If Nate is the better boxer, why did McGregor win round 1 and throw more significant strikes?
Then he gasses in round 2, just like Lauzon predicted
Diaz took the fight on 10 days notice when he wasn't training for a fight. As a boxer and a fan of both McGregor and diaz, diaz has much better boxing skill and turns his punches over much better than Connor does. Diaz also takes a shot very well, turning with it. I think Connor landed in round 1 because diaz had no sparring before this fight and took round 1 easy to warm up.If Nate is the better boxer, why did McGregor win round 1 and throw more significant strikes?
Then he gasses in round 2, just like Lauzon predicted
The lack of sparring hurt his timing a little you could tell. A full camp diaz is a different beast
Yeah no denying Nate has great boxing, I'm a big fan of the Stockton Slap, McGregor felt that a few times during the fight! Lol
I agree, especially with the hate part. Anyone that steps in the cage or ring shows a lot of courage imo.
i am completely lost as to who i am hating on. i just saw the fight differently than you is all. basically i am describing what i am seeing and you are citing lauzon as the gospel. what did you SEE in the fight. conor was breathing heavy? its a fight. nate is breathing heavy too! they are fighting. for the record i like lauzon too. he's always been an entertaining fighter and an intelligent guy. maybe he thinks that if conor wouldn't have bulked up he woulda took the shots better? i don't know. all i know is he didn't look tired to my eyes until he ate one on the tip of the chin.
He was standing pretty flat throughout the second half of the first round, and came out breathing heavy for the second. He wasn't moving like he does at 145lbs, watch any of his fights again, he hops around on the balls of his feet and angles off guys with precision. He had decent head movement in this fight and slipped a few punches but his body stayed straight on the line the whole time and Nate nailed him square with the straight left. The fact is he had to put on weight for the fight, you are entirely discounting that as if it doesn't matter. He was supposed to fight RDA at 155 and he pulled out 11 days before the fight, McGregor put on another 13lbs to come in at 168lbs to fight against Nate who already weighed 170lbs at the weigh in and definitely put on more before stepping into the cage. He was already at weight when he got the call, he couldn't make the cut to 155lbs in 11 days, that's why the fight was at Welterweight. That is what Lauzon and I am saying, that 13lbs added weight onto McGregor costs oxygen, he came in unprepared against the heavier opponent, he gambled by thinking he could still win and lost, no big deal man, he know's exactly what went wrong and how to adjust. He is going to come back even stronger than before because his mental game is absolutely bulletproof.
no training camp effects ya even if you're in great shape.
Yeah, not so sure going up to WW was such a good idea, I'd still like to see him at 155, that might be his sweet spot, he looks like death to make the 145lb cut! RDA is also a beast, no doubt about that, so it'll be awesome to see both champs fight at Lightweight! I feel the same about him as I do about Nate, seems like a good guy, crawled himself out of poverty like Aldo did and is an absolute killer in the cage!
the fuck he didn't. conor missed alot. was short alot. but he landed bombs bro. several huge uppercuts. in the 2nd he actually catches nate coming in with a huge straight left and IT DID NOTHING. watch the fight again. i've watched the motherfucker 5 times. he blasts nate with all kinds of fire. he does better in the 2nd round than the first until nate finally gets him.
I don't think McGregor has any chance of beating Edgar. UFC knows it, that's why they gave him chad for the interim belt. Frankie might be the best boxer in the ufc. If CM can't catch him with a haymaker he wont win. Edgars to fast and to technical in and out cutting angles and lighting you up with combo's. Im not sure he hits hard enough to knock out edgar. For all the hype coming into the ufc McGregors skills aren't very good. He has a left hand not much else. Footwork isn't good, misses punches and gets off balance and stands square to his opponent and keeps his hands very low. The left uppercut he really loads up on it. Good strikers like Frankie will see it coming, slip it and counter it.
