Look, Conor got beat; in devastating fashion. But it was tko, not a KO. He legit had nothing to offer when the fight was called; but he was still aware of his surroundings. Dude needs to take a look at other top guys with similar fighting styles, who you use fients and a masterful understanding of range; like Wonderboy, Holloway, and Adesanya. If either of these three guys took calf kicks like that they would have been similarly compromised. At his level of striking he should have been avoiding those kicks all together instead leaning on his reflexes to check them( especially calf kicks) but you don’t learn that till you experience them. You also should not be leaning on your natural born reflexes when your last fight was against a past his prime Cowboy(no disrespect to Cowboy whatsoever). Poirier skills are not only elite I’m basically most aspects of mma, but his fight IQ is up there with the best. Conor did not adjust and payed a price. Not an elaborate excuse; just an assessment of the fight. Worked too hard on his conditioning and forgot about leg kicks lol
Conor - ‘I’m not beat up and I wasn’t rocked, my leg was just done’
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Don't see what excuses he made? He said Dustin chewed his leg up and that's what did him in, he said the tactic was great and it worked- you could see he couldn't put weight on his leg properly.
Why is evaluating what caused your loss always seen as an excuse? Especially when it was clearly bang on the money, anyone could see that those kicks were gonna cost him unless he got a KO fast.
Why is evaluating what caused your loss always seen as an excuse? Especially when it was clearly bang on the money, anyone could see that those kicks were gonna cost him unless he got a KO fast.
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These skinny karate boys really can’t take legs kicks... or losses for that matter.
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After the squatting knockdown and the first follow up punch, he seemed out of there to me for a moment.
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His lungs were rocked.
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The last shot from Dustin sent him, he was definitely out for a spell,
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he needs to lay of the test or he is going to have a stroke guy turning into a fucking beetroot
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His foot was a balloon.
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He was drunk is the one that annoys me the most. As if...
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Lol no man he took a nap. Theres enough videos pictures and angles to see jt now..
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Looks he tapped to strikes to me. Wonder what the excuse will be for that.
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To be fair, he likely doesn't remember it. I'm sure he remembers the leg and will for quite some time, but doubt he remembers being out
Because in his evaluation of his loss he said he wasn't rocked. Do you agree with that ? Because I saw him lying down on the floor like he was taking a peaceful little sleep.
Do you remember DC asking his Corner was he KD after RD2 of StipeDC3.
You cant phantom how many fighters dont know they were "rocked" or KD, you simply dont remember.
You even have Conor saying he checked those kicks but in reality he didnt. Its more of he throws you have reflex reaction but you dont have time to do it while you think you did it.
To be on the subject Conor ducked into boxing hook, yes he did that because he was sitting duck, but he eat it clean on temple and then on the chin. Maybe he wasnt out but he was heavily rocked. There is no coming back after such 2 punches.
