The Official Conor McGregor Thread

NoStatsGuy · Post #81 » by **NoStatsGuy** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:00 pm

lilfishi22 wrote:RDA would push the pace, close the distance then smother the F out of McG. Dana doesn't want none of that.

If Cerrone somehow wins, then they make that McG/Cowboy fight for sure.

thats what they say before every MCG fight. conor is right until proven wrong.. at least in my book

REDDzone · Post #82 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:14 pm

RottenApple wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:RDA would push the pace, close the distance then smother the F out of McG. Dana doesn't want none of that.

If Cerrone somehow wins, then they make that McG/Cowboy fight for sure.

thats what they say before every MCG fight.

Is it?

Susan · Post #83 » by **Susan** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:17 pm

Pettis is mentally weaker than Conor (IMO, sorry Berman). Conor finds a way to finish RDA....Khabib on the other hand...

REDDzone · Post #84 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:27 pm

Conor, to me, seems like he is as strong or stronger mentally than anyone in the sport. I have a hard time seeing him finish RDA though, at least not the RDA who fought Pettis/Cerrone. If the RDA who got finished by Guida or Dunham shows up, then who knows? lol

Susan · Post #85 » by **Susan** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:58 pm

I mean, Aldo was unflappable before Conor.

He got into Aldo's head and made him fight stupid. RDA is already getting annoyed by everybody calling him Frankenstien and calling him a cheat.

Frankie is Conor's hardest fight outside of Khabib in both divisions. I'd bet on Frankie Edgar against pretty much anybody else in the sport in a test of wills.

NoStatsGuy · Post #86 » by **NoStatsGuy** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 6:01 pm

REDDzone wrote:
RottenApple wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:RDA would push the pace, close the distance then smother the F out of McG. Dana doesn't want none of that.

If Cerrone somehow wins, then they make that McG/Cowboy fight for sure.

thats what they say before every MCG fight.

Is it?

not exactly this. with aldo it was kicks and power/quickness, with mendes it was wrestling. they had anything what would beat conor, but it just didnt happen it was always like conor predicted it.

and with RDA that he cannot finish him. How canu even say that? After this weekend

Like i said. in my book conor is right until proven wrong. RDA will probably breake at some point either in the prefight media stuff, etc. or while the fight. I dont see anybody beating this Fighting IQ at the moment

REDDzone · Post #87 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 7:12 pm

Susan wrote:Frankie is Conor's hardest fight outside of Khabib in both divisions. I'd bet on Frankie Edgar against pretty much anybody else in the sport in a test of wills.

How do you see Ferguson vs Conor?

REDDzone · Post #88 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 7:19 pm

RottenApple wrote:and with RDA that he cannot finish him. How canu even say that? After this weekend

Please show me where I said Conor cannot finish RDA. Just because I don't think its likely doesn't mean I don't think its possible. You seem to like to exaggerate.

Conor is amazing, he throws straight and hard and CAN finish anyone from fw up to ww. That doesn't mean that's the likely scenario or what I think will happen.

Jasen777 · Post #89 » by **Jasen777** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 7:46 pm

At this point I don't know if I could favor anyone at 155 over Conor. RDA, maybe, but if Conor's power translate well to 155 (which quick finishes of Aldo and Poirier argue it will) then he doesn't need a loot of strikes to change the fight. RDA could win if he can hold Conor down long enough to do some serious damage, which is possible though. I'd probably favor a healthy Khabib if we had one. Ferguson vs. Conor could be pure insanity, Ferguson has taken has survived some big shots and he could certainly submit Conor on the ground. Maybe I'm underestimating RDA given his record though. And I wouldn't count strikers like Cowboy and Pettis out, but I think I'd have to favor Conor over them right now. Henderson and Masvidal both take Conor to a split decision :wink:

I think the wrestling question is still out there for Conor, Mendes was too small/short notice/beat up to control him on the ground, but that doesn't mean that some one his own size couldn't (I also wouldn't be surprise at refs giving Conor quick standups). Also Conor gets hit a decent amount, sooner or later he'll get dropped (though it could be very much later), he took some shoots from Mendes who has decent power for a FW, but we haven't seen Conor take shots from guys his own size with good power.

REDDzone · Post #90 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:21 pm

You guys know I'm a 155 homer. I always have been. I think its going to be tough for ANYONE to dominate there. I saw something awhile back that had Cruickshank as like the 50th rated UFC lw or something similar. I feel like that dude would be much higher ranked in other divisions.

Post #91 » by **lilfishi22** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:49 pm

RottenApple wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:RDA would push the pace, close the distance then smother the F out of McG. Dana doesn't want none of that.

If Cerrone somehow wins, then they make that McG/Cowboy fight for sure.

thats what they say before every MCG fight. conor is right until proven wrong.. at least in my book

In my book, as great as McG has been, he isn't "proven" to that point of an GSP, Silva, Jones and all the other great champions who have gone through years and years of destroying the toughest competition to be "right until proven wrong"

GSP has beaten some of the best strikers, power punchers and grapplers in the world. So has Silva, so has Jones and so has Aldo. Multiple times.

Mendes took on Conor on short notice and still managed to take Conor down multiple times. RDA is not only significantly bigger, he's also a better, more versatile striker than Mendes.

McG has beaten one wrestler. If he beats another great grappler then I could give him the "right until proven wrong" status. But until then, I think RDA doing all the things I mentioned above could absolutely happen. Does that mean RDA will wreck Conor? No. It just means it's a super risky fight and I could see Dana not wanting to give him that match ups.

GetBuLLish · Post #92 » by **GetBuLLish** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:11 am

REDDzone wrote:
Susan wrote:Frankie is Conor's hardest fight outside of Khabib in both divisions. I'd bet on Frankie Edgar against pretty much anybody else in the sport in a test of wills.

How do you see Ferguson vs Conor?

If and when Ferguson and McGregor fight, I believe it will go down as one of the greatest UFC fights of all time.

Book it.

Susan · Post #93 » by **Susan** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:31 pm

REDDzone wrote:
Susan wrote:Frankie is Conor's hardest fight outside of Khabib in both divisions. I'd bet on Frankie Edgar against pretty much anybody else in the sport in a test of wills.

How do you see Ferguson vs Conor?

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH6Guj2-2kg[/youtube]

Doesn't have that confidence that Conor does. He's a savage, no doubt but he seems to lack that mystical something that the greats all seem to have.

REDDzone · Post #94 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:46 pm

IDK, I'm a big believer at this point. It is tough though because Conor is so precise and Tony eats shots so that is big in Conor's favor. That said, if he got his arm around Conor's neck like Chad did, its light out, 100%!

NoStatsGuy · Post #95 » by **NoStatsGuy** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:18 pm

lilfishi22 wrote:
RottenApple wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:RDA would push the pace, close the distance then smother the F out of McG. Dana doesn't want none of that.

If Cerrone somehow wins, then they make that McG/Cowboy fight for sure.

thats what they say before every MCG fight. conor is right until proven wrong.. at least in my book

In my book, as great as McG has been, he isn't "proven" to that point of an GSP, Silva, Jones and all the other great champions who have gone through years and years of destroying the toughest competition to be "right until proven wrong"

GSP has beaten some of the best strikers, power punchers and grapplers in the world. So has Silva, so has Jones and so has Aldo. Multiple times.

Mendes took on Conor on short notice and still managed to take Conor down multiple times. RDA is not only significantly bigger, he's also a better, more versatile striker than Mendes.

McG has beaten one wrestler. If he beats another great grappler then I could give him the "right until proven wrong" status. But until then, I think RDA doing all the things I mentioned above could absolutely happen. Does that mean RDA will wreck Conor? No. It just means it's a super risky fight and I could see Dana not wanting to give him that match ups.

not talking about his trackrecord as a fighter. hes right with his predictions and analysy. Im trusting conors words until hes proven wrong. Thats all im saying

Jasen777 · Post #96 » by **Jasen777** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:35 pm

So let's just say that Conor KO's Dos Anjos in the first round and wins his next couple of fights. How much power can he get? Can he launch his own promotion company like some boxers have? Forced the UFC to co promote?

Susan · Post #97 » by **Susan** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:02 am

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CfFvtSUDA0[/youtube]

I thought that this was a pretty cool breakdown of Connor's confidence. Not sure if you guys are into this sort of thing but I am a big believer in this process.

REDDzone · Post #98 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:20 am

How much do you think his confidence has to do with that bones dust?

Susan · Post #99 » by **Susan** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:56 pm

REDDzone wrote:How much do you think his confidence has to do with that bones dust?

https://streamable.com/jorg

Post #100 » by **Headliner** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 10:31 pm

I do the same thing he's doing all the time. It's not an anxiety thing in the form society would label it, more like an ADHD type thing where you feel like you have energy ripping through your body. I'm a bouncy, fidgety dude. Always shifting, humming a tune in my head, shaking my leg, twiddling my thumbs etc. I stay away from caffeine because even a little bit gets me bouncing. Dude has energy drinks running through him, I wouldn't doubt he's just flying on a redbull high. I wouldn't suggest he is a coke head because of any of those things above.