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UFC 194 + Fight Week |OT| The leprechaun finally gets his gold
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No one wants to throw the towel in a championship fight
You're so full of shit. He says what he says to promote fights and make money and any fighter who gets affected by it deserves to run into that left hand.
conor on espn, they just said rockhold is gonna be on fs1 in a bit
they want that mainstream money
PaulKersey
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Oh yeah, and what was with that disgusting stand up from Herb in the Rockhold fight in the first? That hurt me emotionally. Stand up while attempting a submission... Herb, you're Dan Mirgliotta from Elite XC up in here now.
Collateral22
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Back here in 2008 Conor was a 2 weight champion for Lightweight and Featherweight. A lot weaker competition, but he is used to fighting at LW. The inevitable McGregor v Duffy rematch has to happen too. He's the last person to beat Conor in a fight.
Mental Atrophy
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Luke wanted it to be stood up.
Wow, lol, someone is a bit tense here. I'll keep it from one more month, then.
BadAss2961
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No one wants to prematurely decide a championship fight either. Fighters have come back from much worse.
Some thought they should've called the Souza/Romero fight when Jacare stumbled back to his corner. Jacare came back and would've won the fight had it been 5 rounds.
I agree on first watch, Weidman was mounted but had his eyes on Luke and was covered up waiting it out. There was no escaping other than stoppage. Seemed to be a waste to stop it. This allowed for the beating next round which was a solid stoppage.
That's awesome. I don't want to like him, but he backs up his trash talk and he's fun to watch.
Fuck it, consider my converted.
OpinionatedCyborg
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I was glad it wasn't stopped because I watch this "sport" to see people get get hurt and I enjoy seeing comebacks. But he was taking way too many heavy shots for what seemed like a minute straight. It should've been stopped. Weidman sounded like Rocky except more punch drunk after the fight.
oneils
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Pretty sure that guy was joking.
Nah homie. Make your own 120 pixel image. Surely the least you can do in solidarity of citizens against Konami is crop your own picture.
BeatnikGunsoo
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Faber did say that when the cameras aren't rolling connor is a pretty cool guy
We have to remember he's selling fights and is really good at it
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hey the featherweight division has some movement, tons of matches to make now
We have to remember he's selling fights and is really good at it
and
hey the featherweight division has some movement, tons of matches to make now
Miggytronz
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I'd like to know the exact amount of time Weidman was getting pummeled. I think it was like 1:30 left when it started.
serenewarfare
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Before this fight, I thought that even if Conor won, he'd have trouble with Frankie because Frankie just can't be knocked out. Now I firmly believe Conor can knock out anyone on the roster, iron chin be damned. Aldo has eaten hard shots from a lot of guys and didn't even flinch.
Pristine_Condition
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Truth.
Classless trash move to steal somebody's avatar, and then keep it out of spite when you get called out.
Meccanical
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Deep down in my heart of hearts, I knew this would happen.
But not in 13 seconds jesus christ Jose what the fuck.
But not in 13 seconds jesus christ Jose what the fuck.
TheKaeptain
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It's pretty clear it's an act, like Chael who seems like a really funny and pragmatic guy behind the scenes. Connor could have shat on Jose after winning the belt but didn't.
Pristine_Condition
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FS1 did. They said "people were saying you looked like crap at the weigh-ins" he just replied "we all look like crap at the weigh-ins."
I can't remember Conor ever doing that after a fight.
thx.
much hespect, he probably could have piled on about how it was so tough and he still won. took the high road
manfestival
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Calm down man. Relax
TurtleSnatcher
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Links to press conference? anyone?
Meccanical
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No shit, dehydration does that to you.
HIGH DEF JEFF
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The two fights I cared about were great. Sucks Weidman lost though.
Night was made even better when TWC refunded my money because the channel kept cutting out.
Night was made even better when TWC refunded my money because the channel kept cutting out.
I felt the same way up until the Poirier fight. I didn't necessarily dislike Conor, but I couldn't give him a pass for the shit talk nor could I give the UFC a pass for heavily promoting him. But after that I couldn't deny that he's a great fighter and him running his mouth can actually be entertaining.
And hey, at the end of the day he's bringing attention/money to the sport and that's awesome.
What a rebel.
serenewarfare
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LookAtMeGo
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Yeah. That was super classy of him to whine about after just winning the belt.
Lightning Count
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Just made some money betting on McGregor tonight.
First things first, let me say, I did not in any way predict this. I was ready for literally anything - a 25 minute war, Aldo to submit Conor in round 1 or for him to KO Conor, for Conor to wear him down with body shots then finish him.
As I placed my bet, I doubted it afterwards, I just went with my gut and picked Conor by KO. Through the night my confidence tanked, I had bet on Weidman and lost already. At that point I was questioning everything... I wanted Conor to win, to shake the game up, I had already downed a few whiskey's by the time Bruce Buffer had done his thing, trying to calm my nerves.
Disappointed it ended so quickly, would have to see liked at least 1 full round, Jose definitely deserves a rematch after this, he was the top guy for years and it would be an insult for him not to get a chance to win back his belt.
For all the mud slinging, I want no part of it, nobody could have predicted this and if they tell you they did, they're probably bluffing, I certainly couldn't. If anything I hope this shows that not all McGregor fans are blind fanatics, blinded by their emotions.
I'm done here, I've been up all night and it's now nearly 7 am here in Scotland. I need to eat, maybe watch this whole craziness again later to reflect.
First things first, let me say, I did not in any way predict this. I was ready for literally anything - a 25 minute war, Aldo to submit Conor in round 1 or for him to KO Conor, for Conor to wear him down with body shots then finish him.
As I placed my bet, I doubted it afterwards, I just went with my gut and picked Conor by KO. Through the night my confidence tanked, I had bet on Weidman and lost already. At that point I was questioning everything... I wanted Conor to win, to shake the game up, I had already downed a few whiskey's by the time Bruce Buffer had done his thing, trying to calm my nerves.
Disappointed it ended so quickly, would have to see liked at least 1 full round, Jose definitely deserves a rematch after this, he was the top guy for years and it would be an insult for him not to get a chance to win back his belt.
For all the mud slinging, I want no part of it, nobody could have predicted this and if they tell you they did, they're probably bluffing, I certainly couldn't. If anything I hope this shows that not all McGregor fans are blind fanatics, blinded by their emotions.
I'm done here, I've been up all night and it's now nearly 7 am here in Scotland. I need to eat, maybe watch this whole craziness again later to reflect.
? He ate a perfect counter. It happens.
riskVSreward
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Lol, me and my friend were calling for the stand up like 20 secs before he did it, Weidman was in no danger and Rockhold was clearly holding him specifically for the standup. Rag on Herb for not stopping it at the end of the third, but there was nothing wrong with that standup.
Meccanical
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Conor from the very beginning intended to get his money and get out after seeing his teammate get his career ended due to brain damage.
DrForester
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Not a big UFC fan, but how much shit will be said about the ref kneeing Aldo in the head as he pushed McGregor off him?
Pristine_Condition
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He's bravely fighting for Kojima-san vs. Konami by bravely stealing ply's avatar, or something, Heel.
Mental Atrophy
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More likely Conor has drilled that scenario a thousand times, since it's a really standard motion for Aldo and there's a lot of tape on him. He went right through that feint with no hesitation, and it takes more than belief in your left hand to do that.
serenewarfare
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If you watch the fight back, both guys were asking Herb to stand it up. They were both tied up.
Two great calls from Herb in that fight, IMO.
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