I was in almost total agreement with this post right up until the "There's levels to this shit" part.Have you ever been kicked in the head?
Seriously these forums are a mess, people think Cerrone took a dive or didn't try hard enough, is this the first time you've seen him fight? He's crumbled in front of worse fighters than McGreggor, it's why he was chosen for the fight.
That doesn't take anything away from Cowboy, he's a good fighter but there's levels to this shit.
I am not denying that this was totally atrocious performance. I only said that "I guess I am happy he got the pay day", that's about it, otherwise it was terribleIf cowboys your fav fighter and your a fan how could u be happy for him that his career defining performance that he will forerver be known for was that complete floor mopping excercise?
Maybe he is just happy to get payed but where is the warrior spirit, he does have it just didnt show it when it counted the most
He's been way past it for at least the last 3 years. Us Cerrone fans aren't upset because we knew he wouldn't win.If cowboys your fav fighter and your a fan how could u be happy for him that his career defining performance that he will forerver be known for was that complete floor mopping excercise?
Maybe he is just happy to get payed but where is the warrior spirit, he does have it just didnt show it when it counted the most
As another poster pointed out, Cerrone came in on 2 stoppage losses and losing 7 of his last 11. He was hand picked. Worst of all for McGregor, it gives him no real feedback where he is and may give him a false sense of security going into his next fight, which will be against the champ, whoever that may be.Yet again they specifically hand picked Cerrone because he's way past it AND a favorable style matchup to boot.
This being the biggest fight of his career wasn't going to magically roll back the clock.
I was in almost total agreement with this post right up until the "There's levels to this shit" part.
To suggest Conor is just on a different level than Cowboy is absurd since on paper the opposite is true, this is more of a styles make fights type situation.
On paper Cowboy is the more complete MMAist having won fights every way possible while also holding almost every major record in the books, he's always suffered from some sort of stage fright though when the stakes are at there highest which has resulted in him being unable to claim the ultimate prize in an otherwise spectacular career.
He's been a perennial top contender in 2 divisions for well over a decade fighting almost exclusively top 10 opposition raking up almost 4 times as many top 10 wins as Conor,( including the only man Conors ever beaten in the LW division).
Accomplishing all this over a 50 fight career has inevitably taken it's toll though and between father time catching up too him as he always does and the accumulated milage and wear and tear of such a career he's simply not the same fighter he once was.
Had this fight taken place 5 years ago it likely looks very different though the end result could certainly still be the same but Cowboy back then was very rarely getting dropped or finished by anyone like the current version has been more often than not in the last few years.
Its possible that it would be yeah, you really never know what you're going to get with Cowboy now a days so no, I'm not saying Conor is on another level ATM, though there is no disputing he was the better man tonight.It's almost as if you're saying (for whatever reason) that in this moment in time, Connor is on another level than Cowboy.
Ask yourself if they rematched in 3 months would the outcome be significantly different.
The same goes for a Connor Khabib rematch.
Shouldnt he be expected to put up at least some resistance?
Ok cerrone chokes in big fights. Ok he was overwhelmed etc etc.
But c'mon. I mean he's a goddamn professional fighter. He gets payed to do this.
I dont think its unreasonable to expect him to at least throw some shots in return and not just curl up into a ball and wait for it to be called off.
It wasnt a 'dive'. But fair to say it was a weak ass performance and he couldve tried harder, and not be so jovial and buddy buddy 5 seconds later either.
EXACTLY. He got paid to do exactly what he did. Good job, mcgregor's career is on the upswing now. He did as he was told.He gets payed to do this.
Unless he's literally retarded he had to know Donalds chin is cracked.Cerrone wilts in big moments or when his opponent is someone he can't bully.
But the part that makes it fishy is how hard Conor was throwing in the first 40 seconds, considering how badly he has gassed out at 170 in the past. His second fight with Diaz evidences this correction and it's hard to think a smart fighter like Conor would not be as cautious unless he was absolutely certain Cerrone would go down quick.
Cerrone is a good fighter who will fight anybody, but he comes across as someone with absolutely zero ambition...
Cerrone is just a dude that enjoys the fact he’s being paid for fighting.