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Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor fight finalized for Aug. 26 - It's on!

JasonUresti said:
McGregor's footwork is awful. Floyd can likely knock him down without throwing a punch, simply by crossing his feet up and feinting him into a stumble.
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McGregors movement is some of the slickest in his competition. Regardless of what a sparring video from a year and s half ago shows, it doesn't reflect how McGregor actually fights. Footwork is fundamental to both sports. McGregor has a very keen in and out movement when he is in range, hence why so few fighters land punches on him. Floyds is better but McGregor is not being tripped over with a feint

McGregors weakness will be upper body movement and stringing combos. Two things that are fundamental to boxing over MMA

And again a sparring video doesn't tell us anything. For all we know McGregor was using the spar to practice one particular thing
 
This fight goes however Floyd chooses. If he wants it to go long and give viewers their money's worth, he will. (Although, who knows how many rounds McGregor can go with his limited gas tank also he's going to be even more screwed with 10 oz gloves)


If he wants to embarrass McGregor and make sure he never even thinks about coming back to boxing, he will...

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This happens round 1, if he wants it.

McGregor has good footwork, yes, but we've seen his sparring; Mayweather WILL land, we're talking about P4P one of the GOATs and Money didn't decline with age. Even at 40, his fundamentals are just going to completely expose Conor.


If you want to make money from this fight, go put something on a Round 1 Floyd KO.
 
I don't think Floyd would be very interested in embarrassing McGregor like that tbh, there isn't really any bad blood between them and they both are into it for the spectacle/massive paycheck
 
BronsonLee said:
I don't think Floyd would be very interested in embarrassing McGregor like that tbh, there isn't really any bad blood between them and they both are into it for the spectacle/massive paycheck
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It's all down to his mindset.

Floyd is a very petty individual so if Conor goes all out in the pre-fight media stuff who knows how he feels about that when they hit the ring.
 
Syder said:
It's all down to his mindset.

Floyd is a very petty individual so if Conor goes all out in the pre-fight media stuff who knows how Floyd feels when they hit the ring.
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jaja

also someone else brought up the amusing point here that if Floyd took a dive here that's 2 more money fights guaranteed
 
Chuck Norris said:
McGregors movement is some of the slickest in his competition. Regardless of what a sparring video from a year and s half ago shows, it doesn't reflect how McGregor actually fights. Footwork is fundamental to both sports. McGregor has a very keen in and out movement when he is in range, hence why so few fighters land punches on him. Floyds is better but McGregor is not being tripped over with a feint

McGregors weakness will be upper body movement and stringing combos. Two things that are fundamental to boxing over MMA

And again a sparring video doesn't tell us anything. For all we know McGregor was using the spar to practice one particular thing
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McGregor does manage distance very well but I wouldn't read too much into this when talking about boxing. Boxers are significantly better strikers than MMA fighters. Him not getting hit in MMA doesn't mean much when he's up against a boxer. We saw how often Nate caught him for instance.

Another issue for Conor is that he is a counter puncher, and not a very quick one at that.

Even if he had boxing pedigree, stylistically this match up is awful for him.
 
I don't understand this fight at all, outside of the obvious monetary incentive. Whatever you might think about May personally (he's human garbage) or professionally (his fights are boring garbage), he's quite possibly the best boxer ever. If the goal of the sport is not to get hit while hitting the other guy as much as possible, then he's undeniably the greatest ever at doing that. McGregor, however good of a striker he might be in MMA, is not a boxer. Like someone else, this "fight" lasts exactly as long as Mayweather wants it to.
 
Stealing this from reddit, but as it turns out this match is more important than we gave it credit for.

This match will also determine the (possibly final, if the winner retires...

Brawl for All Champion.

Bart Gunn KOs Bradshaw and wins WWF Brawl for All on August 24, 1998
Butterbean def. Bart Gunn
Genki Sudo def. Butterbean
Norifumi Yamamoto def. Sudo
Joe warren def. Yamamoto
Bibiano Fernandes def. Warren
Hiroyuki Takaya def. Fernandes
Robbie Peralta def. Takaya
Akiri Corassani def. Peralta
Dustin Poirier def. Corassani
Conor McGregor def. Poirier
Nate Diaz def. McGregor
Conor McGregor def. Nate Diaz
Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather on August 26, 2017
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This is the conclusion to the 20 year storyline Vince Russo prepared for us.

Bro.

The ultimate swerve.
 
BronsonLee said:
I don't think Floyd would be very interested in embarrassing McGregor like that tbh, there isn't really any bad blood between them and they both are into it for the spectacle/massive paycheck
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Floyds going to carry Conor for at least 5 rounds. It's pretty telling that the over on this fight is 9 rounds atm.

I'm actually going to be in Vegas that weekend for work. Maybe I'll see some celebrities.
 
Syder said:
This fight goes however Floyd chooses. If he wants it to go long and give viewers their money's worth, he will. (Although, who knows how many rounds McGregor can go with his limited gas tank also he's going to be even more screwed with 10 oz gloves)


If he wants to embarrass McGregor and make sure he never even thinks about coming back to boxing, he will...

T8AEVvS.gif


This happens round 1, if he wants it.

McGregor has good footwork, yes, but we've seen his sparring; Mayweather WILL land, we're talking about P4P one of the GOATs and Money didn't decline with age. Even at 40, his fundamentals are just going to completely expose Conor.


If you want to make money from this fight, go put something on a Round 1 Floyd KO.
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I don't see a Round 1 KO happening. Not Floyd's style. He didn't make it to 49-0 by not respecting his opponents.

He'll see what Conor has for a couple rounds, then tag him up.
 
BadAss2961 said:
I don't see a Round 1 KO happening. Not Floyd's style. He didn't make it to 49-0 by not respecting his opponents.

He'll see what Conor has for a couple rounds, then tag him up.
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Well my point was, whatever Floyd wants will happen. If Conor leaves gaps for him (and he definitely will) Floyd will capitalise on it.
 
Hopeford said:
Stealing this from reddit, but as it turns out this match is more important than we gave it credit for.

This match will also determine the (possibly final, if the winner retires...

Brawl for All Champion.



This is the conclusion to the 20 year storyline Vince Russo prepared for us.

Bro.

The ultimate swerve.
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What's great about this is a non-professional boxer got his ass fucking knocked out by a professional boxer in seconds.

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Put me in the camp that thinks Connor doesn't have much of a chance. But listening to the Adam Carolla podcast today, he came up with a great idea. For the first 10 rounds it's a boxing match. After that, it's MMA. If Connor can survive until that poin, the game changes. It would also give Floyd incentive to go after him more.

Obviously not going to happen, but kind of fun to think about.
 
First fight McGregor wins in an upset. Floyd wants a rematch, but McGregor will only give it to him if it's an MMA rules match. Shockingly, with the help of the Diaz Brothers, Floyd wins the second to even up the series. The rubber match is then contested at WrestleMania.

INSIDE A HELL. IN A CELL.

That's my dream scenario.
 
I'm going to watch but we all know how this goes. UD12 Mayweather is the easiest prediction in sports and has been for years.
 
Floyd will win, and yes this is a silly fight, but who cares. The build up will be a blast and its all about the spectacle.

The first few rounds will probably be fun.
 
Syder said:
This fight goes however Floyd chooses. If he wants it to go long and give viewers their money's worth, he will. (Although, who knows how many rounds McGregor can go with his limited gas tank also he's going to be even more screwed with 10 oz gloves)


If he wants to embarrass McGregor and make sure he never even thinks about coming back to boxing, he will...

T8AEVvS.gif


This happens round 1, if he wants it.

McGregor has good footwork, yes, but we've seen his sparring; Mayweather WILL land, we're talking about P4P one of the GOATs and Money didn't decline with age. Even at 40, his fundamentals are just going to completely expose Conor.


If you want to make money from this fight, go put something on a Round 1 Floyd KO.
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Did you actually watch the fight where that GIF originates from? Because if you did, you wouldn't be saying any of this.

Floyd is not knocking Conor out, that is crazy talk.
 
Syder said:
This fight goes however Floyd chooses. If he wants it to go long and give viewers their money's worth, he will. (Although, who knows how many rounds McGregor can go with his limited gas tank also he's going to be even more screwed with 10 oz gloves)


If he wants to embarrass McGregor and make sure he never even thinks about coming back to boxing, he will...

T8AEVvS.gif


This happens round 1, if he wants it.

McGregor has good footwork, yes, but we've seen his sparring; Mayweather WILL land, we're talking about P4P one of the GOATs and Money didn't decline with age. Even at 40, his fundamentals are just going to completely expose Conor.


If you want to make money from this fight, go put something on a Round 1 Floyd KO.
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Nope. First it was a hit on the break, definitely the fault of his opponent for not protecting himself, but he was defenseless when he got hit. Floyd does not have knock out power, he hasn't for years. Possibly if the fight goes multiple rounds an accumulation of punches could eventually knock Connor out, but there is zero chance of an early knock out.
 
highrider said:
Nope. First it was a hit on the break, definitely the fault of his opponent for not protecting himself, but he was defenseless when he got hit. Floyd does not have knock out power, he hasn't for years. Possibly if the fight goes multiple rounds an accumulation of punches could eventually knock Connor out, but there is zero chance of an early knock out.
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floyd has had issues with his hands for years so he doesnt hit as hard as he used to. floyd doesnt care about ko's anymore, if it comes it comes for him kind of like how ricky hatton was coming to floyd too much and got knocked down with a left timed.
 
Vivalaraza said:
McGregor does manage distance very well but I wouldn't read too much into this when talking about boxing. Boxers are significantly better strikers than MMA fighters. Him not getting hit in MMA doesn't mean much when he's up against a boxer. We saw how often Nate caught him for instance.

Another issue for Conor is that he is a counter puncher, and not a very quick one at that.

Even if he had boxing pedigree, stylistically this match up is awful for him.
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I agree mostly. I don't think Floyd will be hitting him cleanly at all in the first 6 or so round though. Conor's sense of distance and reach advantage are just too good. If I were Floyd I'd be taking a lot of body shots on him, I think if he is going for the face he will miss Conor a lot, but take the gas out of him quickly with body shots he won't defend as well and it could get ugly.

I agree it's not a stylistic match up, but I don't think Nate catching him is even comparable. Nate is a monster who was in his face non stop. Mayweather will never ever fight in that style
 
Syder said:
This fight goes however Floyd chooses. If he wants it to go long and give viewers their money's worth, he will. (Although, who knows how many rounds McGregor can go with his limited gas tank also he's going to be even more screwed with 10 oz gloves)


If he wants to embarrass McGregor and make sure he never even thinks about coming back to boxing, he will...

T8AEVvS.gif


This happens round 1, if he wants it.

McGregor has good footwork, yes, but we've seen his sparring; Mayweather WILL land, we're talking about P4P one of the GOATs and Money didn't decline with age. Even at 40, his fundamentals are just going to completely expose Conor.


If you want to make money from this fight, go put something on a Round 1 Floyd KO.
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So McGregor is going to try hug Mayweather and then get slugged when he lets his guard down? Some prediction
 
Only way I see Floyd finishing Conor is late when Conor gasses / accumulation of punches. He isn't getting a 1 hit early KO, Conor has a great chin and Mayweather doesn't have power.

Floyd is going to likely just put on a boxing seminar and win an extremely dominant decision.
 
Kung Fu Jedi said:
Put me in the camp that thinks Connor doesn't have much of a chance. But listening to the Adam Carolla podcast today, he came up with a great idea. For the first 10 rounds it's a boxing match. After that, it's MMA. If Connor can survive until that poin, the game changes. It would also give Floyd incentive to go after him more.

Obviously not going to happen, but kind of fun to think about.
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Better would be a round by round switch. Thatd give conor a chance.
 
Everyone talks about that one lucky punch is all he needs just like every damn Mayweather fight. Dude took shots from one of the best hitters in the game and barely buckled his knees. I don't think Conor will even land a single clean hit to face the whole fight.

The only interesting thing about this fight is how will it end. There's no way Conor can last 12 rounds and Mayweather doesn't have the power for a fun early KO.

I predict Mayweather in 4 by KO, but a weak one.
 
Mayweather isn't going to KO him with a big punch early. The only chance McGregor has is to land a huge shot because Money gets reckless. That isn't Floyd's style and he's not going to hurt his hands to impress anyone. He gets the money no matter how he wins.

But I think McGregor will eat a ton of shots and gets finished in the later rounds. Conor will get frustrated and even more reckless. He won't be able to land and will get battered.
 
polyh3dron said:
Did you actually watch the fight where that GIF originates from? Because if you did, you wouldn't be saying any of this.

Floyd is not knocking Conor out, that is crazy talk.
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highrider said:
Nope. First it was a hit on the break, definitely the fault of his opponent for not protecting himself, but he was defenseless when he got hit. Floyd does not have knock out power, he hasn't for years. Possibly if the fight goes multiple rounds an accumulation of punches could eventually knock Connor out, but there is zero chance of an early knock out.
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Chuck Norris said:
So McGregor is going to try hug Mayweather and then get slugged when he lets his guard down? Some prediction
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That gif was just a rebuttal to people saying Floyd doesn't have KO power. Go watch the McGregor sparring video and tell me Floyd won't land flush hits. He will.

Also, showboating at stupid times is a fucking disease in MMA. I wouldn't put past Conor to do it after getting a lucky hit in on Floyd and getting cocky.

Suggesting there's no way McGregor doesn't get knocked out early is as stupid as suggesting McGregor survives 12 rounds. Of course the safest bet is a middle rounds victory for Mayweather but an early KO is not that unlikely either.
 
Syder said:
That gif was just a rebuttal to people saying Floyd doesn't have KO power. Go watch the McGregor sparring video and tell me Floyd won't land flush hits. He will.

Also, showboating at stupid times is a fucking disease in MMA. I wouldn't put past Conor to do it after getting a lucky hit in on Floyd and getting cocky.

Suggesting there's no way McGregor doesn't get knocked out early is as stupid as suggesting McGregor survives 12 rounds. Of course the safest bet is a middle rounds victory for Mayweather but an early KO is not that unlikely either.
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KOing somebody with their hands down, standing flat and not expecting it is hardly "KO power". It's essentially a sucker punch, even if it was perfectly within the rules.

Also, McGregor talks shit in a fight but he hardly showboats. Closest was hands behind him in the Alvarez fight, but as he explained it - it was a habit he picked up in training when his injured hand was hurting rather than trying to disrespect
 
Chuck Norris said:
KOing somebody with their hands down, standing flat and not expecting it is hardly "KO power". It's essentially a sucker punch, even if it was perfectly within the rules.

Also, McGregor talks shit in a fight but he hardly showboats. Closest was hands behind him in the Alvarez fight, but as he explained it - it was a habit he picked up in training when his injured hand was hurting rather than trying to disrespect
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McGregor is a complete stranger to this world. He's not ready to guard shots against a professional boxer, let alone Floyd Mayweather. If people want to suggest Mayweather doesn't have 'KO power' because he didn't finish a lot of guys then that's fine but he's simply not facing a competent boxer here. Yeah, McGregor has a decent chin but let's see how things go when he's gassed by round 4/5 and can't even keep his heavy hands up.

Also, until I see pre-fight interviews I'm not convinced Conor is even taking this seriously.
 
why is that dude in the gif not defending himself at all?
 
Syder said:
McGregor is a complete stranger to this world. He's not ready to guard shots against a professional boxer, let alone Floyd Mayweather. If people want to suggest Mayweather doesn't have 'KO power' because he didn't finish a lot of guys then that's fine but he's simply not facing a competent boxer here. Yeah, McGregor has a decent chin but let's see how things go when he's gassed by round 4/5 and can't even keep his heavy hands up.

Also, until I see pre-fight interviews I'm not convinced Conor is even taking this seriously.
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Like I said previously, even without some boxing intricacies - fundamentals of not getting hit are not lost on a world class fighter like McGregor.

He might get caught but with Mayweather not looking for a KO, nor having the legitimate striking power to do it then I don't see it happening. Now he could get TKO'd if he can't defend himself. Or if he was facing someone like Pacquiao I'd see him as being knocked out easily. Against Mayweather the fight simply won't go that way
 
Chuck Norris said:
Like I said previously, even without some boxing intricacies - fundamentals of not getting hit are not lost on a world class fighter like McGregor.

He might get caught but with Mayweather not looking for a KO, nor having the legitimate striking power to do it then I don't see it happening. Now he could get TKO'd if he can't defend himself. Or if he was facing someone like Pacquiao I'd see him as being knocked out easily. Against Mayweather the fight simply won't go that way
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Mayweather will no KO him. Connor might be a first class fighter but in another sport. In boxing he's an amateur, no matter how much you love him. Floyd will do whatever he wants in this fight. 12 rounds of one guy getting jabs in the face.
 
DasPenguin said:
Mayweather will no KO him. Connor might be a first class fighter but in another sport. In boxing he's an amateur, no matter how much you love him. Floyd will do whatever he wants in this fight. 12 rounds of one guy getting jabs in the face.
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Yup. McGregor is going to be Mayweather's chewtoy for however long he wants. The best case scenario for Conor is he's Julio César Chávez Jr. and Floyd is Canelo for 12 rounds.

…and everyone that paid for this PPV will be salty af.
 
Syder said:
That gif was just a rebuttal to people saying Floyd doesn't have KO power. Go watch the McGregor sparring video and tell me Floyd won't land flush hits. He will.

Also, showboating at stupid times is a fucking disease in MMA. I wouldn't put past Conor to do it after getting a lucky hit in on Floyd and getting cocky.

Suggesting there's no way McGregor doesn't get knocked out early is as stupid as suggesting McGregor survives 12 rounds. Of course the safest bet is a middle rounds victory for Mayweather but an early KO is not that unlikely either.
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Yeah, you're thinking of Floyd 10 years ago.
 
i dont think the gap between floyd and conor will be that big, floyd is more likely to win because it is his speciality, not because conor isn't good enough or inexperienced

he might not ko floyd due to 10oz gloves but the guy is known for his striking skills, movement and speed, all which translate well to boxing

i want conor to ko him but it'll be fun to watch either way
 
goldage said:
i dont think the gap between floyd and conor will be that big, floyd is more likely to win because it is his speciality, not because conor isn't good enough or inexperienced

he might not ko floyd due to 10oz gloves but the guy is known for his striking skills, movement and speed, all which translate well to boxing

i want conor to ko him but it'll be fun to watch either way
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Floyd is the most technically sound boxer ever. That's not really a debate. There isn't anything that you can say about a boxer technique wise that he's not at least a 99/100. Not to mention that he's always taken care of himself. His 40 years old is not the average person's 40. He's not prime but he's definitely not losing to Conor. Floyd does not hit hard enough anymore to make Conor say oh shit but once the right lead starts to land at will, because it will, it is on floyd to end it. Floyd knows distance, Floyd will be faster and Floyd will fight in high guard to take away a lefty advantage. I love watch floyd in high guard because he is more offensive on instinct.
 
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