Conor McGregor thread (MMA Talk Only - Read 1st Post Before Posting)

In a lot of ways it was his best performance considering Fight 1

What people don't say is that McGregor was injured in a few fights in his career.

He fought with a torn ACL for nearly 2 rounds against Holloway.

He was injured going into the Mendes fight.

Theres rumours his knee has never healed properly.

Lets not forget that Siver, Mendes and probably Aldo were juiced up.

And Conor?

Divisions are based on weight not height. Volk is short, but he's still a big FW. He was much stockier when he played rugby.
Max is close to 6', but obvious was much slimmer than FW of similar weight.

Height is co-realted to size, but it's hardly absolute. Look at all the massve 200lb+ bodybuilders that are significantly below average in height

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Ok so, you tell me what I'm thinking. You seem to know better

Conor McGregor was a very good fighter, with one world class performance in the UFC

If he hadn't have fought Mayweather, I think he had more in him, and could potentially have beaten Khabib, but we'll never know.

There is a reason he is talked about as "UFC's biggest star" rather than in any GOAT conversations. The man marketed himself incredibly well, and made the most out of his talent for a period of time.

I honestly think he would have beat Khabib if he never fought Mayweather ,

A few reasons he became to rigid, flat footed & boxing focused, He spent 2 years away from his sport in his prime,

Mostly because the money he made sent him over the edge, He was a different person, the alcohol & you know what changed him, He lost what made him a brilliant marital artist ,

The camp for Khabib was a absolute shambles fuelled by alcohol, Drugs & rage , misplaced at Khabib but really because his life was out of control , training schedules where a farce & he had a mess up foot to go on top of it, ,

Just watch the pre fight press conference gone was the clever witted smart Conor & it was replaced by a man full of rage & contempt

Anyone remotely close to anyone near him will tell you the Mayweather fight was the end of any serious MMA goals,for various reasons it all unravelled & he has never been able to put it all back together since,

Sure, his reach is great. Probably longest in the division. But a bit silly to say somebody belongs in different division due to reach.

“He made 145lbs, it’s a featherweight title shot”

“Yeah, but look at his arms, they belong in welterweight. Should be DQ’d”

100% to everything there. He went from living at the gym to living it up. If he walked away from MMA after Mayweather, he’d be remembered very differently now.

Instead, people are blinded by the shambles of recent years, and struggle to separate the two. I guess that’s in part due to some resentment over what could have been.

100% people close to him will tell you the same & he does have regrets sporting wise but fortunately for him he was so well managed & on the ball that financially it never hurt him at all ,

Every time since Mayweather that he has tried to get the head down & have proper go at MMA something mad has come up & stopped it & now he is too old to ever be what he could have,

We have to remember the guy fought to primary make money & he has done that better than anyone ,

Sad to see lads living in the past.

Must be tough for the millions of ex Mc Gregor fans all around the world to see the state of him now. Pulling out of fights, out of his head .he had it all .especially how to fight, but had zero class ,

"but look at all his money ,money money money"

He hasn't strung a coherent sentence together in years ,he's aged no end,cann9t fight. I never envied him and certainly don't envy him now.as for the all aligations of a certain nature .how come so many ?

"But all the money he made "

What an empty argument. Glad to see the back of that embarrassment.

Why would former fans find it tough now that his career went off the rails?
Nobody should be that invest mentally in a sports stars career. That goes both ways too, anyones source of joy being that Conor got injured and had to pull out, may need to talk to somebody. Sounds miserable.

"but look at all his money ,money money money"

He's obviously loads of money, but I don't anyone has tried to used that to justify the mess?

Strange post, nobody here is living in he past , its a conversation about how good he "WAS" & where it went side ways ,

Grown ups can separate the person to the athlete & speak about his place in the sport,

I doubt you'd find anyone you excuses him as a person ,

" but all he money he made" Its also a good topic on Conor because that was always the primary goal , unlike some other fighters, For example lads like Khabib & GSP was all about legacy & record first & nothing wrong with that ,No talk of moving up or wanting to take out other champs, When GSP eveneutllay did he need years to prepare & gain size afraid of losing ,GSP is probably my favourite fighter of all time but he was very careful ,

If Conor was like that he would have stayed at FW but he always wanted to push the boat out & make massive money fights & spectacles ,

Comments like yours are odd , fight fans like to watch fights & speak about them , what fighters do or don't do does not effect any of us or our lives or have any bearing on the person , I don't think anyone over the age of 10 is interested in a fighter outside of watching there fights , I'm not sure why people try to make it more complicated than that , makes you sound like your upset at people for no reason ,

There could possibly be an argument (which I don't agree with) of greatest featherweight. But weren't the last two Poirier fights at lightweight? So he has a 1-3 record in that division. Clearly nowhere near top 6

I suppose the logic of people who say that, is along the lines of; defending the belt, or even fighting at all. Doesn’t make you a better fighter/athlete. If you are the best, then you are the best, regardless of fighting or not. Fighting simply proves it to the world.

If you asked most people why the featherweight goats are? You probably get babes like Aldo, Max, Volkanovski, and maybe Conor.
Aldo had the streak. But lost to the other 3. Max list to the other two. Vols and Conor never fiubfht, but both beat Max and Aldo.

Of those 4, Conor was the only undefeated champ (at 145). But, the other 3 all defended their belts.
Too many variables, we’ll never know.