McGregor-Diaz 2 press conference...hype or for real?

[stankowalski]

http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_0n5anf0c

A lot of times things like this are staged but I'm thinking this is for real.  Of course that's what they'd want you to think when they are marketing the fight.  I hope McGregor buries him.  He would have buried him last time if his stamina wasn't poo.

[Moorgan]

I'll be watching. Can't get the Panthers game so I'll record it off of NFL Network and watch it later. Saturday night is all about UFC for me. :)

[Still Brooklyn]

I want to see that Irish clown get punked again but won't be buying it this time. The rest of the card is too weak. Will watch on the interwebs.

[frash.exe]

I hope they come out and pull their pants down and dock for fifteen minutes just to piss off everybody who pays money to see this fight

because I hate mma 

[stankowalski]

8 hours ago, Still Brooklyn said:

I want to see that Irish clown get punked again but won't be buying it this time. The rest of the card is too weak. Will watch on the interwebs.

Again?  LOL.  McGregor was whipping his ass pretty good until he just ran out of gas.  He was pretty stupid for thinking that he could carry that power up and it still be as effective.  I think he learned his lesson and won't be an idiot this time.  

[Still Brooklyn]

I think you watched that fight with Connor Glasses on. Both men took a licking and Connor was made to look like a stooge (not the GOAT like everyone claimed). He got schooled by a better fighter ... which says a lot about what hype can get someone like Connor.

[stankowalski]

3 minutes ago, Still Brooklyn said:

I think you watched that fight with Connor Glasses on. Both men took a licking and Connor was made to look like a stooge (not the GOAT like everyone claimed). He got schooled by a better fighter ... which says a lot about what hype can get someone like Connor.

If you can look at that fight up until Diaz got the choke out and say that Diaz was winning you're insane.  McGregor was the aggressor.  McGregor was landing more shots.  McGregor was landing harder shots.  

Look I'm not trying to take anything away from Diaz he showed a lot of heart after taking an ass whipping to come up with the win.  He's no punk.  

What I see though is that if McGregor were in better aerobic shape he'd have won that fight.  It takes a lot to move up in weight in any pugilistic sport.  10 pounds is a huge difference even in sports like football.  McGregor mistakenly thought his power would translate to the light heavy weight division and it didn't.  If he were smart...#1 he'd not try to go to the ground with Diaz like he did in the last fight and #2 he'd train for a long fight.

[stankowalski]

Obviously this was a much better fight since it went the distance.  McGregor owned him for about a round and a half.  Then it's like he just ran out of steam again.  Diaz stood in there and weathered getting knocked down a few times.  Then he became the aggressor for the next couple of rounds.  I thought the fight was fairly close but I would give the edge to McGregor overall.  If Diaz would have taken McGregor down earlier he probably would have won but he couldn't do it until the fight was all but over.

[Still Brooklyn]

I thought it was a draw. Had Connor not got those two knockdowns in R2, Nate may have won. Fun fight. Connor needs to work on his cardio BIG time. Nate is and always will be a second tier fighter but I still am not impressed with Connor. I think sans another freak KO, Aldo destroys him if they rematch.

[rodeo]

Conor had rounds 1, 2, and 4. First round was clear, Nate didn't even touch him and got destroyed. Second round, Conor knocked him down twice, outstruck him overall, but gassed out and Nate had a late flurry. In rewatching it, the flurry was lesser than I thought it was live. It was super exciting at the time, but it was actually just mostly slaps without any power behind them. Not enough to steal the round after getting knocked down twice and outstruck. Then round 4 was just Conor picking his shots and outboxing Nate, who was struggling bad with blood in his eyes.

One of the best fights in UFC history either way.

[stankowalski]

30 minutes ago, Still Brooklyn said:

I thought it was a draw. Had Connor not got those two knockdowns in R2, Nate may have won. Fun fight. Connor needs to work on his cardio BIG time. Nate is and always will be a second tier fighter but I still am not impressed with Connor. I think sans another freak KO, Aldo destroys him if they rematch.

I'm not sure it's fair to call it a freak KO when he knocks people down and out on a regular basis.  

[rodeo]

Aldo is a non factor, imo. There's no money in that for Conor. I think he should vacate the 145 belt and his next fight should be Alvarez, or do the Diaz trilogy.

Aldo can fight Holloway.

[stankowalski]

On 8/21/2016 at 3:26 AM, rodeo said:

Aldo is a non factor, imo. There's no money in that for Conor. I think he should vacate the 145 belt and his next fight should be Alvarez, or do the Diaz trilogy.

Aldo can fight Holloway.

Agreed.  Get the money while you can.  This fight was a hell of a fight... at different points in the fight I thought both fighters were done.   They both deserve another fight and more money.