Official Conor McGregor thread (part 5) *Read Mod Note in Post 1*

WanderlustIre

dulux99 wrote: »

Absolutely. I think the days of ultra active McGregor are in the past, especially with baby #2 on the way.

I believe they will strip him alot quicker this time, but I think we will see Conor Tony fairly soon after Khabib if he gets the win. That will be everyone who has pitted against Conor.

WanderlustIre

dulux99 wrote: »

Absolutely. I think the days of ultra active McGregor are in the past, especially with baby #2 on the way.

I believe they will strip him alot quicker this time, but I think we will see Conor Tony fairly soon after Khabib if he gets the win. That will be everyone who has pitted against Conor.

dulux99

WanderlustIre wrote: »

I believe they will strip him alot quicker this time, but I think we will see Conor Tony fairly soon after Khabib if he gets the win. That will be everyone who has pitted against Conor.

I reckon if Diaz beats Poirier then the trilogy fight is a nailed on certainty, probably this time next year.

WanderlustIre

dulux99 wrote: »

I reckon if Diaz beats Poirier then the trilogy fight is a nailed on certainty, probably this time next year.

I fancy Dustin to stop Nate.

bur

dulux99 wrote: »

Absolutely. I think the days of ultra active McGregor are in the past, especially with baby #2 on the way.

What gave it away?

dulux99

bur wrote: »

What gave it away?

Obviously he hasn't fought in any capacity in the last year but that's because he made 100m last year - I believe there are people that think that since he's back in the UFC he'll start fighting 3 times (or more) per year again.

jammiedodgers

I'd say they'll try do Conor GSP somehow if he wins

clsmooth

WanderlustIre wrote: »

I fancy Dustin to stop Nate.

Good fighter but think he’d need to win a decision against him. Not easy espiecally over 5 rounds

Ultimate Seduction

WanderlustIre wrote: »

I believe they will strip him alot quicker this time, but I think we will see Conor Tony fairly soon after Khabib if he gets the win. That will be everyone who has pitted against Conor.

He never beat Frankie though. Crooked UFC let him duck Frankie ...

Porthallian

clsmooth wrote: »

Good fighter but think he’d need to win a decision against him. Not easy espiecally over 5 rounds

It's a 3 round fight

pastorbarrett

If Conor beats Khabib, there's no way he fights Tony next. There simply won't be enough momentum or money to lure him - GSP is more likely, Nate is more likely, even Floyd 2 is more likely. Of course this is to say nothing of the meritocracy of him fighting Tony...

Conor now responds to public appetite, which can be equated with $$$ and sense of spectacle. Khabib has fared well in this respect, building momentum successively for quite some time to reach this point of fever pitch - undefeated / unequivocally mauling opponents/ 205 backstage confrontation and cage-side 'smash your boy'/ dolly incident to name a few.

I think it's fair to say that, for once, an opponent of Conor's has put in as much leg work as he has promotion wise and deserves the pay-day.

Edit: should add, I still believe he fancies his chances against Woodley. If he still has 170 belt come end of Sep, I think he'll take a shot at him...

Tazzimus

pastorbarrett wrote: »

Edit: should add, I still believe he fancies his chances against Woodley. If he still has 170 belt come end of Sep, I think he'll take a shot at him...

And be murdered I'd imagine. Woodley is a big lad and has serious power.

Zero-Cool

Conor and Neil having the craic

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1030901369950097410?s=19

JJayoo

clsmooth wrote: »

Good fighter but think he’d need to win a decision against him. Not easy espiecally over 5 rounds

IMO Nate gets absolutely battered. Legs will be kicked to bits like in every other fight.

sonofenoch

McGregor never beats the next man, never ever always a bad match up .......or certainly the one after that always is

creeper1

Isn’t it the case that much of the persona portrayed by Conor, stabanimal and Dillon Danis fake?

I don’t know any of them but presumably it’s all intended to whip up interest in their fights.

Gonad

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

He never beat Frankie though. Crooked UFC let him duck Frankie ...

He toyed with Max Holloway
Toyed with Dustin Poirier
Knocked out Chad Mendes after injuring his knee she everyone else would have pulled
And knocked out Jose ****ing Aldo with one punch

But yea he was avoiding Frankie , afraid of his life of him was Conor .

The Nal

Gonad wrote: »

He toyed with Max Holloway
Toyed with Dustin Poirier
Knocked out Chad Mendes after injuring his knee she everyone else would have pulled
And knocked out Jose ****ing Aldo with one punch

But yea he was avoiding Frankie , afraid of his life of him was Conor .

The Holloway fight was where he did his ACL. His knee has never healed properly apparently.

akelly02

Gonad wrote: »

He toyed with Max Holloway
Toyed with Dustin Poirier
Knocked out Chad Mendes after injuring his knee she everyone else would have pulled
And knocked out Jose ****ing Aldo with one punch

But yea he was avoiding Frankie , afraid of his life of him was Conor .

Turn on your sarcasm detector there mate

Gonad

akelly02 wrote: »

Turn on your sarcasm detector there mate

Maybe you need to turn yours on also 😉

EagererBeaver

Gonad wrote: »

akelly02 wrote: »

Turn on your sarcasm detector there mate

Maybe you need to turn yours on also 😉

Nah, pretty sure everyone else's is fine and you just missed the joke.

It's ok though, jokes generally don't seem as funny when you need to have them explained to you.

jcd5971

Gonad wrote:

He toyed with Max Holloway Toyed with Dustin Poirier Knocked out Chad Mendes after injuring his knee she everyone else would have pulled And knocked out Jose ****ing Aldo with one punch

Gonad wrote:

But yea he was avoiding Frankie , afraid of his life of him was Conor .

Whoosh

akelly02

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Nah, pretty sure everyone else's is fine and you just missed the joke.

It's ok though, jokes generally don't seem as funny when you need to have them explained to you.

Is that pointed at me or gonad?

ricero

Just seen Weidman vs Rockhold rematch is on the ufc 230 card.

ufc 230 >>> ufc 229

EagererBeaver

akelly02 wrote: »

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Nah, pretty sure everyone else's is fine and you just missed the joke.

It's ok though, jokes generally don't seem as funny when you need to have them explained to you.

Is that pointed at me or gonad?

Him

seanboylan87

Gonad wrote: »

He toyed with Max Holloway
Toyed with Dustin Poirier
Knocked out Chad Mendes after injuring his knee she everyone else would have pulled
And knocked out Jose ****ing Aldo with one punch

But yea he was avoiding Frankie , afraid of his life of him was Conor .

Whooooooosh....

In fairness lads, the thread is occupied primarily by McGregor fans..Probably not a place for your more subtle nuanced humour..

ASOT

[Deleted User] wrote: »

In fairness lads, the thread is occupied primarily by McGregor fans..Probably not a place for your more subtle nuanced humour..

Threads a mess as it normally is when a fights announced.

Inviere

Deleted User wrote: »

In fairness lads, the thread is occupied primarily by McGregor fans..Probably not a place for your more subtle nuanced humour..

Really? There's a lot who leave their bias to the side when posting about him, and either rightly slate him or praise him depending on the context...they're the best type of posts to read. Then there's the rabid fanboys, I don't see huge swathes of them here. Similarly, there's those who profess to hate him but spend an inordinate amount of time posting about him (they're filed firmly in the closet-obsessed section), and then there's trolls. It's a reach to state his fans are predominant here.

dulux99

Inviere wrote: »

Really? There's a lot who leave their bias to the side when posting about him, and either rightly slate him or praise him depending on the context...they're the best type of posts to read. Then there's the rabid fanboys, I don't see huge swathes of them here. Similarly, there's those who profess to hate him but spend an inordinate amount of time posting about him (they're filed firmly in the closet-obsessed section), and then there's trolls. It's a reach to state his fans are predominant here.

Couldn't agree more. I'm actually sick of reading how this thread is totally crazy - it's not. For the most part it's well educated discussion amongst seasoned MMA fans. Of course lots of people in the thread are McGregor fans - I consider myself a huge McGregor fan, yet I was very critical of him (as most were) during his hedonistic days. He's an Irishman who's reached the absolute peak of his sport - there's very few Irish men who do that. He's without doubt Irelands most famous athlete ever and that's something to be proud of.