Conors Chin.

[Yung Dilla]

He was pretty hurt in the Diaz fight at one point his eyes were glazed over and he was close to going out. How do you think it's gonna hold up now?

Diaz isn't known for their one or two shot ko power it's always an accumulation of strikes but what started it was a 1-2 from Diaz and Connors legs did the chicken dance, then again, then again when he was almost finished against the cage.

It's obvious he's going down to 145 but do you think his chin will hold up now? He has horrible defense and he's only 27 so if his chin is fading he might want to make all the money he can and bow out by 30.

 

[tombombadil]

fatigue makes it harder to deal with shots.

 

[Karelinator]

All I know is that the chin does not recover

 

[Theproof]

fatigue makes it harder to deal with shots.

Give it up. He's not fighting midgets. He even said it himself.

 

[tombombadil]

What am i giving up here, my stubborn Conor love?

 

[shortlefthook]

Defense issue, he was already tired when he got tagged with that 1-2.
Added conors head was to the side when nate landed, so it was able to manipulate the skull more so than if conor was straight on facing nate.

 

[ScottNM]

Conor is a good striker. That is it. It has served him well thus far but the party is over. No ground game or defense down there. Shut your fookin mouth McG. Prove a ground and pound with RDA and I will recant these words... I seriously doubt it.

 

[Superzorro]

It's all speculation at this point. We'll have to see.

 

[cumafish]

McNugget's chin?

 

[GODZILLA213]

I think he has always had a great poker face. Watch when Max hit him with a headkick and almost dropped him, and watch when Mendes connects, great poker face.

 

[Tony_Clifton]

With his fighting style his chin and recovery time need to be excellent. I think it's probably ok but Saturday should be cause for concern for his fans.

 

[Emjay]

He has horrible defense and he's only 27 ...

lol ... One shot wobbles him and TS ignores all of the punches that he slipped and evaded prior to and after getting rocked.

Typical Sherdoggery.

 

[ZuffaExecutive]

Well he has always said get in make your money and get out.So who knows how many fights he has.I personally had a feeling he planned to do Rda fight if he won go to 170 and then retire.

But he punched himself out and was fatigued by the sound of it,same reason chad went down against him gassed out couldnt move properly and went down

 

[Yung Dilla]

lol ... One shot wobbles him and TS ignores all ofstrikes, punches that he slipped and evaded prior to and after getting rocked.

Typical Sherdoggery.

Umm no I'm not even speaking about his defense in the Diaz fight he ran into all of mendes power strikes, also ko'd still touched him. Conors chin up reckless abandonment has always been that way.

 

[Emjay]

Umm no I'm not even speaking about his defense in the Diaz fight he ran into all of mendes power strikes, also ko'd still touched him. Conors chin up reckless abandonment has always been that way.

It's a fight. People get hit

 

[MayhemMonkey]

his chin is fine, he just got caught by a shot he wasnt expecting whilst tired

 

[traitmanz]

Nate and Nick throw at such a high volume there is no time to recover

 

[logicprob]

fatigue makes it harder to deal with shots.

This but you have to remember, most of the people posting in this forum do not know the sport. They just look from the outside "oh kewl fighting, wow punching and kicking. golly gee!". So they have a very simplistic approach when explaining what they see.

 

[Yung Dilla]

It's a fight. People get hit

Obviously but in conors case defense isn't a priority to him. His own words "let them hit me they all hit like little girls" talking about the fw division after the mendes fight after being questioned about letting Chad hit him so many times.

 

[Drogon]

He was pretty hurt in the Diaz fight at one point his eyes were glazed over and he was close to going out. How do you think it's gonna hold up now?

Diaz isn't known for their one or two shot ko power it's always an accumulation of strikes but what started it was a 1-2 from Diaz and Connors legs did the chicken dance, then again, then again when he was almost finished against the cage.

It's obvious he's going down to 145 but do you think his chin will hold up now? He has horrible defense and he's only 27 so if his chin is fading he might want to make all the money he can and bow out by 30.

I'm enjoying makin conor fans eat crow as much as the next guy, but I don't actually think conor has a bad chin. Nate hit him when he wasn't expecting it and didn't see it coming. Not only that but he landed 2 beautifully placed shots right on the chin. Conor seemed able to eat bombs from mendes because he saw them coming.