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Conor at 155 is the new Barboza esque gatekeeper. There are a few guys he loses to on most nights, and then most of the division is a coin flip on style match up
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BlindSite posted:Yeah I tend to agree, by all accounts conor prepares well and hard for every fight. Even if his choice of coaching and training partners isn't what I would consider ideal. People seem to forget that Dustin Porier is a world class contender and one of the best two or three lightweights in the world. Yeah that's the other thing - Conor did look really good in January! But got pieced up due to not doing poo poo about the leg kicks and Poirier just being one of the best in the entire world. I really hope he beats Conor and gets his title shot. Would be the feel-good story of the year. If he puts Conor away fast enough maybe we could see Dustin x Oliveira in December/January??
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beep by grandpa posted:Yeah that's the other thing - Conor did look really good in January! But got pieced up due to not doing poo poo about the leg kicks and Poirier just being one of the best in the entire world. I re-watched this fight earlier this week, and I agree. Watching it live I though Dustin did really well, but the second time, I noticed he was getting hit pretty hard, and a bit too often in the first round. I guess when I'm cheering for someone I think they are doing better than they actually are. One thing I have noticed lately is it seems like Conor has peaked, meaning he's not growing as a fighter, and his competitors are getting better while this happens. Really hope the outcome is exactly the same as the last fight. No defense for leg kicks, gassy in the second, and eventually KO'd.
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The “motivated Conor” thing is really just a question of whether he has the ability to make adjustments at this point in his career. Conor did really well in the first round of the last match and it’s not so wild to think it could go differently if he’s willing to listen to people and formulate a smart game plan. But that’s a big if and seeing as how he only seems to have left Dubai in the last couple weeks it probably isn’t going to happen.
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He can say he’s “motivated”, but even skill set and stage of his career aside, Poirer is still more or less fighting to build a sick nest-egg for his family. The dude is a millionaire, but not a hundred-millionaire and MMA careers are short. Conor has generational wealth. I don’t believe for a second he’s nearly as motivated as Poirer. It didn’t stop someone like Mayweather from fighting at peak form for years, but Conor is no Mayweather.
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Dustin is also kind of a bad match for Conor I think. He's durable, can have great defense on his feet, can do five rounds no problem, and has solid grappling. Dustin at 155 is so fun. I'm glad he made the move up so long ago.
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TheKingslayer posted:Dustin is also kind of a bad match for Conor I think. He's durable, can have great defense on his feet, can do five rounds no problem, and has solid grappling. Dustin at 155 is so fun. I'm glad he made the move up so long ago. Kragger99 posted:Watching it live I though Dustin did really well, but the second time, I noticed he was getting hit pretty hard, and a bit too often in the first round. I think his camp built up some very specific Conor defense tactics, and he executed them well, but not completely naturally. From this base, they have to decide how much to tweak given that Conor hasn't had any fights in between. Conor's camp can decide to try new things or just emphasize places where he was having success. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Conor shot a double just for the hell of it.
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Kennedy nzechukwu is fantastic. love a dude with a gas tank who juat wears guys down with toughness and a pace. really excited to watch more of him
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DO YALL WANT A BOXC posted:Kennedy nzechukwu is fantastic. love a dude with a gas tank who juat wears guys down with toughness and a pace. really excited to watch more of him Nate Diaz! On the subject of continuous improvement I still love that video of gsp saying he spent like 200k of his first million on traveling, then clarifies it was so he could train in new places. Dude was great.
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nordichammer posted:Conor at 155 is the new Barboza esque gatekeeper. There are a few guys he loses to on most nights, and then most of the division is a coin flip on style match up lol
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Kragger99 posted:. One thing I have noticed lately is it seems like Conor has peaked, meaning he's not growing as a fighter, and his competitors are getting better while this happens. Conor peaked at the Eddie fight - Alvarez didn't look like he deserved to be in there with him. It's been carnie poo poo and cocaine since then. Fly Ricky posted:He can say he’s “motivated”, but even skill set and stage of his career aside, Poirer is still more or less fighting to build a sick nest-egg for his family. The dude is a millionaire, but not a hundred-millionaire and MMA careers are short. Its a nitpick - but conors kids will have generational wealth - it has to be handed down for it to be generational. But otherwise agreed, mcgregor probably made more from his budweiser sponsorship 5 years ago than poiriers made in his life. Dustin takes him again. My heart wouldn't be able to take mcgregor having the kind of cultural cache a win would give him. I hope poirier makes a show of him and nate gets another big payday out of him and then hopefully mcgregor will gently caress off forever.
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Conor is a paper mache effigy that when someone punches him money comes out
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Jun 28, 2021 14:08
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Lewis vs Gane for interim title on August 7 because apparently Ngannou was unavailable for a title fight in July or August e: this is a dumb decision and sucks real bad, folks
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Just came to post this too. This is hosed up and very disrespectful to Francis https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/1409610421707841538?s=20
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Jun 28, 2021 21:51
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Hey fought March 27th...interim title? gently caress off, what is this.
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Jun 28, 2021 21:53
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And Gane having a brutal 5 round decision win at heavyweight versus a real killer and then having a title fight 6 weeks later seems pretty fuckin irresponsible to me
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Jun 28, 2021 21:56
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https://twitter.com/francis_ngannou/status/1409618397957017615 book ngannou vs dana
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Jun 28, 2021 22:06
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gee, why can't we get anyone to care about our fighters
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Jun 28, 2021 22:10
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They might as well get rid of all the titles and just call them 'PPV winners'
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Jun 28, 2021 22:40
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Can't wait to watch Ngannou Vs Lewis 2: This time with Punches on New Years Eve.
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That is hosed up. I don't know what else to say. A lot of the decisions the past ~8 months have really made me question why I'm still following this "sport".
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Jun 28, 2021 23:02
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Maybe Francis popped for something and it hasn't been announced yet?
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What a lovely loving thing to do, yeesh e] Southpaugh posted:Conor peaked at the Eddie fight - Alvarez didn't look like he deserved to be in there with him. It's been carnie poo poo and cocaine since then. Extremely this, I think his time off/insane coke binges have held him back from ever being champ again, but there's always that chance he pulls off some bullshit and it keeps me up at night  I'm really looking forward to watching Dustin gently caress him up again though. Radical 90s Wizard fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Jun 28, 2021 |
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e] gently caress
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Apparently Ngannou was asked to do August 7th, said he couldn't, and was then asked to do September 25th, which he agreed to. Then they announce this poo poo.
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When I saw there was going to be an interim title fight my first thought was,"Oh no! What happened to Ngannou!?! " and it turns out the answer was.... nothing. They just decided to have an interim title fight. Jesus Christ.
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Jun 29, 2021 02:15
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They will put any fight as headliner; what's the rush for Francis fighting again when nobody would bat an eye at Boser x some total can?
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This is sucksGTO posted:They might as well get rid of all the titles and just call them 'PPV winners' One of the greatest heavyweights of the night
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Jun 29, 2021 02:19
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Why does dana hate hw champions so much
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Dana's clearly angry Ngannou has an actual talent agency as opposed to being a Kawa or Abdelaziz fighter he can boss around CAA are scumbags as well, mind, but they're light years ahead of the regular MMA "talent agent"
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There are times when I wish this was like a real sport, with governing bodies and established rules and oversight and such
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I need a timeline that debunks all of Dana's lies like the 30k for Trump. Sometimes the little one off tweets just fall off the radar.
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Memento posted:Dana's clearly angry Ngannou has an actual talent agency as opposed to being a Kawa or Abdelaziz fighter he can boss around CAA are also in opposition to WME 
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Like.... what's the harm in saying the two dudes are fighting to be the number one contender for Ngannou? Why the gently caress does it have to be an interim title? Interim for what, the champion is still there!
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Jun 29, 2021 02:56
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Hey this is the most hosed up thing Dana has done in a minute.
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blue footed boobie posted:Hey this is the most hosed up thing Dana has done in a minute. I'd be willing to believe this sentence, completely literally.
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Jerusalem posted:Like.... what's the harm in saying the two dudes are fighting to be the number one contender for Ngannou? Why the gently caress does it have to be an interim title? Interim for what, the champion is still there! shiny gold on poster makes the hooples buy the ppv
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Lmao Did Francis mention unionising or something? The dude is such a loving marketable champ, he's super nice and his origin story is absolutely insane, it makes zero sense to gently caress him over like this.
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Helwani in this thread blames this on some dude I’ve never heard of who is apparently super aggressive with scheduling title fights for UFC https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1409662095151419392?s=21
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