mcgregor = broner

[opie]

conor mcgregor is the adrien broner of mma.

he thought he was a big hitter, jumped up two weight classes to fight a guy that is pretty good but not great, and got humiliated.

thomas hearns is the only fighter in history that could keep moving up forever (went from welterweight to cruiserweight) and still keep his power. everyone else has a ceiling, and mcgregor just found his.

 

[Netace44]

Exactly!

 

[Emporio Alnino]

spot the fuck on

 

[Carey]

Broner is an awful shit talker and loses every semi big fight he ever gets. This is only the first big fight Mcgregor has lost and he's a spectacular shit talker

 

[JosephTessaro]

He has high expectations for himself. Great confidence. Great shit talking. Great humble pie in defeat.

I hope he put some pennies away, because the flood gates are open.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Comparison makes sense if youre talking pre Mendes. The Chad and Aldo wins were massive, better than any Broner has and Conors a much better fighter than Broner

 

[BrainBar]

Weight matters. People who don't think so are crazy.

 

[INoHespectChael]

Weight matters. People who don't think so are crazy.

But Conor probably can't even make the cut to FW anymore...

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Been saying this since 2015

 

[yaikr]

Exactly. He's pretty much just been bullying people with clear size advantage.

He's done.

 

[Andrusz]

Pretty apt comparison but Conor has achieved more in MMA than Broner has. Still, the moving up in weight is the key point here.

 

[KORMAN]

For the last time, this wasn't a FW vs. a WW. It was 2 blown up WWs that didn't have to weight cut, but one had a full training camp, while the other had 10 days notice.

 

[opie]

For the last time, this wasn't a FW vs. a WW. It was 2 blown up WWs that didn't have to weight cut, but one had a full training camp, while the other had 10 days notice.

it was a guy jumping up two weightclasses for the first time in his career vs a guy that has fought at this weightclass before but really belongs at the weightclass below.

mcgregor took a huge risk jumping up and hoping his power would come with him. it didnt. he probably still has it at 155, but at 170 he is nothing special.

 

[BamaBoy91]

Good comparison