Cormier to Conor: "Don't get slept!"

[felmmando]

Would it be more symmetrical if I said Conor would KO Floyd in a Kickboxing match with ease and I still don't think it takes away from boxing.

The point is that even if certain parts of a discipline can be applied it still a completely different sport and losing to one of the greatest of all time in one does not discredit the other.

I agree with you partially. Certainly losing to McG in kickboxing wouldn't lower Mayweather's stock like losing to another boxer, especially if kicks were decisive in the loss, or diminish the sport of boxing. I don't agree with you that the sports are completely different and therefore I don't agree the outcome says nothing about MMA. If one of the best strikers in MMA loses a boxing match, I, for one, will take that to have implications that his losing a chess match would not have.

 

[WallyBear]

sttaight up.... I would never cry after a fight

I believe you. Because you would be fucking dead after Jones is done with you.

 

[FimbulFightPicks]

Conor to Cormier

Lol the host on that elle or ellen or whatever show should had used that to her when she cried her eye balls out.

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

MMA will only lose credit in the eyes of people who have no respect for MMA anyway.

That's like 95% of Sherdog.

 

[Raise Your Fist]

DC cry gif is like William Hung, it was funny but now you want it to go away.

 

[Pitier of Fools]

Like it or not, cheering for Conor is cheering for MMA. The entire sport will lose credit if he's humiliated and KOed in the first round.

No, you're wrong. He's fighting in a different sport, not MMA. It means nothing for either MMA or boxing.

The only thing that's going to lose credit when Conor gets humiliated are his nuthuggers who think the guy who barely squeaked by Diaz actually has some kind of shot at winning this fight.

 

[Pakman]

If Conor makes it 12 rounds with Floyd then I'll take that as a big achievement for Conor and MMA.

i dont get this logic
People say Floyd is a defensive, boring, counter-fighter. Yet, they expect him to come out and maul Conor with a fury like he's never seen?

If Conor makes it 12 rounds, good for him. What it'll prove is that Conor himself, has managed to get good enough to last 12 rounds with perhaps the greatest boxer in this generation. It doesn't prove shit for MMA. All it means is that if people dedicate their time and effort to doing so, they can achieve things they set out to do.

I also don't get this stuff about Conor never boxing before etcetc. The all access thing shows that he used to train in boxing, he said he's been boxing since he was a young kid. Sure, not on a professional level, but Conor isn't Damien Maia getting into a boxing ring. He's a stand-up fighter who has used his punches to get a bunch of KO/TKO's in his career. It's not far-fetched to assume he trains boxing regularly anyway.

 

[LikeItIs]

Your posts always contradict your username.

Was that what you were shooting for?

 

[Turtlejuice]

Conor to Cormier

That's Ronda Rousey.

 

[GoldenAzazel]

i dont get this logic
People say Floyd is a defensive, boring, counter-fighter. Yet, they expect him to come out and maul Conor with a fury like he's never seen?

If Conor makes it 12 rounds, good for him. What it'll prove is that Conor himself, has managed to get good enough to last 12 rounds with perhaps the greatest boxer in this generation. It doesn't prove shit for MMA. All it means is that if people dedicate their time and effort to doing so, they can achieve things they set out to do.

I also don't get this stuff about Conor never boxing before etcetc. The all access thing shows that he used to train in boxing, he said he's been boxing since he was a young kid. Sure, not on a professional level, but Conor isn't Damien Maia getting into a boxing ring. He's a stand-up fighter who has used his punches to get a bunch of KO/TKO's in his career. It's not far-fetched to assume he trains boxing regularly anyway.

Well I'm just looking at it in way of Ricky Hatton couldn't last 12 rounds with Floyd and he was a 43-0 world champion. If Conor manages then that's an accomplishment to me.

 

[Pakman]

Well I'm just looking at it in way of Ricky Hatton couldn't last 12 rounds with Floyd and he was a 43-0 world champion. If Conor manages then that's an accomplishment to me.

I agree, it's a win for Conor if he can manage to go the whole fight and make it competitive. If he's just getting outboxed for 12 straight rounds, then its not so much of a win.

 

[Quitcherbichen]

Like it or not, cheering for Conor is cheering for MMA. The entire sport will lose credit if he's humiliated and KOed in the first round.

I don't believe that at all, Conor's mouth got him his money fight (kudos to him) not his boxing/mma skills...mma won't lose anything

 

[drkaratekid]

Unfortunately the key word is intelligent

I completely disagree. Would Floyd getting tapped out in an MMA fight cause boxing to lose credit. It's a different sport and intelligent people understand that.

MMA will only lose credit in the eyes of people who have no respect for MMA anyway.

 

[GoldenAzazel]

I agree, it's a win for Conor if he can manage to go the whole fight and make it competitive. If he's just getting outboxed for 12 straight rounds, then its not so much of a win.

If nothing else is proves his chin and his will.

 

[Zeppeling]

“Hats off to you Conor McGregor, make your money, but don’t get slept!”

Should have heeded his own advice

Jon jones is infinitely more dangerous than Floyd is and in a much more varied arsenal. Floyd is not a scary fighter....like at all.

 

[SoSoSmart]

would you cry after a fight? Exactly

Not from physical pain, but dejection from coming up short on something I was passionate about. Possibly.

 

[pick999]

"Let me out of the octagon"

 

[DLX]

Like it or not, cheering for Conor is cheering for MMA. The entire sport will lose credit if he's humiliated and KOed in the first round.

No it won't. No one in their right mind thinks Conor will win.

 

[The Schmoop]

I hope it means more than that to both fighters, but you're probably right to be honest.

I would hope so to. But let's be honest, money is all that matters to them. I understand they're prize fighters but most fighters usually carry some degree of interest in their legacy. Conor never defends his titles and Floyd is stoked about claiming his 50th professional victory by way of fighting a mixed martial artist.

There is zero legitimacy to this fight. Floyd will disappoint as always citing ring rust/40 years old and Conor gets to say he hung in there and didn't get ko'd by 50-0 Floyd Mayweather. Everyone wins except the people dumb enough to believe these two are playing for blood.

 

[SRN]

I completely disagree. Would Floyd getting tapped out in an MMA fight cause boxing to lose credit. It's a different sport and intelligent people understand that.

MMA will only lose credit in the eyes of people who have no respect for MMA anyway.

I watch alot more MMA than boxing over the last ten years or so.

I can't stand Floyd Mayweather, but I hope he embarrasses Conor.

I'll continue to watch more MMA than boxing afterwards.

No.

That is true for people who are actually OKAY with Conor being the face of the sport.

...which he is not.

Just as Ronda was NOT.

...but again, some people love him...and live and die by what he does.

He's good at making money...but that's about it.

Oh! His epic title defenses...I forgot about those.

I was talking about casuals, the main stream media and so on. Conor is the MMA star, people love him or hate him but everyone knows him. And if that guy, who yes represents the sport to casuals and MSM, is humiliated what do you think it will happen? It will reflect badly on the sport. MMA still working to be taken serious (usada is here for a reason) and we desperately need the attention and exposure from casuals and MSM. It's sad but true.

Some of you guys need to understand that nobody but us cares that Conor hasn't defended his belt, most people that buy PPV don't even know the weightclasses.

No it won't. No one in their right mind thinks Conor will win.

I said humiliated and KOed in the first.