Official Conor McGregor Thread (READ MOD WARNING IN OP)

Gamb!t

Is it just me or did RDA look a bit vulnerable for free head kicks while he was swinging for Petis ?

JJayoo

Do away with weight classes and set the divisions by height

Lukker-

JJayoo wrote: »

Do away with weight classes and set the divisions by height

Going by discussion here lately every other weight class should vacate and give their belts to Conor.

CurryFlavoured

sonofenoch wrote: »

McGregor has 2/3" or more height advantage than featherweights.....being 5'9 he'd fight 6 footers+ at WW, that's the equivalent......I won't mention the fact he has a light heavyweights reach

Forgot to mention that Hendricks, Lawler etc. will be significantly heavier than him, while Conor would have been around the same weight as Mendes and definitely Aldo.

At the end of the day they pair fighters by weight for a good reason, not height or reach. It's because weight is the most significant indicator of performance. A guy who's top 30 at middleweight would beat a lightweight contender even if the lighter man is far more skillfull. I'll stop trying to tell that to the fanboys though.

Gamebred

I actually dont think he'd beat damian maia never mind any of the elite 170 fighters,if he could take gunnar down and maul him i'd expect him to do the same to Conor,im saying this as a McGoat fanboy of the highest degree.



Aldo is very vocal tonight on social media demanding a rematch with Conor tagging him dana and lorenzo,stupid time to be doing this when Conor has a fight lined up very soon wont be getting a rematch for a while if ever.

darced

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Gamebred

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Ah I wouldnt rate him in the top 4 or 5 tbh I have him somewhere between 5-10 likes of lawler condit macdonald woodley all ahead of him surely do you not think?

Devastator

ahahaha I think James DeGale has been sniffing out of the same gluebag as some of the people on here According to DeGale, Gennady Golovkin is only destroying every opponent put in front of him because he's fighting in a light weight class as soon as he moves up he will be found out :eek::D Ok James, 1 cert is that it will definitely not be you to find him out!

The video is funny in parts with a drunk Cheech Martin soundalike slabbering at DeGale and he says at the end he should fight RR and she would kick his ass lol

Lukker-

On his day Maia could beat anyone I think. He has intergrated BJJ and wrestling like no other fighter in the UFC currently. He also has the best GNP out of any of the the elite BJJ guys. He has to be close to a title fight at this stage, he has been overlooked a good bit by top brass.

Gamebred

Lukker- wrote: »

On his day Maia could beat anyone I think. He has intergrated BJJ and wrestling like no other fighter in the UFC currently. He also has the best GNP out of any of the the elite BJJ guys. He has to be close to a title fight at this stage, he has been overlooked a good bit by top brass.

The Rory fight was the blue print on how to beat him,sprawl sprawl and sprawl again,he mounted him in the first then didnt land one single takedown for 3 rds think MacDonald stuffed about 18 shots,Hes going to strangle Matt Brown soon to be fair to him.

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riffmongous

A guy with striking and punching power like Conor will have a chance against anyone, mostly if they stand with him, he could win every almost belt with the right match making (plenty of glass jaws at HW :P )

Subcomandante Marcos

riffmongous wrote: »

A guy with striking and punching power like Conor will have a chance against anyone, mostly if they stand with him, he could win every almost belt with the right match making (plenty of glass jaws at HW :P )

He'd be sat on and nuggied to death in about 90 seconds flat by anyone in the top 15 in lhw or hw. Don't be ridiculous.

He'd have a chance against some middle weights if he bulked up, but the top ten would probably eat him up.
He'd break the top ten at welterweight but struggle against the Maias, Woodleys, Big Rigs and other top tier fighters at WW.

Lightweight is his perfect weight class, hes not small, but he's not huge so his cut is minimal, his power and speed give him an edge.

That diminishs significantly against the big boys in the other four divisions.
An overhand right from Lawlor or Hendrix would end his world if it landed.

Lukker-

Gamebred wrote: »

The Rory fight was the blue print on how to beat him,sprawl sprawl and sprawl again,he mounted him in the first then didnt land one single takedown for 3 rds think MacDonald stuffed about 18 shots,Hes going to strangle Matt Brown soon to be fair to him.

Rory McDonald has amazing TDD though, probably one of the best in the UFC. Most likely a future WW champ too, in my eyes one of the most complete fighters in the UFC.

Game plan worked for Rory but not many could execute that plan so well IMO.

That said I think Maia probably missed the boat, he should have moved down to WW much sooner.

riffmongous

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

He'd be sat on and nuggied to death in about 90 seconds flat by anyone in the top 15 in lhw or hw. Don't be ridiculous.

He'd have a chance against some middle weights if he bulked up, but the top ten would probably eat him up.
He'd break the top ten at welterweight but struggle against the Maias, Woodleys, Big Rigs and other top tier fighters at WW.

Lightweight is his perfect weight class, hes not small, but he's not huge so his cut is minimal, his power and speed give him an edge.

That diminishs significantly against the big boys in the other four divisions.
An overhand right from Lawlor or Hendrix would end his world if it landed.

The matchmaking would be everything of course. I don't think he could have a run at anything other than LW, but could he knock out the right people, sure. I'm far from a fan of the guy and think he's only going up so quickly to duck Edgar but I like his striking and power and I think he'll always have a puncher's chance

nocoverart

riffmongous wrote: »

The matchmaking would be everything of course. I don't think he could have a run at anything other than LW, but could he knock out the right people, sure. I'm far from a fan of the guy and think he's only going up so quickly to duck Edgar but I like his striking and power and I think he'll always have a puncher's chance

I can't take what you say seriously if you honestly believe Conor's move up to Lightweight is a result of avoiding Frankie... cop the fook on!

Lukker-

riffmongous wrote: »

The matchmaking would be everything of course. I don't think he could have a run at anything other than LW, but could he knock out the right people, sure. I'm far from a fan of the guy and think he's only going up so quickly to duck Edgar but I like his striking and power and I think he'll always have a puncher's chance

He's going up so quickly so he can make history.

There are far scarier people at LW then Frankie Edgar. Much worse match ups too.

ComfortKid

riffmongous wrote:

The matchmaking would be everything of course. I don't think he could have a run at anything other than LW, but could he knock out the right people, sure. I'm far from a fan of the guy and think he's only going up so quickly to duck Edgar but I like his striking and power and I think he'll always have a puncher's chance

Conor McGregor scared of Frankie Edgar, and punchers chance? Are you for real

riffmongous

ComfortKid wrote: »

Conor McGregor scared of Frankie Edgar, and punchers chance? Are you for real

Listen to his most recent quotes about a 'begging' Frankie Edgar, he knows he wont be fighting him so he's feeling big enough to run his mouth now whereas before he wouldn't risk saying anything, he'd talk trash about everyone else but always had very little to say about Edgar

Frankie has a little bit of desperation about him or something,” McGregor said at a recent UFC 196 media event. “He went 0-2 at lightweight, got the chance to fight for the featherweight title and got the head slapped off him. Now he’s running around begging. It has a stink of desperation off of it, so I’m just going to let him sit for a while.”

riffmongous

Lukker- wrote: »

He's going up so quickly so he can make history.

There are far scarier people at LW then Frankie Edgar. Much worse match ups too.

A loss in a LW title fight while he's still technically a FW wont do much damage, a loss to Edgar would dispel a lot of the hype and money, it makes financial sense, but it's still ducking

riffmongous

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SureYWouldntYa

Aldo's looking a bit green

https://twitter.com/josealdojunior/status/692475212349214724

Mellor

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

He weighs around 81kg walking around. For lightweight its still an 11kg drop to make lightweight , and a 4kg drop to welterweight.

He would be a small Welterweight in the UFC but he could always pack on more muscle and cut down, he is 81kg not trying to bulk.

Gunni must be similar sized at WW.
I know of at least one othe WW fighter who cuts from low 80's to make the weight. Or rather, he did at the start of his UFC career.

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

I was trying to back up my point with reasoning, and pry out responses from "it wont happen" responses. Not always easy to start a discussion on this forum.

There's no chance he goes straight into a WW shot. But if he beats RDA, goes back and beats Frankie. Then perma-moves to 155. Defends a few times, and puts on a bit of mass over a long period. Then I could see an mid-80's Conor appearing at WW. But not for a long time.

ASOT

This thread is entering silly season again. Conor is not afraid of Frankie jesus......

Gamebred

Dont know why anybody is biting to that bait.

Mr. Manager

I know it's great to have a burst of posters in here over the last 2 years but fúck me some of the shíte being posted is unreal. Almost prefer to when Conor wasn't in the UFC.

sonofenoch

Mr. Manager wrote: »

I know it's great to have a burst of posters in here over the last 2 years but fúck me some of the shíte being posted is unreal. Almost prefer to when Conor wasn't in the UFC.

Were you born with UFC knowledge or were you also new to the sport at one time.......you should be thankful to McGregor for bringing the interest to the masses and no longer a niche market akin to gypsy bare knuckle boxing....Conor McGregor changed all our bum lives

Tazzimus

Mellor wrote: »

Gunni must be similar sized at WW.

Gunni seems to look a good bit bigger than Conor.
I've walked past both/sat near ish to them and there is a noticeable difference size wise from what I could see

Lukker-

Ferguson vs Khabib is a 5 round title eliminator

CurryFlavoured

Gunnar looks a little bigger than Conor, and he's clearly too small for the WW division (the top 15 anyway).

That people are actually discussing Conor fighting guys Middleweight and upwards... Lord