He hadn't fought in two years and casuals had no idea who he was. No way that was happening, regardless of the stylistic advantages he has over Conor. He wasn't even included in most fan polls at the time.
It isn't disingenuous. Chad was in shape, and any story to the contrary is just Conor hater-created narrative. He and his camp has said as much. He didn't have a fight camp, but that's all that's true. Chad looked gassed after the first minute. You think this pro athlete was in such bad shape that that'd happen? My point is that he gassed due to Conor's pressure, and the overall pressure of the moment. It was a huge fight. MGM Grand attendance record, record amount of Conor fans, live music, crazy atmosphere. Then Conor in his face from the outset, nonstop pressure. Teeps to the body. Against a muscle-heavy fighter whom you'd expect to gas. Conor was in worse fight shape than Chad, suffering from a major injury, as widely documented. Frankie woulda been the easier fight. It's a joke that Conor gets slack for that fight, when all he deserves is credit.
Mendes was ranked higher than Frankie when Conor decided to take that fight instead of waiting for Aldo. Of course, if he had fought Frankie and won, you would be making a thread about how Conor avoided the higher-ranked opponent.
Sigh...what are they supposed to say? "Oh well I havent trained in over 6 weeks, Im really out of shape, but hey the UFC offered me 500k on 10 days notice so here I am, maybe I can finish him quick but it doesn't really matter because Im finally getting paid!"
You barely responded to the content in my post. You have no evidence that Chad's camp lied. They didn't say that Chad hadn't had a camp, because they were being positive, and that was fucking obvious. But haters make "no camp" equal "totally out of shape". Respond to the rest of my post. I dunno how you can maintain your opinion with all the evidence that it's wrong. I said this same shit in 2015, so I haven't revised a thing.
How about what I said? Mendes went 5 rounds with Aldo, then gassed himself out in 4 minutes. You think Conor did that? That's what Im talking about, Conor dick riders somehow thinking "Conors pressure" made Chad gas? What pressure? Pressure off his back getting fucking owned the entire first round? Mendes came out dead for the 2nd round, and it had nothing to do with anything Conor did.
he was training for conor 5 weeks before the fight and he usually has only a 6 week camp.
he didn't only have 10 days. that's just a lie.
This deserves more likes. I remember Khabib was on one of the polls as well and had basically no votes yet some fans still elected to say Conor was ducking Khabib by picking Nate...
Nah, he was gassed at the end of Rd. 1. And post-USADA aging Chad against a killer like Volk is a little different too.
