UFC 194: McGregor vs Aldo ***READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING***

Bandana boy

First off I am delighted for Conor and Irish MMA , great result for them both tonight.

I am a real blow in to MMA ,I know next to nothing about it , but tonight had me thinking .
With two (I am told) all time greats and first ballot hall of famers decimated with a simple enough left cross inside a month ,does it call into question the validity of the sport ?

ghostdancer

bobbyss wrote: »

Nice try?? Buddy??? I don't understand what you mean. I don't think it is fair to hit someone when they are down. It is cowardly and is nothing to be proud of. I have heard McGregor blowing his mouth off recently and wondered who he was. When I saw the clip of yesterday's eh ...fight I thought to myself what a load of cobblers. Handbags.

part of MMA is fighting on the ground.
you go until the ref stops the fight or its clear that the opponent can't intelligently protect themselves. you don't wait and check if someone is OK when a split second of hesitation matters.
McGregor was perfectly above-board and any MMA fighter would do the same.

clearly you aren't familiar with the sport or its rules at all.

Depp

McGregor via Decision

ghostdancer wrote: »

part of MMA is fighting on the ground.
you go until the ref stops the fight or its clear that the opponent can't intelligently protect themselves. you don't wait and check if someone is OK when a split second of hesitation matters.
McGregor was perfectly above-board and any MMA fighter would do the same.

clearly you aren't familiar with the sport or its rules at all.

or youre trolling

jimmii

Aldo via Submission

Bandana boy wrote: »

First off I am delighted for Conor and Irish MMA , great result for them both tonight.

I am a real blow in to MMA ,I know next to nothing about it , but tonight had me thinking .
With two (I am told) all time greats and first ballot hall of famers decimated with a simple enough left cross inside a month ,does it call into question the validity of the sport ?

Why do you think that? Boxing has many such fights in the past and no one has really questioned that at all.

Bandana boy

jimmii wrote: »

Why do you think that? Boxing has many such fights in the past and no one has really questioned that at all.

I am not sure you have any of the greats of Boxing decimated so simply before .

Bar maybe a Tyson v Buster , but that was as much about things outside the ring.

bur

bur wrote: »

. I hope Conor fights as often as he says he will.

Realistically it just boils down to wear and tear.
If you're in bruising battles then it doesn't matter what he wants.

Given last nights fight though he could clearly go again very soon.

He made a point about enjoying the moment more in the build up to this.
With that in mind and given his new found status it's not wise to try rush through fighters as the rein might only come once and he should look to fight at a champs rate.

markc2951

Frankie edgar next..another ko inbound

jimmii

Aldo via Submission

Bandana boy wrote: »

I am not sure you have any of the greats of Boxing decimated so simply before .

Bar maybe a Tyson v Buster , but that was as much about things outside the ring.

It is more likely in MMA for sure just the nature of the game. 4oz gloves make a huge difference.

Tyson v Spinks would probably be the closest its going to happen in any combat sport.

Standman

McGregor via Decision

The audio from McGregor's corner during the KO is something special.

mailburner

Aldo via Submission

would love to see conor step up and take on someone like pettis
either that or frankie would be great

on the other hand if khabib ever comes back...getting a bit ahead of myself

Easy Rod

mailburner wrote: »

would love to see conor step up and take on someone like pettis
either that or frankie would be great

on the other hand if khabib ever comes back...getting a bit ahead of myself

Pettis us not a step up. If Conor fights at 155 it's for a title against cowboy or Rda.

Swashbuckler

Aldo via Submission

Standman wrote: »

The audio from McGregor's corner during the KO is something special.

Link?

JustTheOne

Easy Rod wrote: »

Pettis us not a step up. If Conor fights at 155 it's for a title against cowboy or Rda.

He looses his reach advantage but apart from that it wouldn't be that different.

Standman

McGregor via Decision

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Link?

There's an option to listen to it on the official ppv stream, don't know where to get it elsewhere. Might be on youtube somewhere.

empacher

Genuinely. Do we need to have two threads for events mc gregor is on. One for people who watch mma. One for people who watch mc gregors fights.

Some what like the game of thrones forums. Two threads each show. One for book readers, one for non book readers.

80s Child

Aldo via Decision

Long time lurker who knows SFA about MMA, obviously as my name is on the top of that ****ing list but anyway, what a night!!

Got up at 3.30 and was down to see from Gunnar's fight onwards; Rockhold was serious, from the embedded series I wasn't sure about him, I felt that he was saying things for himself almost.

To the main event, and I'll be honest, my interest in MMA has really been sparked by McGregor over the last few years. Yeah, you'd watch a GSP fight or something, but Connor is the one who really intrigued me and yet, I still went for Aldo. I felt that if it was the first time around that Connor would have taken him but that this time Aldo would have enough. How wrong I was.

Watching the TUF finale episode when Uriah brought Jose to the camp and Connor didn't know; when they faced off Connor just said to him 'Let's really do it this time' as they shook hands and still I went for Aldo!!

On the dance teacher dude, I can't remember his name, it's the week before the fight, I thought it was a great idea to just stay loose and relax. Having played ametur sport for years, you always know the manager/trainer who hasn't a clue who runs you the week of a big game!

Finally, congrats Connor. It has been my ambition for many years to go to a big fight in Vegas and I always thought it would be a boxing match, but I'm sure it'll be one if his!

Graceful in victory and extremely respectful. The king is dead, long live the king!.

Easy Rod

Bandana boy wrote: »

First off I am delighted for Conor and Irish MMA , great result for them both tonight.

I am a real blow in to MMA ,I know next to nothing about it , but tonight had me thinking .
With two (I am told) all time greats and first ballot hall of famers decimated with a simple enough left cross inside a month ,does it call into question the validity of the sport ?

No. Not in the slightest.

jimmii

Aldo via Submission

empacher wrote: »

Genuinely. Do we need to have two threads for events mc gregor is on. One for people who watch mma. One for people who watch mc gregors fights.

Some what like the game of thrones forums. Two threads each show. One for book readers, one for non book readers.

The AH thread weeds out a little bit of it doubt two in the one forum would help much.

VisibleGorilla

Aldo via Decision

Standman wrote: »

The audio from McGregor's corner during the KO is something special.

It's very interesting when Aldo enters the octagon too,

Kavanagh: "Doesn't want to be here..... doesn't want to be here".

And I'd agree with him 100%. Aldo was nervous and that combined with his horrible plan to stand ended up with him going asleep.

TherapyBoy

Paully D wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tZn2CeXFHQ

Loving this video, I've watched it about 20 times. Reaction of the teams both ways are great but Bruce Buffers pure-shocked jaw dropping & Joanna Champion & TJ Dillashaw in the background are brilliant. Loved seeing Chuck jumping around at ringside all through the night also, such great audience interaction.

Sofiztikated

FINISH HIM!!!

jimmii

Aldo via Submission

TherapyBoy wrote: »

Loving this video, I've watched it about 20 times. Reaction of the teams both ways are great but Bruce Buffers pure-shocked jaw dropping & Joanna Champion & TJ Dillashaw in the background are brilliant. Loved seeing Chuck jumping around at ringside all through the night also, such great audience interaction.

Its a brilliant video! Really sums it up without even seeing the fight the second row guy in Aldos corner is really not happy!

empacher

jimmii wrote: »

The AH thread weeds out a little bit of it doubt two in the one forum would help much.

Theres being about 20 pages since the fight ended. 50% questioning the validity of mma as a sport. 25% calling aldo a bum. 20% regulars defending the sport. The 5% of real conversation is lost in the mess.

Suppose its only going to get worse. :rolleyes:

empacher

jimmii wrote: »

Its a brilliant video! Really sums it up without even seeing the fight the second row guy in Aldos corner is really not happy!

You can actually pinpoint the moment his heart breaks.

mrcheez

mrcheez wrote: »

So have the English press claimed him as fully British yet?

jimmii wrote: »

That was about a year ago? Move on ffs.

Not quite, they just lumped him together with the UK so said a fighter from "United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland".

Winning the top crown, they'll claim him fully as their own :rolleyes:

That_Guy

Alternative Aussie commentary on the fight... Fairly sweary.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=474743962650734

Means Of Escape

Conor Mc Gregors mouth writes checks his body CAN cash !!

Well done Conor

califano

What a win chooo choooo!

xtal191

McGregor via Decision

Joanna celebrating, love it!

XsApollo

Any portugese speakers here?
I was reading somewhere some comments
That what the translator said wasn't what Aldo said and he was more humble than the translator made him out to be.