McGregor absolutely had the correct game plan going into the Diaz fight.

Dream20 said:
And he should probably have the same strategy in the second fight. Going for the KO in the first or second round.

Throwing 70% shots to conserve energy will just make it easier for Diaz to out point him and tag him, using his range.

Conor could try leg kicks. But does he have effective, damaging kicks to the legs, like a Pettis or RDA?

He could try to wrestle Diaz, but does he have that top control against a black belt?

If Conor will make adjustments in the second fight. What will his new strategy be to beat Diaz? I'm very curious.
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Conor is a great counter puncher. He has done this throughout his career. And against aldo. I think he should let nate come after him. use his energy against him. Instead of just attacking non stop. Not saying the entire time, but to mix it up.
 
Dream20 said:
And he should probably have the same strategy in the second fight. Going for the KO in the first or second round.

Throwing 70% shots to conserve energy will just make it easier for Diaz to out point him and tag him, using his range.

Conor could try leg kicks. But does he have effective, damaging kicks to the legs, like a Pettis or RDA?

He could try to wrestle Diaz, but does he have that top control against a black belt?

If Conor will make adjustments in the second fight. What will his new strategy be to beat Diaz? I'm very curious.
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It isn't just about how much he throws into individual strikes. It's about how he paces himself in the fight, and how aggressive he is. He didn't only throw power shots, but he threw them often, walked Diaz down, and had to get inside his reach to do so. Meanwhile, Diaz was moving away from a lot of the shots, Conor missed a lot, and what did land was absorbed well by Diaz.

A more relaxed approach would mean throwing less into each strike, putting more thought into his entries and shot selection, and not rushing into exchanges. This time, he wouldn't be under pressure to force a finish. He'll have a greater feel for Diaz's reach advantage, timing, and power. And he'll have an overall better gameplan having already failed once.
 
In the words of Nate : 'If you come out trying to take me out you're most likely going to get taken out if you don't get the job done.'.

If whatever gameplan fails against nate is almost a sure loss for everyone. That's how most of his wins came. The opponents did not find a way of taking the lead of the fight and found themselves getting stockton slapped.
 
Dietrich Häling said:
He's never had to adopt that game plan but if you have your fingers crossed for more of the same then worry not because I only get 3 or 4 predictions right out of every ten. There's no mystic Dietrich here lol
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You're one the few Mcgregor fans, I won't give any shit. I respect your fealty. Anyways I think he gets raped. Sig bet for shits and giggles for 1 month?
 
Hardkore said:
You're one the few Mcgregor fans, I won't give any shit. I respect your fealty. Anyways I think he gets raped. Sig bet for shits and giggles for 1 month?
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Why not, what would be in the losing guy's sig though?
 
johncola said:
It isn't just about how much he throws into individual strikes. It's about how he paces himself in the fight, and how aggressive he is. He didn't only throw power shots, but he threw them often, walked Diaz down, and had to get inside his reach to do so. Meanwhile, Diaz was moving away from a lot of the shots, Conor missed a lot, and what did land was absorbed well by Diaz.

A more relaxed approach would mean throwing less into each strike, putting more thought into his entries and shot selection, and not rushing into exchanges. This time, he wouldn't be under pressure to force a finish. He'll have a greater feel for Diaz's reach advantage, timing, and power. And he'll have an overall better gameplan having already failed once.
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That's why I thought allowing nate to come after him a bit. and counter nate's shots.
 
No matter what gameplan he uses, I feel he's going to have a difficult time TKOing Nate. I just don't think he has the power. His lack of striking defense also works against him when facing a guy with reach and good boxing. Trying to win a decision against Nate will also blow up in his face because he's going to get his often trying to outpoint him. And the legendary chin doesn't exist against the heavier fighters.

Let's face it, he basically has a puncher's chance given the skill matchup. Doesn't make Conor a bad fighter, his skillset is just quite specific and works very well against smaller men for all the reasons above. All the parroting of how he's the best fighter the UFC has ever seen does not change the reality...he's not. Very good, but he's not going to be as dominant stepping up to LW in the UFC just because he was in a smaller organization. It's likely he knew this in the back of his mind, but chose to forget about it.

Still an interesting fight, but UFC could have done much better for itself and Conor. The only good to come out of this rematch is for Nate.
 
Jay philips said:
So instead of conserving his energy it was better to blow his gas tank trying to knock Diaz out that which never come. Did you say that was the correct game plan ? Let me go back and read again because their is no way blowing your gas tank with no chance of winning is better than being efficient and being patient waiting for Nate to give up his chin at some point. A decision win is better than getting finished dude. Diaz likes to down play it but Conor was winning till he run out of steam, 5 1st rounds but more patience and slower pace and he would have won
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Did you even read the OP? TS ,made some good points and is pretty much spot on. Conor doesn't have a chance in hell at outpointing Diaz, The only reason he had any type of success in the first fight was because he was going all out. As soon as he slowed just a little Nate started tagging him and that was the beginning of the end. It didn't just magically happen in the 2nd like McSpermgurgglers like like to think either, watch the fight again, towards teh end of the first was when the end began. What you want is a completely different fighter, kinda like 2nd round Conor... and we all saw how that turned out, he can't take the Stockton Slap!!
 
Uh, no, he didn't, considering it didn't come close to working. The way to beat a Diaz brother is written, and it isn't "Stand in punching range and throw bombs".
 
Sgt Smith said:
No matter what gameplan he uses, I feel he's going to have a difficult time TKOing Nate. I just don't think he has the power. His lack of striking defense also works against him when facing a guy with reach and good boxing. Trying to win a decision against Nate will also blow up in his face because he's going to get his often trying to outpoint him. And the legendary chin doesn't exist against the heavier fighters.

Let's face it, he basically has a puncher's chance given the skill matchup. Doesn't make Conor a bad fighter, his skillset is just quite specific and works very well against smaller men for all the reasons above. All the parroting of how he's the best fighter the UFC has ever seen does not change the reality...he's not. Very good, but he's not going to be as dominant stepping up to LW in the UFC just because he was in a smaller organization. It's likely he knew this in the back of his mind, but chose to forget about it.

Still an interesting fight, but UFC could have done much better for itself and Conor. The only good to come out of this rematch is for Nate.
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i dont see how Conor will drastically improve his nonexistant wresslin and bjj skills. He will get choked out to death this time.
 
Dream20 said:
And he should probably have the same strategy in the second fight. Going for the KO in the first or second round.

Throwing 70% shots to conserve energy will just make it easier for Diaz to out point him and tag him, using his range.

Conor could try leg kicks. But does he have effective, damaging kicks to the legs, like a Pettis or RDA?

He could try to wrestle Diaz, but does he have that top control against a black belt?

If Conor will make adjustments in the second fight. What will his new strategy be to beat Diaz? I'm very curious.
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interesting analysis
Diaz has reach on him
Diaz has the cardio advantage
Diaz has the advantage on the ground
Diaz has a good chin

only problem was...
Diaz was able to weather the storm

what will Conor do differently
to change the outcome?
 
No he didn't lol.

Trying to flash KO a Diaz is a retarded gameplan. Trying to outpoint him when he's superior to you cardio wise is also a silly gameplan. You beat Nate the most reliably with good wrestling. Conor doesn't have that.

Nate is just a bad matchup for him. Not much Conor can do about it.
 
Hardkore said:
One month sig, and we both review the sig and agree to it. Cool with you?
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Done... Conor better pull something out of his back side this time otherwise I got a feeling I'm gonna be the butt of a few Sherjokes.
 
Jay philips said:
So instead of conserving his energy it was better to blow his gas tank trying to knock Diaz out that which never come. Did you say that was the correct game plan ? Let me go back and read again because their is no way blowing your gas tank with no chance of winning is better than being efficient and being patient waiting for Nate to give up his chin at some point. A decision win is better than getting finished dude. Diaz likes to down play it but Conor was winning till he run out of steam, 5 1st rounds but more patience and slower pace and he would have won
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Conor simply was not gonna outbox the taller fighter with the reach advantage, better cardio, better chin, and more volume output. His only chance was to go all out to secure the knockout, he realize he couldn't. I can't imagine him having a game plan that's gonna change the basic facts of this fight
 
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