Fight Fans: Mayweather vs Mcgregor

[Chris_]

I had a bit of a rant on twitter yesterday. Conor looses a fight and all of a sudden we have masses of people that all of a sudden know everything about UFC as if they watch it 24/7. ....

 

It happens man. Some people just capture the masses and bring eyes to the (fringe) sports. Floyd sort of did it for boxing, although that sport has had a few good characters. Lance did it for cycling. Bolt did it for athletics. Alex Honnold climbing. Phelps swimming. McGregor certainly did it for mma.

[Chris_]

Couldn't you argue that it was McGregor and Ronda?

 

I was actually going to write her down too, so ja I agree she was a huge part. 

 

But did she time rising mma popularity perfectly to make herself famous, and then head off elsewhere and lose it all along the way. Or did she herself make mma 'famous'? If you see what I mean. dunno

[Long Wheel Base]

Gilbert certainly had Kamaru's attention in the first round but at the end of the day he never really stood a chance. Usman is in a class of his own in that division. 

 

ALSO, Burns is the #1 ranked contender and got TKO in R3. Masvidal went 5 rounds at short notice with no training camp against Usman. That just shows how bad @ss Jorge is.

 

I see a lot of people want Usman to fight GSP, flip man he has been away for long now man and he is old, I don't think that fight should happen tbh.

 

Wonderboy tweeted he is keen to fight the champ and that he is the only top 5 ranked guy not to fight Usman. I think Dana has a big decision to make.

 

 

Also, can Nate Diaz just get his @ss kicked already. 

[Long Wheel Base]

Going to be a good weekend for us fight fans.

Ben Askren and Jake Paul going to box. I am not sure what to think of this but I am looking forward to it. The lead up has been good to watch.

 

Then one of the most stacked cards ever at the UFC. 3 title fights. I am going with Shevchenko(and still), Zhang(and still) and Masvidal(and new).

Hmm Jorge going to have to pull something out the bag(Ben Askren flying knee kinda stuff) but if there is anyone who can take that belt from Usman it's him. He went 5 rounds against him with virtually no camp so now he has had time to prepare I hope it will be a much better fight. I hope he can add another belt to his BMF title.

[Long Wheel Base]

Is that boxing match this weekend ? Can we even wqtch it in RSA ?

 

 

Next week is going to be wild , rooting for Masvidal

Ah man I am a week out. Thought that was this weekend. This weekend I hope Whittaker can get the W.

 

Yeah the boxing match is tomorrow. It's not on TV as far as I know but I am sure we can find it streaming somewhere.

[Long Wheel Base]

Also been A long time fan of Whittaker 

 

Man I have to find it but i think its going to be pretty even , jake has the advantage imo 

 

 

But let Ben grab him and he's dead 

I'm seriously looking forward to the trilogy between Dustin and Conor in July. Hope Dustin KOs Conor again early on and makes it 2-1.

[WrightJnr]

I'm seriously looking forward to the trilogy between Dustin and Conor in July. Hope Dustin KOs Conor again early on and makes it 2-1.

Looks like Conor is still here in Dubai. From what I’ve seen on his social media. Surprised he’s not back home training, although might be the COVID lockdown rules back in Ireland not being good.

[Long Wheel Base]

YOH that spinning elbow was BRUTAL. Not even going to attempt to spell the dudes name right but I hope we see him fight again soon.

 

Last week......... sjoe also a good fight night. Chris Weidmans shin, man that looked unpleasant to say the least. Then the other dudes "dead leg", what a perfectly placed leg kick. The 3 title fights were top class. Didn't think Usman would make such short work of Jorge but kudo's to them both. Big respect between them. 

[Long Wheel Base]

Anyone else get up really early this morning for Mayweather vs Paul?

The moment I saw that there would be no judges and the result wouldn't affect their professional results I knew it wouldn't be a good fight and it showed. The ref spent so much time separating them. 

BUT I must say, Logan has a big gas tank, I was impressed he lasted so long.

It also shows why there are weight divisions, as good as Floyd is, he couldn't really make much of an impact on Logan. Floyd is still super fast though.

Both guys commented on how impressed they were with their opponents.

Now just to wait for Jake Paul against Tyron Woodley.

[Eddy Gordo]

I saw the schedule on sat. I was like who, wait, what, naa not interested.

[Long Wheel Base]

1 hour ago, Eddy Gordo said:

I saw the schedule on sat. I was like who, wait, what, naa not interested.

Yeah you didn't miss much. A few times I said I would go back to bed or start getting ready for work but just carried on watching and ended up being late for work????, They only finished at like 05h30 our time.

[Gen]

3 hours ago, Long Wheel Base said:

Anyone else get up really early this morning for Mayweather vs Paul?

The moment I saw that there would be no judges and the result wouldn't affect their professional results I knew it wouldn't be a good fight and it showed. The ref spent so much time separating them. 

BUT I must say, Logan has a big gas tank, I was impressed he lasted so long.

It also shows why there are weight divisions, as good as Floyd is, he couldn't really make much of an impact on Logan. Floyd is still super fast though.

Both guys commented on how impressed they were with their opponents.

Now just to wait for Jake Paul against Tyron Woodley.

Lol

 

It was an exhibition fight... Planned so to keep the audience tuned in and long enough to cash in on the PPV sales. . All that means is a big pay day.. Esp for Mayweather. 

 

I saw the one clip where Mayweather punched  that YouTube guy on the side of the head and proceeded to keep him up so that he didn't fall down... Was apparently quite early in the fight too. ... Can't have all that hype and the guy goes down early ????

 

 

 

 

Edited June 7, 2021 by Gen

[Long Wheel Base]

Poirier and McGregor 3 on this weekend. The press conference was a lot more heated compared to the last time. Seems this time there won't be much hot sauce gifts and hand shaking in the weight in.

I am hoping Dustin takes it again. I think it is going to be a bit more of a brutal fight compared to the last time. 

 

As far as the other fights go.

I like wonder boy but he will have a tough time against Burns, 2 different styles so going to be interesting.

I also really hope that O'Malley gets KO'd. I am tired of all his never lost a fight nonesense. He even wears a shirt saying 13-0. But I don't know much about the stand in opponent so I guess it could go either way.

Then we have our local guy Drikus. His 2nd UFC appearance. 1-0 in the UFC, lets hope he goes 2-0.

[Eddy Gordo]

Damn!!! What an anti climax. Was not planning on watching the fight.

Dustin was taking it to him, connor should be glad the fight ended early. 

But man, what a crap leg break. Was hard to watch the replays when his leg turned over.

[Eddy Gordo]

Connor showed his low class. Def a scumbag. Did you see how he was pulling Dustins glove? 

[Long Wheel Base]

DRICUS DU PLESSIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a KO and then letting everyone know how to pronounce his name. Lekker man.

The 3 judges scored the first round 10-9, 10-8, 10-8. I don't think Conor would have lasted a full 2nd round. Dustin smashed him in the first. I hope they done with all these refights and Dustin can now fight Charles for the belt. Dustin reckons he felt Conors shin fracture early on with one of his kicks. Conor seriously needed to just shut his mouth after that. Someone posted a picture on Twitter on Dustins wife giving Conor the finger while he was being attended to. LOL THUG WIFE.

Agreed on the Wonderboy/Burns fight. It was a bit boring. 

The green haired dude has a chin made of steel But why the heck did Herb stop the fight with 7 seconds to go? He wasn't going to win but a decision looks much better on his resume than a TKO.