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I'd rather they sit on the trilogy for a bit, and do Aldo vs Holloway for the FW belt and Alvarez vs Conor for the LW belt. Nate can just wait and fight the loser of Eddie vs Conor (most likely Conor).
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maffew buildings posted:really impressed conor answered the cardio question by showing he could go five rounds and run a 5k during the fight to boot 300k well spent. I mean this very sincerely.
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maffew buildings posted:really impressed conor answered the cardio question by showing he could go five rounds and run a 5k during the fight to boot lol
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LobsterMobster posted:Im surprised that conor wasnt deducted a few points for timidity No you aren't
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kensei posted:Oh goddamit I do not want the trilogy! I know, that fight sucked!
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Dangersim posted:Are you surprised, motherfuckers? Mean Bean Machine posted:Embarrassing bro
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Bubba Smith posted:I'd rather they sit on the trilogy for a bit, and do Aldo vs Holloway for the FW belt and Alvarez vs Conor for the LW belt. Nate can just wait and fight the loser of Eddie vs Conor (most likely Conor). This. Conor proved he can hang against bigger dudes at 170, but I'm still sure elite Welterweights like Condit, Lawler, and Wonderboy would murder him.
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Great PPV. Two contenders for KOotY and one for FotY is pretty good value for money.
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Google Butt posted:if they dont do the 3rd fight next its never going to happen Didn't BJ and Hughes have a trilogy fight later on?
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You guys were all fine with gus doing the same thing against dc iirc
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He expended too much energy and got tired
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Dangersim posted:You guys were all fine with gus doing the same thing against dc iirc He lost that fight
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Google Butt posted:if they dont do the 3rd fight next its never going to happen which I would be fine with because while this fight was close (I scored it 3-2 for McGregor) I think a 3rd fight would be lopsided for Conor. Conor fought the right kind of fight to beat Diaz and now that he knows it works he could just keep dialing it in.
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Conor is never making 145 again. He's going to try for the 155 belt and if he gets it he'll hold onto the 145 belt just long enough for the photo op
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One part of me enjoys the awesome fight for what it is, but the other part of me is frustrated because it needs to know which punchman is better at punchmanning.
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I don't want to see the trilogy if it holds up the belt. If he vacates, I don't really care if they want to stroke those two's egos.
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UnfurledSails posted:One part of me enjoys the awesome fight for what it is, but the other part of me is frustrated because it needs to know which punchman is better at punchmanning. Theyre called fighters
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I enjoyed that fight until Conor gassed and nate was blind in one eye and it turned into a cripple fight. I still don't buy McGregor as a "great fighter". He has good hands and knocks out little dudes. I wanna see him fight at 155.
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Bubba Smith posted:which I would be fine with because while this fight was close (I scored it 3-2 for McGregor) I think a 3rd fight would be lopsided for Conor. Conor fought the right kind of fight to beat Diaz and now that he knows it works he could just keep dialing it in. Yup. Both Diazes are the same combination of extreme strengths and weaknesses, and anyone who can learn to abuse their weaknesses should beat them consistently. I think in a rematch Conor wouldn't be so cavalier about Nate's reaching shots to the body, abuse his terrible mobility even better, and focus even more on cutting him up to win a dominant decision. It's not like Nate is going to become a different fighter after 10 years of being focused entirely on his one style.
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Fun night! Poor Glover got Rumbled. Nate Diaz is too real for this sport.
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Fluffdaddy posted:I enjoyed that fight until Conor gassed and nate was blind in one eye and it turned into a cripple fight. I still don't buy McGregor as a "great fighter". He has good hands and knocks out little dudes. I wanna see him fight at 155. He is a great fighter who put an awful lot on the line to prove he could win a rematch of a fight he definitively lost in a way few people thought he could (on points)
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FOTY thus far. It's so awesome when these heavily built up fights end up delivering. I think I had 1 for Conor, 2-3 for Nate, 4 for Conor and 5 for Nate, but I was pretty heavily Nate biased and could easily see 2 going either way/draw. Sadly I agree that now Conor has solved the Diaz problem it might be a less compelling rematch, but maybe Nate won't get blinded/train with injuries/whatever he said earlier. Conor will still have gas problems too... I think Nate also said "until then [the third fight], I'm out"? Nate and Conor have got the UFC dancing in the palms of their hands, it rules
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Fluffdaddy posted:I still don't buy McGregor as a "great fighter". this is a bad opinion. He's 8-1 in UFC and holds a championship. Other guys who are 8-1 if not worse in UFC and hold a championship: Daniel Cormier, Stipe Miocic, Eddie Alvarez, probably every champ other than Joanna now that I think about it.
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Marching Powder posted:He is a great fighter who put an awful lot on the line to prove he could win a rematch of a fight he definitively lost in a way few people thought he could (on points) I won't completely dismiss what he did at 145 because Aldo was an impressive win but I just don't see him dominating at 155. He found the formula to beating Nate and still barely squeezed it out. Hell it was a draw on my card after that 10-8 third
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Yeah, I guessed the best way for him to win was kicks, and go for points. But I figured he was too much of a showman, guess he needed to get his win back enough to rejig his style a bit.
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Bubba Smith posted:this is a bad opinion. He's 8-1 in UFC and holds a championship. All of those guys are bad though.
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Work Friend Keven posted:WME signs the final paperwork and dana's face melts into a laughing skull as the contract's words dissolve and reform to say UFC CHAMPION EDDIE ALVAREZ Hahahahahahahahaha
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Bubba Smith posted:this is a bad opinion. He's 8-1 in UFC and holds a championship. I like belts as much as the next guy, but Woodley is a champion and even though I like him he is also not a great fighter
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kensei posted:I don't want to see the trilogy if it holds up the belt. If he vacates, I don't really care if they want to stroke those two's egos. I agree with that. FW has too many exciting fights to be held up.
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Fluffdaddy posted:I like belts as much as the next guy, but Woodley is a champion and even though I like him he is also not a great fighter Go on...
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Conor is clearly really good, as for "great" itll depend what he does next, because if he goes down in weight or whatever and keeps looking good it will be really easy to write off his only loss as avenged and 2 weight classes up on short notice. But if he looks bad at all tons of people want to write him off as a one trick pony who got lucky against Aldo
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manyak posted:Conor is clearly really good, as for "great" itll depend what he does next, because if he goes down in weight or whatever and keeps looking good it will be really easy to write off his only loss as avenged and 2 weight classes up on short notice. But if he looks bad at all tons of people want to write him off as a one trick pony who got lucky against Aldo It's going to be like this his entire career
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Nah if he wins at 155 the Diaz loss will just be a blip
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Fluffdaddy posted:Nah if he wins at 155 the Diaz loss will just be a blip No i'm just saying he can never lose another fight and people will still have reasons it doesn't count.
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Fluffdaddy posted:Nah if he wins at 155 the Diaz loss will just be a blip Yeah anyone who wins belts in two divisions is always going to be one of the greats. Kudos on Conor for changing enough that he could grind out a win. And I saw Artem won as well, was it basically in the same manner?
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Artem won b/c he was fighting the bag boy from a Stockton Walgreens
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Memento posted:Yeah anyone who wins belts in two divisions is always going to be one of the greats. Kudos on Conor for changing enough that he could grind out a win. And I saw Artem won as well, was it basically in the same manner? From what I saw during that fight he crippled the other guy's leg and then worked strikes. It went the distance but I didn't really think the kid he was up against was dangerous.
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