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Aw, the poor McGregor fan is butthurt because I'm not praising him. Go pop a midol and go to bed little lady.
Aw, the poor McGregor fan is butthurt because I'm not praising him. Go pop a midol and go to bed little lady.
Lol no, most of us had Mercer winning since Tim is a one dimensional striker with less striking acumen.
Lesnar won the title because he's a grappler, able to get into a position to use ground and pound. A wrestler with a strong sub game or strong ground and pound is no longer a one dimensional fighter. Mayweather wouldn't do shit in mma. 135 and 145 are filled with lifelong grapplers. Hell, even Conor who got taken down easily by Mendes has a brown belt in bjj. He was able to scramble and impose his will. How does Mayweather do that? Run away? Lol you are really reaching.
Why you would compare a boxer to Lesnar is beyond me.
But you don't want to talk about a mediocre Kimbo Slice destroying Mercer? Or James Toney looking like a helpless sack of potatoes against an older Randy Couture?
Smaller gloves also means that it's much harder to defend against punches. People forget that. A lot of what works in boxing defensively will not work in MMA for that reason alone. Freddie Roach himself admitted that when he was working with MMA fighters. That is without even mentioning the threat of takedowns, knees, clinch, kicks etc. When boxers get in to trouble they often hold their opponents to get a break. You try that in MMA and it' over for a boxer. Sylvia was a tailor made match-up for any boxer. Slow, lumbering fighter who won't try to take you down. Ask James Toney about MMA when all aspects are employed. Toney claimed that he would be murdering people with the smaller gloves. He claimed that he would be the first to get a KO from off of his back. He claimed that he would never surrender to a submission. Talk is cheap motherfucker.
Lesnar had an extensive wrestling background. Let's not pretend that didn't play a huge role in his success. How many takedowns has Mayweather ever stuffed? How many submissions has he defended against?
High-level professional boxers who have trained MMA like David Haye have confessed that wrestling is absolutely grueling on your cardio. It weakens your legs and ruins your punching power. How well equipped is Mayweather for handling that?
Lesnar wasn't one dimensional? C'mon, now who's reaching. My point was,he was just as one dimensional as Floyd would be, with far less of a skill advantage, & a far less obvious way to impose that skill. Expected u to be able to make that comparison tbh.
Mayweather could pretty much unleash a barrage of punches & run away if he had to, yes. The octagon is pretty big. It worked for Condit.
I'm not ignoring James Toney getting owned. People are assuming I think Mayweather would win, which I don't. There's a definite underestimation of the significance of his handspeed & power though. Look how impressive Dillashaw looked vs Barao & Mayweather would look light years ahead of that. I'm just saying its not as cut & dried as people think. Although he would beat Rousey, I do think that.
Conor doesn't roll with punches. I know you morons like to parrot everything that the fanatics say about him, but no. Anderson Silva is the king of rolling with punches in MMA, he also had the best footwork in MMA for a very long time, along with incredible head movement. That's good defense, son.
Anderson's defense , while unorthodox, was amazing. Getting caught happens. If you want to see how rolling with a punch takes serious power off of it, just watch Hendo's uppercuts on Anderson. Andy had a granite chin but without rolling with them Hendo would have had him in all sorts of trouble.
I've seen the argument that he's regressed and i'm not sold on it. I see the differences in how he fights but I think that is more that his opponents are at a higher skill level.
You can't just wait around for the flawless stand up performance on Chad Mendes like he's Ivan Buchinger. There are other things going on and pushing the pace for taking some punches is a worthy trade off if it means Mendes forcing Mendes to exchange and use his gas tank.
He absolutely looked as sharp as he ever had against fellow striker Holloway.
He scraped past a midget (his words) on 3 weeks notice. Taken down with no resistance. Showed resolve, heart. Mendes landed too much if I was a Conor fan
Huge link between punching power and cardio
But Mendes did still land some nice shots and Conor took them without much problem.
Still, he was cut up on both sides and was taken down 4 times. Had Chad fought a little smarter and maybe didn't feel pressured by time knowing he was on a short tank that punching might have added up to some real damage. But I don't think anyone at 145 can one-punch KO Conor or even stagger him with a punch. And his fighting style is fun to watch. He gets after it and it forces some good action.
Skipping over some of the posts just on the last page....oh my.
Mayweather having success at mma? LoL
Conor having no defense? LoL
Conor somehow having an advantage getting Chad on 3 weeks notice? LOOOL
This place some times....