Floyd going into the octagon would actually be brutal.
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Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor - Saturday August 26th |OT| FOOK / YEAAAH
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Floyd going into the octagon would actually be brutal.
Yeah Mayweather and his father know how to position themselves, they arent gonna go do something at a disadvantage.
Obliterator
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Conor just walked out with a $100 million in a fight that isn't his sport at all and does nothing to tarnish his legacy whatsoever in MMA.
If that's dumb, I want some of what he's having
Frozenprince
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Floyd just made the biggest payday of his career to basically have a late night sparring match against the beefy dude from the Y that thinks he can fight
His manager and whoever pulled this booking deserve double their rate.
His manager and whoever pulled this booking deserve double their rate.
B1gg_Randall
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LMAOOOO
JasonUresti
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After 49 fights, Floyd finally decided to fight for the crowd and give them a show.
This is crazy how they worked this thing so that everyone comes out a winner. Floyd gets his mega money, his 50-0 and goes out with a casual audience pleasing fight that will help wipe away a little of the bad taste left over from the Pac fight.
Conor gets his huge payday, added respect from the casual audience because (by whatever means) he made it into the late rounds, he didnt get beat up too much, and now bis star is bigger than ever and can cash out with a few more big paydays (if he even still wants to fight after this kind of money).
They worked this shit to perfection.
This is crazy how they worked this thing so that everyone comes out a winner. Floyd gets his mega money, his 50-0 and goes out with a casual audience pleasing fight that will help wipe away a little of the bad taste left over from the Pac fight.
Conor gets his huge payday, added respect from the casual audience because (by whatever means) he made it into the late rounds, he didnt get beat up too much, and now bis star is bigger than ever and can cash out with a few more big paydays (if he even still wants to fight after this kind of money).
They worked this shit to perfection.
Hidden One
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DeaconKnowledge
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I don't think it's anything that sinister.
McGregor would have to double his ring stamina to last 12 rounds. There simply wasn't enough training time to do this. Only shot McGregor ever had was if he knocked Mayweather out in the early rounds. That round 3 boast by McGregor was pretty deliberate I thought.
DroneBrother
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Don't worry about it, Dana and Connor are master sales guys
Mayweather always said trust him and he will make you rich, just folllow the money team!
And all the TMT fighters won tonight also
I dont know if getting the biggest payday of your career is dumb, but ok.
Ninja Scooter
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"I turned him into a Mexican!"
Someone make Floyd Back to the Future fade out of this picture
Someone make Floyd Back to the Future fade out of this picture
No, McGregor at point in the fight hot control he was playing Mayweather's game and got killed for it. At no point was he going with the best.
I think we all know Prince Naseem would've beaten him and out-trashed talked him and out-entranced him.
Conor is extremely lucky that the greatest of all time is a defensive maestro and not a knockout merchant. Even old and busted Pacquiao would've put Conor on his ass.
I said back in February that no one should expect anything from this but they'll eat it up anyway. The only good thing about this mess was the build-up and even that fell way short of my expectations.
Nydius
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IT'S JUST A BURGER!
...goddamn I want to invent a TV that mutes just Stephen A based on the pitch of his voice. When he gets too worked up, it automatically turns on an saves my eardrums.
Devilinthiscity
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Something entertaining? I get the boxing snobs will scoff at this, but I'm sure a lot of people found it boring. It's as simple as that. Please save me the condescending lecture on boxing and how I don't know what I'm talking about.
lightskintwin
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Dat accuracy
I believe McGregor was only guaranteed a 30 Million dollar pay out where Mayweather was guaranteed the 100 million
Dumb in the sense of possibly thinking he could win in a cross-over sport like that. Getting paid does absolutely nothing to wind back the weeks of bullshit he has to eat now. They were always going to get paid.
dickroach
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Yes. And yes. And I think that's what made it so entertaining. He was fighting himself as he was fighting Mayweather .
Conner just got his biggest payday for shit talking and getting gassed and taking about 8 hard hits.
plantedunicorn
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So this is the first fight in Boxing or UFC I've ever watched in my adult life and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great strategy by Floyd and Conor looked tired way early. Seemed like Floyd was fucking with him.
Fight was totally worth it.
Fight was totally worth it.
Obliterator
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This is the correct take away from the fight
That was without any cut of PPV / Gate / Merch. Conor will make $100 and Floyd will make like $300
Why would he hype a fight saying "aw shucks m8 i know i'm gonna lose big whatever ya know"
*sigh*
I don't like Mayweather as a person either dude, but c'mon.
Floyd toyed with Conor. Seriously. It was a sparring match for him. The fight was a textbook lesson that they teach JV boxers: PACE YOURSELF.
Conor went full retard out the gate. Floyd put his guard up, and let Conor tire himself out. He was struggling by the fourth round. By the fifth, Floyd just started to turn on the heat. He wasn't even BREATHING hard. By the tenth? Conor was struggling to even keep his gloves up.
And this is with the ref throwing Conor bones the entire damn match. By that 4th round hammerfist, he should have at least docked him points. By the 5th round rear mount, he should have been disqualified. He let them fight.
Conor should be congratulated for getting a payday that any other MMA fighter dreams of, being able to fight a fighter that many boxers would have dreamed of fighting.
But that wasn't a good fight. He stepped into Floyd's house, and lost accordingly.
Ninja Scooter
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There is not going to be a rematch. This was completely non-competitive. You can't sell this shit to people again. Same with a Paq rematch.
Frozenprince
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And now he can make another $30M by being the buff silent henchman in action movies for 3-4 years.
Officerrob
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He was selling a fight that would increase his payday, I don't for one second believe Conor thought he was winning.
This wasn't much of a boxing match. You want to watch a good fight, watch Canelo Vs GGG in a few weeks and that should have all the fireworks that this fight lacked.
He'll be fine. I bet fans on both sides will admire the attempt.
This is such a silly stance. Of course he was going to be cocky- it's the nature of competitiveness and raking in the crowds...
If I was him, I would talk all kinds of BS to sell the fight and make maximum money and not even mean it.
SallyIsNow
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The only way they can hype up a rematch is if Floyd fought in MMA. Lets be real, that's never going to happen.
Hidden One
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Good Job Bob
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I'm not disagreeing but I am. It wasn't going to be competitive to begin with, but they got that ppv money. Why would they think they cant get it again?
There's no rematch. Dudes said the same thing after that Pac fight and look at what happened. Those 2 dudes are gonna be partying it up LIKE FUCK tonight once they get this shit out of the way. They got everybody and now they're gonna not give a fuck and have fun.
Those 2 are probably the 2 least people in the world who give a fuck about the result. They're good.
Those 2 are probably the 2 least people in the world who give a fuck about the result. They're good.
Conor is extremely lucky that the greatest of all time is a defensive maestro and not a knockout merchant. Even old and busted Pacquiao would've put Conor on his ass.
I said back in February that no one should expect anything from this but they'll eat it up anyway. The only good thing about this mess was the build-up and even that fell way short of my expectations.
It's amazing how many of us predicted the Conor tiring himself out after the 3rd round thing. While we had to endure all the bullshit reasons Conor fans thought he would not gas himself in a 12 round boxing match lol.
What bullshit does he have to eat? From boxing fans and analysts?
He doesn't give a shit.
He'll go back to MMA smelling like roses. He's getting nothing but praise from the fans, fellow fighters and analysts.
Ninja Scooter
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I think you have a very loose definition of "great". Conor didn't do jack in the first few rounds. He was very active, and in boxing and combat sports in general, people often confuse activity for achievement. All of that activity accomplished nothing other than to tire him out faster.
The silly stance is the number of MMA fans trying to write this as a win for McGregor.
GravityInsanity
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excelsiorlef
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Yeah
Maybe it's because I neither follow boxing or MMA really but I had fun with that.
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