Lameweather Vs Conor

[vi edit]

Yeah the body language going into the corners was pretty telling. The first 4 rounds I'm not sure if Mayweather was even sweating. He went into that corner and sat down and I think they were making plans on which bars to hit after the fight. Connor on the other hand was getting iced, sucking for air and visibly tanked. Just two very different levels of conditioning and energy conservation.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Conor was like pressing "A" and "B" too much in the early rounds while Mayweather held up-arrow almost the whole time.

 

[Blackjack200]

I thought he did OK considering this was his 1st pro boxing fight, many bet he wouldn't even last 5-6 rounds so Vegas probably made a killing.

I think Vegas made a killing, but it was more from guys betting on McGregor to win. They had narrowed the odds significantly so all the money must have been going to CM. IIRC the final line had CM as a mild underdog, which is hilarious in hindsight.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

This exactly. The whole "give credit to McGregor" and "he did much better than expect" are apparently people who didn't watch the fight or know boxing. Does he deserve a participation award?

He was hesitant, awkward and didn't really have a good fighting stance/movement the entire time. Floyd allowed him to continue on as long as he did because he was either 1. trying to get a read on him and make sure he wasn't faking it. 2. just giving the crowd something to get fired up about before punishing the poor guy when he gassed out. Giving the crowd a good show.

Floyd let him get gassed, then when it was half way over, he started to dominate and took the fight easily after that.

McGregor may have thought he was a king, but he was proven to be the jester. Good to see all these people eating Crow after claiming a he was going to beat Floyd in 1-2 rounds by KO, lol.

People like myself give him credit because he made at least the first half of the fight very competitive. You could make the argument it was 3-3 after 6. I'm a big boxing fan btw.
Also was impressive how early on he was making mayweather completely miss on some shots. Then Connor was Also landing a few hard shots to the body. Floyd is a guy that for the most part that has barely been hit by A level boxers.
I'm not saying I want to watch McGregor again in a boxing ring. In fact I don't. I think he's definitely skilled enough to be considered a pro boxer. Just not a good one imo.

 

[Miramonti]

I give him credit, and Floyd did too, so much that he didn't go for the kill until the 9th round, after McGregor was completely gassed. It's not a coincidence that he waited until McGregor had nothing behind his punches to start getting inside on him.

That's not to say he wouldn't have bested McGregor in a punch-out early on, but Mayweather obviously didn't want to take many chances with McGregor's left.

 

[bshole]

Worst 100 dollars I ever wasted. I will never pay for PPV again. What a scam.

The worst part was that as part of the coverage, they went into the personal lives of these fighters. From that coverage, I came away with the feeling that these two people were a couple of amoral shitbags.

 

[Aikouka]

As someone who knows nothing about boxing, the second fight (Badou Jack vs. ...the Welsh dude) seemed a lot better than all the others. Almost every other match turned into "hug fests" as I called them. People just kept grappling up to force a reset, and in some cases, it happened twice in a 10 second span. I'm assuming that it's a tactical thing, but my god does it make the fights really slow and boring.

When I saw the pre-show, I realized how ridiculous the whole thing was. It was drummed up as some huge drama fest just to sell more tickets. It looked like something that I'd expect from pro wrestlers more than boxers. It's good for business, but at least pro wrestling is scripted and can be made more exciting to go along with the drama.

 

[deustroop]

The fight was excellent drama, all that was expected, including a determined performance by Connor who succumbed to his only weakness, his lack of stamina. That's when Floyd could hit him consistently and the last round was the finale to a real thriller.
I wouldn't pay for it but d/l it the next day. Well worth the emotional buildup.

 

[QueBert]

Never going to give Conor any credit, huh......

Sure, I'll give him credit for making the fight happen. Every round he won was close and Mayweather was never in the least bit of trouble. All the MMA fighters and fans praising him for how well he did should be thanking Floyd for not making it a squash match. Floyd allowing the fight to go 10 round doesn't = Conor doing a good job. I guess the last mouse my cat caught should get credit for living for 30 minutes.

If they fought 99 more times, Floyd wins all 99, easy. But I guess congrats to Conor for not losing in the 1st round *shrug*

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Conor threw the fight.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/floyd-mayweather-ex-girlfriend-claims-142242984.html

 

[BudAshes]

Conor threw the fight.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/floyd-mayweather-ex-girlfriend-claims-142242984.html

Yeah that seems legit...

 

[BudAshes]

Sure, I'll give him credit for making the fight happen. Every round he won was close and Mayweather was never in the least bit of trouble. All the MMA fighters and fans praising him for how well he did should be thanking Floyd for not making it a squash match. Floyd allowing the fight to go 10 round doesn't = Conor doing a good job. I guess the last mouse my cat caught should get credit for living for 30 minutes.

If they fought 99 more times, Floyd wins all 99, easy. But I guess congrats to Conor for not losing in the 1st round *shrug*

Yeah Mayweather didn't even look tired after the fight. He might as well have been sparring. His hands probably did hurt from punching McGreggor in his fat head 10k times though.

 

[Darwin333]

I give him credit, and Floyd did too, so much that he didn't go for the kill until the 9th round, after McGregor was completely gassed. It's not a coincidence that he waited until McGregor had nothing behind his punches to start getting inside on him.

That's not to say he wouldn't have bested McGregor in a punch-out early on, but Mayweather obviously didn't want to take many chances with McGregor's left.

Why in the hell would he when he can let the other guy run out of gas? I don't know boxing but even regular fighting 101 is if you can get the other guy to expend all of his energy while conserving yours and not taking much damage you will win every time.

 

[BudAshes]

I've been watching McGregor's rise since 2013, and I think he is going to win handily. Will be quoting this post on 8/26.

I think people see this Irish dude with dumb tattoos named McGregor and they think he's just a sloppy brawler with 1 trick. In reality, his striking is some of the most precise and technical in the UFC, he is athletically gifted, and has an unbreakable mindset - all backed up by a nearly perfect MMA record. On top of all that, he's in his prime.

You guys are going to be in for a surprise when they face off and you see that McGregor is noticeably bigger - height, reach, hand size, head size, everything. I put $750 on McGregor when the odds were 700+. Will be collecting my $5000 shortly.

So how did that all work out for you?

 

[Darwin333]

So how did that all work out for you?

Like the other guy that posted McGregor would knock out Mayfield in the first but after the match says he made out big by betting it would go more than 5 rounds I'm sure...

Come on, even when these guys are wrong they are right! You should know this by now.

 

[MrRamon]

As someone who knows nothing about boxing, the second fight (Badou Jack vs. ...the Welsh dude) seemed a lot better than all the others. Almost every other match turned into "hug fests" as I called them. People just kept grappling up to force a reset, and in some cases, it happened twice in a 10 second span. I'm assuming that it's a tactical thing, but my god does it make the fights really slow and boring.

When I saw the pre-show, I realized how ridiculous the whole thing was. It was drummed up as some huge drama fest just to sell more tickets. It looked like something that I'd expect from pro wrestlers more than boxers. It's good for business, but at least pro wrestling is scripted and can be made more exciting to go along with the drama.

Haha so true. The "hug fests" are def a tactical thing. The boxer that is "hugging" the opponent is putting his whole body weight on him.

 

[MrRamon]

Yeah Mayweather didn't even look tired after the fight. He might as well have been sparring. His hands probably did hurt from punching McGreggor in his fat head 10k times though.

I thought mayweather would break a bone or 2 tbh... didn't happen.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Conor threw the fight.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/floyd-mayweather-ex-girlfriend-claims-142242984.html

LMAO

• “I took you from rags to riches now you back to rags bitch. that's why your out selling shit going on petty ass auditions fronting to people like your doing big s---.”

 

[Miramonti]

PPV results in yet?

 

[WaTaGuMp]

PPV results in yet?

Yes, 3 million pirated it.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

PPV results in yet?

No, they're not going to be able to calculate that until all the class action lawsuits are wrapped up and Showtime has to give refunds to all the people that got hosed when the live streams failed.

 

[slag]

True story. A friend at work paid for the stream and invited 6 friends over. They were watching it in his basement and it kept cutting out, buffering, pixellating, etc. Generally unwatchable for a large part of the fights. On the 8th round of the Mayweather fight, they hear a cheer upstairs and his 14 year old daughter come running downstairs, cheering on mayweather and talking about the TKO. The pirated stream she found on her phone had already finished while they were still on the 8th round from the paid stream in the basement due to the buffering, delay, etc. They were so pissed. Her stream had been high quality, no interruptions, etc.

 

[ioni]

Yeah Mayweather didn't even look tired after the fight. He might as well have been sparring. His hands probably did hurt from punching McGreggor in his fat head 10k times though.

Probably bc he didn't do anything the whole fight. I'm not sure why McGregor was tired though since he didn't do anything either. What a joke that "fight" was. But I guess if they are both already getting paid, why even try to beat your opponent for real?

 

[QueBert]

Probably bc he didn't do anything the whole fight. I'm not sure why McGregor was tired though since he didn't do anything either. What a joke that "fight" was. But I guess if they are both already getting paid, why even try to beat your opponent for real?

Mayweather threw 320 punches, Conor threw 430. Add in defense and having to constantly move around, I dunno 99% of people would look tired as hell. Have you ever boxed? I've sparred and it's exhausting. For being 40 and looking like he could have went another full fight, Floyd's in sick ass shape.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Mayweather threw 320 punches, Conor threw 430. Add in defense and having to constantly move around, I dunno 99% of people would look tired as hell. Have you ever boxed? I've sparred and it's exhausting. For being 40 and looking like he could have went another full fight, Floyd's in sick ass shape.

I die out hitting the heavy bag for 1-2 minutes and I consider myself pretty fit.