After bout Analysis of Mayweather vs McGregor

I was nervous after the 2nd round, thinking maybe Floyd aged big time over those 2 years and that Conor's size was a problem.

 

Right On!!

 

I was never worried.. Floyd carried that dude.. And like I don't remember who was it that said the fight would be interesting until Floyd decided to take him out of there which he did..You could see it in his face that he was toying with him and it was all part of the plan.. Let him lad some shots the first two rounds, see what hes got and then take it and destroy him..

 

The most surprising thing to come out of this whole fight is what an utter ***** Paulie is.

 

The only thing that surprised me was that it lasted as long as it did and how mediocre McGregor's conditioning was. His punches lost steam a few rounds in and he was looking very arm weary. Probably lack of traditional boxing conditioning on body and speed bags.

 

That is mostly true, but I think people miss the side of it that McGregor was definitely better than he expected. I mean, how often have you seen fighters slip Floyd's punches as easily as he did early on. If he had a better punching technique, he might have seriously troubled Floyd with some of those counters. It's a case of both, you know. Floyd let him work while he figured him out, but Conor also had the talent to make that work count in the early rounds. Floyd lets most guys he fights work early on while he figures it out but very few do that well. It's a long time since Floyd lost the first 3 in a row. Maybe Oscar, if memory serves. You have to give credit where it's due, McGregor is physically talented and has a good fight IQ. He picked the wrong sport to enter.

 

Definitely.. To be fair he did much better than I expected.. I don't know if it was legitimate or not but if it was yes I still admit and will always say Connor is a great athlete and that's how he was able to look good there for a minute.. But other than that.. Boxing's just a whole other game.. Amazing athlete though and biggest mouth in the world of sports right now.. If he ever has to stop he will still make it cause he can sell anything with all the sh*t he talks lol

 

The thing about MMA which a lot of people don't realise, is the field you have to overcome to reach the top is absolutely minuscule. Any old bum could take it up tomorrow and have his first professional fight within 12 months from today, and probably win.

That's why the technique is so bad, and that's why McGregor has been dropping all these dopes with his flower power punches. They're all tomato cans.

Even McGregor himself had just one amateur fight then turned pro, lost 2 of his first 6 pro fights, then had a little run of about 10 wins, (only 5 of them in the UFC), and he was UFC champion. Then he lost again.

So MMA is a Mickey Mouse sport, if it was an established sport like boxing, I doubt anyone would have even heard of that clown McTapout.

 

Yeah, he'll never have to worry about money 'cause like you say, he can sell anything.
I think more than anything the fight really showed the different cardio requirements for both sports. 'Oh you dont have to wrestle or shoot in boxing so it's not as taxing'. Sure, but you do have to constantly move and throw and there's no sitting your balls on someone's head for 90 seconds a round while you both catch a breather. He needed to work a lot harder for this fight than he has for any other, but he believed the cardio levels he needs in MMA were good enough for boxing and he was plain wrong. Also punch technique in the two sports is so different. I have no doubt Conor is a powerful guy, he has to be, considering what he's able to do to guys in MMA. But he's used to throwing quick punches from Karate stance. Boxers obviously are throwing from a more solid stance and with more hip and shoulder in the punch. He landed some nice shots but just wasn't that pop on them. Why that wasn't more obvious to more people before the fight I'm not sure. Anyway, it was a spectacle and quite entertaining and I suppose that's what everyone wanted from it, so a success in those terms.

 

What lasting inuries are you talking about bud?
Wanna compare brain damage? Sounds like a lasting inury to me...

Cauliflowered ears! Lmao that comes from grappling bud not fighting in the cage, you don't know what you're talking about.

Also you don't even realize how much the sport has evolved since the ken shamrock days, it's completely different.

Lol @ more legends.. Well no **** how long has boxing been around?
Mma is still in its infancy.

And ppv? Floyd needed a mma fighter to make the biggest fight he could, tripple g cant crack half a million sells by himself (which is a shame really)

 

The size difference surprised me. If Conor had really pushed him back and laid into him throwing everything it could have been rough early on, instead he tried to "box" and was still gassing like **** after 2 rounds.

 

Actually considering he is actually a boxing novice I was massively impressed with his cardio. Pro novices start at 4 or 6 rounds

I was expecting him to gas from 2nd round and get taken out in 5th.

 

I was DISGUSTED that Floyd though coming forward and causing a 'fight' as expected, would get hit so easily against a 0-0 fighter by decent shots THAT HE GENUINELY DIDN'T WANT TO BE HIT BY.

Floyd could've fought a defensive match and just outboxed him easily, but that would just be straying so far from actual 'fighting' that it's a laughable joke.

 

I'm talking about permanent disfigurement to where they forever remain deformed.

I couldn't care less where it comes from, the fact it happens is a disgrace.

I do know how much the sport has changed since those days, however it is mainly the promotion and hype which has gone into overdrive. The production is very slick now but it can never cover up the brutality and the sickening feeling you get from viewing it. Unless of course you are one of the unfortunate desensitised souls who get off on viewing sadistic extreme sports.

I've watched a few of today's so called MMA stars from Aldo, Conor, Diaz, Overeem, Jon Jones, Silva, to War Machine and a few others. It is still glorified snuff filth, with more than 90% of the fights being complete anti climatic bore fests.

You can't seriously compare ppv numbers of mma to boxing? Once again you're on a hiding to nothing, living in fantasy land perception rather than reality.

Here are the facts, which I know you mma fanboys don't like to consider

https://sports.bwin.com/en/news/infographics/ufc-vs-boxing-graphic,116485.html


Only last year in 2016 with Conor Diaz did UFC ever surpass boxing in buying rates

It can't hold a candle to boxing when it comes to viewing figures and ppv events which are true spectacles in boxing and the article doesn't even take into account the Klitchsko Joshua fight which had very good numbers.

Floyd gave your star his biggest ever pay day that he would never ever see in UFC. Which is why Conor used his name and image throughout his career, while begging to fight floyd for years. Your biggest star is nothing more than a cheap imitator of one of boxing's numerous great athletes.

Let's not forget that most MMA fighters get treated like prostitutes by Dana White as he pimps and pays them like cheap disposable dogs that can be replaced by the next stray one found in some back alley. They then throw them in a cage like chimps and pay them a Mcdonald's wage for the privilege

 

One thing to remember. Those who can't make it in boxing, do mma. If you keep that in mind you'll understand mma as a sport.