How will ring rust not be a factor in Dustin/Mcgregor?

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Conor hasn't fought consistently. He looks about 40 years old and has lost all his hair. His best win in 4 years is Cerrone.

During that time Dustin has fought Miller, Alvarez x 2, Pettis, Gaethje, Holloway, Khabib and Hooker. That is a shit load of experience.

Are people thinking Conor is going to walk in like it's 2015 and have not lost his touch? Possible but extremely unlikely.
 
Russ82 said:
Conor hasn't fought consistently. He looks about 40 years old and has lost all his hair. His best win in 4 years is Cerrone.

During that time Dustin has fought Miller, Alvarez x 2, Pettis, Gaethje, Holloway, Khabib and Hooker. That is a shit load of experience.

Are people thinking Conor is going to walk in like it's 2015 and have not lost his touch? Possible but extremely unlikely.
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maybe Dustin will lay down just like Canrone to bring mystic Mac back and make more money in 2021!! Dana white is the smartest promoter ever!
 
Poirier will win. All these analysts live in the past. Conrat never had a good gastank. His gastank will be worse now.
He didn't only miss fight experience in the cage. He also missed a lot of training and trains whenever he likes. He is his own coach.
 
TheWave111 said:
Poirier will win. All these analysts live in the past. Conrat never had a good gastank. His gastank will be worse now.
He didn't only miss fight experience in the cage. He also missed a lot of training and trains whenever he likes. He is his own coach.
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Conor has always been his own coach. He always trained whenever he wanted, it's always been like that with him. It's in his old videos and documentaries with him training in the middle of the night. His own coaches say he knows more than they do, they are there for support and to help him through the whole thing. Conor always did his own thing that's why he fights the way he does and no one else they train fights like him.

Very much like Floyd Mayweather as well, he's always training himself whenever he wants to and random ass times in the middle of the night. He does a lot of pad work but he doesn't need people to make him work, he just does the work.
 
Conor embarrasses Dustin once again and Sherdog will be on the hype train once again. Conor plays into Dustins weaknesses too well. Did you all suddenly forget the first round or two of the Hooker fight? Hooker outstruck Dustin by a 2 to 1 margin in the first. Conor may not even need the full 5 minutes.
 
GangGangGang said:
Conor embarrasses Dustin once again and Sherdog will be on the hype train once again. Conor plays into Dustins weaknesses too well. Did you all suddenly forget the first round or two of the Hooker fight? Hooker outstruck Dustin by a 2 to 1 margin in the first. Conor may not even need the full 5 minutes.
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nah bud, mods banned 99% of Conor fans

instead the losers here will say it was a work like they say every day about his win over Cerrone
 
i think even with the long layoff conor sparks dustin early and often.

i just don't see how dustin avoids getting punched in the face.
 
Travis Alexander said:
Poirer wins this rematch. I’m laying some serious bread on the line I love these odds.
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I see no little reason Dustin cant win except for Conors one only elite skill: marketing.

If he gets in his head again, you'll see another soft tko via an above average striker.
 
Russ82 said:
Conor hasn't fought consistently. He looks about 40 years old and has lost all his hair. His best win in 4 years is Cerrone.

Are people thinking Conor is going to walk in like it's 2015 and have not lost his touch? Possible but extremely unlikely.
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That's exactly what many Conor fans believe. As you said, it is possible.
 
I simply refuse to believe Doostin would blow this opportunity, but even a lesser version of Conor is not a good style match up for him. So I'm not convinced either way. And Conor's still deep in Doostin's head as well.

It should be a more competitive fight, though.
 
TrueBias said:
I see no little reason Dustin cant win except for Conors one only elite skill: marketing.

If he gets in his head again, you'll see another soft tko via an above average striker.
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Dustin has stayed active as fuck in the 6 years since their last fight. He has found his home at 155 and is battle proven against the best of the best and he has undoubtedly found new depths to his will in a high octane fight. Whereas Conor has declined (imo) since their last scrap, it’s hard to keep the same level of motivation when his bank account looks the way it does.

“It’s hard to get up at 6am and run, when you wake up in thousand dollar silk sheets”
-Marvin Hagler
 
Dustin has improved leaps and bounds and I would love it if he destroys Conor. But I think Conor is just a way superior fighter in terms of standup and finishes Poirier again. Poirier is going to fight smarter this time around so it is still a very intersting fight and maybe he can take it to ground and gas out Conor.
 
I urge people to rewatch the first fight, Conor struggles against southpaw fighters, his chin held up but he took some bombs.

The left hand will be there for Dustin, especially after the first round.

Even the finish was due to a shot behind the ear, all the pressure is once again on Conor to finish early. If he encounters any kind of adversity I don't think he'll be ready, he hasn't fought a legit PFP fighter since 2018.
 
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