All this 170lbs talk...

[Guernica]

Is bull shit! I'm not gonna hear these excuses for conor! It's not like he fought a dude at 170lbs! Nate fights at 155! The only reason they did 170 is because Nate was coming of the couch and only had 11 days to prepare. conor weighed in at 168 and Nate came in at 169. Neither of these dudes made a cut. They fought at 170 but he fought a 155er.

People talking like conner decided to go up two weight classes is pathetic an misleading. Truth is Nate is a better fighter. More well rounded. Has more heart and a better chin. How you gonna claim to be the goat when you can't defend a double and you have zero jitz to speak of?!

Pickeys gonna pike!

#sagebless

 

[Coffee79]

Exactly. Conor fanboys are doing damage control.

 

[Wallop]

Not too sure it's BS.
Conor isn't fit enough to compete at 170. All the extra timber he put on to step up 2 divisions gassed him out severely. He looked knackered after round one. This is not a way out or anything, Conor lost to a better fighter last night. I'm a big Diaz fan and he looked great. But Conor doesn't belong in the WW division. '45 and '55 is where he should stay.
Nate has the frame to stay at '70 or maybe even go to '85 like his Bro.....

 

[Guernica]

Not too sure it's BS.
Conor isn't fit enough to compete at 170. All the extra timber he put on to step up 2 divisions gassed him out severely. He looked knackered after round one. This is not a way out or anything, Conor lost to a better fighter last night. I'm a big Diaz fan and he looked great. But Conor doesn't belong in the WW division. '45 and '55 is where he should stay.
Nate has the frame to stay at '70 or maybe even go to '85 like his Bro.....

I get what you're saying but Nate had been fighting at 155 for years. This fight was no different than McTapper fighting RDA. conner just needs to take the L, and learn some humility.

 

[yxcv]

ts is right. they are acting like "oh Conor you brave man, fighting at 170 blabla"
Bullshit. it was a LW fight without a weight cut. that's it.

 

[UFCfan91]

if the fight had been at 155 i fail to see how it would have gone any differently

conor fans clutching at straws

 

[itz reggie]

But wait Conor had a full 6 week training camp and Nate came off the couch with only 10 days of training, so Nate was the fresher fighter.

 

[Wallop]

I get what you're saying but Nate had been fighting at 155 for years. This fight was no different than McTapper fighting RDA. conner just needs to take the L, and learn some humility.

McTapper .....

 

[Al3s]

McTapper .....

Canor McTapper is his name

 

[Breaking]

I was just coming here to post this. All the media coverage keeps saying how historical it is to move up two weight classes but leaving out all of the VERY RELEVANT details.

 

[Breaking]

Not too sure it's BS.
Conor isn't fit enough to compete at 170. All the extra timber he put on to step up 2 divisions gassed him out severely. He looked knackered after round one. This is not a way out or anything, Conor lost to a better fighter last night. I'm a big Diaz fan and he looked great. But Conor doesn't belong in the WW division. '45 and '55 is where he should stay.
Nate has the frame to stay at '70 or maybe even go to '85 like his Bro.....

"All the extra timber he put on?" Are you crazy? All the extra timber=not cutting weight. And there is no way that Nate should be at 185. No way.

 

[aerozeppelin]

ts is right. they are acting like "oh Conor you brave man, fighting at 170 blabla"
Bullshit. it was a LW fight without a weight cut. that's it.

truth, but nate cuts as much or more to make LW as conor does to make FW. nate has always been large for the division and does well at 170....except against rory. dhk kinda mopped him too, but he came on late iirc..

 

[OverhandRight]

Is bull shit! I'm not gonna hear these excuses for conor! It's not like he fought a dude at 170lbs! Nate fights at 155! The only reason they did 170 is because Nate was coming of the couch and only had 11 days to prepare. conor weighed in at 168 and Nate came in at 169. Neither of these dudes made a cut. They fought at 170 but he fought a 155er.

People talking like conner decided to go up two weight classes is pathetic an misleading. Truth is Nate is a better fighter. More well rounded. Has more heart and a better chin. How you gonna claim to be the goat when you can't defend a double and you have zero jitz to speak of?!

Pickeys gonna pike!

#sagebless

Exactly, if they fought at 155 or 165, the both pretty much come in at the weight they fought last night after a day of hydration.

 

[Breaking]

truth, but nate cuts as much or more to make LW as conor does to make FW. nate has always been large for the division and does well at 170....

I find that to be crazy doubtful. Have you ever really looked at Connor after his cuts? Remember Faber saying that he looked like a crackhead? It's because Connor is a HUGE 145er. That's one of the reasons why he's so used to people crumbling under his power. Connor would be an average sized 155er. Nate is a big 155er. That's it.

It's MORE amazing that Connor can even make 145 than it is for him to "go up to fight at 170"

 

[aerozeppelin]

I find that to be crazy doubtful. Have you ever really looked at Connor after his cuts? Remember Faber saying that he looked like a crackhead? It's because Connor is a HUGE 145er. That's one of the reasons why he's so used to people crumbling under his power. Connor would be an average sized 155er. Nate is a big 155er. That's it.

It's MORE amazing that Connor can even make 145 than it is for him to "go up to fight at 170"

dude, he moved to WW in 2010/11 for four fights in a row because he didn't like the extreme weight cut.

he's also missed weight a few times at LW and is enormous next to most LW's, so not so sure what troubles you about it..