Firas: Conor is a bully fighter - gassed to Diaz due to psychological issues

He was inefficient and commented on it immediately after the fight.

He will be ready and fully prepared this time. Nate goes down in the fourth.
 
Hardkore said:
Sure he was discouraged, but I think his cardio issues were more physical than psychological. He blew his load trying to finish and started getting his ass whupped, that's what made him gas.
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Yes, but from the interview I believe firas was trying to say that it's because Conor is a bully fighter that he went out there with his typical throw every punch hard, expect a first round ko, style. He's saying Conor has a bully mentality, and that it show's in his style; but when someone could stand up to the bully, the deficits of that style (gassing) come into play.


I feel like I explained that poorly, meh.
 
helltoupee said:
"When you bully somebody, you don't respect the other person's ability to hurt you"

"When you are on top of the world, it makes you feel invincible - it happens to a lot of new champions...and that's why it's so difficult to become champion and remain champion"

"...you have to have a healthy amount of fear...I know Conor has that charisma, likes to build himself up, tell himself he's way better than his opponent...but the worst thing that can happen to you in a fight, is to be surprised, the element of surprise is the most powerful thing...there is no other advantage greater than surprise...Conor got surprised by Diaz and that's what gassed him out..."

"people make too much out of fatigue in this fight...Conor was preparing for a 5 round fight with RDA...Conor could throw an infinite number of punches if he wanted to...he was confused, and that's what led to fatigue..."

"McGregor does not have a cardio problem, he's a freakishly athletic and gifted human being...the reason he got tired was a psychological one, in my opinion"

"bully fighters go from a hundred mph to zero mph very quickly, why, because a bully bullies you because he thinks you are nothing, and when you surprise him, he becomes confused...especially narcissistic bullies...look at when Conor started to get really tired, it's when Nate started talking to him and bullying him back...instead of relaxing and riding out the wave...McGregor, by his own admission, panicked. When he got bullied, he couldn't handle it...it's part of martial arts that you stay calm when the other guy has the strength advantage (GSP vs. Hendricks)...his problem is a composure issue"

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Nate only started talking to him after the tides started turning. For someone like me that bet on Nate, my belief was Conor likes to fight tall and long, and that just falls into Nate's strengths as the bigger, longer guy.
 
Jkaylor said:
If he tries to pace himself that's practically bending over for Nate. The only reason he did well in the first round of the first fight (besides Nate's 10 day Cabo tequila camp obv) was because he didn't stop throwing bombs and didn't give Nate much chance to breathe or mount his attack.
We've already seen that Nate can take ALL of Conor's best shots and keep going. What do you think is gonna happen if Conor throws less punches? Lol.

Nate bless you all and forgive the Conor fan boys, they know not what they do
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Jkaylor said:
http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/l...th-more-efficient-energy-expenditure.3305499/
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The reason he did well in the first round is because of effective striking. Throwing 100% into his shots combined with a ton of spinning shit is a great way to gas yourself out. If Conor doesn't throw everything behind every shot, picks his moments and is prepared for a war then I think he's going to see a lot of success in the rematch.

Also, we haven't seen that Nate can take ALL of Conor's best shots and keep going. We saw that he could take them in the first fight. All it takes is one and Conor hits hard as fuck. It's not unlikely that Conor is going to knock Nate out.
 
somervillecr said:
The reason he did well in the first round is because of effective striking. Throwing 100% into his shots combined with a ton of spinning shit is a great way to gas yourself out. If Conor doesn't throw everything behind every shot, picks his moments and is prepared for a war then I think he's going to see a lot of success in the rematch.

Also, we haven't seen that Nate can take ALL of Conor's best shots and keep going. We saw that he could take them in the first fight. All it takes is one and Conor hits hard as fuck. It's not unlikely that Conor is going to knock Nate out.
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Ok so you're saying if Conor hits Nate LESS hard this time then he's gonna win? Got it!
 
Conor has terrible cardio. The only fools that say otherwise are his fanboys. This couldn't have been more evident in the Mendes fight. He was drained before 2 rounds. His punches and movement were slower than molasses. He's just lucky Mendes gassed even harder.
 
he is right and knows better than most of you sherdog users
he knows better than ALL of you conor fans
 
somervillecr said:
The reason he did well in the first round is because of effective striking. Throwing 100% into his shots combined with a ton of spinning shit is a great way to gas yourself out. If Conor doesn't throw everything behind every shot, picks his moments and is prepared for a war then I think he's going to see a lot of success in the rematch.

Also, we haven't seen that Nate can take ALL of Conor's best shots and keep going. We saw that he could take them in the first fight. All it takes is one and Conor hits hard as fuck. It's not unlikely that Conor is going to knock Nate out.
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Dafuq did I just read? The first paragraph completely contradicts the second. Conor fans stay delusional.
 
I agree with Firas to some extent. However, I think he's blowing the psychological aspect out of proportion here.

Conor certainly was surprised and caught off-guard by Nate's gameness and ability to stay in the fight, sure, but to imply that Nate's success on the feet was restricted to psychological advantages is far-fetched. He hurt Conor physically just as bad as he did psychologically, and Conor never fully recovered from either forms of damage before he ironically succumbed to turning into a panic-wrestler.
 
HerpDerp said:
I agree with Firas to some extent. However, I think he's blowing the psychological aspect out of proportion here.

Conor certainly was surprised and caught off-guard by Nate's gameness and ability to stay in the fight, sure, but to imply that Nate's success on the feet was restricted to psychological advantages is far-fetched. He hurt Conor physically just as bad as he did psychologically, and Conor never fully recovered from either forms of damage before he ironically succumbed to turning into a panic-wrestler.
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Except he isn't implying that. He explicitly says after that that the other reason was because of the 1-2.
 
Squintz said:
Dafuq did I just read? The first paragraph completely contradicts the second. Conor fans stay delusional.
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How does the second paragraph contradict the first exactly? He said that Conor finishing Nate on the feet isn't unlikely when Conor picks his moments instead of trying to create them from thin air relying on his power alone.

In short, somervillecr wants Conor to not only rely on his power to create a finish, but rather to save the full power shots for scenarios where Nate is particularily susceptible to that power either due to proper timing, angles and unpredictability on Conor's part. An optimal situation would utilize a combination of all 3.
 
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Rainmaker said:
They both do things better than the other. I think Nate's standup is high volume, but lacks aggresion and power. On any given night, one of these men could defeat the other. That is the beauty of fghting.
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Actually the only thing Conor does better than Nate is talking childish bullshit.
He will never beat Diaz, or anyone above featherweight, cause he's just not good enough.
 
LoL, just before the fight I remember Firas saying it will be interesting to see how Conor holds up after the second round, referring to his cardio.

The fight happens and Conor was visibly gassed from fighting at a high pace throwing wild hooks, and now it's all psychological, nice change of tune Firas.
 
HerpDerp said:
How does the second paragraph contradict the first exactly? He said that Conor finishing Nate on the feet isn't unlikely when Conor picks his moments instead of trying to create them from thin air relying on his power alone. In short, somervillecr wants Conor to not only rely on his power, but rather to save the full power shots for scenarios where Nate is susceptible to that power.
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Nate ate all of Conor's best/power shots like a boss. He can pick his moments and save his power shots all he wants. The longer the fight goes The stronger and better Diaz gets and weaker/ more tired Conor will get.
 
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