Media UFC 257 Free Fight: Conor McGregor vs Eddie Alvarez

[Murder_KickHC]

Best Championship performance in the history of the sport. Made my jaw drop.

 

[TheSpider]

Perhaps the 2nd most impressive performance of all time behind Silva vs Griffin

 

[Gio]

The touch of death

 

[Ares Black]

Alvarez really shit the bed in that one.

 

[Deleted member 546119]

When Conrad fought a true fighter and not some sloppy brawler

 

[Tony Blades]

Perhaps the 2nd most impressive performance of all time behind Silva vs Griffin

That wasn't a championship performance.

Silva VS Belfort is still more impressive though.

 

[Tony Blades]

Alvarez really shit the bed in that one.

Alvarez was simply never good enough to beat McGregor in a striking battle, just like Poirier isn't.

 

[Kal-El]

I get the feeling your jaw is dropped and mouth is open anytime Conor is around or even mentioned. 5/10 troll though, good effort and sometimes funny even if it's a little played out

 

[Kos Fan]

Very impressive. Connor made Eddie look like a rookie.

 

[Ares Black]

Alvarez was simply never good enough to beat McGregor in a striking battle, just like Poirier isn't.

Which begs the question, why didn't he try to wrestle?

 

[Tony Blades]

Which begs the question, why didn't he try to wrestle?

He did, Conor had takedown defense. Eddie Alvarez isn't some high level wrestler either, he is a guy who is just good enough at everything.

When he fought Conor he just happened to run into a striking specialist who was able to force him to stand up.

 

[Daniel_LaRusso]

This was a classic case of a fighter having lost before he got in the cage. Said himself he did everything he trained not to. Pressure of the occasion and Conor making him fight emotionally.

 

[BertStayre]

Man I couldn't believe how easy eddie got trashed. I'm a Philly guy so I was super stoked for that fight. That was the one where I realized I still couldn't stand conor but wouldn't bet against him against anyone. That has to be his best performance.

 

[Ares Black]

He did, Conor had takedown defense. Eddie Alvarez isn't some high level wrestler either, he is a guy who is just good enough at everything.

When he fought Conor he just happened to run into a striking specialist who was able to force him to stand up.

Alvarez was already badly hurt before he tried to wrestle. He was overconfident and wanted to outbox McGregor, and he paid the price.

 

[Ares Black]

This was a classic case of a fighter having lost before he got in the cage. Said himself he did everything he trained not to. Pressure of the occasion and Conor making him fight emotionally.

^^^^^^^ Conor McGregor is a master of annoying the shit out of people.

 

[King Joffery]

This was a classic case of a fighter having lost before he got in the cage. Said himself he did everything he trained not to. Pressure of the occasion and Conor making him fight emotionally.

Na Eddie didn't seem particularly gotten to at all and their beef was fairly minor, not much bad blood, they even tapped gloves. It was more simply a case of the skill gap being too large.

 

[JonJonesNeedle]

This was very impressive, but not surprising. We saw in the Diaz fights that Conor is a excellent striker as he outstruck Diaz, both of whom are superior strikers to brawler Eddie. Eddie also doesnt have the chin of Diaz.

idk what Eddie's gameplan was, but he should be embarrassed with himself for such a pathetic performance. Short notice Mendes and Short notice Diaz did way better than the LW champ.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Do y'all really not know who tf Eddie Alvarez is?

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

This was very impressive, but not surprising. We saw in the Diaz fights that Conor is a excellent striker as he outstruck Diaz, both of whom are superior strikers to brawler Eddie. Eddie also doesnt have the chin of Diaz.

idk what Eddie's gameplan was, but he should be embarrassed with himself for such a pathetic performance. Short notice Mendes and Short notice Diaz did way better than the LW champ.

You can look at that multiple ways. Conor might have had a full training camp but in both cases he accepted short notice replacements and the opponents weren't even remotely similar to the original matchups.

 

[Barteh]

Alvarez was already badly hurt before he tried to wrestle. He was overconfident and wanted to outbox McGregor, and he paid the price.

You also can't dive in like Bader vs. Rumble for example. You gotta try to set it up at least a little bit. Eddie was never able to and he got rocked early on.

Eddie took a dive

This kind of fighter bashing is banneable.