What was ur reaction to Mendes-Mcgregor?

[markg171]

My reaction was despite winning that it was the first time he faced the wrestler problem and he failed the test. After that he never faced another wrestler until Khabib, where he failed again. I think Mendes with a full camp wins that fight, Chad was never known to gas and it almost certainly had to do with taking a fight on 2 weeks notice. (Yes im aware, Conor kicked the body).

Chad was an amazing talent, dude gets no respect. All the fans these days don't understand fighters fall out of their primes.

I don't think Conor failed the wrestler test at all.

• Conor didn't give a fuck about the TDs, which led to most of them. He wasn't getting outwrestled, but simply not resisting them/was putting himself in positions to get hit with them. I mean, he literally opened the fight with a flying knee, which Mendes took him down off of. He wasn't actually trying to anti-wrestle and that was obvious. He couldn't because of his knee, hadn't trained for it as Aldo was a striker, and it helped wear out Chad anyways.
• Regardless of that, Conor stuffed half of Mendes' TDs. That's still really good against the best wrestler in the division, especially when you gave up the ones Mendes actually did get. Conor might've gone 6/7 or 7/7 on TDD if he actually was fully focused on stuffing Chad/prepared to do so.
• Conor escaped from every TD except one where the round ran out. 3/4 TDs Conor got out of, so even though he was getting taken down Chad couldn't keep him down, which was his best path to victory.
• Conor got out of very bad positions like a crucifix and guillotine.
• Conor's bottom elbows were devastating and really fight changing. They're what made Mendes desperate, not his cardio. He was suddenly in the very bad position of taking damage on the ground and not wanting to go back to the feet where Conor had the advantage

I didn't come out of the fight thinking Conor was a grappling wiz or anything, but I did come out of it thinking it was definitely good enough for his style. He could defend TDs, he could get up from TDs, he could escape bad positions, and he could dish out damage. Which is all still true to this day.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

Full camp mendes would have beaten conor, but it is what it is

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

came to sherdog to drink the tears and watch the excuses roll in, like how they still refuse to acknowledge that chad gassed from the constant pressure and barrage of teeps to the body.

 

[markg171]

He didn't gas. He claimed before the fight that he was in top shape. Conor's midsection kicks were what depleted his breathing.

The gif speaks for itself.

Conor threw an absolutely ridiculous and continuous amount of body shots that fight, right up to the fight ending sequence which opened Chad up for the KO. They worked.

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

The gif speaks for itself.

Conor threw an absolutely ridiculous and continuous amount of body shots that fight, right up to the fight ending sequence which opened Chad up for the KO. They worked.

no! i hate conor so you’re wrong!!

working the body doesnt even do anything.

 

[djacobox372]

Seemed to me at the time that Mendes just gassed due to almost zero training camp.

In retrospect I think those body shots are what gassed him.

 

[kalabula]

Chad got the fight on short notice and clearly his cardio was not there.

Full camp Chad would have won I think.

I think this is a relatively popular opinion. I mean Chad was taking Conor down and beating him up with ease while he had some gas in the tank. All credit to Conor, though. He took a late notice fight with a wrestler after a full training camp for a striker.

 

[MPD-Psycho]

That was when I bought in to the hype. Before that I didn’t think he had a chance against Aldo.

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

The ACL tear that magically healed by the time he fought Aldo? This is the same McGregor who claimed to have fought Nurmagomedov with a broken foot (yet stomped the floor and kicked with that same foot) and also claimed to have fought Poirier with multiple stress fractures, yet threw power kicks against Poirier with the allegedly injured leg.

Lastly, not only did Mendes not have a full camp for that fight and took it on short notice, he went into it with an injured foot.

I could break your hand , inject it with cortisone and you'd be able to punch a brick wall

 

[Conor_Is_Overrated]

It was a great fight.
I was exhilarated to see Conor lose the first round and then also winning the second... until he did not, LOL.
The height difference was shocking for me...

 

[Billthebutcher]

Conor showed he'd fight anyone anywhere anytime after aldo ran away. chad got his ass beat and was grateful for the red panty payday.

 

[jsbx45]

Make me






24%'er <Lmaoo>

Explain it man. Don't run away like a P%??^.

 

[AB234]

That was the first fight I didn't play along with the Conor gimmick. Once I saw Mendez gas, I lowered my head and sent out a R.I.P. prayer. I knew Mendez would have won with a full camp. Wasn't so sure what would happen without it.

 

[jsbx45]

24%'er for a reason

This you trying to get me to be yellow

Pu&&^.

 

[NickDiaz]

Pu&&^.

Oh I get it .. you can't spell out bad words cause you're 12 .. <Lmaoo>

 

[sonofjay817]

Pretty much this.

 

[IsNormal]

What I think is easy to forget is Mendes' striking.
Everyone remembers it as Conor being 100% dominating on the feet and Mendes landing some TD:s

But I once saw a video (Damnit! Can't find it) of Mendes-only striking highlights - and it gave me a very different picture of the fight.

 

[AMAZINGUFC]

 

[acannxr]

I could break your hand , inject it with cortisone and you'd be able to punch a brick wall

Cortisone is prohibited in competition by USADA.

 

[liverkick83]

It wasn't torn lol Conor fans always gotta make excuses when Conor doesn't end the fight in 10 seconds or the first exchange.

This is a real fight where a fighter gassed aka Mendes costed him the fight. Not like Conor fanboys claiming gassed everytime be loses a fight.

It was diagnosed an 80 percent tear?