TheKingObv 10,599 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Wasn't impressed at all with McGregor but the hype train will be greater than ever Aldo will take care of him and I will love it Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydebankBearWATP 877 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Wasn't impressed at all with McGregor but the hype train will be greater than ever Aldo will take care of him and I will love itThat's literally how I saw it. Didn't impress at all and imo aldo with a full training camp would end that fenian bastard Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back2BackChampions 31 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Great night of fights, shame about the main event result!Watched in sports bar in Queenstown, New Zealand, had some tarrier standing in their new home top with a tricolour wrapped round him on top of a table celebrating. Fenian bastard Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Everyone writes of McGregor because he hasn't beaten a top 5 contender. He beats a top 5 contender - with a style that doesn't suit him none the less - and the excuses start already D'you think he's maybe just a little better than you thought? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,507 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Never watched it, what round did McGregor finish him in?Read the other day he offered to bet Dana White $3m he'd knock him out in the 2nd round. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighouse 1,007 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Never watched it, what round did McGregor finish him in?Read the other day he offered to bet Dana White $3m he'd knock him out in the 2nd round.Knocked him out in the 2nd as predicted. Great fight and an amazing card overall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Kool Blue 139 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Talk about luck of the Irish.IMO, there is no way he beats a fully prepared Chad Mendes, who was gassed in round one, yet was able to take McGregor down with ease. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirFleckNRothen 1,789 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I quite like that McGregor; he's a dirty, pikey Irishman, but he's entertaining.I used to watch the UFC Ultimate Fighter on Setanta Sports back in the day, back when it was Josh Koscheck, Steffan Bonnar and Forest Griffin trying to win a contract, but the sport became mono-toned.McGregor has changed that, almost single handedly and from what I've read, Dana White has been crying out for a fighter like him.He won last night, end of. I despite bitter or sore losers in sport. Excusing the defeated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo 1,427 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Mendes must've taken a few backhanders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,507 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Just watched the fight, thought he took an absolute pasting up until he got the stoppage.Said in his interview after the fight that he felt he dominated and that he doesn't feel a thing when these guys hit him. Delusional. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,732 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 What are the WBO's rules? I know that the WBC call it a no contest if the fight has to be stopped before the start of the fifth round, after the start of the fifth it goes to the judges' cards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzalivesforever 1,985 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Just watched the fight, thought he took an absolute pasting up until he got the stoppage.Said in his interview after the fight that he felt he dominated and that he doesn't feel a thing when these guys hit him. Delusional.What's delusional about it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,507 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 What's delusional about it?Thinking he dominated that fight? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsa 3,906 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I thought he was lucky to win that.On another that he's a truly repulsive human being. The sort of toothless simpleton who'll be wandering around a Dublin council estate on a wild horse in a few years. A piss stained mess challenging people to fight him for 5 euros outside his local Paddy Power. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsa 3,906 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 What's delusional about it?The fact he was clearly hurt and struggling?Are you his biggest fan? Maybe stick a tri-colour on and she'd a tear when Sinead sings an emoticon all Irish ballad as he enters the octagon? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogzy 31,195 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Everyone writes of McGregor because he hasn't beaten a top 5 contender. He beats a top 5 contender - with a style that doesn't suit him none the less - and the excuses start already D'you think he's maybe just a little better than you thought?He ws completely outclassed by a semi trained, short notice opponent in Mendes.i will say he is tougher than I thought, he should have been hurt more by a few of those punches from Mendes. Not better than I thought though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 He ws completely outclassed by a semi trained, short notice opponent in Mendes.i will say he is tougher than I thought, he should have been hurt more by a few of those punches from Mendes. Not better than I thought though.You also have to consider that McGregor was preparing for Aldo up until a few weeks ago, so it was hardly ideal prep for him either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingObv 10,599 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 You also have to consider that McGregor was preparing for Aldo up until a few weeks ago, so it was hardly ideal prep for him either.At least he was preparing for a fight Mendes was fucked far too early. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydebankBearWATP 877 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Can tell Mendes wasn't prepared when you look at his movement and footwork last night compared to against aldo Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goal machine 7,765 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Mendes shouldn't have taken the fight then if he wasn't prepared. Mendes himself didn't make any excuses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 At least he was preparing for a fight Mendes was fucked far too early.Mended knew how this could play out long before it was all confirmed. He would have been tipped off the second Aldo was injured that he would be the one stepping in.I don't believe this lack of prep excuse at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo 1,427 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 The Mendes who fought Aldo would've destroyed him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingObv 10,599 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Mended knew how this could play out long before it was all confirmed. He would have been tipped off the second Aldo was injured that he would be the one stepping in.I don't believe this lack of prep excuse at all.10-12 week camp is a bit different from staying relatively fit then stepping it up for two weeksI'm not saying he definitely would have won but it made an impact. Mendes was dominating and was fucked at the end of the second and let his guard down (was pretty strange to watch). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 10-12 week camp is a bit different from staying relatively fit then stepping it up for two weeksI'm not saying he definitely would have won but it made an impact. Mendes was dominating and was fucked at the end of the second and let his guard down (was pretty strange to watch).I'm just not convinced that he's only been training for this fight for a fortnight.Throughout this drama Mendes will have been preparing for this fight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Kool Blue 139 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I'm just not convinced that he's only been training for this fight for a fortnight.Throughout this drama Mendes will have been preparing for this fight.There is a difference between just training and preparing for a fight.If these guys could get fully prepared within a fortnight, then they wouldn't have several months worth of training camps.Anyway, I'm hoping to see Lawler vs Diaz next, I'm tired of seeing Hendricks and Lawler bore me to death for 5 rounds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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