FYI much better cardio for Conor of would improve his odds at winning. If he can sustain the same pace for 5 rounds, then he can spam his kicks for 5 rounds. If he tires in 2, then he is a slice of tiramisu for Khabib again.
Conserving his energy won't do much against Khabib, he needs to stay active not the other way around. What you said is true, just by doing runs he won't improve his cardio enough for Khabib, he needs to roll with somebody that won' t ass kiss him in the gym, and prepare him for a real situation.
Well, you know this better than me so I won't say too much. I didn't think about the injury risk, thought that a neck cranck was just painful.
Anyway, I'm really disappointed in how little Conors developed over the last couple of years. I can't respect him again unless he beats Khabib.
For sure.
The way Kavanagh broke down the podcast was that, Connor expected to be taken down, and he didn't expect to stand up. He was telling Connor to "play guard" if he gets taken down, you see how that went. Overall, despite all the trash talk I don't think Connor believed he can beat Khabib other than the KO (judging how he moved in the fight).
And I really don't think the tap was weak. He was in a nasty head crank with a Russian that hates him and can hurt his neck really badly and put him out for a long time and you can bet that shit has lingering effects. Once again, you can see his head was already turned and Khabib has 2 hooks in and Connor was going face down, all it needed was a proper little rotation from Khabib and it's bye-bye to Connor for a LONG time. If it was a blood choke I understand this sentiment, but when it comes to anything else, trying to tough out a submission to prove a point is the dumbest thing one could do.
Hmm now you're actually underestimating him, because it's not laughable to consider him close to being the best. The guy was a double champ for a reason and he got great fighters on his win list.
absolutely. Connor is legit top 3/4 fighter. honestly I see him losing only to khabib and Tony. I really think Connor ko's lee. lee has a glass jaw. connor vs al iaquinta would be tough fight but he should get through it as he is more of a standup guy. He already destroyed Poirier and i believe Poirier got starched my michael Johnson not too long ago. Nate could pose problems but he did solve it in the past so I am quite positive about his chances versus nate should they fight for a third time. watch out for Dan hooker though. he is an elite fighter on the rise. He is more than capable of beating guys like lee, Poirier and even gaetje perhaps.
not just this fight. even in the Woodley fight. it looked like they wanted till to win so bad lmao. but he got wrecked everywhere by GOAT Woodley. Not even prime gsp beats current Woodley. Woodley under roofus is an animal.
still don't know how wonderboy survived the choke by Woodley in the first fight. I mean Woodley is a brown belt so he should be quite good at those type of chokes.
Hmm now you're actually underestimating him, because it's not laughable to consider him close to being the best. The guy was a double champ for a reason and he got great fighters on his win list.
absolutely. Connor is legit top 3/4 fighter. honestly I see him losing only to khabib and Tony. I really think Connor ko's lee. lee has a glass jaw. connor vs al iaquinta would be tough fight but he should get through it as he is more of a standup guy. He already destroyed Poirier and i believe Poirier got starched my michael Johnson not too long ago. Nate could pose problems but he did solve it in the past so I am quite positive about his chances versus nate should they fight for a third time. watch out for Dan hooker though. he is an elite fighter on the rise. He is more than capable of beating guys like lee, Poirier and even gaetje perhaps.
McGregor is the #2 lightweight in the world and would knock out any other lightweight/featherweight not called Khabib.
I believe the only reason he lost to Khabib was because of the time spent away from the Octagon. Taking 2 years out and returning to fight the best fighter in the world straight away is complete madness. That would never happen in Boxing. Also, he's clearly overindulged in his time away and age has also started to catch up with him.
I think if he'd fought Khabib immediately after Alvarez he would've had a good chance of knocking him out. He was much more powerful, faster and sharper back then.
One thing I wasn't surprised to see was Khabib dropping McGregor. Conor used to have a rock chin but taking clean shots from the best Boxer in the world for 10 rounds and getting stopped clearly lowered his punch resistance. Just ask Jose Aldo
There is so much off here.
1. He is not the number 2 LW - he's 50% in the division and there's really no reason to rank him above Tony. There is another LW that he fought against twice and didn't knock out in either fight - some even argue he lost both fights.
2. Conor would've lost this 2 years ago. Ring rust is not the huge discrepancy for this, he was never going to keep up with Khabib on the floor and his cardio was never something special. He was training for Mayweather last year and was training after it as well - don't think he wasn't in the gym. You don't forget to kick or punch. Any type of rust you have is gone within the first few sessions. He's 30, just like Khabib. Khabib spent 2 years away with knee injuries and nothing changed.
If anything 2 years without serious wear and tear in fight camps are beneficial since he still was training.
3. Are you seriously implying he lost his chin after Floyd played around with him a bit? Floyd isn't exactly a power puncher. Khabib caught him with a classic wrestler overhand right, that drops most people, especially if they're exhausted as Conor was.
UFC 230
DC vs Lewis for the HW title is the main event
Lol I can see that your MMA knowledge is as weak as your football knowledge...
1) McGregor knocked out the reigning Lightweight champion at the time and had the gumption to face Khabib. Tony has never held the full title and pulled out of fighting Khabib numerous times. In fact, Dana even said that he would never sanction that fight again. Also, the fight against Nate Diaz was fought at 170lbs so is irrelevant to this discussion. However, if you think he won the second fight after getting dropped 3 times and outlanded in 3/5 rounds (with 1 round even IIRC) you need to visit the optician ASAP.
2) How can you seriously say a 2 year absence from the sport is not a significant factor in the loss? Even commentators, media and casuals were saying McGregor looked a shadow of his former self. Do you really think Floyd would take a 2 year absence from Boxing and jump straight in the ring with Errol Spence/Terence Crawford? That would never happen. He would have a tune-up fight or two before fighting the best fighters in the division which is exactly what McGregor should've done.
Like I said, McGregor looked extremely sharp, powerful and fast during the Alvarez fight (aka the opposite of rusty) so if he'd fought Khabib immediately after he could've knocked him out.
3) Do you really think taking clean shots from the best Boxer of his era for 10 rounds had no effect on McGregor's chin? From round 4 of that fight Floyd was landing at will and Conor was blocking punches with his head. Even McGregor said Mendes shouldn't have fought Frankie Edgar after getting stopped by him as he needed time to recover his punch resistance. The same applies to McGregor and also Aldo who got stopped in back to back fights after Conor stopped him. Also, Khabib knocked down McGregor early in round 2 so he was hardly tired.
Connor was not off. khabib made him look off. it's a huge difference. khabib is just thay good. khabib drained his gas tank. Connor needs to work on rolling with someone that can pressure and grapple like khabib and not dildo anus who is not a pressure chain wrestler whatsoever. DC is the guy you want to train with and khabib trains with him so that's the issue here.
Gsp wants absolutely nothing to do with him.
That's a load of shite. GSP will fight anybody now as long as he is getting payed.
He said he doesn't take fights anymore that don't reward him financially in a big way. If the UFC would pay up, he would fuck up Woodley.
GSP is the G.O.A.T.
P.S: watch his JRE latests podcast to understand his mindset.
he has repeatedly ducked Woodley. it's a fact. He won't fuck up Woodley because Woodley is the toughest matchup for him. You saw what Hendricks did to him? Woodley is even better with more power, better footwork, wrestling, speed advantage and strength. Gsp won't be able to take him down.
If gsp is the GOAT then Woodley is the best fighter in WW's history.
he has repeatedly ducked Woodley. it's a fact. He won't fuck up Woodley because Woodley is the toughest matchup for him. You saw what Hendricks did to him? Woodley is even better with more power, better footwork, wrestling, speed advantage and strength. Gsp won't be able to take him down.
If gsp is the GOAT then Woodley is the best fighter in WW's history.
doesn't matter if he doesn't have his resume. All I know is that Woodley would clean gsp's chin out if they ever fight.
Nope. tyron has much better wins overall now. gsp's best win was Condit, shields and the hendricks fight which he clearly lost. Go look up sherdog and mma fighting scoreboard for that bout.
Woodley would beat all of them. Gsp was afraid to fight even Robbie Lawler who got flatlined by Woodley. Woodley is better than the juiced to the gills version of Hendricks. The Woodley that lost to shields and Rory dint have a head coach and it's been well documented. He was purely a wrestler at the time. He has drastically improved under din thomas and doofus. His footwork, speed, ability to pace himself, power level and boxing has vastly improved. Funnily enough Hendricks ducked Woodley too lol.
I respect gsp but he beat a lot of bloated LWs and mediocre one dimensional fighters barring the three that I mentioned. Nick Diaz is extremely one dimensional. Dan hardy is a joke. alves and koschek is a fodder.
doesn't matter if he doesn't have his resume. All I know is that Woodley would clean gsp's chin out if they ever fight.
Nope. tyron has much better wins overall now. gsp's best win was Condit, shields and the hendricks fight which he clearly lost. Go look up sherdog and mma fighting scoreboard for that bout.
Woodley would beat all of them. Gsp was afraid to fight even Robbie Lawler who got flatlined by Woodley. Woodley is better than the juiced to the gills version of Hendricks. The Woodley that lost to shields and Rory dint have a head coach and it's been well documented. He was purely a wrestler at the time. He has drastically improved under din thomas and doofus. His footwork, speed, ability to pace himself, power level and boxing has vastly improved. Funnily enough Hendricks ducked Woodley too lol.
I respect gsp but he beat a lot of bloated LWs and mediocre one dimensional fighters barring the three that I mentioned. Nick Diaz is extremely one dimensional. Dan hardy is a joke. alves and koschek is a fodder.
I'm on the Woodley hype train so I'd say that he'd smash him. And GSP is totally ducking him, went to MW to fight Bisping and last I heard he wanted to go to LW to fight Conor - fighters perfectly suited for his game.