lightskintwin
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It'd be beyond egg on face tbh. If Conor were to KO Mayweather and put him to sleep, I genuinely believe Mayweather would need to be on suicide watch.
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Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor - Saturday August 26th |OT| FOOK / YEAAAH
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It'd be beyond egg on face tbh. If Conor were to KO Mayweather and put him to sleep, I genuinely believe Mayweather would need to be on suicide watch.
NyMartin90
Member
I agree it shouldn't be taken lightly, Conor will try to put up a fight and land some shots but it will be a gradual decline.
True on bolded part. I have people at work talking about this boxing match and they don't care about boxing/mma at all. They just read it or heard it in the news(papers) but if you take two nobodies or way lesser known MMA/Boxing guys you would be missing the huge crowd of Conor fans/MMA fans/Boxing fans etc. This is so big because of casuals+non-fans+fans from both sides.
-Stranger-
Junior Member
Said he would win $7000
Lmao. Let him live, but I thought this too. I was like who edited Conor into a stadium shooting a ball in Adobe After Effects.
Like why is Conor in MMA attire(draws) to do that shit?
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Man due to this thread I was looking through his stats
The words Jesus Christ escaped my lips. Good lord those stats are insane. No wonder he's as big as he is.
Diprosalic
Banned
this was right after an open workout for ufc 205.
this wasn't at a basketball game, the media is there to watch him train. Every fighter on that card worked out on the basketball floor befor they put an UFC octagon in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq_mew81BG0
UFC 205 was at MSG (where the Knicks "play").
lightskintwin
Banned
Floyd's jab will be the key to the fight.
Probably. I mean, IIRC, the crowd went wild too when Pac unloaded a flurry of combinations against Floyd, but it didn't hurt him at all.
Obliterator
Member
Yep especially to the body
It's that, and in boxing the punishments for mistakes are unforgiving especially against Floyd.
Conor loves to throw that one two combination in the UFC, jab followed by a straight right or left. That's basic boxing, and he's doing very well with that in the UFC. He tries that shit tonight though and he'll be seeing this for the first time in his life
Im looking forward to this fight because no matter the outcome (although I believe Floyd will mop the floor with him) it ends up interesting. Conor loses, eats a big bowl of shit talking stew, and his fans will shut up for a little while, and if Floyd loses.. well that'll be even bigger and I'm not sure what I would do if he got knocked out. I might genuinely yell at the TV.
lightskintwin
Banned
Floyd is putting a big bet on himself for this fight.
Is boxing the only sport where an athlete can bet on themselves or are there others? Can you bet on yourself in the UFC?
Is boxing the only sport where an athlete can bet on themselves or are there others? Can you bet on yourself in the UFC?
Angelus Errare
Banned
Just stop.
They were laughing at Conor having an erection.
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In boxing, you are allowed to bet on yourself as the victor, you can't pick the round or how you will win though.
Based on the talent and history of McGregor. Nothing to do with Mayweather. Mayweather doesn't speak nor lie well.
lightskintwin
Banned
But do other sports allow their athletes to bet on themselves to win? If so, which ones?
Whichever way you look at it it's a win for fight fans in general lol.
if Conor wins and quits MMA to pursue Boxing full-time that clears up the LW division for actual title fights.
if he loses, he'll make the expected excuses (I'd have beaten Floyd in a real fight etc) and go back to defending his belt.
if he retires, that clears up the LW division for title fights.
CassidyIzABeast
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Can't eem lie dog...Now that its actually here...I'm kinda feeling a little hype for this nonsense.
It's def overpriced, but one of those things where it's more about getting together with people and everyone just chips in $20, etc. so then it's not so bad.
Obliterator
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Obliterator
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Conor has no shot at all at "out boxing" Floyd. His only real chance (which is still really slim) is to make this rough and dirty as possible and ride the line as close as he can to breaking the rules. Be extremely physical early on. Still probably won't happen but there is a slim shot he could pull that sort of gameplan off
More like the haters making the excuses. Who knows what Conor will say, but the last time he lost he took it like a champ and was extremely humble. He blamed no one but himself and praised Nate.
There has been a Youtube channel streaming all of Floyd's fights for months.
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
There is gonna be so much salt & excuses in this no matter who wins.
Mailenstein
Member
McGregor is not suitable for PG-13 era WWE.
chromatic9
Member
If you read my previous posts I'm not one bit saying that.
I made a separate post (which you quoted) saying how many in the boxing fraternity are going in hard and the egg on face would be incredible if Conor wins.
It's just an observation of people within boxing. My view actually aligns with boxers but I give Conor a small chance.
This person got what I said
As did this person who replied
But you took it as I'm all in on Conor, which I'm very much not. Roy Jones is echoing some of my thoughts in a previous posts and is an example of people within boxing who I'm talking about in the post you quoted. I'm really sceptical on the guys Conor has knocked out and call out the UFC crowd who believe his left hand is Thor. I'll be the one who getting egg on my face to a certain degree, boxing is my sport for 30 years. I'm not even into UFC or MMA.
Sorry, but I just had to make that clear, I loathe to be put in the UFC crowd like that.
lightskintwin
Banned
Which fights do you want to see because there's a lot up on youtube already
Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana I: Full Fight | SHOWTIME Boxing
Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez: Full Fight | SHOWTIME Boxing
Classic: Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto
Classic: Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton
Is that the actor from game of thrones?Found a picture of Conor prepping for today, he's looking real jacked
At the very least they'll probably pay him a ridiculous amount of money to show up for one show, like they did with Mayweather, and Tyson before him.
all his fights are on high quality on youtube. except for maybe the berto fight.
They're just different sports. Conor's style has been developed for a fight that allows kicks, needs to respect the takedown, and generally has lower quality strikers. With training he'd surely be a competent boxer but this is his first time competing in boxing and he's going against one of the best ever. I heard a Dave Chappelle clip recently where he summed it up surprisingly well with "Floyd's been training for these last few months while Conor has been learning how to box"
No matter how well Odell Beckham runs routes, he's not going to be running any iso plays against Lebron James any time soon.
I think I've seen Floyd vs Hatton 20 times by now but going to watch it again. My all time fave build for a fight
Angelus Errare
Banned
All that needs to be said really.
lightskintwin
Banned
The Marcos Maidana and Cotto fights are fun fights to watch too. Don't miss out on those.
Khaos Kontrol
Banned
Not sure if serious, but that is pop singer Ed Sheeran. He did have a guest appearance on GoT.
I mean if LeBron tried to swim against Phelps everyone would predict Phelps winning. It wouldn't be "egg on face" if LeBron won, because that would be such a freak chance of happening that no one should ever predict it.
Shin K Dash
Member
Problem is that in this scenario people believe that LeBron's ability that he uses in basketball can be utilized in a away so that he can defeat Phelps; and those "abilities" make up for a lack of experience.
The Conor fans won't eat crow...they'll just be like "eh, well this was supposed to happen so no big deal, etc, etc." They'll brush it off like they weren't spouting nonsense for months...but if Conor wins they'll be unbearably obnoxious and shouting to the skies for a week or two.
Remember kids:
FLOYD WINS
Conor fans: FOOK FLOYD MAYWEATHA IN A REAL FIGHT HE'D BE DEAD IN TREE SECONDS
Floyd fans: lol what a joke, was obvious conor didn't stand a chance.
CONOR WINS
Conor fans: FOOK YEAH FOOK FLOYD MAYWEATHA
Floyd fans: lol what a joke, dude's 40 and has been retired for 2 years. was obvious he was going to lose and just here for the pay day.
This needs to be in the OP lol
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