UFC DUBLIN 19th JULY **Start time info in post #1**

user2011

I'm finishing this, I don't want to be considered a troll for this question I'm asking so l'm ending it here.

It was great card overall for me I enjoyed it a lot. Come on the Irish/UFC :cool:

osl

passatman86 wrote: »

Irish sports people
Padraig harrington
Robbie keane
Bernard dunne
Steve collins

Theses in there day were as irish as a bag of tayto crisps,

Of course, and Conor talks more than all of them about his pride of being from Ireland. How much he loves Dublin, how you don't have to leave Ireland to be the best in the world. He's always talking about it. Even in the press conference just now he was on about the Irish taking over the UFC, how he wants to bring the UFC to Croker or the Aviva. There isn't a man alive who promotes Ireland more than he does. Some people have a problem with him talking a little more clearly in interviews, but people need something to moan about. He absolutely hasn't forgotten where he came from which was what you asserted. If anything he could do with toning down on the auld nationalism

MagicIRL

Sherdog is the 4chan of mma. They can do one.

dave1982

Tigger wrote: »

Sherdog thinks it was all a fix
Bit sad no?

I was probably Conors biggest doubter on here, combination of Diegos probable adrenaline dump and the kick to stomach finished Diego IMO.I think tonight was Conors biggest test to date and he passed with flying colours.

Conor deserves to break into the top 10 after tonight with out a doubt

mdwexford

Anywhere I can see the Pendred fight?

CurryFlavoured

Wow, what a card. Conor was something else, I knew about his standup skills but his takedown defence was really strong which impressed me. Brandao went down a little easy but he had taken a lot of shots and his chins never been great. It looks like Poirier is up next.

Pendred's heart was amazing, I was speechless in that first round. My stream went down with about 2 mins to go in the 2nd round and I assumed it would have been stopped by the time we got it going again, couldn't believe it when I saw him still taking shots to the head 30 secs later.

Tobyglen

mdwexford wrote: »

Anywhere I can see the Pendred fight?

Same, can't find it anywhere.

Mellor

Some of the comments fling about. A dive. Pretending to pass out. My lord.

There was a few doubters here before, I think that performance spine volumes.
I post a but more later. Too early for me ;(

dave1982

Mellor wrote: »

There was a few doubters here before, I think that performance spine volumes.
I post a but more later. Too early for me ;(

I hang my head in shame.Conor won tonight without any doubt

jodaw

Here is there any more space on that bandwagon? I want to jump back on.

He even has Cubby confused, one minute he hates him and then he thinks he actually like him:cool:

UFC star without a doubt. Wish him and his family all the success he has ever wanted.

Diabhal Beag

Don't really like McGregor but hopefully his win tonight brings a lot of new interest into Irish MMA. I've been a casual fan since about 2007 but the build up to Conor's fight has been crazy anyways and now you have Cathal returning from the dead to win. This needs to be capitalised on.

Lyaiera

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Don't really like McGregor but hopefully his win tonight brings a lot of new interest into Irish MMA. I've been a casual fan since about 2007 but the build up to Conor's fight has been crazy anyways and now you have Cathal returning from the dead to win. This needs to be capitalised on.

Well, tonight has converted me, to a degree.

I signed up for the free trial of Fight Pass and watched all the prelims while hanging in a MMA chat room (and drinking beer.) And then a friend came over to watch the last three fights (and we drank beer.) She was a little disappointed at the lack of clean striking in the Gunnar and McCall fights. But she said it's definitely the kind of event she'd be willing to go to watch live.

I've decided to not cancel my Fight Pass sub and will give it a go for at least a month. If I'm honest the stuff tonight was far more entertaining than anything I watched in the world cup.

Utopia Parkway

Cyber Ghost wrote: »

Gunnar didn't deserve the performance bonus he looked shíte.
He was bang out of shape too and was getting beat on his feet.

He looked like me with my top off, not an MMA fighter.

It's fighting not bodybuilding. You don't need a 6 pack to be a good fighter.

Zero-Cool

Just back from Dublin. That was the most amazing thing I've ever been to. Reading back over the last 30 pages, there are some amount of shyte comments. The reaction of the crowd when Cathal and Gunni pulled off their wins were epic. I think the crowd were at their peak during the prelims, kind of died down for the main card, No one could believe the Irish + Gunni clean sweep actually happened, was just the perfect night. We couldn't even hear what Andy was announcing, the crowd noise just drowned everything out. Some brilliant walk out tunes as well.

How Cathal came back from that I do not know! I like Mike, he will surely get another shot in the UFC, I still think he's a better fighter than Cathal.
I thought Paddy was getting finished with the armbar but the escape and his own RNC was a thing of beauty. I think he should have getting PoN instead of Conor. Gunni scared the shyte out of me, I didn't think Zak would perform that well, I was begging for Gunni to take it to the ground. The boys from Iceland sitting behind me erupted as well as everyone else in the arena. McCall Picket was a bit messy, I originally thought that was gonna be FoN. I thought the reception for Conor wasn't that loud, mainly because no one knew where he was. People were looking in all directions waiting to cheer him on when he was already half way out. That kick at the start was fine, there was gonna be no touching gloves and was a great way to start the fight.

In press conference, Conor said he'd take Dustin in September, he could probably aim higher, no way he will be champ by end of the year fighting DP in Sept.

Now, I need to watch the whole thing back tomorrow to see what I missed. I hope someone got a vid of the epic Mexican Wave that went 3 laps around the arena :pac:

DrPhilG

Long drive back to Donegal, but that was epic.

14th UFC events and half a dozen local Irish ones and I've never in my life experienced an atmosphere like it.

Ps... Da fek happened in here while I was away? Taking dives, getting choked too fast etc etc. Wise up.

shane9689

i was hoping for a good mma conversation to be here with some actual fighters commenting, but instead im reading aload of drivel written by people who dont even fight....grand comment away but dont be saying **** like "he was bang out of shape" about gunner if you dont fight.. his slight body fat has little to do with his fighting performance...and staged fight? the only thing staged about it, was the fact they but conor up against a muh lesser fighter..... im not even going to bother...this thread is filled with too many horribly misinformed people

Mellor

shane9689 wrote: »

i was hoping for a good mma conversation to be here with some actual fighters commenting, but instead im reading aload of drivel written by people who dont even fight....grand comment away but dont be saying **** like "he was bang out of shape" about gunner if you dont fight.. his slight body fat has little to do with his fighting performance...and staged fight? the only thing staged about it, was the fact they but conor up against a muh lesser fighter..... im not even going to bother...this thread is filled with too many horribly misinformed people

It's easy to ignore the drivel.
If you want an intelligent conversation on MMA start one, there's plenty who'll join in.

ShaneU

My seat last night, doesn't get much better

Davei141

Unbelievable card. The highlight of the night was definitely Pendred coming back from the brink to win, how the feck did he do that? Atmosphere was unreal and it was great to see the place almost full for the first fight, always winds me up watching an empty arena during the pre lims.

nmg_ire

Davei141 wrote: »

Unbelievable card. The highlight of the night was definitely Pendred coming back from the brink to win, how the feck did he do that? Atmosphere was unreal and it was great to see the place almost full for the first fight, always winds me up watching an empty arena during the pre lims.

Totally agree brilliant night, thought the card was good before the fight but turned out to be excellent. Some great fights, Pendreds comeback was something else. Crowd were unreal and as you say about 90% full for first fights. Brilliant night well done to everyone involved.

That_Guy

That_Guy wrote: »

€3.33 left in my Paddy Power account.

Gone with the following.

Holohan by sub @6/1
Seery by decision @7/4
Nelson by sub @EVS
McGregor by KO @8/11

Returns €221

An unbelievable night was topped off with this accumulator coming through.

Incredible night. There are no superlatives that can perfectly describe how I felt about the event.

monkey8

Pendred was very lucky that fight didn't get stopped in the first round.
I think anywhere else other than the o2 the ref steps in and stops it.
He showed incredible heart to come back but I think king exposed the holes in his stand up and he is not even a good stand up fighter.
Pendred will have to improve that aspect of his game big time.

I thought Gunni was losing that fight until he got that RNC.
Finished it superbly but thought he showed poor stand up and definately did npt deserve a performance bonus.
Dana says he's open to Nelson Mcdonald, I think mcdonald would eat him alive by keeping it on the feet and picking him apart with jabs and kicks.

Mcgregor was awesome! Didn't expect him to dominate brandao in such impressive fashion.

walshb

Bit of a physical mismatch with Conor and his foe. The opponent looked a weight below. Was giving away lbs and height. Was it the body kick within the first two seconds that drained the opponent? He offered little resistance, and seemed gassed by 3-4 minutes.

stuchyg

walshb wrote: »

Bit of a physical mismatch with Conor and his foe. The opponent looked a weight below. Was giving away lbs and height. Was it the body kick within the first two seconds that drained the opponent? He offered little resistance, and seemed gassed by 3-4 minutes.

Whatever about height I would think there is no way Brandao is giving up pounds to Connor, I would reckon Brandao cuts from 5/6 lbs more then mcgregor

monkey8

walshb wrote: »

Bit of a physical mismatch with Conor and his foe. The opponent looked a weight below.

Conor cuts quite a bit of weight and will be bigger than most if not all of the featherweights.

He just has the perfect body shape to cut the weight and still remain strong at that weight class

Mellor

walshb wrote: »

Bit of a physical mismatch with Conor and his foe. The opponent looked a weight below. Was giving away lbs and height.

I'd doubt that

stuchyg wrote: »

Whatever about height I would think there is no way Brandao is giving up pounds to Connor, I would reckon Brandao cuts from 5/6 lbs more then mcgregor

I'd doubt that too.

They are two of the bigger FWs. There isn't much between them.
I think people in general have trouble reconciling differing weight and height.

ASOT

What an event/week, the atmosphere was electric from the off, paddy setting the tone with a lovely sub that should have earned him a POTN. I think me and my mate were the only two people up for Mike King against Pendo, anywhere else in the world and the fight would have been stopped in the first, beautiful comeback and sub from Prendo though, credit were credits due! But i have a feeling he will be taken to town by a half decent striker!

After metting Latifi during the week i was dying for him to get the stoppage and he did so i was delighted! Such a massive guy for 205, he wont be winning any tittles but he seems entertaining and is sound as fcuk. Absolutely delighted for Seery and i hope yo god Phil ges cut, terrible fighter. Nelson didnt seem to get into his grove until a bit into the second but when he did he made it look easy, fairly sure he broke Zaks nose before locking in the RNC. Parke v Kotani always seemed like a mismatch to me, dont rate any fighters streaks coming from Japan like when he had his last stint in the UFC and got smashed to. Kotani also **** himself when Parke got in his face at the weigh ins :pac: , Notsure if he will regret calling out Sanchez but id like to see it happen!!

Last but not least McGregor, I was biting my nails clean off for this one. Brandao has bricks for hands so i was worried but as i said in a different thread his cardio is just as bad as usual, he was gassed doing his open workout on wednesday and again after marching forward for a minute and a half then being made work up against the cage/on the ground by Conor he gassed. A solid body kick didnt help either but he seemed to give up and getting dropped. None the less Conor looked in great shape, such a smooth mover and solid striker. Showed some solid ground game when Brandao was trying to lock in subs off his back. The whole venue on its feet throwing pints into the air after the belll went was amazing, my voice is gone, im hungover to **** but at the end of the day it was AMAZING. Hopefully this becomes an annual thing now and were not waiting 5 years a visit!

View from my 75e seats were alot better than i expected!!

walshb

Diego gave up a couple of lbs on the scale, no? Conor was ripped and toned. Diego looked like he could fight at a lighter weight. Conor had a nice height advantage.

stealinhorses

My first live MMA event and it definitely lived up to the hype! Fantastic atmosphere, beers went flying everywhere after Conor got the finish. Watched the TV replay just there, it definitely did not do the crowd justice, it was loud as f*ck in there.

Pendred is just so slow and cumbersome, I don't rate him at all . He showed good heart to get back in there, but would have been easily finished by a better opponent and for that reason will never make it into the top 15 of the division. He just seems like a rugby player who chose to play the wrong sport, no natural talent for fighting like Conor or Neil.

Regarding Seery, absolutely loved his fight. He was swinging for the fences a little too much with that right to get the finish, but the chants for the leg kicks on the ground were unreal . I reckon he will cause problems in the division, it would be nice to see him fight on another European card soon.

Parke is very solid, needed the finish after last few performances.

Gunni was a bit slow off the mark but got the RNC handily. People commenting about his physique need to get a grip, the lad is in great shape, but doesn't need to shred himself to make the weight is all.

Comments about Brandao taking a dive are laughable, just because his eyes don't roll back into his head doesn't mean he's still in the fight. I actually applaud him for coming into the lion's den and then standing in the pocket. I feel like Cole Miller would have tried to put on a stinker, while Brandao actually wanted a scrap. He came in in great shape, and like he said at the post-fight presser, Conor was the better man on the night.

And what a night it was .

mailburner

went into this thinking gunni was just about the hottest prospect
in mma and was unsure just how good conor might be

now it's the other way round

performances like that against rory like someone said would
be a complete waste of time
Theres no doubt he's better than that and maybe he knew he
had zaks measure so could afford to be patient knowing he
would eventually get the job done
Next fight should be interesting
ellenberger for me would be a good match up next

wonder if conor will get poirier next?

I could see him getting someone like jeremy stephens and then
a much higher ranked opponent

Oregano_State

walshb wrote: »

Diego gave up a couple of lbs on the scale, no? Conor was ripped and toned. Diego looked like he could fight at a lighter weight. Conor had a nice height advantage.

Diego probably could make a lighter weight, but he had a serious cut to get to where he was at last night as it was. If you look at some of the promo interviews and vids taken a couple of weeks before the fight he was waaay out of shape.

I think the huge cut absolutely wrecked his endurance, and he tired notieably after 3mins.

Oregano_State

I hope Conor gets Poirier next. Look like Dustin hopes so too judging by the tweets he sent out last night. It will be a step up in class for sure for Conor but I think he has the ability to beat Poirier. Certainly he will have the physical advantage, imo.

Easy Rod

My mate who doesn't really follow mma claimed it was a fix too. The most frustrating argument I've ever had.

What a night!

mailburner

nothing for holohan or seery
surely seery deserved a performance bonus though


gutted for those guys esp seery
to give pendred king fotn ahead of that is criminal

then again we see it time after time
If you're not on the main card its next to impossible
to get anything esp fotn

Mellor

walshb wrote: »

Diego gave up a couple of lbs on the scale, no? Conor was ripped and toned. Diego looked like he could fight at a lighter weight. Conor had a nice height advantage.

No he didn't.
Conor was 146
Diego 145.5

Fighters almost give nothing up on the scales, if they can make a lower weight they usually will.

ASOT

mailburner wrote: »

nothing for holohan or seery
surely seery deserved a performance bonus though


gutted for those guys esp seery
to give pendred king fotn ahead of that is criminal

then again we see it time after time
If you're not on the main card its next to impossible
to get anything esp fotn

Agree 200% i Taught Paddy deserved a POTN ahead of Gunni!

MagicIRL

When Paddy slipped out of the arm bar and took the back... I've never heard a roar like it. Christ I was lightheaded I was screaming so loudly. Set the tone for the night to come!

Mellor

mailburner wrote: »

then again we see it time after time
If you're not on the main card its next to impossible
to get anything esp fotn

FOTN didn't go to a main card fight

ASOT

http://balls.ie/ufc-2/video-conor-mcgregor-makes-his-entrance-at-ufc-dublin/

This gives me a ridiculous amount of shivers. I just want to relive it again!

mailburner

Mellor wrote: »

FOTN didn't go to a main card fight

oops!

thanks for pointing that out
not sure how I got that into my head

Hedgecutter

Excuse my stupidity but what FOTN?

Fantastic night went on my own and had some great Craic with guys around me. Start if the main card the atmosphere dropped a bit but you had to expect that, Heat and pints combined I saw afew guys heads drop for a while to recharge their battery's😴.

Davei141

I think Krylov vs Donovan should have been FoTN, both guys getting dropped and almost finished. There was never a hope it was going to get it though. Pendred seriously needs to go down to welterweight and get new game-plans for fights, stop getting involved in brawls!

Zero-Cool

Man even on Facebook people talking about fixing and diving. I'm all on for growing the sport but these people need to go back to their fixed wwf and diving soccer.

Have to say chuck was a legend, after the fights he would run up to the barrier to take pics with fans, raging I didn't go down and try.

Paddy should have definitely got PoN. It was gas everyone setting up seerys kicks with oooooooooohhhhhh haha. You could see his face, he wasnt happy after throwing a missed punch but it was still a dominant performance, never knew about his personal issues, dunno how he came out and performed like that after it, fair play him, beaming he got the win.

Gunni just couldnt get going, he is way better than that and mad to see how he handles top 10 guys.

Also, unreal respect between conor and diego at the post presser, sounds like they'd be heading for pints after it. I know Diego has been dodgy in the past but hope he gets another shot in the ufc.

Mr. CooL ICE

Maybe I'm a bit slow, but I just realised this:

MagicIRL

This was taken just as Paddy's fight ended. Oh if only it came with audio! :cool:

mailburner

Hedgecutter wrote: »

Excuse my stupidity but what FOTN?

fight of the night

Cyber Ghost

shane9689 wrote: »

i was hoping for a good mma conversation to be here with some actual fighters commenting, but instead im reading aload of drivel written by people who dont even fight....grand comment away but dont be saying **** like "he was bang out of shape" about gunner if you dont fight.. his slight body fat has little to do with his fighting performance...and staged fight? the only thing staged about it, was the fact they but conor up against a muh lesser fighter..... im not even going to bother...this thread is filled with too many horribly misinformed people

Sorry wat?
Please tell me you're trolling?

You expect a professional fighter's discussion on boards.ie? really?

And I stand by what I said about Gunnar. He had moobs and fat hanging out over his shorts. It's not what you'd expect from a top level MMA fighter. It harks back to the days of Tank abbot and Tim Sylvia.
Also, he was woeful until he got your man's back.

Robbie Lawler looks absolutely gigantic compared to "Gunni" and would stop him within a round. I think Gunni needs to drop to lightweight he looks tiny for a WW

Cyber Ghost

Also lol at the Facebook comments on my newsfeed this morning

"Conor is great on the ground as well as being a great puncher"
"What about the spinning back kick"
"Mc Gregor Mc Gregor
We all stand a little taller tonight,
Unreal."

People who've never even heard of MMA are now its biggest fans.

Roll on the McGregor bandwagon!

MagicIRL

Anything that gets the UFC back to Dublin. More fans = more Irish people taking up MMA = more Irish fighters.

Less bitterness, more WAR!

People "getting on the bandwagon" is good for mma in this country I find the people on Facebook getting possessive of mma far sillier