Let's talk about Conor vs Alvarez

[ehxsur]

Masterclass of Conor or choke of Alvarez?

Maybe both at the same time?

Bad match up? bad strategy from Eddie? he was intoxicated? stressed? outclassed?

Eddit could have beaten Conor in a rematch?

Discuss

 

[Ares Black]

Alvarez completely shit the bed.


He was the chosen one!!!!

 

[C-UNiT]

No

 

[Corrado Soprano]

Alvarez was trying to gas Conor out. Ref stopped it too early.

 

[JKS]

Conor was really on that night and was just much better. Alverez is no push over and doesn't choke.

 

[LEWIS540]

Got to give credit to Conor for that one.....that said Alvarez, despite bring champ, hadn't looked overly impressive in his UFC run and has been pretty hit and miss since, too.

 

[Mangar]

Conor changed his bum life.
#conorbless
{<Mcgoat}

 

[humdizzle]

alvarez choked. he wasn't ready for all the media, fans, and theatrics that conor brings.

it was also low IQ. He likes to scrap, brawl, make it dirty. You can't fight conor like that.

 

[blaseblase]

Bad matchup. Alvarez has always been easy to hurt. Great fighter but not great offensive wrestling, which you need to wear Conor out and make him less effective later on. Prime Conor got the early knockout against everyone except Nate and Max, two of the toughest chins in the game.

 

[Clark Rogers]

Alvarez completely shit the bed.


He was the chosen one!!!!

Conor had that high ground, eh?

 

[13Seconds]

That was Conor at his absolute best. It was a shocking performance. One of the best striking performances ever in UFC.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

 

[I WILL CUT YOU]

The weakest 155 champ of the modern era lost to the second weakest 155 champ of the modern era.

 

[MeganFan]

Conor fought great, and Eddie fought like a dumbass. He kept doing that double up right hand only for Conor to counter it and eventually end the fight. If he fought with a more wrestling centric gameplan he could've put up a better fight and even possibly win.

 

[Black Blood]

Bad matchup for Eddie and Conor was fuckin on that night.

 

[Fact Checker]

Alvarez has always been one of the more overrated LW’s in MMA. He’s tough and has a few overachieving wins, but he always gets lasered by complete randoms

 

[Mammothman]

Eddie Alvarez is just not that good, won the belt by beating a faded RDA coming from an injury and dealing with a hard cut, even Cerrone would have destroyed that RDA.

Off course Conor was going to run trough a guy like Eddie.

 

[TR1]

Rumors say Conor had loaded gloves, so that fight doesn't mean too much.

 

[CPH]

At that point, Eddie and the rest of the world knew that Conor was an 8 minute wonder. All he had to do was play defense early, clinch and hang on Conor any chance he got, and then go to work in rds 3-4-5. He blew it. To his credit though, Conor put on the performance of his lifetime. The Aldo KO was a casual-friendly finish but this was Conor's technical masterpiece and last great win (+ it was for the LW title).

 

[VinceArch]

Conor was on point that night, it really was a masterful performance.