properly revealed.

Course, that being the simplest, most logical, most straightforward answer obviously means it will not enter the heads of some people.

slicus ricus

newbbieb wrote: »

Not saying Conor wouldn't win but to say its a walkover is strong and is underestimating just how good Cowboy is.

He has a history of choking big fights like the RDA one and letting Diaz get in his head but still his stand up is some of the best in mma and underestimate him at your peril.

I completely agree, Cerrone most certainly is no walkover. Very convincing sub victory on Sunday, which is an element of his game that does not get talked about enough.

shrewdness wrote:

Yeah that would be a joke and I can't see it happening. The two likely opponents seem to be Cowboy who got destroyed in a title fight in December, and Nate who has won one fight in over 2 years.

I honestly can see this happening. I can completely see the reasons why it shouldn't though. I think the UFC will want to hype up the new fight as much as possible and will consider the interim belt as being necessary to do so. Then add in the fact that they will want to keep Conor top of the card and not disrespect the women's 135lb title fight. Let's see what they come out with!

Billy86

Augustine Dead Hoe wrote: »

Do you know what begrudgery means? How is him complaining about the length of fight time begrudgery

Yes, it is the envy and resentment of someone else's successes or possessions, resulting in little to no credit being given as a result. Trying to downplay McGregor's achievements and the sport in general (on an MMA forum of all places) because he wins his fights too quickly/convincingly pretty much fits the description like a glove.

darced

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StringerBell

I wouldn't be surprised if they create another interim belt for him, they did it before they will take that option over having him pull out of the event regardless of how absolutely ridiculous it will be. They can brush it off in multiple ways, "unfair to the fans cause the pull out was so close, they were promised a title match and we will not let them down" being just one.

There is literally no fight that makes sense right now and the only thing that does is him missing the even too, he will not want that to happen himself. Now you can fool yourself into thinking its cause he doesnt want to let the fans who travelled over down, and you can be sure he will play up to that, but for the most part it is because he loves money, and he will be well compensated for staying on the card, and he will be able to use it when they are negotiating %'s for the next fight too.

Cowboy seems the most likely right now, good for his warrior image also taking 2 fights so close together and he saves face a little when he (most likely) gets beat but he would make the interim belt even more ridiculous as he got spanked going for the belt a couple of months ago!

The weak ass card is going to bite them in the ass here, and I'm delighted for them. No outcome is a particularly good one.

Axwell

ceecee14 wrote: »

Fair play to him anyway, willing to fight in 2 different divisions in 13 days, says alot about the pussys turning it down

Fair play to Cerrone? The only reason hes looking for the fight is the pay day, as Raze said Cerrone isnt shy about saying he needs money. He goes through it like there is no tomorrow spending it on a wild lifestyle.

A Cerrone fight makes no sense, its not a fight they can really hype that much in such a short time. Cerrone wouldn't be able to bring the hype or smack talk to rescue the event. It's not a fight I personally would be that excited to see, Conor beats him easy enough with body shots and gets the KO unless Cowboy tries to take it to the ground but I doubt it stays there and Conor still wins.

Nate Diaz is a much better fight for the UFC, Diaz and McGregor would hype it up no end and the smack talk between them would have people excited to see the fight even though chances are it also ends in the first round.

In terms of the fight themselves it makes very little difference as the outcome for both is most likely Conor wins so it comes down to which they can get fans more excited about and that's Diaz.

As for an interim title, it would be an absolute joke to go down that route. If they want to hype the fight the answer is Nate Diaz and just create the hype around that. Not to create a needless interim title fight to try keep Conor top of the card.

Wrongway1985

dave1982 wrote: »

I think if a card is advertising as a title fight a title fight has to go ahead or you're entitled to refunds. Anyone know if the main event must be a title fight or does it matter where in the card it's on ?

The change to main event at all would entitle people to a refund no LW champ in Dos Anjos means people are entitled to refunds. It's the PPV hit is their main concern.

An interim belt in this instance here would baffling, Conor isn't even ranked in the division, Khabib Ferguson etc would have to be fighting him not who's likely Cerrone,Diaz. Also think if it's not title it should be co main or not risk a fight which would obviously gutting for travelling fans.

TheTownie

Faber throws his name in the hat.

Urijah Faber ‏@UrijahFaber 18m18 minutes ago California, USA
I have a real hard time turning down a good time. Opportunity knocks...my door is open ���� @ufc…;

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJFKZ1s4mJ/

Lukker-

markcahill1985 wrote: »

Has the possibility of a Duffy rematch been mentioned? Might be of interest to Conor.

No chance

Gamb!t

Could UFC not have the Jones/Cormier fight as the main card for UFC 196 and reschedule Conor v RDA for UFC 197?

ceecee14

Gamb!t wrote:

Could UFC not have the Jones/Cormier fight as the main card for UFC 196 and reschedule Conor v RDA for UFC 197?

RDA won't be back in a month, an Conor won't fight so close to 200 surley

newbbieb

darced wrote: »

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Yeah 28-0 kickboxing record with a 29-7 mma record with over 20 UFC fights against the elite of the elite,but nice kicks poor boxing,Conor runs over him in the first round,would you listen to yourself.

I am a big Conor fan but wise up man,Cowboy would be the best striker without question he has faced in his career and would also be bigger and probably stronger than him,not saying he can't win but it is a challenge to say the least.

Zero-Cool

TheTownie wrote: »

Faber throws his name in the hat.



https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJFKZ1s4mJ/

Aw man that never even entered my mind, that would be my choice, hands down. Finish what TUF started. Conor would obviously have the size advantage but it would be a fun fight, easy, but fun none the less.

Gamb!t

ceecee14 wrote: »

RDA won't be back in a month, an Conor won't fight so close to 200 surley

Is his leg broken or just a bad sprain ?

They could always push 200 out to later in the year.

martyos121

Gamb!t wrote: »

Is his leg broken or just a bad sprain ?

They could always push 200 out to later in the year.

That's one thing that simply can not happen. UFC 200 is the cornerstone of Fight Week 2016, they've already started lining events up for that weekend, it would be pretty much impossible to move it.

ASOT

Jose Garcia posted Diaz got the fight, going to be an annoying couple of hours until something is confirmed.

TheTownie

Khabib :pac:

khabib nurmagomedov ‏@TeamKhabib 54m54 minutes ago
UFC does not want me to fight Connor because they said the time I fought was 2 thousand years ago and I fought Bears!!!��

ceecee14

Gamb!t wrote:

Is his leg broken or just a bad sprain ?

Gamb!t wrote:

They could always push 200 out to later in the year.

It's a break, not sure which bone but doctor told him he can't put any pressure on it for 3 weeks minimum.

TheTownie

ASOT wrote: »

Jose Garcia posted Diaz got the fight, going to be an annoying couple of hours until something is confirmed.

He jumped the gun apparently...

Michael Mardones ‏@LayzieTheSavage 28m28 minutes ago
No. Fight isn't on yet. I think Jose just got excited.

Michael Mardones ‏@LayzieTheSavage 21m21 minutes ago
There's a possibility of a catch weight at 165lbs.

newbbieb

Tweet from Jeremy Botter suggests its Diaz.

Jeremy Botter ‏@jeremybotter 5 mins5 minutes ago
Don't have 100% confirmation, but looks like Nate Diaz is going to be the guy that fights McGregor at UFC 196. Which is awesome.

markcahill1985

newbbieb wrote:

Jeremy Botter â€@jeremybotter 2m2 minutes ago Don't have 100% confirmation, but looks like Nate Diaz is going to be the guy that fights McGregor at UFC 196. Which is awesome.

Please please please please

Paully D

Diaz would be the perfect matchup for McGregor IMO. He'll stand and trade but McGregor will be able to pick him apart. Technique wise, Conor is on another planet.

Gamebred

Have to laugh at people saying Diaz is an easier fight than cowboy,you do realise Nate absolutely lit up Cowboy up like a christmas tree,what ever about either of their chances they would be the best fighters conor has ever fought outside of 13 secs with Aldo,


And both are very decent grapplers even tho their known as strikers Id be happy to see either fight.

Dtp1979

Conor must be LOVING the way everyones throwing themselves on the line to fight him.

Zero-Cool

Layzie the savage now saying the offer is too low for Nate to get down to 155 in 12 days and ufc won't have conor fighting at 165 catch weight.

newbbieb

Gamebred wrote: »

Have to laugh at people saying Diaz is an easier fight than cowboy,you do realise Nate absolutely lit up Cowboy up like a christmas tree,what ever about either of their chances they would be the best fighters conor has ever fought outside of 13 secs with Aldo,


And both are very decent grapplers even tho their known as strikers Id be happy to see either fight.

Agree completely both are dangerous fights and i don't see this being easier than Cowboy at all.

It goes over my head how everyone writes both them off as easy fights,Diaz is a monster 155er he really is,and struggles to get down to 155 so they will likely make a catchweight because i doubt he can get down to 55 in a week and half.

Gamebred

http://sportv.globo.com/site/combate/noticia/2016/02/lesao-de-rafael-dos-anjos-aconteceu-em-sparring-com-lutador-iraquiano.html


So the guy supposed to be emulating Conor checked a kick and broke his foot

martyos121

Gamebred wrote: »

http://sportv.globo.com/site/combate/noticia/2016/02/lesao-de-rafael-dos-anjos-aconteceu-em-sparring-com-lutador-iraquiano.html


So the guy supposed to be emulating Conor checked a kick and broke his foot

Imitation McGregor has the fight game on its knees. :pac:

CurryFlavoured

http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/2/23/11100154/pros-line-up-on-twitter-for-shot-at-conor-mcgregor-at-ufc-196

Some of the people trying to get that fight are hilarious. Diego Sanchez, Chris Wade, Unranked over the hill bantamweight Manny ****ing Gamburyan! Hahaha

Oregano_State

Gamebred wrote: »

Have to laugh at people saying Diaz is an easier fight than cowboy,you do realise Nate absolutely lit up Cowboy up like a christmas tree,what ever about either of their chances they would be the best fighters conor has ever fought outside of 13 secs with Aldo,


And both are very decent grapplers even tho their known as strikers Id be happy to see either fight.

I honestly think Conor finishes both inside 2 rounds and makes it look easy. Cowboy almost always starts slowly; he'll likely be on his back looking at the ref wondering what happened after 90s.

Diaz is undoubtedly the better boxer (of Cowboy and Diaz), and I think could take Conor into the second round, but our man McG is undeniably on another level. Conor is quicker, physically stronger, and has better conditioning than Diaz. I would bet big on an early Conor KO.

CurryFlavoured

Wouldn't be at all surprised to see Nate get it, he's a draw and a very good matchup for Conor. There are a lot of guys who are potentially very bad matchups for Conor.

JacksonHeightsOwn

Am I the only person here that's concerned about dos anjos pulling out because of doping issues and just blames a "broken foot".

Not the first time the ufc would cover up a doping violation

StringerBell

chrisbonnie wrote: »

Am I the only person here that's concerned about dos anjos pulling out because of doping issues and just blames a "broken foot".

Not the first time the ufc would cover up a doping violation

Probably not the only one, people get all kinds of **** in their heads regardless of whether it would be a reasonable thought or not.

You know RDA has been tested 4 times in the build up? (Conor twice in case you were wondering)

dave1982

Ok to stop all the RDA is pussing out and injury is not real. According to Ariel helwani RDA contacted the UFC yesterday to let them know bout his foot.UFC sent him to a doctors who confirmed his foot is injured and must await swelling to go down to confirm break. He has been told to put NO pressure on foot for 3 weeks.

Tazzimus

Oregano_State wrote: »

I honestly think Conor finishes both inside 2 rounds and makes it look easy. Cowboy almost always starts slowly; he'll likely be on his back looking at the ref wondering what happened after 90s.

Diaz is undoubtedly the better boxer (of Cowboy and Diaz), and I think could take Conor into the second round, but our man McG is undeniably on another level. Conor is quicker, physically stronger, and has better conditioning than Diaz. I would bet big on an early Conor KO.

That I wouldn't agree with. The Diaz brothers have cardio for days, they're ridiculously fit, more so I'd imagine than anyone in the UFC.

I don't know many other fighters that do triathlons for the craic.

TimRiggins

Tazzimus wrote: »

That I wouldn't agree with. The Diaz brothers have cardio for days, they're ridiculously fit, more so I'd imagine than anyone in the UFC.

I don't know many other fighters that do triathlons for the craic.

Not on 11 days notice with McGregor having trained for a 5 round battle with RDA.

Thought it was strange when McGregor was out in Galway but must have heard the news and wanted to blow off some steam.

Apparently the offer to Diaz isn't in the ballpark to what it needs to be for Nate to make 155 on this notice according to a very reliable source on twitter, I'd imagine the UFC will pay up. Nate deserves huge money for taking this fight on 11 days notice.

On the fight if it happens. I think while Diaz is a slow starter I could see him having a small bit of success in the first minute or two, But I think McGregor would make light enough work of him.

Zero-Cool

Journo quoting dana saying he's still undecided if it will be for interim belt but it will still be main event and at 155.

StringerBell

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Journo quoting dana saying he's still undecided if it will be for interim belt but it will still be main event and at 155.

The mere fact that he would consider it being for an interim belt shows you how pathetic an organisation it is/has become.