UFC 246 McGregor vs Cerrone Sat Jan 18th (See first post)

ASOT

Great fight that, absolutely decimated Cerrone and it looks like he took his time to 170 and seemed alot better at weigh ins compared to the Nate fight. It will be interesting to see what he does from here.

Would be interesting to see what he weighed in the octagon.

.ak

Shoulder of death. I’ve seen shoulders used in a clinch against the fence, but never in the middle likevthar. Caught him by surprise.

Loved cowboys level change immediately, stiff eh? But equally loved Conor’s leg splay to stop the take down. Lots to analyse in 40 seconds in fairness. Interesting all together. Can McGregor take the zen thing into the next camp? Would love to see some sort of legacy in the making, like him or not.

.ak

ASOT wrote: »

Great fight that, absolutely decimated Cerrone and it looks like he took his time to 170 and seemed alot better at weigh ins compared to the Nate fight. It will be interesting to see what he does from here.

Would be interesting to see what he weighed in the octagon.

You reckon less or more?

ASOT

.ak wrote: »

You reckon less or more?

I'm not sure, could have been slightly over maybe. I don't buy the whole 'He ate a big meal to make 170' stick people had been saying this week.

He looked phenomenal anywyay, few more months hard training and he could have a few good fights at 170.

simongurnick

McGregor via Submission

Great year ahead

macnug

McGregor via Submission

Id like to see him fight Gaethje next then the winner of khabib fergenson

Outlaw Pete

McGregor via Submission

Stream for post fight presser ... not live just yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7phXYYG5v0

mrkiscool2

macnug wrote: »

Id like to see him fight Gaethje next then the winner of khabib fergenson

I think he will wait to see the winner of Khabib Ferguson. Him vs Ferguson is a more money fight than him vs Khabib honestly.

Outlaw Pete

McGregor via Submission

Post fight stream above is live now ....


Cowboy's grandma was great.


https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1218780570874007552

theballz

Cerrone was well past it. Dana now pushing the Khabib rematch - suicide for Conor.

ElBastardo1

McGregor via Submission

Ones things for sure, his fan base in Ireland has collapsed. Judging by the number of posts here tonight.

It'll be interesting who he fights next. I presume it will be more of a challenge than Cowboy gave tonight. Masvidal needs to leave that stupid belt at home. He looked like a gob ****e.

eggy81

Dana seems only interested in Conor v khabib 2. Personally I'd much rather see him win another fight or even 2 more before that possibility arises for him. Not sure against who though. He looked explosive tonight in the short duration of the fight. Maybe his future is at 170 for now and wait for khabib to move up too.

Mellor

ElBastardo1 wrote: »

Ones things for sure, his fan base in Ireland has collapsed. Judging by the number of posts here tonight.

It'll be interesting who he fights next. I presume it will be more of a challenge than Cowboy gave tonight. Masvidal needs to leave that stupid belt at home. He looked like a gob ****e.

I dunno, lots of random posters turning up asking questions.
Will we see the same for Khabib v Tony? Doubt it, which is a shame as it’s the more interesting fight.

I reckon the BMF belt could become the 165 title. They’d be insane not to.

Outlaw Pete

McGregor via Submission

March might be a good time to get that Nate trilogy fight out of way.

RoyalCelt

I like the sound of the BMF title becoming the 165 belt and Welterweight moving to 175. I think Mcgregor vs Masvidal for that would outsell the khabib fight. Would also be the perfect division for Mcgregor vs Diaz 3.

RoyalCelt

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Khabin in Moscow would be awesome at some stage.

I'd prefer a hotel myself.

irishguy1983

ElBastardo1 wrote: »

Ones things for sure, his fan base in Ireland has collapsed. Judging by the number of posts here tonight.

It'll be interesting who he fights next. I presume it will be more of a challenge than Cowboy gave tonight. Masvidal needs to leave that stupid belt at home. He looked like a gob ****e.

Yeah I remember boards used to be lit up when a McGregor fight was out!!!

Don’t know much about Cerrone but he seemed very laid back/disinterested in lead up to fight....Not particularly hungry...Maybe that is his usual way?? Or maybe he had leg injury?

Mellor

Man, this has me cracking up. The head on young Nate

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7NdyMGlxJS/?igshid=8eb21805smn3

EagererBeaver

"mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Him vs Ferguson is a more money fight than him vs Khabib honestly.

UFC 229 was the biggest selling ppv in MMA history.

ElBastardo1

ElBastardo1 wrote: »

Ones things for sure, his fan base in Ireland has collapsed. Judging by the number of posts here tonight.

It'll be interesting who he fights next. I presume it will be more of a challenge than Cowboy gave tonight. Masvidal needs to leave that stupid belt at home. He looked like a gob ****e.

Hard to get behind that scumbag

RasTa

Nice easy fight back. If he gets khabib next, he gets destroyed again. No chance he wins anything at 170 either

walshb

Very difficult to assess the performance. Cerrone is not near his peak. Old and worn...

The fight was set up for him to get the win..

Nothing from that fight tells me he is an elite at WW...

155 still best suited for Conor!

Went as I expected. Cerrone's weaknesses just match up too well with Conor's strengths. Everybody knew it. I would have liked a longer fight to see Conor's supposed new stance and improved boxing.

When he was putting Donald away against the cage immediately after the headkick and knee, I thought he threw a few awkward looking shots with his left hand. Throwing them awful hard against skull and with a funny angle in his wrist. You saw it better in the replay. Having broken his hand a couple of times recently i'd be a bit concerned about it. Not saying it's broke but something to keep an eye on.

ricero

McGregor via Submission

Thank god I didn't stay up for that.

Cowboy is some bottler and bum. Gaethje also knocked him out in first round. Some people going on like McGregor knocked out Godzilla.

sc86

Not as salty as i expected here this morning , still early yet

bunderoon

RasTa wrote: »

Nice easy fight back. If he gets khabib next, he gets destroyed again. No chance he wins anything at 170 either

Dana wants one last PPV payday out of Conor before he discards him. So ensure he gets an easy win in Cowboy (and whoever is next) and then go for the Khabib v Conor 2.

Conor ****e-acting raised the value of the UFC hugely. Job done. No need to pretend that he's some kind of exceptional fighter anymore.

Standman

Impressive comeback from McGregor.

ASOT

I take it Herrigs been released? The hate is unreal.

https://twitter.com/feliceherrig/status/1218768077157851136?s=19

https://twitter.com/feliceherrig/status/1218768668072394753?s=19

bunderoon

bunderoon wrote: »

Dana wants one last PPV payday out of Conor before he discards him. So ensure he gets an easy win in Cowboy (and whoever is next) and then go for the Khabib v Conor 2.

Conor ****e-acting raised the value of the UFC hugely. Job done. No need to pretend that he's some kind of exceptional fighter anymore.

He is an exceptional fighter. Champion at 2 different weight classes. KOs in 3 different weight classes.

A loss to Khabib is hardly a big deal. Plenty of top MMA fighters have 5 or more losses.

Effects

Deleted User wrote: »

A loss to Khabib is hardly a big deal. Plenty of top MMA fighters have 5 or more losses.

A second loss to Khabib is a big deal though. Dana won't let that happen surely.
And Conor won't want to lose 2 out of his previous 3 fights, and derail his money making opportunities.

RasTa

He has enough money now, dunno why he was still plugging his whiskey. Unless he wants to go Mayweather wealth

Effects

Effects wrote: »

A second loss to Khabib is a big deal though. Dana won't let that happen surely.
And Conor won't want to lose 2 out of his previous 3 fights, and derail his money making opportunities.

He’s best avoiding Khabib for now alright. It would be ideal for him if Tony beat Khabib. Not that I think that will happen.

RickDeckard

Maybe Conor will redeem himself.

Apart from all the rest of the crap he is an amazing fighter and that was a hell of a display. Fair Play to him.

McGregor via Submission

Cowboy should retire. He has a young family now and has money in the bank.

Stoner

Good win.
Given the opposition something fast and powerful was needed to help with the restoration

rob316

Jesus I expected atleast a round from cowboy.

His Nan done better in the clinch with Conor

Conor looked good but I can't read much into that fight.

0gac3yjefb5sv7

Anywhere to watch the main card replay?

McGregor via Submission

LOL! What a waste of his father's money.

https://twitter.com/ODDSbible/status/1218853646437437440

LuckyLloyd

Deleted User wrote: »

LOL! What a waste of his father's money.

https://twitter.com/ODDSbible/status/1218853646437437440

I don't think his father has anything to do with his wealth acquisition!

Whelo79

[Deleted User] wrote: »

LOL! What a waste of his father's money.

https://twitter.com/ODDSbible/status/1218853646437437440

Good enough for him. He's an awful tool.

EagererBeaver

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I don't think his father has anything to do with his wealth acquisition!

His father has everything to do with it. He didn't come from nothing.

Agree with the above statement, good enough for the twat.

LuckyLloyd

Excellent performance from McGregor, blew him away. Looked really fast and sharp. Said all the right things after the fight and looks back in a much better frame of mind.

Of course, the relatively lower volume of posting says it all. For many of us he is now impossible to root for given what we've heard. How true it all is or rather to what extent it may be accounted for criminally doesn't really matter: he is changed in many eyes irreversibly.

Nonetheless this was exactly what he needed: a dominant performance against a decent opponent following a note perfect camp and cycle of media handling. We'll see how long he keeps it up.

LuckyLloyd

EagererBeaver wrote: »

His father has everything to do with it. He didn't come from nothing.

Agree with the above statement, good enough for the twat.

No fan of his social media but he has certainly taken his trust fund places over the years! But anyway, beside the point for this thread. No sympathy for him dropping a ton of cash either.

Homelander

Good performance from McGregor. Obviously we all know Cowboy is past his best but I didn't expect a one-sided beatdown like that. Those shoulders were just incredible - completely busted him up from those very unorthodox strikes. And to take him out with a head kick of all things. Yeah, gotta respect that McGregor performance. Wish we'd seen a longer scrap though so we could get a better idea of what/how he's changed or what his cardio is like.

snotboogie

[Deleted User] wrote: »

He’s best avoiding Khabib for now alright. It would be ideal for him if Tony beat Khabib. Not that I think that will happen.

I think Tony is a bad match up for Conor. He's like a much better Nate Diaz

LollipopJimmy

People are reading too much into the low volume of posting. Personally I normally post of fight nights/weeks but curtailed it this time around cos I can't cope with the trolling etc here.

Whelo79

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

People are reading too much into the low volume of posting. Personally I normally post of fight nights/weeks but curtailed it this time around cos I can't cope with the trolling etc here.

Same here. I was reading through the forum inbetween fights but wasn't posting. There weren't as many trolls so expected though.

sonofenoch

snotboogie wrote: »

I think Tony is a bad match up for Conor. He's like a much better Nate Diaz

Conor 'bad match up' McGregor!


Will he ever be anyone else's bad match up? I mean ever

magic_murph

McGregor via Submission

StringerBell wrote: »

That makes no sense, this product isn't worth 30 but pay the 30 because you get other products for the price of your subscription that are overall of superior quality.........which you will get whether you give them the 30 for this or not.... Just watch it illegally, it isn't a ppv quality card and no way in hell will I be paying for it anyway.

Best 30quid I have spent in a while. Looking forward to watching the rest of my pre-paid fights throughout the year.

sonofenoch

sonofenoch wrote: »

Conor 'bad match up' McGregor!


Will he ever be anyone else's bad match up? I mean ever

Conor is a bad match up for anyone that doesn’t have an iron chin or insane ground skills.