I mean ALL MMA fighters? ;-)
And Mayweather is really good at making people look like bafoons, or shutting them down.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor - Saturday August 26th |OT| FOOK / YEAAAH
- Thread starter Tom_Cody
- Start date
I mean ALL MMA fighters? ;-)
And Mayweather is really good at making people look like bafoons, or shutting them down.
I havent seen anyone who said Floyd would have won sooner AND said Conor wouldn't land a shot, the guy straight up said in the post fight he didn't fight normally to prove he can adapt and be exciting
He also said he could have ended it sooner if he fought normally in the same stand but I have never heard anyone say conor wouldn't land a shot and lose sooner as well, Conor has an insane reach hits were going to happen
Edit- I don't think people who mentioned he wouldn't land a shot period are worth even debating
Subpar Spatula
Banned
Well, I haven't seen a smart MMA fighter and neither have you. ;0
It's quite obvious the plan was to fatigue Conor hence the aggression as soon as Conor gets super gassed.
Ninja Scooter
Member
I've seen more smart MMA fighters than I've seen smart NeoGAF posters in this thread.
SallyIsNow
Banned
I've never seen a smart person with an anime avatar.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
are you sure? you've never actually talked to those fighters. plus, no one here is a professional boxer or MMA fighter so it's just people shooting the shit.
And Matthew is a decorated, disciplined actor that has actually boxed before, and is well known enough that folks would pay to see the spectacle.
What excuses am I making? What I'm saying is Conor isn't a boxer, boxing a damn 20+ year professional. He wasn't in the same league, man. People paid for the spectacle.
fuck Ortiz...he got what was coming to him with the bullshit he pulled
So after taxes, paying his past taxes, Mayweather will get around $100m. He'll blow that away in a year.
Word. Point made.
pixelation
Member
I'm reading the reactions from other pro MMA fighters and most are dellusional as well, Floyd wanted to make the fight interesting, he said it himself. He felt like he owed the fans after the May vs Pac debacle, so the fact that the fight lasted 10 rounds and Conor managed to land a punch or two without counting the rabbit and hammer punches (with zero effect) is not because McG is a good boxer, its because May let him in order to make the fight look interesting, had he used his usual fighting style Conor would not have landed a single punch and would've tired out earlier from punching all that air... May should've fought him in his usual style and just completely clown him to shut all of the dellusional MMA fans (and i love MMA).
oh god. rofl.
MMA analysts are clowns guys, I wouldn't take much from what they were saying. They all thought Ronda had close to elite striking ability.
stn
Member
Were people really saying that Mayweather had to rely on Connor's fatigue to win? Sooo, uhhhh, taking advantage of fatigue and conditioning is a part of the sport - any sport, actually. Of course he's going to take advantage when he sees his opponent gassed.
The only thing Floyd should be docked is his 50-0 record. This win shouldn't count given McG's lack of professional boxing experience.
The only thing Floyd should be docked is his 50-0 record. This win shouldn't count given McG's lack of professional boxing experience.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
Everyone thought Ronda did. Then she lost. Then she came out with some silly fighting videos which looked odd but were in line with her pre-loss videos.
People are just more woke to the faults of fighters now because of Ronda. We all saw Conor's videos and laughed and knew he had no chance. Very little was wise enough to pick up that Ronda was a bit of a joke pre-loss.
Hindsight is 20/20.
MegaManTrigger
Banned
This fight was a joke. Good on Mayweather for playing McGregor like a fiddle. 10th round TKO after completely exhausting McGregor. Going aggressive on a defensive boxer is never a good idea.
Ziltoidia 9
Member
Was disappointed in how gassed Conor got, as I was routing for him. Mayweather showed that he can be extremely aggressive too. I say this as someone that hasn't really watched many of his fights and doesn't know first hand his skills. All I knew was people called him boring/point catcher.
Good send off for Mayweather and can't wait to see how Conor reacts when he goes back into the octagon. Glad to see both of them being humble in the end, though really what do you expect, it was all about money anyway.
Good send off for Mayweather and can't wait to see how Conor reacts when he goes back into the octagon. Glad to see both of them being humble in the end, though really what do you expect, it was all about money anyway.
I think he's referring to the illegal hammer fist shots behind Floyd's head.
opticalmace
Member
hey...
Connor won the cutest punch in professional history; you can't take that from him!
This is hilarious.
Hashmal_Bringer_of_Order
Member
I practice amateur hour MMA only but you've got to be able to see how easy it is to get triggered when people imply that the obviously lop-sided display this fight in any way translates to outside the boxing ring.
You have to work mentally to not lash out with some anti-boxing spiel, you know.
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
Pre-fight when I posted about potential salt, I never expected this!
People are really over analyzing shit lol. It's fun, and a good read. It was entertaining, ended as expected, had only a couple of frustrating points overall.
Why people have to resort to personal attacks on either of them is beyond me though.
People are really over analyzing shit lol. It's fun, and a good read. It was entertaining, ended as expected, had only a couple of frustrating points overall.
Why people have to resort to personal attacks on either of them is beyond me though.
GalacticToast
Member
How exactly do you think Floyd would have done under the pressure if it was an MMA fight? Some of you guys man, I swear.
Meh, all boxers have their early careers padded with journeymen. Conor is better than journeyman tier atleast.
If anyone deserves that record, it is Floyd. He has convincingly beat many great fighters. Sure, some of them were well past their prime, but his record is hardly padded out with shite like somebody like Wilder.
At the end of the day they're both great fighters but the rules & strategy of both respective sports are too vastly different to make this anything other than a spectacle.
I'm just amazed that people thought this was a competitive fight. Put a boxer in the octagon and see how fast I get laughed out the room when I call the ass whooping he gets competitive.
I feel like all the people giving Conor early rounds were overlooking how much the ref was letting illegal strikes just pass. Do people think if this was Pacquiao doing this the ref isn't docking at least a point?
I feel like if we're you're being extremely generous you could give Conor the first round maximum, and only one judge felt that way inclined.
Really intrigued to what the point was here?Speaking of race, I wonder what the racial breakdown is for the top 10 posters in this thread are:
Certainly seems like there was a lot of investment from both sides...
I mean, I'm white and Irish, and a huge fan of Conor as an MMA competitor and personality but I'm not blinded about the fact that he go embarrassed by the GOAT (and saw it coming) and think some of the racially-charged things he's said in the past are over the line and unignorable/unforgivable.
Yep, was shaking my head every time he did that. I doubt they really did anything to Floyd, though.
Beerman462
Member
I noticed a lot of my conservative friends on Facebook that don't really follow MMA wanting the foreigner Conor McGregor to win last night. Weird....
Ninja Scooter
Member
He's white. He's one of the good ones.
Hmmmmmm...I wonder why.....I guess we'll never know................
SallyIsNow
Banned
I too, would like to see this.
That is weird because my conservative friends were rooting for Floyd because of his ties with Trump.
xXCrazyCostaXX
Member
Conor did great for not being in his sport. Dude got to the 10th round against a legend. A lot of his illegal punches were reactionary from being in mma. Flip the tables and mayweather wouldn't last. Fun fight overall and went longer than I expected
Yeah, that's mainly the reason why.
lol yeah with those big ass gloves I doubt they did much except piss him off. Although he did motion to the ref once about them. Same with the nut sack rustling.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
Floyd has shown himself to be an intelligent fighter. He literally started turtling because Conor kept doing hammers. He was able to adapt really well and Conor could not. All this fight shows is Conor's is sort of stupid. He stuck with a dumb idea that was not working and he realize it wasn't working even when Floyd was smiling after taking hits. He and his team never thought, "hey, stop doing like 50 punches a round, Floyd isn't even tired."
Really I think Mayweather could have ended it in the fifth round, maybe earlier if he wanted to take more risks but that's not really his thing and he knew Conor was going to gas out pretty quickly. When Mayweather turned it on near the end it was over quick and it really seemed like he was dragging it out for the sake of the show. The guy was basically grinning from cheek to cheek from the first bell and looked like he took a mild jog by the end of the fight.
Floyd has absolutely no training in martial arts, don't understand why people feel the need to say Mayweather wouldn't last as some sort of face saving caveat when it's really quite irrelevant.
Most conservatives I knew were Floyd fans because he is American and I think is boys with trump.
psynergylover
Member
Hey now
hey there
hey man
hey...
Connor won the cutest punch in professional history; you can't take that from him!
LMAO!!! at least this landed "Dat left hawnd!"
(well...it was his right)
theignoramus
Member
How do you figure that?
OMG this has to be a joke. Lmao.
xXCrazyCostaXX
Member
Is it though? Obviously one of conors biggest downfalls is he approached it like mma and got points docked and gassed himself
JasonUresti
Member
One thing it did show is the difference in punching power from MMA to boxing.
Conor is known as a devastating puncher in MMA, but by boxing standards his power is average or maybe lesser than that. Floyd had little to no respect it.
Conor is known as a devastating puncher in MMA, but by boxing standards his power is average or maybe lesser than that. Floyd had little to no respect it.
Those early rounds were Floyd observing and letting Conor gas himself out. It was the simplest strategy to take, and he executed it perfectly. I don't think there was one surprise the entire fight for Floyd, and it's outcome allowed him to go out on the highest possible note for a guy his age. He might not have the speed or bullet-time reaction that he once had, but his IQ in the ring is still fucking legendary. This was a 100 million dollar sparring match, and kudos to both guys for hyping it and getting paid. Watching the post-fight press conference really says it all, seeing that laugh from Conor when Floyd brings up the payday, these guys knew the odds the whole time.
Similar threads
- Locked
- Locked