Conor a victim of his own finishing speed

[snapster]

Maybe this falls in the "captain obvious" category, but I think Conor's fast finishing rate has had a negative effect of leaving him without much experience outside of the early rounds. Nate's been there a million times, and was able to manage his energy appropriately.
I think psychologically, all of Conor's future opponents will have a much easier time. They've visually seen what someone beating Conor looks like. They also know that there's pretty much one way Conor can beat them: KO or bust. I hope UFC 200 sees Conor vs Frankie. If Frankie can avoid the quick KO, I say Frankie takes it. There aren't many I've seen with Frankie's energy over 5 rounds.

 

[kdday]

That's just the way he fights, people saying if he was patient don't realize how dumb it sounds, it's like saying if Shane carwin was more patient he could ko anyone

 

[NatoHoro]

I think Conor is a victim of Nate.

 

[BRASIL WAND]

More like a victim of having NO GROUND GAME






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[fluffball]

The CM fans are the victim of his finishing speed. KOing someone right away doesn't tell you anything about how good a fighter is when he gets into an actual fight.

You see this time and time and time and time and time again. Someone comes into the UFC, KOs people, every ones sucks their dick, person turns out to not be as good as everyone though. Everyone is "the next Anderson Silva".

 

[Rob_M.]

Kind of reminds me of Ronda.

 

[mmmjojo]

Maybe this falls in the "captain obvious" category, but I think Conor's fast finishing rate has had a negative effect of leaving him without much experience outside of the early rounds. Nate's been there a million times, and was able to manage his energy appropriately.
I think psychologically, all of Conor's future opponents will have a much easier time. They've visually seen what someone beating Conor looks like. They also know that there's pretty much one way Conor can beat them: KO or bust. I hope UFC 200 sees Conor vs Frankie. If Frankie can avoid the quick KO, I say Frankie takes it. There aren't many I've seen with Frankie's energy over 5 rounds.