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Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:42 pm
by Duff Paddy
Turbogoat wrote:
bessantj wrote:McGregor keeping things boiling

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The mans a world class wind up merchant.
Which battle is he saying he won? Dear God it can't have been the battle of dress sense.
I’m guessing he got paid way more than the Russian baddie

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:46 pm
by Turbogoat
Duff Paddy wrote:
Turbogoat wrote:
bessantj wrote:McGregor keeping things boiling

Image

The mans a world class wind up merchant.
Which battle is he saying he won? Dear God it can't have been the battle of dress sense.
I’m guessing he got paid way more than the Russian baddie
aha. It's all about the money. It's all about the dumdumdadadadum...

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:50 pm
by Mog The Almighty
Homer wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote:
The Native wrote:Khabib also rocked Conor with that overhand right. McGregor's stand up had virtually no influence on the fight and that includes the third round which was largely fought on foot.
The Native wrote:Mog, Moggy, Mogster - Khabib is a far more well rounded fighter. Look at his record 27 wins - 8 via KO, 9 via submission and 10 via decision and he's a combat sambo gold medallist not to mention insane wrestler. McGregor's brown belt in BJJ is for shit. He got qualified by his head coach. All his losses have come via submission. He's got decent takedown defense but that's it.
Nobody is arguing about whether Khabib has the better record or not. He's just not "well rounded". He's a level-one-billion wrestler ... and that's about it.

I've followed his career since day #1 and seen all of his fights on UFC Fight Pass multiple times. I suggest both you and Homer do the same instead of casting judgement based on that one encounter. FFS in his last fight, a literal third-choice, last minute replacement took him all the way to five rounds and could have easily knocked him out, Khabib's stand-up was so poor in that fight. No doubt he worked on his stand up defence a lot before facing McGregor, but in no way is Khabib a strong stand-up fighter, nor "well rounded". Neither thing stop him being dominant, that's not the argument.
Well without getting into a pissing contest as to who has watched the most hours of MMA and has the most in depth knowledge of the contestants (it's me, by the way)....

You said about Khabib 'his stand-up is poor and is stand-up defence is close to amateur'. This is weapons-grade bollocks. Whilst that might have been the case back in 2012/2013/2014, you spoke in the present tense.
:roll: I don't only watch UFC, I also do both brazilian jujitsu and boxing. Admittedly at a novice level, but it counts for something.

His stand up defence was so bad against Iaquinta it's not funny. He was walking in with his chin up, leaning back to avoid punches with his chin way up in the air, etc. It was total rubbish. I think it was Joe Rogan who said that it was like he'd never trained in any striking at all, and was later forced to apologize to Khabib's camp for the "inappropriate commentary". Khabib's own corner were screaming at him to stop trying to stand up and take the guy down. He was lucky not to get knocked-out by a third-choice ring in during the biggest fight of his life, and the reason he gave after the fight is that he had "probably watched a few too many Muhummud Ali fights before the bout". Now I'm sure he worked hard on all that after the Iaquinta fight. FFS he had to, it was exposed as such a glaring weakness. But there's only so good you can get at striking at age 30 in ~six months!!

So you say you know what you're talking about, but it really looks like you haven't even watched more than one Khabib fight (i.e. the last one). Because the one just before that would demonstrate more than adequately that "weapons grade bollocks" it most certainly is not.

To add a disclaimer that I shouldn't really have to ... none of these guys have "poor striking skills" compared to your average joe at the pub. Obviously he's a "good boxer" compared to the average bloke. In the OP of this very thread I myself listed "western boxing" as part of his arsenal. But it's really not good relatively speaking, and if you watched more than one of his fights, you'd know that to be self-evidently true.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:03 pm
by obelixtim
Mohammed Ali also was an incredibly poor sport and highly disrespectful and gown right insulting to his opponents yet his lauded as one of the greatest sportsmen ever,
even though Tyson would have taken his head off in both their primes.
Tyson wouldn't have laid a glove on Ali in their primes, let alone reach his head. Ali would have played with him, then sparked him out at his leisure. Would have been similar to the Lewis - Tua fight, where the slugger couldn't get near him.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:05 pm
by Anonymous 1
kiwinoz wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote: I think you're just wrong on several levels.
Mog The Almighty wrote: Khabib's conditioning is nothing to write home about
Chael Sonnon says Khabib's conditioning is absolutely awesome and Mog knows shit
I think I will go with these guys generally doing their best with their conditioning and some just being better than others in that department

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:18 pm
by Anonymous 1
bessantj wrote:McGregor keeping things boiling

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The mans a world class wind up merchant.
In the minds of his supporters. Anyone else will just be thinking. Shut up you just got bashed and won nothing.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:30 pm
by Homer
Mog The Almighty wrote:
Homer wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote:
The Native wrote:Mog, Moggy, Mogster - Khabib is a far more well rounded fighter. Look at his record 27 wins - 8 via KO, 9 via submission and 10 via decision and he's a combat sambo gold medallist not to mention insane wrestler. McGregor's brown belt in BJJ is for shit. He got qualified by his head coach. All his losses have come via submission. He's got decent takedown defense but that's it.
Nobody is arguing about whether Khabib has the better record or not. He's just not "well rounded". He's a level-one-billion wrestler ... and that's about it.

I've followed his career since day #1 and seen all of his fights on UFC Fight Pass multiple times. I suggest both you and Homer do the same instead of casting judgement based on that one encounter. FFS in his last fight, a literal third-choice, last minute replacement took him all the way to five rounds and could have easily knocked him out, Khabib's stand-up was so poor in that fight. No doubt he worked on his stand up defence a lot before facing McGregor, but in no way is Khabib a strong stand-up fighter, nor "well rounded". Neither thing stop him being dominant, that's not the argument.
Well without getting into a pissing contest as to who has watched the most hours of MMA and has the most in depth knowledge of the contestants (it's me, by the way)....

You said about Khabib 'his stand-up is poor and is stand-up defence is close to amateur'. This is weapons-grade bollocks. Whilst that might have been the case back in 2012/2013/2014, you spoke in the present tense.
:roll: I don't only watch UFC, I also do both brazilian jujitsu and boxing. Admittedly at a novice level, but it counts for something.
Not with me it doesn't. Just means you are a recent blow in. Besides, I'm disagreeing with what you said, not questioning your workout choices.
His stand up defence was so bad against Iaquinta it's not funny. He was walking in with his chin up, leaning back to avoid punches with his chin way up in the air, etc. It was total rubbish. I think it was Joe Rogan who said that it was like he'd never trained in any striking at all, and was later forced to apologize to Khabib's camp for the "inappropriate commentary". Khabib's own corner were screaming at him to stop trying to stand up and take the guy down. He was lucky not to get knocked-out by a third-choice ring in during the biggest fight of his life, and the reason he gave after the fight is that he had "probably watched a few too many Muhummud Ali fights before the bout". Now I'm sure he worked hard on all that after the Iaquinta fight. FFS he had to, it was exposed as such a glaring weakness. But there's only so good you can get at striking at age 30 in ~six months!!
He had a poor fight against Iaquinta, yet still comfortably outstruck him. Iaquinta himself said that Khabib's stand up was good/awkward and pre UFC 229 questioned whether McGregor would find it easy to hit him. Still, you think he's made a miraculous improvement, despite thinking this isn't really possible.
So you say you know what you're talking about, but it really looks like you haven't even watched more than one Khabib fight (i.e. the last one). Because the one just before that would demonstrate more than adequately that "weapons grade bollocks" it most certainly is not.

To add a disclaimer that I shouldn't really have to ... none of these guys have "poor striking skills" compared to your average joe at the pub. Obviously he's a "good boxer" compared to the average bloke. In the OP of this very thread I myself listed "western boxing" as part of his arsenal. But it's really not good relatively speaking, and if you watched more than one of his fights, you'd know that to be self-evidently true.
I've seen all his fights since Tavares. I'll let others decide who is speaking bollocks here....remembering you said this 'his stand-up is poor and is stand-up defence is close to amateur'

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:57 pm
by Mog The Almighty
guy smiley wrote:Image
That's very old. Conor has a lot of good things to say about Khabib in the past.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:58 pm
by Mog The Almighty
Homer wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote:
Homer wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote:
The Native wrote:Mog, Moggy, Mogster - Khabib is a far more well rounded fighter. Look at his record 27 wins - 8 via KO, 9 via submission and 10 via decision and he's a combat sambo gold medallist not to mention insane wrestler. McGregor's brown belt in BJJ is for shit. He got qualified by his head coach. All his losses have come via submission. He's got decent takedown defense but that's it.
Nobody is arguing about whether Khabib has the better record or not. He's just not "well rounded". He's a level-one-billion wrestler ... and that's about it.

I've followed his career since day #1 and seen all of his fights on UFC Fight Pass multiple times. I suggest both you and Homer do the same instead of casting judgement based on that one encounter. FFS in his last fight, a literal third-choice, last minute replacement took him all the way to five rounds and could have easily knocked him out, Khabib's stand-up was so poor in that fight. No doubt he worked on his stand up defence a lot before facing McGregor, but in no way is Khabib a strong stand-up fighter, nor "well rounded". Neither thing stop him being dominant, that's not the argument.
Well without getting into a pissing contest as to who has watched the most hours of MMA and has the most in depth knowledge of the contestants (it's me, by the way)....

You said about Khabib 'his stand-up is poor and is stand-up defence is close to amateur'. This is weapons-grade bollocks. Whilst that might have been the case back in 2012/2013/2014, you spoke in the present tense.
:roll: I don't only watch UFC, I also do both brazilian jujitsu and boxing. Admittedly at a novice level, but it counts for something.
Not with me it doesn't. Just means you are a recent blow in. Besides, I'm disagreeing with what you said, not questioning your workout choices.
His stand up defence was so bad against Iaquinta it's not funny. He was walking in with his chin up, leaning back to avoid punches with his chin way up in the air, etc. It was total rubbish. I think it was Joe Rogan who said that it was like he'd never trained in any striking at all, and was later forced to apologize to Khabib's camp for the "inappropriate commentary". Khabib's own corner were screaming at him to stop trying to stand up and take the guy down. He was lucky not to get knocked-out by a third-choice ring in during the biggest fight of his life, and the reason he gave after the fight is that he had "probably watched a few too many Muhummud Ali fights before the bout". Now I'm sure he worked hard on all that after the Iaquinta fight. FFS he had to, it was exposed as such a glaring weakness. But there's only so good you can get at striking at age 30 in ~six months!!
He had a poor fight against Iaquinta, yet still comfortably outstruck him. Iaquinta himself said that Khabib's stand up was good/awkward and pre UFC 229 questioned whether McGregor would find it easy to hit him. Still, you think he's made a miraculous improvement, despite thinking this isn't really possible.
So you say you know what you're talking about, but it really looks like you haven't even watched more than one Khabib fight (i.e. the last one). Because the one just before that would demonstrate more than adequately that "weapons grade bollocks" it most certainly is not.

To add a disclaimer that I shouldn't really have to ... none of these guys have "poor striking skills" compared to your average joe at the pub. Obviously he's a "good boxer" compared to the average bloke. In the OP of this very thread I myself listed "western boxing" as part of his arsenal. But it's really not good relatively speaking, and if you watched more than one of his fights, you'd know that to be self-evidently true.
I've seen all his fights since Tavares. I'll let others decide who is speaking bollocks here....remembering you said this 'his stand-up is poor and is stand-up defence is close to amateur
Whatever mate. I couldn't care what you think.

Do you even realize the technique even on that right hand he clocked Conor with was average? Huge looping overhand haymaker, head down looking at the ground, unprotected. It was a behind the sheds after school haymaker. He was so off balance that Khabib almost fell over himself after throwing it! Its remarkable that it connected to start with and the only resson it did was because Conor was so focussed on the split second it takes to stuff a take down. The ONLY thing that makes Khabib's striking look decent is the monstrous threat of his take down and wrestling.

And of course Iaquinta will be complimentary to his opponent who gave him a crazy opportunity. He's classy. "Unorthodox and awkward striking". That's the nice way of saying it.

I dunno mate. I might be wrong. Im not going to pretend to know more about it than I do. Maybe you know better than me. But from what little I do know. that's my honest take. Conors ground game is way better than Khabib's striking, put it that way. Khabib is a level one billion grappler and a level three striker.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:38 pm
by booji boy
obelixtim wrote:
Mohammed Ali also was an incredibly poor sport and highly disrespectful and gown right insulting to his opponents yet his lauded as one of the greatest sportsmen ever,
even though Tyson would have taken his head off in both their primes.
Tyson wouldn't have laid a glove on Ali in their primes, let alone reach his head. Ali would have played with him, then sparked him out at his leisure. Would have been similar to the Lewis - Tua fight, where the slugger couldn't get near him.
Who are you quoting there? I think the problem with Ali is most remember the faded, overweight 1976 version.

The 1967 version of Ali would have spanked Tyson like a baby and the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle version would have done a similar job to Buster Douglas.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:50 pm
by Anonymous 1
The Native wrote:Mog, Moggy, Mogster - Khabib is a far more well rounded fighter. Look at his record 27 wins - 8 via KO, 9 via submission and 10 via decision and he's a combat sambo gold medallist not to mention insane wrestler.
I don't know what "combat sambo gold medallist" is but I am not sure any of the rest of the stuff means he is a well rounded fighter. If he had 8 wins by KO and you had pointed out 6 of them were by striking while standing up Id get where you are come. As is I would not be surprised if most of them came while he ground and pounded his pone opponent.

Again I'm not a particular fan of MMA. I see the genius in Jon Jones and Anderson Silver but not so much the rest of it

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:55 pm
by Anonymous 1
Malignaggi v McGregor you know it's going to happen :lol: :lol:

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:02 pm
by Anonymous 1
YOYO wrote:
Anonymous. wrote:Malignaggi v McGregor you know it's going to happen :lol: :lol:
I read somewhere that more complete sparring footage of their knock is going to be part of a new Netflix docu. Not sure if true.
I’m even using McGregor lingo now. :shock:
It's almost certainly true

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:17 pm
by eugenius
obelixtim wrote:
Mohammed Ali also was an incredibly poor sport and highly disrespectful and gown right insulting to his opponents yet his lauded as one of the greatest sportsmen ever,
even though Tyson would have taken his head off in both their primes.
Tyson wouldn't have laid a glove on Ali in their primes, let alone reach his head. Ali would have played with him, then sparked him out at his leisure. Would have been similar to the Lewis - Tua fight, where the slugger couldn't get near him.

Tyson at his best was far more accomplished than a mere slugger , however I do agree Ali would have beaten him in his prime .

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:32 pm
by bessantj
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Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:56 pm
by The Native
Anonymous. wrote:
The Native wrote:Mog, Moggy, Mogster - Khabib is a far more well rounded fighter. Look at his record 27 wins - 8 via KO, 9 via submission and 10 via decision and he's a combat sambo gold medallist not to mention insane wrestler.
I don't know what "combat sambo gold medallist" is but I am not sure any of the rest of the stuff means he is a well rounded fighter. If he had 8 wins by KO and you had pointed out 6 of them were by striking while standing up Id get where you are come. As is I would not be surprised if most of them came while he ground and pounded his pone opponent.

Again I'm not a particular fan of MMA. I see the genius in Jon Jones and Anderson Silver but not so much the rest of it
Compared to McGregor, he's very well rounded. He stood with the "best striker*" in UFC history and wobbled him, even gave him a Compton slap and was not in trouble once.

Mog is being Mog - a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:24 pm
by Flametop
[quote="The Native"][quote="Anonymous."][quote="The Native"]Mog, Moggy, Mogster - Khabib is a far more well rounded fighter. Look at his record 27 wins - 8 via KO, 9 via submission and 10 via decision and he's a combat sambo gold medallist not to mention insane wrestler. [/quote]
I don't know what "combat sambo gold medallist" is but I am not sure any of the rest of the stuff means he is a well rounded fighter. If he had 8 wins by KO and you had pointed out 6 of them were by striking while standing up Id get where you are come. As is I would not be surprised if most of them came while he ground and pounded his pone opponent.

Again I'm not a particular fan of MMA. I see the genius in Jon Jones and Anderson Silver but not so much the rest of it[/quote]
Compared to McGregor, he's very well rounded. He stood with the "best striker*" in UFC history and wobbled him, even gave him a Compton slap and was not in trouble once.

Mog is being Mog - a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.[/quote]

Stockton slap?

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:14 pm
by Rugby2023
The Native wrote:His crucial mistake is that he didn't train hard or well enough to counter or at least effectively combat Khabib's ground game. He also has dire cardio, by comparison, and the desire/motivation was lacking. But he's a tapper if he can't land a KO. Nate Diaz exposed that and Khabib proved it.
Yea, the defensive grappling in Round 1 took so much out of McGregor that the snap and sharpness went out of his game for the rest of the fight. Nurmagomedov recovered much better, took much less out of him, but then that's his game.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:18 pm
by Taranaki Snapper

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:55 am
by Taranaki Snapper
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Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:17 am
by The Native
Taranaki Snapper wrote:poor ground technique...
https://www.facebook.com/sovietvisuals/ ... 6585/?t=35
To be fair, you're not allowed to bite. That bear was cheating more the McGregor last Sunday.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:36 am
by Anonymous 1
eugenius wrote:
obelixtim wrote:
Mohammed Ali also was an incredibly poor sport and highly disrespectful and gown right insulting to his opponents yet his lauded as one of the greatest sportsmen ever,
even though Tyson would have taken his head off in both their primes.
Tyson wouldn't have laid a glove on Ali in their primes, let alone reach his head. Ali would have played with him, then sparked him out at his leisure. Would have been similar to the Lewis - Tua fight, where the slugger couldn't get near him.

Tyson at his best was far more accomplished than a mere slugger , however I do agree Ali would have beaten him in his prime .
In his prime Ali was what would now be seen as a small cruiserweight. He probably wouldn't have lasted two minutes with Tyson.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:19 am
by Mog The Almighty
The Native wrote:
Anonymous. wrote:
The Native wrote:Mog, Moggy, Mogster - Khabib is a far more well rounded fighter. Look at his record 27 wins - 8 via KO, 9 via submission and 10 via decision and he's a combat sambo gold medallist not to mention insane wrestler.
I don't know what "combat sambo gold medallist" is but I am not sure any of the rest of the stuff means he is a well rounded fighter. If he had 8 wins by KO and you had pointed out 6 of them were by striking while standing up Id get where you are come. As is I would not be surprised if most of them came while he ground and pounded his pone opponent.

Again I'm not a particular fan of MMA. I see the genius in Jon Jones and Anderson Silver but not so much the rest of it
Compared to McGregor, he's very well rounded. He stood with the "best striker*" in UFC history and wobbled him, even gave him a Compton slap and was not in trouble once.

Mog is being Mog - a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.
:lol: Your analysis of the fighters and the fight itself was laughable and now you're playing the condescending expert card on me?

Tony Ferguson, Tyron Woodley, Yoel Romero. "Well rounded" fighters. Next level grapplers with unquestionable striking skills and knock out power and a record to back that up. Put next to any of them, Khabib's stand up is clumsy. Against Iaquinta at least (the bout where we've seen most of his stand-up) his stand-up defence was amateurish.

Khabib is a one dimensional death mauler. So one dimensional that every single guy who gets in the cage with him knows -exactly- what he's going to do. Exactly. They just can't stop it. I don't know what definition of "well rounded" you're using, but in my vocabulary, that's almost the opposite of "well rounded".

Each to their own, but keep the dumbass smugness in check because perhaps your little quip can be applied to yourself.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:50 am
by booji boy
Anonymous. wrote:
eugenius wrote:
obelixtim wrote:
Mohammed Ali also was an incredibly poor sport and highly disrespectful and gown right insulting to his opponents yet his lauded as one of the greatest sportsmen ever,
even though Tyson would have taken his head off in both their primes.
Tyson wouldn't have laid a glove on Ali in their primes, let alone reach his head. Ali would have played with him, then sparked him out at his leisure. Would have been similar to the Lewis - Tua fight, where the slugger couldn't get near him.

Tyson at his best was far more accomplished than a mere slugger , however I do agree Ali would have beaten him in his prime .
In his prime Ali was what would now be seen as a small cruiserweight. He probably wouldn't have lasted two minutes with Tyson.
My God you're full of it. Absolute nonsense. Ali was 6'3 versus the 5'10 Tyson and both about the same weight in their primes. A prime Ali would have easily outboxed Tyson.

You realise a 45 year old George Foreman won the heavyweight title during Tyson's era but as a prime 25 year old couldn't beat a slightly faded 32 year old Ali. And you think Ali wouldn't have lasted two minutes with midget Tyson?

In fact think about this. A 45 year old George Foreman, who couldn't beat a faded Ali as a 25 year old, knocked out Michael Moorer, who won the title off Evander Holyfield, who twice beat up Mike Tyson.

Fvck you're full of shit.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:54 am
by The Native
Mog - :lol:

Go on son!

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:17 pm
by Turbogoat
Is Tony Ferguson cosplaying as someone's creepy Uncle?

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:24 pm
by Kahu
Mog The Almighty wrote:I don't only watch UFC, I also do both brazilian jujitsu and boxing. Admittedly at a novice level, but it counts for something.
Mog The Almighty wrote:
I just glanced at it, but it's a shit article imo. Firstly, you don't listen to fight analysis from a guy who looks like this:

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Mog The Almighty wrote:
Each to their own, but keep the dumbass smugness in check.
Pot meet kettle.
I would have added in the bit about watching all the fights but this was a mission in itself on a phone

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:08 pm
by The Optimist
Meeting MMA fighter Nurmagomedov, Putin comments on his recent post-fight brawl with McGregor with a big chuckle: If we come under attack, then it's not only you, we can all hit back so there's hell to pay! But it's better not to push us that far.'
Now even Putin is having a dig at the softc0ck Irish.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:21 pm
by LandOTurk
See Dagestan celebrating beating the "chicken".

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I looked at the pic and thought it was Cork.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:11 pm
by Uthikoloshe
Uthikoloshe wrote:
eugenefraxby wrote:Just a thought. Would MMA fans on here watch Bradley v Provodnikov and provide me with a comparable mixed code scrap that gets near it? I cannot gain comparable excitement/enjoyment much as I’ve tried since the open category era with Royce / Goodrich and so on. It’s a redundant combat spectacle now, one half decent opening all over, flawed format.
You may have to turn the sound down for this, tbf the fight is awesome from start to finish, but is not on youtube. Twas a good fast fight between two highly talented fighters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1IK8r9RCvY

bump

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:56 pm
by Denirostaxidriver
Again proves how shit Conor is at the actual pre-fight talking. He is just obnoxious. Nothing clever about him at all.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:47 am
by Taranaki Snapper
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Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:38 am
by Mog The Almighty
Taranaki Snapper wrote:Image
It's hard to tell whether that's actually a painting or a heavily edited and filtered photograph.

As a side point, the Conor-haters are really creaming their jeans over this victory. :roll: He'll be back and he'll still be talking smack, and he won't be the last to do it, just like he wasn't the first.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:42 am
by Turbogoat
Have things died down now that it appears that McGregor threw the first post-match punch? No wonder he didn't want to press charges.

Bisping has changed his tune on the whole affair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbR2jVtlaJY

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:45 pm
by sewa
https://www.bbc.com/sport/mixed-martial-arts/45818304

This story is glorious. Putin asking his dad to take it easy on him :lol: :lol:

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:51 pm
by Mog The Almighty
Turbogoat wrote:Have things died down now that it appears that McGregor threw the first post-match punch? No wonder he didn't want to press charges.

Bisping has changed his tune on the whole affair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbR2jVtlaJY
I haven't watched that video yet, but the Russian guy who threw at Conor said on Twitter before the fight that he was going to do that, then he bragged that he went through with it after the fight. So if Conor really did "throw the first punch" it would be some coincidence.

From what I recall Conor was sitting on his stool, then got up with his hands on the fence and that guy just leapt in a started throwing bombs from behind. I'll check the video later but have zero recollection of Conor starting anything.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:55 pm
by Turbogoat
Mog The Almighty wrote:
Turbogoat wrote:Have things died down now that it appears that McGregor threw the first post-match punch? No wonder he didn't want to press charges.

Bisping has changed his tune on the whole affair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbR2jVtlaJY
I haven't watched that video yet, but the Russian guy who threw at Conor said on Twitter before the fight that he was going to do that, then he bragged that he went through with it after the fight. So if Conor really did "throw the first punch" it would be some coincidence.

From what I recall Conor was sitting on his stool, then got up with his hands on the fence and that guy just leapt in a started throwing bombs from behind. I'll check the video later but have zero recollection of Conor starting anything.
If they're going to go by what was said prior to the fight McGregor is on very thin ice there then.
I think Bisping (and others) are referring to when Connor jumps onto the fence, then swings at the bloke next to him.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:19 pm
by Rugby2023
Mog The Almighty wrote:
Turbogoat wrote:Have things died down now that it appears that McGregor threw the first post-match punch? No wonder he didn't want to press charges.

Bisping has changed his tune on the whole affair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbR2jVtlaJY
I haven't watched that video yet, but the Russian guy who threw at Conor said on Twitter before the fight that he was going to do that, then he bragged that he went through with it after the fight. So if Conor really did "throw the first punch" it would be some coincidence.

From what I recall Conor was sitting on his stool, then got up with his hands on the fence and that guy just leapt in a started throwing bombs from behind. I'll check the video later but have zero recollection of Conor starting anything.
There's a video showing McGregor goes to climb of the cage, the Russian on top of the cage grabs his foot and tries to start beating him with the blonde wig. Both go back down into the cage, the Russian goes for McGregor and gets caught with a beautiful early left hand which backs him up, the other Russian in the red tee spots it climbs over and hits McGregor on the back of the head and follows it up with a weak combo (doesn't look like a fighter). A third Russian then runs at McGregor who then ties him up. That's where the McGregor action ended I think.

I believe the Khabib brawl outside the cage had already started at this point.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:45 pm
by Mog The Almighty
Rugby2023 wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote:
Turbogoat wrote:Have things died down now that it appears that McGregor threw the first post-match punch? No wonder he didn't want to press charges.

Bisping has changed his tune on the whole affair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbR2jVtlaJY
I haven't watched that video yet, but the Russian guy who threw at Conor said on Twitter before the fight that he was going to do that, then he bragged that he went through with it after the fight. So if Conor really did "throw the first punch" it would be some coincidence.

From what I recall Conor was sitting on his stool, then got up with his hands on the fence and that guy just leapt in a started throwing bombs from behind. I'll check the video later but have zero recollection of Conor starting anything.
There's a video showing McGregor goes to climb of the cage, the Russian on top of the cage grabs his foot and tries to start beating him with the blonde wig. Both go back down into the cage, the Russian goes for McGregor and gets caught with a beautiful early left hand which backs him up, the other Russian in the red tee spots it climbs over and hits McGregor on the back of the head and follows it up with a weak combo (doesn't look like a fighter). A third Russian then runs at McGregor who then ties him up. That's where the McGregor action ended I think.

I believe the Khabib brawl outside the cage had already started at this point.
:lol: It was either the Joe Rogan podcast or Brendan's Shaub's podcast, I heard someone say it was Khabib's boxing coach. :lol: Which explains Khabib's stand up skillz.

Re: The Official Nurmagomedov v McGregor UFC229 mega fight !

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:43 pm
by LeinsterLion
Mog The Almighty wrote:
Turbogoat wrote:Have things died down now that it appears that McGregor threw the first post-match punch? No wonder he didn't want to press charges.

Bisping has changed his tune on the whole affair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbR2jVtlaJY
I haven't watched that video yet, but the Russian guy who threw at Conor said on Twitter before the fight that he was going to do that, then he bragged that he went through with it after the fight. So if Conor really did "throw the first punch" it would be some coincidence.

From what I recall Conor was sitting on his stool, then got up with his hands on the fence and that guy just leapt in a started throwing bombs from behind. I'll check the video later but have zero recollection of Conor starting anything.
Mog - Here's the video of the full events: the original footage didn't include what happened in the ring after Khabib jumped out. This does, including McGregor and another guy trying to punch each other on the fence, after Khabib jumped out. You can see him being held back from McGregor when they both get down, and the two guys who went for McGregor jumping in then (though the camera moves away and doesn't catch them going for him, but that's all been seen before). I presume the guy from the fence being held back is the 3rd one who was arrested - in the second link below you can see him go for McGregor again after the two fence jumpers are held back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNpcG4fSZzo

This one gathers together various different angles of the same stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUXJlreM4zQ