Conor would sleep Frankie

[BringCodyBack]

 

[Siesta]

It's not a striking match it's mma

Frankie has a massive wrestling advantage

Think Mendes but with amazing cardio and much better boxing skills

Like @ UFC 200, right?

 

[Buff]

You're not KO'd till you're KO'd. You're not in a fight till you're in a fight. Frankie has been in wars, Conor would sleep him.

If he could catch him he would... How do you catch someone who's whole mission objective is to make himself as difficult to counter as possible?

He's one if the hardest guys out there to hit, and offers almost no opening unless he is deciding to engage in a stand up battle, which against better strikers he only uses to set up takedowns that Conor couldn't stuff.

It's a really terrible matchup for him.

 

[fightfan70]

conroy would murk frankie. would look like the alvarez fight.

its simle mma math. aldo destroyed frankie. and connor destroyed aldo. duh.

 

[Sansnom]

The most pathetic part is that Conor's walk around weight is around 175.

He rather starve himself to death to make 145 rather than fight the guys at 155.

He uses his reach as his main advantage against the little guys. Notice he always has his hand sticking out in front of his opponents faces to keep them at a safe distance.

That's why he doesn't want to fight guys like Tony who are taller and longer than him.

He already got exposed by Nate Diaz.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Inside 1 round. Conor has never lost an MMA match against anyone who is smaller than him reach wise. Infact everyone with less reach than Conor has been slept inside 2 rounds.

Aldo
Alverez
Mendes
Siver
Brimage
Brandao
Etc

Only people with more reach give Conor trouble. IE his 1 loss to Nate. Also his dominate win over a taller max holloway, but didn't finish him.

If Conor would have stuck to 145 division, he would never lost a single fight.

It would be dangerous. He looks like a homeless crackhead making that cut.

 

[Mr. Hammer]

I think Conor takes it in 2018 but Frankie is a guy you can never count out.

 

[Eli1015]

Frankie is a different animal to all of those guys... Nobody sleeps him.

It's so weird to see this new generation of fans that have no idea how terrible a match up this is. Frankie doesn't throw crazy swings to counter, he's an in-and-out boxer that switches up with wrestling and very fast top control, and never gets tired... It's a nightmare fight for Conor.

This would be a puncher's chance fight for Conor, because Frankie neutralises his offence.

Frankie is a different animal than aldo? The guy who beat Frankie 2 times already. Holy fuck.

 

[Mr. Hammer]

It would be dangerous. He looks like a homeless crackhead making that cut.

Worse. I thought he looked like a Holocaust victim.

 

[Peteyandjia]

I happen to agree that Conor is a stylistic nightmare for Frankie. Frankie could switch to an all-grappling gameplan and possibly have success, but I think it's far more likely he gets KTFO. And I freakin' love Frankie. I love Conor too, but I'm not someone who looks past Frankie, I think he is one of the greatest of all time, hugely underrated. Conor is just a bad matchup for him, on paper anyways.

 

[Just Creed]

Dunno. I don't think Conor would be able to fight off the takedowns. I think Frankie's wrestling is a bigger factor than Conor's left hand. Mendes is shorter than Conor and got him down a few times and kept him there. Frankie has looked great in near enough all his mma matches - granted so has Conor but I can't see Conor taking the rinse and repeat wrestling/ground and pound for more than 2 rounds. His bottom game isn't good enough and neither is his cardio. Frankie would make him quit.

 

[Buff]

Frankie is a different animal than aldo? The guy who beat Frankie 2 times already. Holy fuck.

Styles make fights... Frankie brawled with Aldo and lost, which is understandable, but it was a terrible matchup for Frankie because Aldo was able to neutralise his wrestling, and is the better striker... He was always going to beat Frankie.

Frankie has the perfect skill set to beat Conor... MMath bruh.

 

[JayJayFrench]

Inside 1 round. Conor has never lost an MMA match against anyone who is smaller than him reach wise. Infact everyone with less reach than Conor has been slept inside 2 rounds.

Aldo
Alverez
Mendes
Siver
Brimage
Brandao
Etc

Only people with more reach give Conor trouble. IE his 1 loss to Nate. Also his dominate win over a taller max holloway, but didn't finish him.

If Conor would have stuck to 145 division, he would never lost a single fight.

Shut up and post your previous betting slips if you're such a good prognosticator. Bet you can't, because like most people, you're talking out of your ass.

 

[Vojislav]

Max Holloway was 21 at the time and was in the UFC longer than Conor was? How about speaking the truth and try to get your cheap likes.

Artemij Sitenkov was cherry picked by Conor's team and it went wrong. It happens. It's still a loss.

 

[Kevster]

It’s a possibility, be in deep shit if he didn’t though.

 

[Vojislav]

Frankie has never been finished in 28 of his MMA fights. Never. 22 of those fights have been in the UFC against top competition. Nobody could finish Frankie. All of his losses very decision losses.

Counting on Conor to finish Frankie is not a good bet. The chances are it goes the distance and with Conor's cardio that's a very bad fight for Conor.

 

[nopeavi]

People acting like Conor cutting one weight class is something new in the UFC...No way on this planet is he a WW...

Many including Tyrun have warned him about being too small for the division...Ever seen Nate @ 155 or Till @ 170? Do you see Nate wanting to move and fight someone like Whitaker...Maybe Till would like to tangle with Bones since he always brags about being a LHW. Conor does look zombified @ 145 but it is certainly nothing new at the highest level of MMA

 

[GordaoPreguico]

Frankie is a different animal to all of those guys... Nobody sleeps him.

It's so weird to see this new generation of fans that have no idea how terrible a match up this is. Frankie doesn't throw crazy swings to counter, he's an in-and-out boxer that switches up with wrestling and very fast top control, and never gets tired... It's a nightmare fight for Conor.

This would be a puncher's chance fight for Conor, because Frankie neutralises his offence completely and has everything needed to win himself.

Conor would wear himself out in the 1st round trying to chase Frankie around the cage. Edgar is great with angles and never sitting still.

 

[jeffb36]

Frankie is a different animal than aldo? The guy who beat Frankie 2 times already. Holy fuck.

Frankie is an excellent wrestler with good boxing. Aldo has otherworldly takedown defense, so Frankie had to fight Aldo's fight.

Conor doesn't have otherworldly takedown defense and is NOT a BJJ blackbelt like Frankie and Aldo. The different strengths and weaknesses in the match ups determine the correct strategies to use. Spamming takedowns against Aldo did NOT work when Frankie fought him twice.

Spamming takedowns against Conor would likely cause Conor to be on his back at some point. Frankie has excellent ground and pound and subs. Conor doesn't exactly have stellar sub defense. Frankie has an incredible chin as well. So if Conor hits him with his Mythical Thor-like sledgehammer left, Frankie, unlike mere mortals who would DIE IMMEDIATELY upon impact, could POSSIBLY survive (.00001% chance) and finish Conor on the ground.

It's not as simple as Fighter A beat Fighter B twice and fighter C beat Fighter B, so Fighter C beats Fighter A. (MMAth)

It really shouldn't be that difficult to understand.

The only way to know for sure is to fight the fight. If you've watched MMA for any length of time, you would realize how asinine it is to just ASSUME a fighter is going to win/lose, based on past performances against a common foe.

 

[herra]

Inside 1 round. Conor has never lost an MMA match against anyone who is smaller than him reach wise. Infact everyone with less reach than Conor has been slept inside 2 rounds.

Aldo
Alverez
Mendes
Siver
Brimage
Brandao
Etc

Only people with more reach give Conor trouble. IE his 1 loss to Nate. Also his dominate win over a taller max holloway, but didn't finish him.

If Conor would have stuck to 145 division, he would never lost a single fight.

If he could catch him he would... How do you catch someone who's whole mission objective is to make himself as difficult to counter as possible?

He's one if the hardest guys out there to hit, and offers almost no opening unless he is deciding to engage in a stand up battle, which against better strikers he only uses to set up takedowns that Conor couldn't stuff.

It's a really terrible matchup for him.

Connor could control the distance and force edger to close the distance which would open Frankie up. Also, Frankie would need to close a lot of distance to get the takedown.