I like Conor. But his peak was a long time ago. He's been inactive and suffered that awful leg break. I think Max stops him in 2 or 3 rounds.
I am looking forward to it. Going to a titty bar to watch it. So won’t be able to post during the fights itself since they are very sensitive about phones. Looking forward to it. And the boobs of course
Connor has done so much hard drugs in his life it's a wonder he made it through training camp;, so i think Holloway is the correct pick, plus he's durable, and Connor in his prime wasn't exactly known for his stamina...
Haha I'm going off pure feeling but I can see Conor looking awful but eats shots and puts Max down or reality sits us back done and Max TKO's him in 3
I bet Max is going to start slow, by his standards, and intentionally so. On the flipside, Conor will look extremely sharp and bring something creative to the fight. The first two minutes it will be all Conor, and then Max adapts, goes into second gear, and starts picking Conor apart. I am like 99% convinced Conor will use his wrestling at some point, but I am not so sure for what reason and just how effective it will be. Max has improved his ground game tremendously over the last 12 years.
I heard Conor wanted it to be 3 rounds and not 5. Makes sense. I can see him edging out Holloway on a strong first two rounds. I can't see him winning a 5 round decision. So his most realistic path to victory is stoppage inside the first two rounds. Which honestly isn't as crazy of outcome as some are saying it is. Max has been dropped or hurt in every recent fight of his from Gaethje onward. So if Conor tags him he will probably hurt him and I don't think he will be absorb punishment as good as he does at 145-155. He's isn't a natural Welterweight like Diaz was who is actually more durable at 170 than he is at 155.
McGregor is cooked if this version of Max shows up. Look at how Max keeps his distance in the opening minute. He then gets Poirier to overextend, which is one of McGregor´s biggest flaws. Max also uses handfighting to control the distance, and lots of quick leg kicks too. Max knows how to fight southpaws now, and he is going to pick apart McGregor after surviving an early storm. This content is protected
McGregor in his physical prime, still gassing in 7 minutes even tho he was fully in control. All Nate had was his jab and the occasional pressure, which was enough to tire Conor out. This content is protected
170 he's got a bad tank. I don't believe he had those issues as a 145-155 lber. At 155 he stops Diaz with ease. The difference between this and now is Diaz is natural 170 and Holloway isn't. So I don't think Holloway will have more durability at the weight than he would have at 155 or 145. the difference for Conor now is that 170 cardio is probably going to be even more suspect. Opening round is going to be telling. We just don't know what Conor has left at this stage.
