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JJayoo

evolving tipperary wrote: »

10th from inactivity.

Rankings...

Didn't you see the two fights they had... - this is not a conjecture or an imagining of how they go. They've been very very close fights...

The second fight was close because McG gassed, look at the first round of both fights when both guys are fresh and it's a slaughter.

Same as the first fight McG was absolutely gassed by the time Nate got the upper hand.

evolving tipperary

JJayoo wrote: »

The second fight was close because McG gassed, look at the first round of both fights when both guys are fresh and it's a slaughter.

Same as the first fight McG was absolutely gassed by the time Nate got the upper hand.

Gas or no gas - It's one - one! McGregor has a stand-up advantage. But Nate has an iron chin. And amazing cardio!

Can't get closer than that. One a finish for diaz - one on points!!!

They're very closely matched.

RDA fight really woke Nate up - been a different fighter since.

JJayoo

evolving tipperary wrote: »

Gas or no gas - It's one - one! McGregor has a stand-up advantage. But Nate has an iron chin. And amazing cardio!

Can't get closer than that. One a finish for diaz - one on points!!!

They're very closely matched.

RDA fight really woke Nate up - been a different fighter since.

So you said Nate was ranked 10th due to inactivity, where would you rank him? Who does he beat that's above him over 3 rounds?

evolving tipperary

I'd rank him 6 or 7 - i think he is dangerous opponent for anyone - he is no easy win for anyone. He has reach, durable, and he has a bag of tricks on the ground.

I think he finds a way to beat these guys:

6 Edson Barboza
7 Justin Gaethje
8 Anthony Pettis
9 Al Iaquinta

JJayoo

evolving tipperary wrote: »

I'd rank him 6 or 7 - i think he is dangerous opponent for anyone - he is no easy win for anyone. He has reach, durable, and he has a bag of tricks on the ground.

I think he finds a way to beat these guys:

6 Edson Barboza
7 Justin Gaethje
8 Anthony Pettis
9 Al Iaquinta

Did you watch how Gilbert Melendez faired against Barboza's leg kicks?? Even jeremy Stephens broke out the leg kicks when he fought Gilbert, and Diaz is way worse at not checking kicks.

Diaz plants that lead leg and does not check leg kicks, Barbozza and Gaethje would be the absolute worst match ups for him. Imagine that lead leg eatting 15-20 leg kicks from Gaethje in the first round.

I think 10th is about right.

Mean Laqueefa

evolving tipperary wrote: »

I'd rank him 6 or 7 - i think he is dangerous opponent for anyone - he is no easy win for anyone. He has reach, durable, and he has a bag of tricks on the ground.

I think he finds a way to beat these guys:

6 Edson Barboza
7 Justin Gaethje
8 Anthony Pettis
9 Al Iaquinta

Barboza and Gaerhje would ****ing destroy him with leg kicks. Grand scaps the other two

Zero-Cool

Good for Eddie, I'd say he got nicely paid for that.

https://twitter.com/YODCHATRI/status/1052038412172066817?s=19

ASOT

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Good for Eddie, I'd say he got nicely paid for that.

https://twitter.com/YODCHATRI/status/1052038412172066817?s=19

I wonder will he go straight into a fight with Askren? Because I assume he won't be able to make 155 with there weight cutting limitations. If he can id say he'd murder Nguyen.

Subcomandante Marcos

ASOT wrote: »

I wonder will he go straight into a fight with Askren? Because I assume he won't be able to make 155 with there weight cutting limitations. If he can id say he'd murder Nguyen.

Askren is the MW champion in One FC. They call it WW but it's 185lbs (they moved everything up one weight class but kept the names of the original Division, so LW is 170, WW is 185, etc). And he's essentially retired.

Subcomandante Marcos

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Good for Eddie, I'd say he got nicely paid for that.

Askren was a much smaller name joining and he made a few million + bonuses over his contract. He also got a lambo for one of his last fights, which I'm 99% certain he took the value of instead of the car, but still, nice little bonus.
6 fight deal at a minimum of 500k a fight + bonuses. He will clear 4 million all in from it. Not bad for beating up old Pride vets.

evolving tipperary

Mean Laqueefa wrote: »

Barboza and Gaerhje would ****ing destroy him with leg kicks. Grand scaps the other two

I'm not so sure about that. Gaethje and Barboza often lack belief against bigger names and fail to get the job done.

Leaving that standing leg out there is part of the Diaz game plan - come in close and I'll get ye. I'm not saying it's an amazing plan but plenty of times those legs have been kicked and they've gotten through.

Gaethje ain't too fight savvy - a wrestler who never uses wrestling.

I just believe Diaz would get the job done against them.

Tazzimus

Diaz just needs to walk Barboza down and crowd him, no kicks then. Same as what Khabib did to him, then unload with the volume punches and wear him down with pace.

yourdeadwright

Tazzimus wrote: »

Diaz just needs to walk Barboza down and crowd him, no kicks then. Same as what Khabib did to him, then unload with the volume punches and wear him down with pace.

Barbza has never beaten a top tier fighter, Diaz beats him ,
He also beats Gaethje   , who won't be around to long, his fighting style is shocking for his health and his coaches have no regard for him if they put together his game plans , The guy suppose to be a top wrestler but just gets his brains scrambled ever fight win or lose,

Subcomandante Marcos

Diaz would finish Barboza. He'd just do what he always does and walk him down with his hands up and crowd him with vume punching. Ditto Justin. He'll take a slap to get off 3 or 4 and just break them.

VW 1

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Barbza has never beaten a top tier fighter, Diaz beats him ,
He also beats Gaethje   , who won't be around to long, his fighting style is shocking for his health and his coaches have no regard for him if they put together his game plans , The guy suppose to be a top wrestler but just gets his brains scrambled ever fight win or lose,

The stand and bang thing is a definite choice for Justin, he spoke about it in an interview recently enough. He doesn't want to wrestle guys, he prefers to "put on a show" for the fans.

yourdeadwright

VW 1 wrote: »

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Barbza has never beaten a top tier fighter, Diaz beats him ,
He also beats Gaethje   , who won't be around to long, his fighting style is shocking for his health and his coaches have no regard for him if they put together his game plans , The guy suppose to be a top wrestler but just gets his brains scrambled ever fight win or lose,

The stand and bang thing is a definite choice for Justin, he spoke about it in an interview recently enough. He doesn't want to wrestle guys, he prefers to "put on a show" for the fans.

he's obviously not the brightest chap so, his chin will be shot in no time ,

rob316

Jesus what a piece of trash that Joe Brolly wrote.

Useful.Idiot

Gaethje knows how long his fighting style is gonna make his career last though he has talked about implementing his wrestling more in order to be more effective. In fairness too he didn't really take any damage in his last fight he just smashed Vick in over a minute.

yourdeadwright

rob316 wrote: »

Jesus what a piece of trash that Joe Brolly wrote.

The funny thing is every week a video goes around wats ap of a mass brawl at  a local GAA game, literally weekly , With fans and everyone involved

JJayoo

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Diaz would finish Barboza. He'd just do what he always does and walk him down with his hands up and crowd him with vume punching. Ditto Justin. He'll take a slap to get off 3 or 4 and just break them.

What are you basing this on?

Diaz has fought 6 times in the last 5 years and he's lost 3 of those fights. In the last 5 years he has only beaten Michael Johnson by decision, Maynard And McG, and McG was turning his face into dog food until he gassed.

Diaz gets beaten easily by Barbozza and Gathie

Mean Laqueefa

rob316 wrote: »

Jesus what a piece of trash that Joe Brolly wrote.

Taken from yesterdays Second Captains pod, Ken Early makes some funny comparisons between Gaa and MMA and the UFC aka Ulster Football Championship

Links to an old article here: https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/joe-brolly-if-jose-mourinho-burst-into-a-gaa-dressing-room-giving-out-it-wouldnt-be-milk-hed-be-hit-with-36414212.html

Some fun bits seems Joe likes reminiscing:

When I hurled for Dungiven, Lavey were our hated rivals. Liam Hinphey senior, our bloodthirsty manager, was wont to describe them as "the orange vermin".

with Hinphey fond of leaving the Dungiven door open and berating the Lavey players as they arrived. "Look at that cowardly bastard," or "I never knew ****e could stand so high Downey"

Lavey's Collie McGurk, all 5' 5" and nine stone of him, was playing centre half-forward on Brian McGilligan, all 6' 3" and 16 stone of him.

Shortly after the throw-in, Collie, who has always played as though he were the biggest, baddest man on the pitch, swung hard across McGilligan's knees, causing the big man to roar like a bull and hobble around in a circle for a moment or two. When the next ball came in, McGilligan drove across his waist, breaking Collie's hand. Collie, who is too small to roar, yelped and went to the sideline, where his stricken hand was wrapped in tape. A minute or so later, he was back welting McGilligan.

You should have stayed on your feet there son. That was embarrassing." At which point I got an almighty blow on the nose from the corner-back, knocking me backwards. The blood came scooting out of my nose. For the first and only time, I saw stars. As I tottered about in front of my attacker, Wee Pete came in and beat the face off him, fists going in a blur.

I should have warned you about your man Joe. He has anger issues." Ulster jerseys were usually souvenirs but this one was ruined, drenched in blood. As I was coming in the tunnel a thought occurred to me. I walked into the Munster dressing room. My face was a mess, the nose badly broken, the shirt dripping. I opened the door and looked around. The place went silent. I walked over to your man, pulled the jersey off and handed it to him. "You can wash it." The Munster boys exploded. I got out in one piece.

they battered the Rossa men from the throw-in, coming in late with knees and elbows up, hitting them off the ball and starting fist fights all over the field. Their supporters joined in, striking the Rossa men from behind.

A hypocrite and a ****

rob316

Thanks for that. A ****ing troll is all he is, his Twitter replies are hilarious. Shame kavanagh engaged him

Lukker-

GSP soing anything he can to avoid T Wood

Useful.Idiot

GSP is a master honey-dicker.

yourdeadwright

Lukker- wrote: »

GSP soing anything he can to avoid T Wood

More so I think he just wants to be the first 3 weight World champ

yourdeadwright

Lukker- wrote: »

GSP soing anything he can to avoid T Wood

More so I think he just wants to be the first 3 weight World champ

Paully D

Via a Russian site:

https://twitter.com/Lowkingpl/status/1052131343113564160

ricero

Makes sense for Khabib to cement his legacy by defeating Tony and then one more big money fight against GSP. Conor is done and dusted.

Ride off into the sunset as the goat

Paully D

https://twitter.com/usada_ufc/status/1052243362865180673?s=21

2 year ban for Brad Scott for cocaine use.

dulux99

Daniel Cormier said on Luke Thomas' show that he has an injured hand going into the Derick Lewis fight.

DC pushing those wolf tickets on us