Conor can no longer be taken down.

[IDGETKTFO]

But...he just got finished one fight ago tho

Not sure what that has to do with his TD defense? Nate never even attempted to shoot on him. I think TS is trying to say Eddie's only way to victory is take downs.

 

[mayorcrazyeyes]

Did you know that Conor has stuffed 70% of takedowns?
Did you know that RDA has only stuffed 66% of takedowns?
Did you know that Frankie Edgar has only stuffed 65% of takedowns?
Did you know that Benson Henderson has only stuffed 63% of takedowns?
Other notables include: Cerrone 70%, Pettis 61%, Faber 60%, Lamas 48%, Sanchez 49%, Fitch 56%, Big Rigg 62%, Lawler 67%, Condit 39%, Anderson Silva 68%

Conor vs Nate 2 - 1 takedown 6 defences
Conor vs Nate 1 - 1 takedown 0 defences
Conor vs Aldo – 0 takedowns 0 defences
Conor vs Mendes – 4 takedowns 3 defences
Conor vs Siver – 0 takedown 3 defences
Conor vs Poirier – 0 takedowns 0 defences
Conor vs Brandao – 0 takedowns 2 defences (Scored 1/1 takedown)
Conor vs Holloway – 0 takedowns 0 defences (Scored 4/5 takedowns) - Holloway has a TDD of 81% and Conor took him down 80% of the time...with one leg.
Conor vs Brimage – 0 takedowns 0 defences

Conor has ONLY been taken down 4 times total by Mendes (no other UFC fighter), a fighter well known for his wrestling abilities and he defended 3 other takedowns. The other 2 were against an opponent that had 30 pounds on him and 1 was immediately swept, and the other was with a few seconds left in round 5.
Conor has defended 6 takedowns from Nate, 3 from Mendes, 3 from Siver and 2 from Brandao.
Conor has taken down Brandao 1 time and Holloway 4 out of 5 times.

First vs Holloway

Conor injured his knee restricting his movement and putting an end to his normal striking game. Even still Conor managed to score 4 out of 5 takedowns and win by decision without being taken down himself. So a few takeaways from that fight. Conor can take fighters down, though he rarely uses it as part of his normal gameplan. His ground control was good enough to gain the win vs Holloway.

Second vs Mendes

Conor tore his MCL in his knee in the lead up to the fight against Aldo so he did not train TDD. A late of opponent brought in the dangerous wrestler Mendes.

Round 1
Takedown 1 – Conor attacks forward tries a flying knee and Chad grabs leg and takes Conor down, momentarily has control before Conor pops back up.
Takedown 2 – Stuffed...Mendes goes for a double leg against the cage, Conor pushes down and breaks the double leg.
Takedown 3 – Caught Conor flat footed talking to him and did a nice power double sham in the open. One elbow (cut above eye) before Conor slipped out and got up eating one shot as he stands.
Takedown 4 – Conor attacking forward Mendes drops down and double leg takedown. No striking Chad warned 3 times for fingers in the cut.

Round 2
Takedown 5 – Stuffed...Mendes goes for a diving double leg and Conor does big sprawl backwards, Mendes misses.
Takedown 6 – Stuffed
Takedown 7 – Conor attacking forward, missed straight left Mendes ducks and gets double leg. Long sequence of elbows by both. Mendes goes for guillotine and Conor escapes.

All Conor's takedowns were from Conor pressuring forward and inflicting damage leaving himself open to the takedown. Mainly by double leg which Mendes is known to favour.

So what happens if you take Conor down?
What we saw from the Mendes fight:

• Conor remained very calm and generally did not seem stressed or worried about being on his back. He seemed very patient and expended very little energy.
• Conor attempted to limit Mendes movement to the point that he could not be active and a standup would have to be called by the ref.
• Conor used vicious elbows repeatedly to crown of Mendes head causing Mendes to sook to Herb and to call the blows illegal (He did not, blows were legal).

Conor waited until Mendes transitioned for a guillotine then exploded out at the correct time to break the attempted submission. (We all know what happened next)...

Third vs Nate 1

Takedown 1 - Nate catches Conor's leg and takes Conor to the ground. Conor immediately sweeps using the expert level X-sweep and finishes the round on top.

Fourth vs Nate 2

Takedown 1 - stuffed
Takedown 2 - stuffed
Takedown 3 - stuffed
Takedown 4 - stuffed
Takedown 5 - stuffed
Takedown 6 - stuffed
Takedown 7 - Nate scores a takedown with a few seconds left on the clock using an excellent trip. Conor clearly gave up the takedown knowing full well he had the fight wrapped up.

An awful lot of takedown attempts by Nate. Did he wrestle at high school? An amazing feat by Conor given the 30-pound weight differential.

The troubling thing is Conor now trains with BJJ world champion and 185 pounder Dillon Danis so he will only improve his TDD. It would have been interesting to see how many takedowns Conor would have blocked with a full camp training for Mendes and all of his cruciate ligaments in full operation.

The three guys you posted have actually fought quality opponents. Siver couldn't take down McGregor, wow Conor is goat. Goat fuck yourself.

 

[NotoriousMillions]

They'd need to pay his quota. He might do it when he's retired. They wouldn't stand a chance.

He's a man that truly appreciates the grappling arts, even without compensation. It's just the rules that turn him off. Otherwise, he'd already be the first ever to hold Olympic Gold, ADCC, and sweep BJJ Worlds GI/No Gi/Red Panties, at all belt levels.

 

[MechMA]

If Conor had beastly Cardio I wouldn't be worried.
But I think Eddie grinds him down

 

[Lawblaw]

He barely beat Nate Diaz calm down son

Alvarez got whooped by frickin Donald Cerrone

 

[The Great Macsby]

The three guys you posted have actually fought quality opponents. Siver couldn't take down McGregor, wow Conor is goat. Goat fuck yourself.

Dustin used his wrestling to beat duffy. Why didn't he use it against Conor?

Conor stuffed all but 1 of Nate's take downs and he was 25 pounds heavier at least.

stuffing 3 take downs from Mendes is no joke especially when you have a medial ligament tear. Mendes is one of the best wrestlers in MMA and Conor stuffed them with one leg and no camp training wrestling = GOAT.

 

[The Great Macsby]

If Conor had beastly Cardio I wouldn't be worried.
But I think Eddie grinds him down

He does now. As I said. The door is closing/closed.

They have their chance. Now they don't stand a chance!

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Did you know that Conor has stuffed 70% of takedowns?
Did you know that RDA has only stuffed 66% of takedowns?
Did you know that Frankie Edgar has only stuffed 65% of takedowns?
Did you know that Benson Henderson has only stuffed 63% of takedowns?
Other notables include: Cerrone 70%, Pettis 61%, Faber 60%, Lamas 48%, Sanchez 49%, Fitch 56%, Big Rigg 62%, Lawler 67%, Condit 39%, Anderson Silva 68%

Conor vs Nate 2 - 1 takedown 6 defences
Conor vs Nate 1 - 1 takedown 0 defences
Conor vs Aldo – 0 takedowns 0 defences
Conor vs Mendes – 4 takedowns 3 defences
Conor vs Siver – 0 takedown 3 defences
Conor vs Poirier – 0 takedowns 0 defences
Conor vs Brandao – 0 takedowns 2 defences (Scored 1/1 takedown)
Conor vs Holloway – 0 takedowns 0 defences (Scored 4/5 takedowns) - Holloway has a TDD of 81% and Conor took him down 80% of the time...with one leg.
Conor vs Brimage – 0 takedowns 0 defences

Conor has ONLY been taken down 4 times total by Mendes (no other UFC fighter), a fighter well known for his wrestling abilities and he defended 3 other takedowns. The other 2 were against an opponent that had 30 pounds on him and 1 was immediately swept, and the other was with a few seconds left in round 5.
Conor has defended 6 takedowns from Nate, 3 from Mendes, 3 from Siver and 2 from Brandao.
Conor has taken down Brandao 1 time and Holloway 4 out of 5 times.

First vs Holloway

Conor injured his knee restricting his movement and putting an end to his normal striking game. Even still Conor managed to score 4 out of 5 takedowns and win by decision without being taken down himself. So a few takeaways from that fight. Conor can take fighters down, though he rarely uses it as part of his normal gameplan. His ground control was good enough to gain the win vs Holloway.

Second vs Mendes

Conor tore his MCL in his knee in the lead up to the fight against Aldo so he did not train TDD. A late of opponent brought in the dangerous wrestler Mendes.

Round 1
Takedown 1 – Conor attacks forward tries a flying knee and Chad grabs leg and takes Conor down, momentarily has control before Conor pops back up.
Takedown 2 – Stuffed...Mendes goes for a double leg against the cage, Conor pushes down and breaks the double leg.
Takedown 3 – Caught Conor flat footed talking to him and did a nice power double sham in the open. One elbow (cut above eye) before Conor slipped out and got up eating one shot as he stands.
Takedown 4 – Conor attacking forward Mendes drops down and double leg takedown. No striking Chad warned 3 times for fingers in the cut.

Round 2
Takedown 5 – Stuffed...Mendes goes for a diving double leg and Conor does big sprawl backwards, Mendes misses.
Takedown 6 – Stuffed
Takedown 7 – Conor attacking forward, missed straight left Mendes ducks and gets double leg. Long sequence of elbows by both. Mendes goes for guillotine and Conor escapes.

All Conor's takedowns were from Conor pressuring forward and inflicting damage leaving himself open to the takedown. Mainly by double leg which Mendes is known to favour.

So what happens if you take Conor down?
What we saw from the Mendes fight:

• Conor remained very calm and generally did not seem stressed or worried about being on his back. He seemed very patient and expended very little energy.
• Conor attempted to limit Mendes movement to the point that he could not be active and a standup would have to be called by the ref.
• Conor used vicious elbows repeatedly to crown of Mendes head causing Mendes to sook to Herb and to call the blows illegal (He did not, blows were legal).

Conor waited until Mendes transitioned for a guillotine then exploded out at the correct time to break the attempted submission. (We all know what happened next)...

Third vs Nate 1

Takedown 1 - Nate catches Conor's leg and takes Conor to the ground. Conor immediately sweeps using the expert level X-sweep and finishes the round on top.

Fourth vs Nate 2

Takedown 1 - stuffed
Takedown 2 - stuffed
Takedown 3 - stuffed
Takedown 4 - stuffed
Takedown 5 - stuffed
Takedown 6 - stuffed
Takedown 7 - Nate scores a takedown with a few seconds left on the clock using an excellent trip. Conor clearly gave up the takedown knowing full well he had the fight wrapped up.

An awful lot of takedown attempts by Nate. Did he wrestle at high school? An amazing feat by Conor given the 30-pound weight differential.

The troubling thing is Conor now trains with BJJ world champion and 185 pounder Dillon Danis so he will only improve his TDD. It would have been interesting to see how many takedowns Conor would have blocked with a full camp training for Mendes and all of his cruciate ligaments in full operation.

Get a fucking life ffs

 

[Kyler Ruxin]

Did you know that Conor has stuffed 70% of takedowns?
Did you know that RDA has only stuffed 66% of takedowns?
Did you know that Frankie Edgar has only stuffed 65% of takedowns?
Did you know that Benson Henderson has only stuffed 63% of takedowns?
Other notables include: Cerrone 70%, Pettis 61%, Faber 60%, Lamas 48%, Sanchez 49%, Fitch 56%, Big Rigg 62%, Lawler 67%, Condit 39%, Anderson Silva 68%

Conor vs Nate 2 - 1 takedown 6 defences
Conor vs Nate 1 - 1 takedown 0 defences
Conor vs Aldo – 0 takedowns 0 defences
Conor vs Mendes – 4 takedowns 3 defences
Conor vs Siver – 0 takedown 3 defences
Conor vs Poirier – 0 takedowns 0 defences
Conor vs Brandao – 0 takedowns 2 defences (Scored 1/1 takedown)
Conor vs Holloway – 0 takedowns 0 defences (Scored 4/5 takedowns) - Holloway has a TDD of 81% and Conor took him down 80% of the time...with one leg.
Conor vs Brimage – 0 takedowns 0 defences

Conor has ONLY been taken down 4 times total by Mendes (no other UFC fighter), a fighter well known for his wrestling abilities and he defended 3 other takedowns. The other 2 were against an opponent that had 30 pounds on him and 1 was immediately swept, and the other was with a few seconds left in round 5.
Conor has defended 6 takedowns from Nate, 3 from Mendes, 3 from Siver and 2 from Brandao.
Conor has taken down Brandao 1 time and Holloway 4 out of 5 times.

First vs Holloway

Conor injured his knee restricting his movement and putting an end to his normal striking game. Even still Conor managed to score 4 out of 5 takedowns and win by decision without being taken down himself. So a few takeaways from that fight. Conor can take fighters down, though he rarely uses it as part of his normal gameplan. His ground control was good enough to gain the win vs Holloway.

Second vs Mendes

Conor tore his MCL in his knee in the lead up to the fight against Aldo so he did not train TDD. A late of opponent brought in the dangerous wrestler Mendes.

Round 1
Takedown 1 – Conor attacks forward tries a flying knee and Chad grabs leg and takes Conor down, momentarily has control before Conor pops back up.
Takedown 2 – Stuffed...Mendes goes for a double leg against the cage, Conor pushes down and breaks the double leg.
Takedown 3 – Caught Conor flat footed talking to him and did a nice power double sham in the open. One elbow (cut above eye) before Conor slipped out and got up eating one shot as he stands.
Takedown 4 – Conor attacking forward Mendes drops down and double leg takedown. No striking Chad warned 3 times for fingers in the cut.

Round 2
Takedown 5 – Stuffed...Mendes goes for a diving double leg and Conor does big sprawl backwards, Mendes misses.
Takedown 6 – Stuffed
Takedown 7 – Conor attacking forward, missed straight left Mendes ducks and gets double leg. Long sequence of elbows by both. Mendes goes for guillotine and Conor escapes.

All Conor's takedowns were from Conor pressuring forward and inflicting damage leaving himself open to the takedown. Mainly by double leg which Mendes is known to favour.

So what happens if you take Conor down?
What we saw from the Mendes fight:

• Conor remained very calm and generally did not seem stressed or worried about being on his back. He seemed very patient and expended very little energy.
• Conor attempted to limit Mendes movement to the point that he could not be active and a standup would have to be called by the ref.
• Conor used vicious elbows repeatedly to crown of Mendes head causing Mendes to sook to Herb and to call the blows illegal (He did not, blows were legal).

Conor waited until Mendes transitioned for a guillotine then exploded out at the correct time to break the attempted submission. (We all know what happened next)...

Third vs Nate 1

Takedown 1 - Nate catches Conor's leg and takes Conor to the ground. Conor immediately sweeps using the expert level X-sweep and finishes the round on top.

Fourth vs Nate 2

Takedown 1 - stuffed
Takedown 2 - stuffed
Takedown 3 - stuffed
Takedown 4 - stuffed
Takedown 5 - stuffed
Takedown 6 - stuffed
Takedown 7 - Nate scores a takedown with a few seconds left on the clock using an excellent trip. Conor clearly gave up the takedown knowing full well he had the fight wrapped up.

An awful lot of takedown attempts by Nate. Did he wrestle at high school? An amazing feat by Conor given the 30-pound weight differential.

The troubling thing is Conor now trains with BJJ world champion and 185 pounder Dillon Danis so he will only improve his TDD. It would have been interesting to see how many takedowns Conor would have blocked with a full camp training for Mendes and all of his cruciate ligaments in full operation.

You did your fucking homework, I'll give you that. Eddie is still a better wrestler than anyone on that list other than Mendes, and he's bigger than all of them.

 

[NotoriousMillions]

He'd need to close that distance first and Khabab's stand up is laughable. He'd be stiffened

Distance, no distance...doesn't matter. Honestly, I think Edward beats Khabib too. Khabib has trouble with boxers he can't takedown relentlessly, and can put up a good clinch game.

 

[fatlipjesus]

Feel sorry for all the fan boys whos lives were ruined when that dudes shoulder blocked conors cock flash

Judging by his "display" at that weigh-in where he had the hard-on.... Im not sure if thats what you'd call a cock or a "wee-wee"

 

[NotoriousMillions]

You did your fucking homework, I'll give you that. Eddie is still a better wrestler than anyone on that list other than Mendes, and he's bigger than all of them.

Aldo > Edward.

 

[The Great Macsby]

Distance, no distance...doesn't matter. Honestly, I think Edward beats Khabib too. Khabib has trouble with boxers he can't takedown relentlessly, and can put up a good clinch game.

Exactly. He should have lost against Tibau. Got lucky. He will panic when he faces a good wrestler.

 

[The Great Macsby]

Get a fucking life ffs

Mad that I whooped you with stats.

I'd give up too if I was battling my intelligence.

 

[Vitor CroCop]

He'd need to close that distance first and Khabab's stand up is laughable. He'd be stiffened

He'd pick him up and drop him like a sack of potatoes.

 

[fatlipjesus]

Did you know that Conor has stuffed 70% of takedowns?
Did you know that RDA has only stuffed 66% of takedowns?
Did you know that Frankie Edgar has only stuffed 65% of takedowns?
Did you know that Benson Henderson has only stuffed 63% of takedowns?
Other notables include: Cerrone 70%, Pettis 61%, Faber 60%, Lamas 48%, Sanchez 49%, Fitch 56%, Big Rigg 62%, Lawler 67%, Condit 39%, Anderson Silva 68%

Conor vs Nate 2 - 1 takedown 6 defences
Conor vs Nate 1 - 1 takedown 0 defences
Conor vs Aldo – 0 takedowns 0 defences
Conor vs Mendes – 4 takedowns 3 defences
Conor vs Siver – 0 takedown 3 defences
Conor vs Poirier – 0 takedowns 0 defences
Conor vs Brandao – 0 takedowns 2 defences (Scored 1/1 takedown)
Conor vs Holloway – 0 takedowns 0 defences (Scored 4/5 takedowns) - Holloway has a TDD of 81% and Conor took him down 80% of the time...with one leg.
Conor vs Brimage – 0 takedowns 0 defences

Conor has ONLY been taken down 4 times total by Mendes (no other UFC fighter), a fighter well known for his wrestling abilities and he defended 3 other takedowns. The other 2 were against an opponent that had 30 pounds on him and 1 was immediately swept, and the other was with a few seconds left in round 5.
Conor has defended 6 takedowns from Nate, 3 from Mendes, 3 from Siver and 2 from Brandao.
Conor has taken down Brandao 1 time and Holloway 4 out of 5 times.

First vs Holloway

Conor injured his knee restricting his movement and putting an end to his normal striking game. Even still Conor managed to score 4 out of 5 takedowns and win by decision without being taken down himself. So a few takeaways from that fight. Conor can take fighters down, though he rarely uses it as part of his normal gameplan. His ground control was good enough to gain the win vs Holloway.

Second vs Mendes

Conor tore his MCL in his knee in the lead up to the fight against Aldo so he did not train TDD. A late of opponent brought in the dangerous wrestler Mendes.

Round 1
Takedown 1 – Conor attacks forward tries a flying knee and Chad grabs leg and takes Conor down, momentarily has control before Conor pops back up.
Takedown 2 – Stuffed...Mendes goes for a double leg against the cage, Conor pushes down and breaks the double leg.
Takedown 3 – Caught Conor flat footed talking to him and did a nice power double sham in the open. One elbow (cut above eye) before Conor slipped out and got up eating one shot as he stands.
Takedown 4 – Conor attacking forward Mendes drops down and double leg takedown. No striking Chad warned 3 times for fingers in the cut.

Round 2
Takedown 5 – Stuffed...Mendes goes for a diving double leg and Conor does big sprawl backwards, Mendes misses.
Takedown 6 – Stuffed
Takedown 7 – Conor attacking forward, missed straight left Mendes ducks and gets double leg. Long sequence of elbows by both. Mendes goes for guillotine and Conor escapes.

All Conor's takedowns were from Conor pressuring forward and inflicting damage leaving himself open to the takedown. Mainly by double leg which Mendes is known to favour.

So what happens if you take Conor down?
What we saw from the Mendes fight:

• Conor remained very calm and generally did not seem stressed or worried about being on his back. He seemed very patient and expended very little energy.
• Conor attempted to limit Mendes movement to the point that he could not be active and a standup would have to be called by the ref.
• Conor used vicious elbows repeatedly to crown of Mendes head causing Mendes to sook to Herb and to call the blows illegal (He did not, blows were legal).

Conor waited until Mendes transitioned for a guillotine then exploded out at the correct time to break the attempted submission. (We all know what happened next)...

Third vs Nate 1

Takedown 1 - Nate catches Conor's leg and takes Conor to the ground. Conor immediately sweeps using the expert level X-sweep and finishes the round on top.

Fourth vs Nate 2

Takedown 1 - stuffed
Takedown 2 - stuffed
Takedown 3 - stuffed
Takedown 4 - stuffed
Takedown 5 - stuffed
Takedown 6 - stuffed
Takedown 7 - Nate scores a takedown with a few seconds left on the clock using an excellent trip. Conor clearly gave up the takedown knowing full well he had the fight wrapped up.

An awful lot of takedown attempts by Nate. Did he wrestle at high school? An amazing feat by Conor given the 30-pound weight differential.

The troubling thing is Conor now trains with BJJ world champion and 185 pounder Dillon Danis so he will only improve his TDD. It would have been interesting to see how many takedowns Conor would have blocked with a full camp training for Mendes and all of his cruciate ligaments in full operation.

..... So the only good wrestler he's faced has taken him down 4 times?

And of his 3 fights against decent LWs he's gone 1-2 and been tapped out twice?


And now he's going against a really good LW who's a good wrestler?

Sounds like Eddie is a good bet.

 

[NotoriousMillions]

Exactly. He should have lost against Tibau. Got lucky. He will panic when he faces a good wrestler.

Yep. Especially somebody that can defend his style of takedowns, and Conor's defensive style excels at blocking trips and throws and leveraging off the cage. His balance is impeccable, the best in MMA. Conor has a very underrated clinch game, and could destroy Khabob from inside or out.

 

[FreddyFingers]

It's true Irishmen bend down for no man unless he sees a potato.

 

[bigconan]

He barely beat Nate Diaz calm down son

You mean the nate diaz that destroyed the guy that beat the current champion with ease??

 

[Vitor CroCop]

Not sure what that has to do with his TD defense? Nate never even attempted to shoot on him. I think TS is trying to say Eddie's only way to victory is take downs.

He implied Conor has no weaknesses. Wasn't even thinking about takedowns. He's been subbed 3 times in his prime. He is NOT a complete fighter.