Even if he just pretends to go for a high knee or something?Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
Even if he just pretends to go for a high knee or something?
The only way there's even a remote possibility of McGregor throwing a kick or whatever is if he gets badly rocked and starts fighting on instinct, and even then it's probably more likely he'd go in for a takedown, like he did with Nate.
I think the only reason it's even being talked about is that McGregor knows he's not just giving up the ability to actually kick by taking on a boxing match. In MMA his opponent has to be on the lookout for kicks, knees, takedowns, and elbows, and getting into a clinch is vastly different. That split focus is half of what lets McGregor slip his left hand in through the guard, and he's giving that up as well as fighting in bigger gloves that allow for a far more effective guard, so I think there's some mind games going on with McGregor and co introducing the idea that he might fuck up and just boot Floyd's head off.
Part of me would be highly amused if he just used it as an excuse to beat the shit out of Mayweather. Sod the rules and the money I'm clearly harder than him sort of thing.
That would be awesome.
As would the 400 stone of minder that landed on him moments later.
It would be absolutely wonderful. It's probably the only way everyone can lose. Mayweather gets knocked out and the record setting win has an asterisk beside it, McGregor gets shot and killed within a fortnight, and the riot in the immediate aftermath of the fight would be such that nobody would ever think of putting on this sort of circus again.
The web have memes of floyd being KO'd on standby. Its probably been like that for about 8 years now. Waiting to unless them to the world.
It'll be a boring shitfest of defensive pap versus a slow, inexperienced clown who'll lose every round on points.
McGregor is in no way slow.
I watched side by side training vids. He's slow.
Watch some of his actual fights.
He's not slow.
The one side by side training video I've seen was nothing but those pad routines, and you can't adequately judge a fighter's hand or head speed from those. The sports lab that had Ronaldo putting free kicks through windows tested his reflexes, hand speed, etc, and he came out top in just about every test they put him through.
The hype for this fight has been highly entertaining for the boofhead part of my brain.
I've enjoyed it. Toronto was brilliant.
They have sold me I'm definitely purchasing PPV.
Couple questions for the ufc heads.
What fight should i watch of connors that show his boxing skills
in ufc, they do 5-5 minute rounds. Is connor fitter than the usual 3-12 minute rounds in boxing or is it all the same
Has connor fought a high level boxer in the ufc
Is connor really the best boxer in the ufc
Has connor got genuine punching power or is it because they wear gloves with little resistance
Start with Nate Diaz 1 and 2.
His combinations to finish Eddie Alvarez was beautiful. For genuine knockout power, go watch him sit Jose Aldo on his arse after 13 seconds.
According to someone in the comments:
2:06:55 - McGregor intro
2:11:25 - Mayweather intro
2:16:12 - Staredown 1
2:19:00 - Bryan speech
2:22:20 - Some brooklyn guy
2:24:25 - Stephen Espinoza
2:26:45 - Dana White
2:27:15 - McGregor
2:27:47 - 50 Cent's a bitch
2:29:40 - Racism
2:33:15 - Leonard Ellerbe
2:33:50 - Mayweather
2:35:20 - Tapout
2:35:50 - Make it rain
2:37:10 - A fuckable job
2:37:50 - Mayweathers bodyguards surround McGregor
2:42:48 - Final face off
His first UFC fight was probably his most impressive demolition job in pure boxing terms. There's a bit of kicking and kneeing, but most of the heavy work is him shifting in and out of range beautifully and landing some crisp uppercuts. That and the Alvarez fight are the ones to watch.
In endurance terms he's probably in the bottom half of UFC fighters, but I reckon that will put him roughly on par with your average boxer.
Nate Diaz has excellent traditional boxing, but he's adapted it to suit his fighting style in MMA so it looks seriously unorthodox, with all his 'Stockton Slap' carry on. Watch the first Diaz fight for a demonstration of the drawbacks in Connor's style against a boxer, his open guard means he's actually pretty easy to hit if you time it properly.
Nope. Alexander Gustafsson is the best boxer in the UFC.
He has incredible punching power. The gloves don't make a huge amount of difference to the amount of force your opponent will feel on the end of a punch, they're about protecting your hands.
That video is a shambles. They've really gone too far down the circus route.
Ill watch the fights recomdned by john and waffdon
In regards to punching power. Surely floyd has faced harder punches in boxing. Corrales, mosley, canelo, maidana all punch savage.
If anything, this has just made Dana White somewhat popular for once.
Just watched the London circus. This is all awful. Its like some bad wwf
I watched the two diaz fights. Connor has a nice little style but he seems to tire at times. I imagine from the punishment they take from leg and ground work also. I can see why people feel he can win. His punch game highlights are good too
I refuse to believe that this 'fight' won't be scripted.
I've watched all the press conferences now.
I loved them all bar the one in New York which was just strange, primarily because of Conor's choice of clothing.
Eubank is having a go at least.
http://buffstream.com/watch/boxing.php
Ridiculously good stream quality
McGregor is a lad.
I'm a twit
Sky are apparently going to charge ninety quid for the Mayweather fight on PPV.
A hundred and thirty if you don't have Sky Sports.
I was tempted to buy it, even though I know it's going to be an absolute farce. You couldn't justify £90, though.
That's ridiculous. Can't be true, surely? Hopefully I can get a good stream.Will have probably resubscribed to Sports Mania by then.
I'm a twit
What a disgrace. I wish people would just shun the whole event.
I was going to buy it but hahahahahahahahaha.
I've never know a PPV to cost more here than the US though so it surely can't be right.
If it is though
That's madness, there'll be plenty of streams though, there always are.
£90.Fucking hell.
No one will buy that. You'd have to be a fucking idiot. You could buy your kid 30 meals for that.
You do get the impression they may have overplayed their hand slightly at £90.
You fellas are being robbed apparently we are only being charged $90/£54. I'd happily pay that because Pubs aren't the most fun for big boxing or MMA PPV's.
Won't it be on at about 11 in the morning over there (I seem to recall the Hatton fight being on around that time)?
I can only assume the pricing on this is some sort of population control pre-screening.
Usually big fights are anywhere between 12 midday and 2pm. I like that time but hate all the amateur combat Sports bogans it brings out of the gutter. I've been to one of my inner city locals that is usually a hippy/feral lefty pub for McGregor v Diaz two and it was a backs to the wall affair.
It cant be more than the USA price. That is usually $90-$100 I think. What was the price of the mayweather vs pacman fight in the UK. It was less than £50?
Yeah, I think it was maybe £40.
What a fucking waste of money. Imagine paying double that for a fight between a bum and an old man.
Mayweather v Pacquiao was only £20
Streaming.
I dont understand why it would be so much, if those prices are correct. Floyd and pacman both walked away with over $100m each and given the numbers ive saw for the press conferences. This fight should blow the floyd/pacman fight out the way. It should do over 5m ppv in USA.
Those UK prices cant be correct. I dont like to count peoples money, but this is a complete money grab.
I'm shocked to hear the not-official fight between the famous semi-retired boxer and the famous MMA fighter is being described as 'a complete money grab'.
Everyone knew the fight itself was a cash grab about six months before it was even announced. He's describing Sky's supposed pricing for the PPV buy in those terms, not the fight.
Was Mayweather v Pacquiao considerably more expensive than a normal PPV? I wasn't around for it, but I've never seen a Sky PPV cost more than thirty quid, and I think only one that cost more than twenty.
Google claims it was £19.95 back in 2015
http://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/32040337
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