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Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor fight finalized for Aug. 26 - It's on!
- Thread starter Tom_Cody
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He the biggest draw in UFC history. That all you need to know.
I'd love for Conor to win this, but it's almost completely certain that Floyd wins this pretty easily. What I'm most excited for actually is Conor's trash talk leading up to the fight. He's probably the best trash talker in history, no joke. This specific exchange with Jose Aldo had me in stitches: https://youtu.be/L3Ma5g1uYo4?t=9m57s
On a side note, I find it hilarious how some people are tap dancing around the argument that MMA is MUCH more similar to real fighting than boxing. No, you cannot gouge a person's eyes out or kick them in the balls but Punches, elbows, kicks, knees, ground and pound, submissions vs punching. Boxing is real fighting and it's actually an excellent foundation for MMA but it's just a foundation and not enough on its own. So Conor will likely lose because they are fighting in Floyd's wheelhouse, not a chance in hell would he ever be courageous enough to transition to MMA to fight someone so you gotta respect Conor, win or lose the guy will fight anyone.
On a side note, I find it hilarious how some people are tap dancing around the argument that MMA is MUCH more similar to real fighting than boxing. No, you cannot gouge a person's eyes out or kick them in the balls but Punches, elbows, kicks, knees, ground and pound, submissions vs punching. Boxing is real fighting and it's actually an excellent foundation for MMA but it's just a foundation and not enough on its own. So Conor will likely lose because they are fighting in Floyd's wheelhouse, not a chance in hell would he ever be courageous enough to transition to MMA to fight someone so you gotta respect Conor, win or lose the guy will fight anyone.
parrotbeak
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Rogan is pals with alex jones.
I'm very curious about the undercard. I'm hoping it won't be like Mayweather vs Pacquiao in that regard.
I find this fight really fun, though Connor only has a puncher's chance (like any other boxer vs Mayweather). I personally think Connor will be aggressive, which will make the pace of the fight fun. He'll miss, but his lack of experience will give chances for Mayweather to land great shots.
I find this fight really fun, though Connor only has a puncher's chance (like any other boxer vs Mayweather). I personally think Connor will be aggressive, which will make the pace of the fight fun. He'll miss, but his lack of experience will give chances for Mayweather to land great shots.
BadAss2961
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I'd also fight anyone for this payday.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Undercard will almost assuredly be a showcase for up and coming Mayweather Promotions fighter. Don't expect big names. May/Conor alone sell this card.
pixelation
Member
Yes he is slow, methodic... but slow.
Ninja Scooter
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Hell I'd fight Brock Lesnar for this kind of money, and I'd probably win.
Nice strawman, clearly discredits everything he says.
WesternHeretic
Member
Of course nothing scares brock like an over the hill scoot!
P.S youre my boy but you old as fuck b.
pixelation
Member
Somebody hasn't seen McG sparring... (not good)
Lets go point by point
This is misguided. Floyd has been training boxing excusively since childhood. He was raised to be a boxer and never had any other goal in his life. Conor started training in his late teens and has to split his time between boxing, wrestling, grappling, taekwondo movement etc.
He boxed for a couple years when he was a preteen and then stopped because he couldnt keep up with his wrestling and grappling training. He has no amateur record and he has no accomplishments in amateur boxing.
He is a fantastic striker, no objection to that point. You can teach fearlessness and dedication. You can teach heart and toughness. Saying you cant just means you lack proper context and understanding of how fighters are trained.
Who in high level MMA is a one disciple fighter? I can think of Maia and thats just about it, and even then, Maias kickboxing and wrestling is sneakly good. This was the case maybe 10-15 years ago but this has not been Conors contribution to the sport.
Agreed.
Conor has borderline terrible footwork when he is not pressuring. His style has very, very strongly developed into a "counter-counter" fighter. He will pressure you very strongly and not let you breath. He will give you openings so that you can counter and he will predict your timing and attack you while youre countering. This is not something Floyd will have to worry though, he will be able to run circles around Conor and he has enough time and rounds that he doesnt ever need to open up.
This will be Floyds highlight fight. He will do things that you only do in sparring when youre messing with a young inexperieced kid.
This is misguided. Floyd has been training boxing excusively since childhood. He was raised to be a boxer and never had any other goal in his life. Conor started training in his late teens and has to split his time between boxing, wrestling, grappling, taekwondo movement etc.
He boxed for a couple years when he was a preteen and then stopped because he couldnt keep up with his wrestling and grappling training. He has no amateur record and he has no accomplishments in amateur boxing.
He is a fantastic striker, no objection to that point. You can teach fearlessness and dedication. You can teach heart and toughness. Saying you cant just means you lack proper context and understanding of how fighters are trained.
Who in high level MMA is a one disciple fighter? I can think of Maia and thats just about it, and even then, Maias kickboxing and wrestling is sneakly good. This was the case maybe 10-15 years ago but this has not been Conors contribution to the sport.
Agreed.
Conor has borderline terrible footwork when he is not pressuring. His style has very, very strongly developed into a "counter-counter" fighter. He will pressure you very strongly and not let you breath. He will give you openings so that you can counter and he will predict your timing and attack you while youre countering. This is not something Floyd will have to worry though, he will be able to run circles around Conor and he has enough time and rounds that he doesnt ever need to open up.
This will be Floyds highlight fight. He will do things that you only do in sparring when youre messing with a young inexperieced kid.
Don't be surprised if Floyd gets more violent than usual.
It should go without saying that even a guy like Victor Ortiz knows how to protect himself in a boxing match better than McGregor.
Strategically, Conor will probably try to make use of those fast legs, be super active with his quick hands at long range and hope to catch Floyd with something very hard. But he won't have the conditioning to keep that up for 12 rounds(no one does) and very likely won't have the timing to make good use of it. Floyd has seen everything in a boxing ring that Conor has to offer and far worse.
Props for keeping it real. We're not gonna see enough of that in the build up.
It should go without saying that even a guy like Victor Ortiz knows how to protect himself in a boxing match better than McGregor.
Strategically, Conor will probably try to make use of those fast legs, be super active with his quick hands at long range and hope to catch Floyd with something very hard. But he won't have the conditioning to keep that up for 12 rounds(no one does) and very likely won't have the timing to make good use of it. Floyd has seen everything in a boxing ring that Conor has to offer and far worse.
Props for keeping it real. We're not gonna see enough of that in the build up.
That's also my mindset. Loved Connor ever since he started his reign. I'll be rooting, but the chances of him pulling this win out of his ass are extremely slim.
Jack Random
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key phrase, "different sport." This would but a bit more competitive if there were any aspects of this fight which involved anything that Connor had ever done professionally at any point in his entire life.
Instead we have a boxing match with exactly one boxer in it.
I mean you can have a champion Ping Pong player take on a champion Tennis player in either sport and I think we all know what the results will be. The Tennis champ wins a Tennis match and a Ping Pong champ would win the Ping Pong match.
Ninja Scooter
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Brock lost to Goldberg in like 15 seconds. Olds are his kryptonite. I'm in the best shape of my life, and I can almost dunk on a regulation rim. I'd dust his ass.
MiniBossBattle
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I know this is a silly question but are they using the MMA gloves or boxing gloves?
Someone earlier in the thread said 10 oz boxing gloves.
Boxing gloves since this is just a straight up boxing match.
Shadowhelper
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LOL, MMA gloves. Floyd doesn't even allow his opponents to choose their own brand of gloves, much less the weight. You're not allowed to wear punchers gloves, made out of horse hair. When you fight Floyd in the contract you agree to fight with foam based gloves, that are bigger and more defensive gloves, than the horse hair ones.
I believe Conor has only boxed in some sort of school boxing contest. Looking on boxingrec, he doesn't have an amateur record. He hasn't fought amateur or pro. If Mayweather can't knock him out, that would be pathetic. I'd never watch this fight. It won't be fun. These types of fights never are. Canelo Chavez, a fight that was far less of a carnival, also a mismatch, ended up being really really boring.
This has been one of the best years for boxing in quite a while. There are some good fights coming up still, this is not one of them at all. A huge waste of time and money. It doesn't even have the veneer of being a good fight, which is why I can't get one bit excited. I get excited for most fights, but this is an obvious stinker.
Conor's trash talking isn't fun if it's just empty bullshit. If he can't rile the other guy up, since the other guy knows for a virtual fact he aint losing. There's no tension because we all know who is going to win, so it's not fun or interesting, the build up or the fight.
I believe Conor has only boxed in some sort of school boxing contest. Looking on boxingrec, he doesn't have an amateur record. He hasn't fought amateur or pro. If Mayweather can't knock him out, that would be pathetic. I'd never watch this fight. It won't be fun. These types of fights never are. Canelo Chavez, a fight that was far less of a carnival, also a mismatch, ended up being really really boring.
This has been one of the best years for boxing in quite a while. There are some good fights coming up still, this is not one of them at all. A huge waste of time and money. It doesn't even have the veneer of being a good fight, which is why I can't get one bit excited. I get excited for most fights, but this is an obvious stinker.
Conor's trash talking isn't fun if it's just empty bullshit. If he can't rile the other guy up, since the other guy knows for a virtual fact he aint losing. There's no tension because we all know who is going to win, so it's not fun or interesting, the build up or the fight.
Joking? Connor would kill Floyd.
hydragonwarrior
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That's another strategy - Conor keeps trash talking non-stop and staying away from Mayweather; Mayweather gets pissed and steps in for an infight and BAM! Jolt counter!
Unknown Soldier
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Is Floyd going to try and knock Conor out or is he just going to dance around for the whole fight and win by decision while laughing all the way to the bank?
God, I feel bad for the idiots who might pay money to watch this.
God, I feel bad for the idiots who might pay money to watch this.
Skinny Pete
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He will dance around for 12 rounds. McGregor will have a hard time landing any serious blows against Mayweather. Would love to see Connor destroy him but Mayweather knows what he is doing and will most likely just play defense for the whole fight.
keltickennedy
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It's a fight, so anything can happen.
I really like Conor as a fighter but....I mean....Floyd is going to win.
I really like Conor as a fighter but....I mean....Floyd is going to win.
Unknown Soldier
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Nothing if Floyd purposely lets him for funsies.
Jesus Carbomb
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Don't know why some people just can't go along for the ride. People getting all uppity about this or that. At the end of the day it's just two dudes punching each other in the face.
juliushandle
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maybe Kevin Lee gets on the undercarriage as he's close to Mayweather.
Conor looks best trash talking fighters whos second language is english, for obvious reasons, otherwise he falls back to how rich he is. What exactly could he say to Floyd?
You mean one dude punching the other in the face
Make fun of his illiteracy, make fun of his size, make fun of his compulsion to beat women, the list goes on. He has more avenues to clown on Floyd and attempts to get in his head than almost anyone else he's fought.
Conor will probably attack with basic stuff like: Floyd's age, Floyd's brittle hands, Floyd's lack of KO ability, maybe go personal with domestic violence accusations, maybe bring up that Floyd's scared of his power by going with foam based gloves, maybe use fantasy match ups by saying he would have been able to easily KO Pacquiao, and maybe say that Floyd's scared to fight Conor in a MMA match even though boxers and boxing fans scream their superiority.
I think Conor will be fine on smack talk overall. Floyd benefits by feeding into Conor's smack talk. It'll be his job to sale the viability of this fight to the casual audience member. Floyd will go out of his way to help Conor have a slight edge in the media department because he has the overwhelming advantage in the fight.
CopperPuppy
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LOLing at the people who think Conor is "one of the best trash talkers of all time." If you think that then you must be new to combat sports. He's fine for today's game, yeah, but only because fighters aren't very good at this aspect of buildup nowadays.
Conor has nothing on the trash talk legends of old. Even for today he's hit and miss - dude can be corny and cringey at times whereas the greats could come off as straight-up serial killers when they wanted to.
Fuck, Nate had him shook up good a few times when they were promo-ing together. The dude can't always hang.
Conor has nothing on the trash talk legends of old. Even for today he's hit and miss - dude can be corny and cringey at times whereas the greats could come off as straight-up serial killers when they wanted to.
Fuck, Nate had him shook up good a few times when they were promo-ing together. The dude can't always hang.
Ninja Scooter
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Like? Other than Ali it's not like combat sports have ever had a ton of great trash talkers, which is why the guys that do (like Conor) stand out. And its it like some of even Ali's stuff (gorilla, Uncle Tom) wasn't also hit and miss.
That's the thing. If you've watched Floyd you've heard the things you mentioned before. But yeah, Floyd knows how to make money. He'll probably take the back seat on trash talking and spend his time telling us how dangerous Conor is.
All these greats and you dont even drop one name
LOLing at you.
Unknown Soldier
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Yeah, you can see Nate Diaz rattling Conor up a bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw_e_CwPnsc
The "you're playing touch butt with that dork in the park" line is probably immortal at this point.
CopperPuppy
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Off the top of my head: Iron Mike, Prince Nas, RJJ, Toney, Ali, Mayorga. Edited because a couple more just popped into my head: Camacho, Hopkins, Jack Johnson for the sheer historical significance.