MMA Thread

[Derek Smalls]

Conor fought almost entirely boxing style this fight and it fucked him. Poirier fucked his front leg up because he was flat footed and didn’t check any of his leg kicks. I watched all of his old fights recently and none of those kicks would have landed if he was fighting in his old karate style. It looks like he’s committed to boxing.

Strong take. Can't really disagree. The karate style gave Poirier issues in the first meeting, too.

I also just think the longer the fight went, the better it would be for Poirier. McGregor was right that he was out of action for a while, and he never had great cardio to begin with. One win over Cerrone in under a minute doesn't show me he has cardio.

[IATA]

What does this even mean lol? He was completely amicable towards Poirier before the fight and was humble after the fight

Being humble is great, but not what I'm talking about. He didn't make any adjustments to his game against a much more dangerous guy, he was coasting and looking ahead. Dustin treated this as a title fight and Conor like a step to khabib.

[SixFeetDeep]

Strong take. Can't really disagree. The karate style gave Poirier issues in the first meeting, too.

I also just think the longer the fight went, the better it would be for Poirier. McGregor was right that he was out of action for a while, and he never had great cardio to begin with. One win over Cerrone in under a minute doesn't show me he has cardio.

His cardio has been horrible in all of his most recent fights.

He was done in this fight as soon as his front leg went out. Additionally, as soon as that happened, he decided to make a few really stupid decisions. He might have been gambling because he knew he was finished.

[SixFeetDeep]

Being humble is great, but not what I'm talking about. He didn't make any adjustments to his game against a much more dangerous guy, he was coasting and looking ahead. Dustin treated this as a title fight and Conor like a step to khabib.

He didn’t make adjustments because he cares more about boxing than MMA. IMO. He’s already shown he can beat Poirier. That was at a different place in his career. Either way he deserved to lose.

Also disagree that he was looking ahead to Khabib because he would have gotten wrecked tonight if he used that strategy lol

[Derek Smalls]

Really curious what Conor's next fight looks like. I assume he PPVs a main event, but if he loses that one, he's either retiring or not main eventing a PPV anymore.

[IATA]

Conor vs Tony, let's do it

[SixFeetDeep]

Dana confirms Khabib is retired.

[SixFeetDeep]

Really curious what Conor's next fight looks like. I assume he PPVs a main event, but if he loses that one, he's either retiring or not main eventing a PPV anymore.

He probably wants to fight manny pacquiao or something completely undesirable to watch

He also said he wants to fight 7 times in the next 1.5 years which is literally impossible and completely contrary to how often Conor fights. 1x a year lately and 2x a year earlier in his career.

[Badger]

He can’t fight 1x a year and be sharp.

Great sport

[SixFeetDeep]

Great sport

He spent the last year chasing a big money Pacquiao boxing match. This loss probably cost him the chance at that. Good.

[SixFeetDeep]

Israel “The Last Stylebender” Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya fights for the light heavyweight title on March 6th

Best fighter in MMA right now IMO

[Derek Smalls]

He spent the last year chasing a big money Pacquiao boxing match. This loss probably cost him the chance at that. Good.

Does it really make that much of a difference? It was a cash grab before, it would be a cash grab now. There's less interest now, but there's less interest in literally whatever McGregor does next.

[SixFeetDeep]

Does it really make that much of a difference? It was a cash grab before, it would be a cash grab now. There's less interest now, but there's less interest in literally whatever McGregor does next.

Manny rumored to fight Garcia now

[SixFeetDeep]

Just please don’t entertain Jake Paul.

[SixFeetDeep]

There's less interest now, but there's less interest in literally whatever McGregor does next.

Still easily the biggest draw in MMA, so maybe but not really.