Tony under no delusions here - Tony actually showed up and did work. Porier has turned into a bit of twitter queen instead of booking fights - he's just calling for fights he doesn't deserve/will never happen
I agree, that's why I think Conor matches up well with Volk. Volk doesn't have the strengths that other fighters have that has given him problems with his losses. Conor matches up well with Gaethje and Chandler in my opinion. Those can be winnable fights for Conor. None of them are major submission threats and they like to stand and bang. Gaethje doesn't use offensive wrestling and Conor maybe able to defend or get back up even if Chandler takes him down. Both get rocked/dropped in their fights frequently so Conor may be able to find a KO/TKO. Conor needs to stay away from fighters with offensive submissions and southpaws that can kick his calves for his best chances for success. Only reason to fight Olivera would be for the title since that's a bad style match up for Conor because of the submission threats. For the belt is the only reason to risk fighting Olivera. Yes Conor can win as well, but he wouldn't be the favorite at all. It is worth the gamble for the belt though.
After getting beat up pretty good in the first 2 two rounds, Tony would drown Conor after that. Fun fight...
He has better boxing than both Gaethje and Chandler, they just hit harder. But overall they swing wild and brawl. Mostly hooks and overhands. Conor even with his boxing approach can still win since he's the better technical boxer and is a better counter puncher than both. If he can do anything similar to the Alvarez fight he will win. Remember Alvarez finished Gaethje. Not much has changed from Gaethje's style, once he gets hit/rocked he goes into that brawl mode. That's why one of those 2 fights are his best match making possibilities to a title shot. I would pick Gaethje as his best choice just because he doesn't use any offensive wrestling or submissions and will just end up brawling with Conor.
brother thats one of his more coherent ones
When did Conor get a TS?
No I agree his striking was better before, that's why I used the Alvarez fight. He didn't use much footwork or kicks in that fight. He just planted and countered Alvarez. Poirer is a much more technical striker than Gaethje and Chandler. They may not find the same success that Poirer found vs Conor. Gaethje and Chandler aren't great counter punchers, they are better pressuring and brawling. Gaethje's counter is always the right hook or right over hand and sometimes the left hook. He tends to throw it out of range and just guesses on the counters, he doesn't always read the punch and try to counter the punch. He just throws when he thinks a punch is going to be thrown, he's not reading the exact punch to counter like Poirer was doing vs Conor. Poirer was reading Conor's combinations and punches and countering specific punches and combinations.
Yeah it was a change in boxing style. He got walked down by Floyd and tried adopting a similar style. But Conor has a weak inside game so it doesn't match his boxing style. He's a counter puncher, and pressure style counter puncher his boxing style isn't effective trying to walk people down because he's always looking for a punch to counter and he always stops mid range because of this. Poirer is much technical with his boxing, I don't think Gaethje or Chandler will be able to replicate the counters that Poirer was using, plus they aren't southpaws or switch hitters so the techniques/combinations/tactics would be different. They will stand and bang with Conor if they ever fight, they have the power to stop Conor, but Conor has the skills to be able to outbox and counter them in the fight. Depends what shape Conor comes into the fight, if he's anything like old Conor it'll be a competitive fight and Conor has ways to win.
Tony Ferguson is a malkavian
