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I was drunk the first time I watched it and I remember I was bummed because I didn't want either guy to lose. It was one of those for me. Love the Diaz bro's and McGregor as fighters. I watched the fight again and sober with sound off and here is what I noticed with the round by round. Looking forward to Conors return and any future Diaz fights so I thought I'd watch it again, share it, and maybe get some opinions.
RD 1:
- McGregor landed at will and put on a striking clinic between the leg kicks and combos
- McGregor landed a knockdown
- All things considered Diaz defended well and didn't take TOO much damage
= 10-9 Conor
RD 2:
- Again Mcgregor starts the round landing at will and scores two back to back knockdowns
- Half way through the round Diaz lands a perfect straight to the body and Conor tries to smile it off but it clearly hurt him and took some his wind
- Good back and forth exchanges in the second half of the round
= 10- 9 Conor (because of the two knockdowns)
RD 3:
- Conor is noticeably gassing and I think it had to do with the body shot/shots
- Diaz noticed the gassing and swarmed McGregor for most of the rounds. However if Diaz paced himself a little more he may have been able to take over the fight completely in this round
- McGregor took the round off but still defended decently as most of Diaz's swarming was deflected off his shoulders
- Only reason this wasn't a 10-8 Diaz was because of Conor deflecting shots and countering with really nice elbows from the clinch breaks
= 10-9 Diaz
RD 4:
- Diaz was gassing, he put a lot into trying to finish Conor in the 3rd. I know people believe Diaz bro's can't gas but Diaz was certainly tired and somewhat took the round off
- Conor had some gas back and won the round barely with better shots and just landed more
= 10-9 Conor
RD 5:
- Both fighters were gassed but Conor took the round off again possibly thinking he was up 3. Diaz corner also felt Conor was up because Gil said "you have to finish him" before the round started
- Diaz swarmed Conor again and got a late takedown
- Conor looked at the clock many times indicating he was riding this one out which was stupid and risky
- The only way Conor didn't get 10-8'd again was because of his countering out of the clinch. He was landing really nice elbows all fight
= 10-9 Diaz
Total was the same as two of the judges at 48-47 Conor.
Also, considering how much hate Kavanaugh gets and how silly he can be on twitter, the man is an amazing corner-man and that definitely played a big part in the fight. The advice was brilliant (I turned on sound for the corner segments).
Considering the stakes and the action, this was one for the ages.
I'd like to here what the shertards have to say but especially the sherdoggers who have in ring experience (boxing, KB, or MMA). I have a few kickboxing bouts and I've been in some tough situations in those so seeing what these two were able to do with that much output was really something.
Would love to see a trilogy match eventually.
Here's the fight
http://www.ufc.com/media/UFC-205-Free-Fight-McGregor-vs-Diaz-2?id=
Inb4
RD 1:
- McGregor landed at will and put on a striking clinic between the leg kicks and combos
- McGregor landed a knockdown
- All things considered Diaz defended well and didn't take TOO much damage
= 10-9 Conor
RD 2:
- Again Mcgregor starts the round landing at will and scores two back to back knockdowns
- Half way through the round Diaz lands a perfect straight to the body and Conor tries to smile it off but it clearly hurt him and took some his wind
- Good back and forth exchanges in the second half of the round
= 10- 9 Conor (because of the two knockdowns)
RD 3:
- Conor is noticeably gassing and I think it had to do with the body shot/shots
- Diaz noticed the gassing and swarmed McGregor for most of the rounds. However if Diaz paced himself a little more he may have been able to take over the fight completely in this round
- McGregor took the round off but still defended decently as most of Diaz's swarming was deflected off his shoulders
- Only reason this wasn't a 10-8 Diaz was because of Conor deflecting shots and countering with really nice elbows from the clinch breaks
= 10-9 Diaz
RD 4:
- Diaz was gassing, he put a lot into trying to finish Conor in the 3rd. I know people believe Diaz bro's can't gas but Diaz was certainly tired and somewhat took the round off
- Conor had some gas back and won the round barely with better shots and just landed more
= 10-9 Conor
RD 5:
- Both fighters were gassed but Conor took the round off again possibly thinking he was up 3. Diaz corner also felt Conor was up because Gil said "you have to finish him" before the round started
- Diaz swarmed Conor again and got a late takedown
- Conor looked at the clock many times indicating he was riding this one out which was stupid and risky
- The only way Conor didn't get 10-8'd again was because of his countering out of the clinch. He was landing really nice elbows all fight
= 10-9 Diaz
Total was the same as two of the judges at 48-47 Conor.
Also, considering how much hate Kavanaugh gets and how silly he can be on twitter, the man is an amazing corner-man and that definitely played a big part in the fight. The advice was brilliant (I turned on sound for the corner segments).
Considering the stakes and the action, this was one for the ages.
I'd like to here what the shertards have to say but especially the sherdoggers who have in ring experience (boxing, KB, or MMA). I have a few kickboxing bouts and I've been in some tough situations in those so seeing what these two were able to do with that much output was really something.
Would love to see a trilogy match eventually.
Here's the fight
http://www.ufc.com/media/UFC-205-Free-Fight-McGregor-vs-Diaz-2?id=
Inb4
