Not impressed by Conor's performance against Alverez. Showed exactly why Conor will lose.

I'm also a Conor fan and I thought he might have a good chance against Khabib until I read this thread. It just makes sense, it's a pretty intelligent analysis. I'm also worried for my favourite fighter's cardio. Sure, he went 5 hard rounds against Nate but having Khabib on top of you is a different situation completely.
 
My god

If this is what a lot of sherdog does with their main hours, I’d cringe to see what goes on during the free time.
 
This isn't meant to be a Conor bashing thread. I create these threads because I know that I provide deep, intellectual, fight analysis for all of the forum to think about and enjoy. I am a fan of Conor, so all of his rapid fanboys who managed to escape the Asylum better not call me out for being a hater just because I feel the man is in big trouble come fight night. I am about to open the eyes of people who think Conor will win and change the opinion of even the most diehard Conor fan with the analysis. Let's begin shall we?


Alverez is a decent fighter but it's questionable whether or not he's above the Dustin Poirier's of the world. He was champ and somehow beat RDA but everybody knows RDA wins that fight 9/10 times and no fluke punch will ever change that.



The Alverez fight had Conor looking like a million bucks. Partly because Alverez just isn't that much of a smart fighter. Alverez came into the fight trying to use his boxing to setup his shitty takedowns. That was the first problem. At one point he runs directly at Conor with a combo just like Aldo did and got blasted. For too long he tried to box a skilled boxer with a 5 inch reach advantage instead of mixing in his takedowns and paid the price. Not to mention, he isn't that much of a great wrestler to begin with.

He gave Conor way too much time to think instead of coming in aggressive and didn't chain his takedown attempts well enough when he did come into range.

The thing is, when watching that fight, Conor couldn't have been much better .....and you know what? If that fight happened the same way that it did, only you replace Alverez with Khabib, Khabib most likely wins. Alverez got hit around a bunch during that fight but there was no one punch KO like so many people seem to think Conor is capable of doing to anybody. Eddie got hit but still had plenty of time to regain himself and go for takedown attempts. Conor clearly changed his stance for this fight in order to make it hard for Eddie to get his hands on him and guess what? He still did. Got Conor in the clinch and in situations that Khabib would have no doubt taken him down in.

You see.....the problem is most people are too blind to realize that while that was an excellent performance, smart people like me see all of the oppenings that Conor left that would have gave someone like Khabib a great oppertunity to have success.

Khabib is also taller that Alverez. I was shocked to see the height difference between the two, especially when Alverez is listed at 5'9 by the UFC but that clearly wasn't the case. Conor had at least 2 inches on him. That combined with the huge reach advantage spelled trouble for Alverez before the fight even started. The fact is, Conor will always beat people he dwarfs. It's like Jon Jones. Jones only really ever had problems with Gus because he was the same size as him. Those guys are too good at distance control and are too skilled for smaller fighters to be effective on them because they are bigger but yet still just as fast and skilled as their opponents. They don't lose anything while also having the height and reach advantage. What happened when Conor fought Nate? He was getting hit and lost because for once, he was fighting someone who couldn't completely bully.

Now I know what you're thinking. Khabib is taller than Conor but has a worse reach than Alverez.....that's true, but Khabib won't need to box Conor much at all. The fact that Khabib is just as tall as Conor and will be level with him is good because we all know how Conor's confidence is shook when he can't dwarf someone.

There ya go

You literally provided no objective facts or analysis...just I think Eddie sucks in a long, senseless, drawn out way. Maybe learn what you are watching before you start bitching about fighters not being "very good", because I can and did and that's why I was right when Eddie beat RDA and you were wrong.
 
Im a khabib fan and a conor hater. That being said my god this is a shit thread
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The fact that you're missing is Alvarez's gameplan, which is known, for the Conor fight was kick,circle away from the left hand and chain wrestle. He was doing most of that until he got stunned by the first left that dropped him, from that point on he was fighting on instinct, not by the gameplan. You know the expression, "everybody has a gameplan until they get punched in the face"? That fight was the literal translation of that expression into a fight.
Either way, it doesn't really matter. Khabib and Eddie are very different fighters, so i wouldn't put to much analysis of that fight into Khabib v Conor. It's pretty much irrelevant IMHO.
 
All the triggered Colin fans attacking TS for seeing it for what it is.

Ya know you can be a fan of a fighter and be real about it right? So I guess if you don't nuthug and guzzle Conor's load and think he's unbeatable then that means you're just a hater?

Lol TS speaking truth here and the nuthuggers are ready to Lynch him.

Yep as predicted, if you aint slurping Conor you're hater. No surprise seeing ad how most of these guys where born out of the cacoon of Conors nutsack. Probably all on his payroll too.

You bring facts to these morons and they ignore and isntead post stupid gif's.

You people are making yourselfs look like the dumb ones not me. Glad there are still decent postera such as yourself who realize this
 
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Dude has a point, Alvarez wrestling sucks and if he can get Conor against the fence after getting dropped repeatedly whats Khabib gonna do.
 
Whoever wants to analyze fights more deeply, should try combat sports for themselves, just to see how it feels being punched in the face.

Whenever I read about Eddie dropping a game plan, or not being aggressive enough, here's a tip: being smacked and dropped doesn't feel nice. You brain doesn't like that. It's not a video game. You begin to doubt, become tentative. Eddie was outclassed from the very start. He was hurt early and Conor toyed with him, but Alvarez is tough as they come. We'll see how Khabib reacts if gets hit early.

Im a two time golden gloves champ sucka. You cant tell me nothin
 
Your right. He clinched with Eddie and pushed him to the cage. Do that with Khabib and your on the floor already
 
I'm also a Conor fan and I thought he might have a good chance against Khabib until I read this thread. It just makes sense, it's a pretty intelligent analysis. I'm also worried for my favourite fighter's cardio. Sure, he went 5 hard rounds against Nate but having Khabib on top of you is a different situation completely.

Exactly. Thanks brother
 
Conor is a douche but that was a near flawless performance.
 
It was a flawless win against a hardened veteran but ok.

Plus half this place thought Alvarez was going to crush him. I'd say it's a pretty good win
 
I create these threads because I know that I provide deep, intellectual, fight analysis for all of the forum to think about and enjoy.

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We're a little full of ourselves, aren't we? I provide deep, intellectual fight analysis - Alverez (constantly spelled wrong) is a mediocre fighter who exposed McGregor, while he was being completely dominated, because at some point during the fight he touched him. Khabib has a smaller reach, but that won't matter, cause he doesn't have to box with McGregor for long.

You could have summed up your case about McGregor losing in one sentence: He doesn't do well against bigger guys. That's about as far as your analysis goes. Alvarez froze up in front of McGregor, which is about the biggest mistake you can make, when you're fighting him. Khabib probably won't do the same, but he's also in danger if he just charges forward. The fact that Alvarez did touch McGregor doesn't mean that Khabib can magically close the distance and finish takedowns. The question in this fight isn't whether Khabib will land takedowns if he gets to the clinch. The question is, can he close the distance while he avoids getting caught with something? That is what makes this fight so exciting, because Khabib isn't the striker that Alvarez is. You completely disregard or overlook so many aspects. There's a good chance that McGregor loses, but your "analysis" isn't helping anyone! :rolleyes:
 
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It was a flawless win against a hardened veteran but ok.

Plus half this place thought Alvarez was going to crush him. I'd say it's a pretty good win

Conor is legit. Not taking that away from him. Most where to blinded by their hate for him and just picked Alverez because they wanted to see him lose and prove his fans wrong. That's not who I am. Alverez in my opinon is trash. I'd beat him in a fight.
 
That was as flawless a performance one can have against a top level fighter and you werent impressed? Lol
 
Alvarez had the worst take down attempts. Bent over at the waist with arms outstretched chasing him down instead of changing levels. All with no setup.

Looked rushed and sloppy. Completely terrified of standing with Conor. He looked scared as hell. Mendes was patient and only shot when it was open and it worked. I don’t think Khabib will be as patient but he can get away with it.
 
That was one of the most impressive performances in MMA history. It was a slaughtering. Didn't read a sentence of this garbage thread.
 
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