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UFC 257 |OT| - Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier
- Thread starter TheDestructiveSquirrel
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Justin also got the meanest leg kicks in the game, any weight class, so......
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Why isn't the YouTube link really live? Dana is saying stuff that the reporters tweeted out 5 minutes ago lol
RDA VS Conor makes a lot sense now tbh
But Conor had trouble with leg kicks today and Justin is the best at it..
I really not that high of Gaethje so maybe I'm biased lol, but that dude don't have good loss resume at all
But Conor had trouble with leg kicks today and Justin is the best at it..
He figured he would take him out before the leg kicks start to effect him.
The only problem is, I don't believe for a second that Conor will be properly active ever again.
If I had to guess, he'll be gone for 8 months and then book a very winnable fight (like he did with Cowboy) for Q4 2021, pick up the W and then talk about 'the King being back' in the post-fight and will ask Dana for a title / title eliminator fight. Hype cycle repeats.
Agreed, but it isn't a total write off I think yet? Hope he will become a regular again because what he said you just cannot do this part time. But a Connor in form is a good fighter, maybe not the best anymore.. But nice to have in the sport?
But yeah I think today he underestimated his opponent and wanted a quick knock down.. Didn't get it and then had nothing else he could do? It wasn't his best fight I totally agree with you :p
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lol Dana hates the back flips off the top of the cage, he thinks someone is going to blow out their ankles and knees
I mean, it is really stupid and someone is going to inevitably get hurt. You'd think Chandler of all people would avoid that shit lol
asking hypothetically.
At some point you have to come to the realization that he isnt what he used to be.
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I feel people are hoping to see the old Conor and that guy ain't walking through the door anymore in my opinion.
He has the ability to connect and turn lights out like Chuck Liddell but MMA is much more than that as you know. Conor has holes in his game that fighters seemingly are exploiting with ease as time goes on. I don't see improvement I see regression.
At some point you have to come to the realization that he isnt what he used to be.
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I feel people are hoping to see the old Conor and that guy ain't walking through the door anymore in my opinion.
He has the ability to connect and turn lights out like Chuck Liddell but MMA is much more than that as you know. Conor has holes in his game that fighters seemingly are exploiting with ease as time goes on. I don't see improvement I see regression.
I'm worried someone will slip and break their neck like that one professional wrestler did.
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Yea for sure
Like when Kendrys Morales broke his leg after hitting a grand slam when his teammates mobbed him at home plate lol
You ever see the video of that amateur wrestler that slightly jumped off the ropes and broke both of his legs (I think they may have been amputated). I get what he's saying.
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Oh for sure, it's just funny that he brought it up
I used to watch wrestling all the time and remember lots of injuries or near misses that would have broken a neck or a back or something
I don't think anyone is arguing that he is what he used to be. He's 33. He's at the end of if not past his athletic prime, like all athletes at that age are regardless of how much coke they did or how inactive they are. But does that make him washed up? No. Does that mean he can't compete for a title? Maybe, but a lot of that depends on the division and if Khabib is done that division is suddenly a lot less scary and suddenly it depends a lot more on how things break a certain way for one fighter over another. I don't think its out of the realm of possibility that he can compete with most of the top guys in the division. At least not yet.
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Really depends here, Conor was pretty eager to fight more last year but covid and UFC stuffing him around. If the UFC try to cash cow Conor some more I can see that happening. If they let him fight with the frequency that he wants (he wanted to do 2-3 times last year from memory) and rebuild we'll see him in contention again IMO.
I agree on some of the points that Conor is not the same as he used to be, but tossing out that he is 3-3 in his last six is a little silly.
Two of the losses are to former champs, and the other was against someone he ended up beating the next time out.
Honestly, I'm not sure where he stands in the division now. He's still a good fighter, but 155 is a tough division.
Two of the losses are to former champs, and the other was against someone he ended up beating the next time out.
Honestly, I'm not sure where he stands in the division now. He's still a good fighter, but 155 is a tough division.
I really hope to see an active Conor McGregor again. As much as I dislike the man, there was nothing like the regular Mac show. I just have reasonable doubts.
He watched Gaethje almost kill himself, I guess
he doesnt look like a top contender to me at all.
I would put a fair amount of money on any upcoming fights vs top 3 or 4 in the division.
Maybe he gets it turned around and proves me wrong but I wasnt impressed with his strategy or execution or defense tonight.
I would put a fair amount of money on any upcoming fights vs top 3 or 4 in the division.
Maybe he gets it turned around and proves me wrong but I wasnt impressed with his strategy or execution or defense tonight.
He kicked the shit out of it. It doesn't take more than a few direct shots to really fuck up someone's leg.
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But when they landed, they landed very, very hard. Could see it getting red, fast.
conor said in the post-fight that the kick was givin' him trouble
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Not really. Not after seeing him look swole at 170.
Dustin looked considerably bigger than him.
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