CONOR QUOTE: Opponent just being an illusion?

The whole, my opponent doesnt exist is an old martial arts saying. Basically martial artists train day in and out of their lives but never for a single opponent. They train to better themselves. Some mystical shit.
 
TheRuthlessOne said:
why wont ronda fight cyborg then
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Come on man use your head. All signs point to her being scared. Well unless you does the old trick of getting her opponent at a weakened state. Tito knows that all too well, he did that to shamrock. Sugar ray did it to hagler etc. (sugar ray wouldn't fight hagler in his prime, he waited for hagler to retire and lose his interest and then challenged him. Straight from sugar rays mouth)
 
Post 2 Decision said:
He's right, it doesn't matter if you're fighting Junior Dos Santos or a 5 year old girl, it's all the same, you vs yourself.
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But you know that it's easier to beat the 5 yr old girl version of you, so you secretly hope that's the version of you that the UFC matches you up with.
 
It is a Bruce Lee quote from Enter the Dragon which was edited out of the final film but was used in some posthumeous exploitative film. Essentially his master tells him to shatter all illusions, which is why he breaks all those mirrors in the end of the movie... Lee had a vast philosophical library and plagiarized Lao Tze and Krishnamurti all the way.
 
Luckily the illusion attempted a sub or else Conor would've never got up that round.
 
This is marketing 101. He trains just like all the others for different fighter styles.

He said himself that he was training for a striker and not a wrestler, and that this was why chad was able to take him down.
 
BonesNose said:
Luckily the illusion attempted a sub or else Conor would've never got up that round.
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Doesn't really matter, after the sub Mendes went for a takedown and could no longer get it. That would have been the case in round 3 too and he'd simply have taken more damage.
 
He desires to achieve a flow state. What some call being 'in the zone'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)

A similar concept exists in Japanese martial arts, Mushin (no mind)
The legendary Zen master Takuan Sōhō said:[2]

The mind must always be in the state of 'flowing,' for when it stops anywhere that means the flow is interrupted and it is this interruption that is injurious to the well-being of the mind. In the case of the swordsman, it means death. When the swordsman stands against his opponent, he is not to think of the opponent, nor of himself, nor of his enemy's sword movements. He just stands there with his sword which, forgetful of all technique, is ready only to follow the dictates of the subconscious. The man has effaced himself as the wielder of the sword. When he strikes, it is not the man but the sword in the hand of the man's subconscious that strikes.
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Footwork333 said:
This is what I'm thinking as well. How can your opponent NOT matter?
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Like anything waxed philosophically, it depends how literal or figurative you want to take it.

  • Literal- Yes, opponent matters. That's just reality. A prepared fighter is always better off than not.

  • Figurative- The fight's largely mental. Supreme confidence = you can defeat anyone. Different people have had different variations of this, including The Little Engine That Could, lol. Ronda says the same thing.
For best results, you mix the two. Believe in yourself and training, do your homework, then execute.
 
Mr. Death said:
Oh lord. Get off Conor's nuts. Athletes from every sport imaginable have been saying the same thing since the beginning of time. He's not fucking Confucius for christ's sake.
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lol...this. Nothing any of these guys have/will ever say is original!

Which is fine....I regurgitate shit all the time, but the people who take all this rhetoric as gospel are perhaps a little naive (to put it politely).

No excuse me while I go "impose my will" with cliche rhetoric on other people!
 
Post 2 Decision said:
He's right, it doesn't matter if you're fighting Junior Dos Santos or a 5 year old girl, it's all the same, you vs yourself.
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Quotes not to be taken literally, it's just an esoteric way of saying you can't let who your opponent is negatively affect your mentality. You need to focus on what you're doing in the cage, instead of being influenced by the fact that your opponent could be perceived as terrifying or weak.
 
Docile said:
Doesn't really matter, after the sub Mendes went for a takedown and could no longer get it. That would have been the case in round 3 too and he'd simply have taken more damage.
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That would've been the case in round 3 after Mendes could've taken a small break, and after such a dominant second round ending? Ok.
 
BonesNose said:
That would've been the case in round 3 after Mendes could've taken a small break, and after such a dominant second round ending? Ok.
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Controlling Conor on the ground was obviously taking its toll on him. And what the fuck are you even suggesting here? That Conor would've been holding his breath during the round break? He'd be just as recovered and Mendes would've failed his takedowns just like he proved when Conor got up even earlier than round 3.
 
BS line.

He thinks he's smart, but he's just been reading to much of the secret
 
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