UFC 178 - McGregor-Poirier**Tune in from 3:30 onwards to see McGregor

John_D80 · 28-09-2014 4:47am

Cowboy reminds me of the T-1000 from Terminator 2.

Axwell · 28-09-2014 4:47am

That_Guy wrote: »

Been following this sport for years and to have legit Irish fighters make serious waves in the world's biggest MMA organisation is pretty incredible given the size of our country.

Call me what you want because I doubt you'll be here much longer anyway.

He lasted about as long on the forum as Dustin did in the fight

Its fantastic to see Irelands fighters doing so well and making big waves, its also doing us plenty of favours in terms of getting the UFC back again when 10% of the tickets for tonight were sold to Irish fans travelling. As Conor says we arent there to take part we are there to takeover!

Kylo Ren · 28-09-2014 4:47am

Sweep Kick the leg, Cowboy.

That_Guy · 28-09-2014 4:48am

Alvarez's leg is gone. Can't get out of the way of his punches either. Eating a lot of punishment.

Witcher · 28-09-2014 4:49am

Also;

blackbelt1 · 28-09-2014 4:49am

this is probably my favourite ufc card of all time for about 5 different reasons holy ****

Tippex · 28-09-2014 4:51am

alvarez has taken some punishment to the left leg

MisterCadbury · 28-09-2014 4:52am

Cannot wait for post fight presser.....

Kylo Ren · 28-09-2014 4:53am

That was a great fight despite the finish.

bigron2109 · 28-09-2014 4:53am

MisterCadbury wrote: »

Cannot wait for post fight presser.....

Where can we watch that?

John_D80 · 28-09-2014 4:54am

Great fight. Well done both men. Cowboy Cerrone, holy sh1t, that man can take shots better than a heavy bag.

blackbelt1 · 28-09-2014 4:55am

a great fight cowboy really is a legend of the ufc that division is stacked to the absolute brim

adamski8 · 28-09-2014 4:55am

Can't wait for conors suit!

Duff · 28-09-2014 4:55am

That_Guy wrote: »

Anyone else feeling a little emotional right now or is it just me?

Pardew left?!

TouchingVirus · 28-09-2014 4:56am

Cerrone has a jaw of stone. He made mince meat of Alvarez in the second and third. Those kicks

Axwell · 28-09-2014 4:57am

bigron2109 wrote: »

Where can we watch that?

On the UFC you tube channel but it will be another half hour or so depending on the last fight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ea-reBkSE

That_Guy · 28-09-2014 4:58am

Duff wrote: »

Pardew left?!

That would make a great night even better pal.

shrewdness · 28-09-2014 4:59am

Dermighty wrote: »

I'm speculating that he got his BJJ brown belt.

https://twitter.com/John_Kavanagh/status/516072818581438464

Oregano_State · 28-09-2014 5:01am

Cerrone is real. I want too impressed with his preparation, seemed to be sieving more time wake boarding than training going by the UFC embedded episodes. Fair play to the guy though, Alvarez had answer to those leg kicks.

Axwell · 28-09-2014 5:05am

Oregano_State wrote: »

Cerrone is real. I want too impressed with his preparation, seemed to be sieving more time wake boarding than training going by the UFC embedded episodes. Fair play to the guy though, Alvarez had answer to those leg kicks.

He just killed my 6 fight accumulator by going to the ground at the end - needed him to win by KO and it was there for the taking if he just went for the finish. Raging over it considering he looked rocked early on and like he was going to get clipped. Great result for him though and hes making a nice run at the minute.

Andersonisgod · 28-09-2014 5:06am

Maybe I'm out of touch with the rap scene but this entrance sounds preposterous, like aggressive religious gangster rap.

blackbelt1 · 28-09-2014 5:06am

how confident is that? I was worried about them looking past poirier by having after partys booked in vegas and trips to brazil,now even a brownbelt ready for him winning thats some serious confidence great to see owen roddy in his corner not that we was needed inbetween rounds.

adamski8 · 28-09-2014 5:06am

Oregano_State wrote: »

Cerrone is real. I want too impressed with his preparation, seemed to be sieving more time wake boarding than training going by the UFC embedded episodes. Fair play to the guy though, Alvarez had answer to those leg kicks.

Yeah but i thought fighters do little mma training in their last week before fighting?!

Witcher · 28-09-2014 5:09am

Sherdog proclaiming that Aldo would take Conor down with leg kicks..guy pops up with this beaut;

Hard to leg kick someone when you're unconscious.

darced · 28-09-2014 5:11am

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John_D80 · 28-09-2014 5:14am

Oregano_State wrote: »

Cerrone is real. I want too impressed with his preparation, seemed to be sieving more time wake boarding than training going by the UFC embedded episodes. Fair play to the guy though, Alvarez had answer to those leg kicks.

Seriously??? You saw a short clip of him enjoying his downtime a few days before his fight, when he should not be training hard anyway, and you question his preparation??? UFC embedded covers at best the last two weeks of a fighters camp and even at that you probably got to see a cumulative total of 5 mins of Cerrone.

Crazy.

John_D80 · 28-09-2014 5:22am

Cariaso totally out of his depth here.

Oregano_State · 28-09-2014 5:23am

John_D80 wrote: »

Seriously??? You saw a short clip of him enjoying his downtime a few days before his fight, when he should not be training hard anyway, and you question his preparation??? UFC embedded covers at best the last two weeks of a fighters camp and even at that you probably got to see a cumulative total of 5 mins of Cerrone.

Crazy.

It was more his attitude than what was shown in the vids. Fair enough if you disagree but I'll call what I see.

That_Guy · 28-09-2014 5:23am

Beautiful kimura.

That_Guy · 28-09-2014 5:25am

Real pity that Jones/Cormier didn't go ahead. Cariaso was way out of his depth there.

John_D80 · 28-09-2014 5:26am

Oregano_State wrote: »

It was more his attitude than what was shown in the vids. Fair enough if you disagree but I'll call what I see.

What you saw in 5 mins of video. 5 mins out of what was probably a 10-12 week camp. But sure that's enough to make a judgement on his prep I guess.

blackbelt1 · 28-09-2014 5:27am

A joke of a title fight to be fair

DJ first thing he said was a shout out to the Irish fans

adamski8 · 28-09-2014 5:28am

That_Guy wrote: »

Real pity that Jones/Cormier didn't go ahead. Cariaso was way out of his depth there.

Well its not his fault but giving a number 8 fighter a shot in one of the most dominated divisions was a huge mistake

Oregano_State · 28-09-2014 5:29am

John_D80 wrote: »

What you saw in 5 mins of video. 5 mins out of what was probably a 10-12 week camp. But sure that's enough to make a judgement on his prep I guess.

Yes.

That_Guy · 28-09-2014 5:29am

adamski8 wrote: »

Well its not his fault but giving a number 8 fighter a shot in one of the most dominated divisions was a huge mistake

In fairness, he was never going to turn his nose up at it but overall a very enjoyable card.

John_D80 · 28-09-2014 5:35am

Oregano_State wrote: »

Yes.

Seriously??? You genuinely believe that a brief segment on UFC embedded is enough to form a considered opinion on a fighters training??

moneyman · 28-09-2014 5:42am

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

There's always a little tiny bit of doubt you feel when the fight is about to start. What if this happens? What if that happens?

Then he just comes out and lives up to it all and you're just like 'OK then'

Out of all the [great] posts I've seen since the victory, this might be the most apt. I was lucky enough to happen to watch the fight with a few of his SBG teammates, and I was shaking with nerves before the fight, along with the rest of the lads. Then he came out and just looked like he was having a stroll in the park.

Conor is something special. He may never win the title (I wouldn't bet against it to be honest, apart from his obvious elite talent the guy has a winner's mentality - the most impressive thing about him in my opinion), but what he has done for MMA in this country is asbolutely incredible. He deserves all the praise he gets and more. Extra bonus to see the usual begrudgers getting upset.

blackbelt1 · 28-09-2014 5:47am

If he never won another fight he would go down as an irish legend in my book,2 weight world champion before going to the ufc 3 first round knock outs and a dominant win with a blown acl you couldnt script it to be honest its great to see a man of the people make it big in vegas

and hopefully the other sbg lads gain confidence from his performance and do the business next week.

allotmoto · 28-09-2014 5:51am

blackbelt1 wrote: »

2 weight world champion before going to the ufc

Ah Jesus, reel it in pal.

I'm a bit disappointed I didn't get to see more of McGregor. His standup is outstanding but I would love to see him in there with Edgar or guida. He's no joke when he let's the hands go.

blackbelt1 · 28-09-2014 5:56am

allotmoto wrote: »

Ah Jesus, reel it in pal.

I'm a bit disappointed I didn't get to see more of McGregor. His standup is outstanding but I would love to see him in there with Edgar or guida. He's no joke when he let's the hands go.

Reel it in? why dont you head over to cage warriors and win the belts at two weights sure its easily done loads have done it handy bit of work for ya

allotmoto · 28-09-2014 6:02am

blackbelt1 wrote: »

Reel it in? why dont you head over to cage warriors and win the belts at two weights sure its easily done loads have done it handy bit of work for ya

They are good achievements but not world titles by any stretch of the imagination.

John_D80 · 28-09-2014 6:05am

Anyone know what the delay is with the post fight presser?? Stream usually starts a few minutes after the broadcast ends.

blackbelt1 · 28-09-2014 6:06am

allotmoto wrote: »

They are good achievements but not world titles by any stretch of the imagination.

For an Dublin fighter to win a single belt in that organisation was a huge achievement but to win 2 belts in that fashion is not to be over looked,since winning them hes 4-0 with 3 knocks outs in the ufc,not bad for a cage warriors fighter aye

Axwell · 28-09-2014 6:10am

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/516085987701583872

celticsfan · 28-09-2014 6:11am

John_D80 wrote: »

Anyone know what the delay is with the post fight presser?? Stream usually starts a few minutes after the broadcast ends.

They are all going through interviews on the post fight show on Fox sports 1.. Conor is up next, came into studio in a white suit and with a ufc belt lol

blackbelt1 · 28-09-2014 6:14am

first comment out of conor,I bumped into aldo coming out the octagon and he apologised and handed me his belt im the new champion hahahahahha

Axwell · 28-09-2014 6:16am

Tim wasnt happy understandably after the fight and confronted Romero. He also checked up the Nevada rulebook!

http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/9/28/6856073/tim-kennedy-confronts-yoel-romero-backstage-after-ufc-178

https://twitter.com/TimKennedyMMA/status/516085805853732864

Axwell · 28-09-2014 6:19am

Press Conference live now.

blackbelt1 · 28-09-2014 6:22am

performance of the night bonus for conor and cruz,fight of the night kennedy romero

200k for a few minutes work for conor officially.

Lenin Skynard · 28-09-2014 6:25am

Attendance tonight for their biggest card of the year in the world's fight capital: 10,000.

Will you come back to Dublin more often Dana? "No the arena is too small, it only holds 10,000".

UFC 178 - McGregor-Poirier**Tune in from 3:30 onwards to see McGregor

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