UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor - Page 11

I don't know Aldo too well... but you re right looking at Erick Silva it was so obvious

Fun stuff. Kinda felt like Connor just trolled everyone.

LOL! wataaa.

On December 13 2015 06:19 Floofy wrote: Show nested quote + On December 13 2015 06:16 jubei12 wrote: he deserved much better fight, at least one more round how i bet on Honneslty i think this outcome is a bit loose/loose for everybody Conor does not exacly 100% prove he owns Aldo. He caught Aldo. Aldo is obviously left frustrated. He thinks it "wasn't a fight" and he honneslty isn't wrong. The fans are disapointed of having waited months for 10 seconds. The fact that conor made me win my bets makes up for it tho

Cain got a rematch straight away ... unlucky he caught him like that

On December 13 2015 06:16 RiKD wrote: Conor summed it up well: - Precision > Power - Timing > Speed - No one can stop his left hand Pretty crazy to find a chin like that in less than 13 sec. though Conor = Martial Arts Free Movement Genius

True

Aldo's punch was faster. He landed first
Aldo's punch also seemed to be more powerfull

But conor's punch had perfect precision, at the perfect time.

GG

That Ido Portal guy must be booked to the tits by now haha

On December 12 2015 23:36 PuertoRican wrote: I'm back, bitches! My bets for this card: + Show Spoiler + I'm going small pre-fight on most of the fights. I'm gonna focus on live betting. Also, I'm still waiting on certain lines to change, and also to get better reads on fighters, so I'll make bets on the Rockhold, Makdessi, and other fights shortly before they start. McGregor wins in round 4 +1605 $2 for $32.10 McGregor wins in round 5 +2158 $2 for $43.16 Aldo/McGregor ends in round 5 +1097 $2 for $21.94 Rockhold/Weidman ends in round 5 +1150 $2 for $23 Romero wins in round 3 +996 $2 for $19.92 Jeremy Stephens by decision +1142 $5 for $57.10 Tecia Torres by submission +1052 $2 for $21.04 Warrley Alves by submission +325 $5 for $16.25 Lee/Santos ITD +114 $15 for $17.10 Court McGee by KO/TKO/DQ +903 $3 for $27.09 Parlay $10 for $23.72: Romero/Souza o1.5, Tecia Torres ML, Court McGee ML

My results:

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Sad. Aldo made an idiotic move and lost by the worst way he could lose imo. I guess Mcg was 100% in his head after all. Why would he overcommit so soon in a title fight before even trying to figure out ranges. Wp mcg, precision > power idd

Thing is, the crowd is fickle, and the crowd dictates who wins. People are social animals.
It's not that Connor got into his head, its that Connor got the crowd affect his head. And on an energetic level, there is no way to avoid the influence.

Conor's coach said Conor can't make 145 anymore. The UFC said it's a possibility that Conor fights the winner of RDA and Cerrone.

Well that was insane.

Ugh what an epic ally bad read on Weidman v Rockhold and having that fight to try and take a shot to get the BR up. Couldn't have been more wrong about that fight.

Saved by McGregor and and nailing most everything else this weekend besides stupid Nelson/Mendes/Theodoro/Lyoto JR. and a really dumb bet on Lauzon.

Takeaways from the card:

- McGregor will probably fight Cerrone if he wins, Edgar if RDA wins. He would destroy Edgar but if the old RDA shows up and wins a 5-round fight vs Cerrone, thats def a tough matchup for McGregor. I'd still favor him. He was badly hurt going into the Mendes fight. His grappling is probably not nearly as bad as everyone seems to think, but it's certainly a hole. He's truly special and probably won't lose for years due to smart matchmaking and unreal talent/mentality. The hype is and has always been real, the exact opposite of Rousey.

- Rockhold would probably pick apart and destroy Romero, I guess Romero is always live but not really IMO. Weidman was over-rated by people like me but will probably now become under-rated. I also thought his gameplan was atrocious and he didn't fight the way I expected, but maybe thats just cuz Rockhold was too good.

- Holloway continues to improve. He fought a professional, vet-like, highly impressive fight vs a very good version of Jeremy Stephens IMO. If he continues to improve and stays healthy, he will be very likely taste the belt.

- Damien Maia's ability to purposely end up on bottom after shooting a TD and gluing himself to your body with the full intention of ending up on top via wrestling/jiu-jitsu hybrid grappling is unprecedentedly good. He does that single thing better than anyone in MMA history. Nelson either didn't try, wasn't good enough to, or didn't prepare properly to stop it. If Maia can't pull that off, the fight looks completely different, but the fact is, he could and that's gonna be a wrap, he's just too sticky.

On December 13 2015 08:05 soberstone wrote: - McGregor will probably fight Cerrone if he wins, Edgar if RDA wins. He would destroy Edgar but if the old RDA shows up and wins a 5-round fight vs Cerrone, thats def a tough matchup for McGregor. I'd still favor him. He was badly hurt going into the Mendes fight. His grappling is probably not nearly as bad as everyone seems to think, but it's certainly a hole. He's truly special and probably won't lose for years due to smart matchmaking and unreal talent/mentality. The hype is and has always been real, the exact opposite of Rousey.

If the RDA that fought Pettis shows up, this won't last 5 rounds, and even Conor would lose to that beast imo. And i was really big on conor (10 units on him vs Aldo, and all my DK teams had him in it).

On December 13 2015 08:05 soberstone wrote: - Rockhold would probably pick apart and destroy Romero, I guess Romero is always live but not really IMO. Weidman was over-rated by people like me but will probably now become under-rated. I also thought his gameplan was atrocious and he didn't fight the way I expected, but maybe thats just cuz Rockhold was too good.

I never understood why you went Weidman on that one. I usually never go against your bets, but this time i did bet RockHold. He is just way too good. And he had some sort of infection which slowed him down a lot.

On December 13 2015 08:05 soberstone wrote: - Holloway continues to improve. He fought a professional, vet-like, highly impressive fight vs a very good version of Jeremy Stephens IMO. If he continues to improve and stays healthy, he will be very likely taste the belt.

I think hes not Edgar/Aldo/Conor level yet, but i agree he is impressive.

On December 13 2015 08:05 soberstone wrote: - Damien Maia's ability to purposely end up on bottom after shooting a TD and gluing himself to your body with the full intention of ending up on top via wrestling/jiu-jitsu hybrid grappling is unprecedentedly good. He does that single thing better than anyone in MMA history. Nelson either didn't try, wasn't good enough to, or didn't prepare properly to stop it. If Maia can't pull that off, the fight looks completely different, but the fact is, he could and that's gonna be a wrap, he's just too sticky.

You can see maia as a super gate keeper to the top5. Nelson is simply still far away from top 5 imo.

When you predict the outcome of 3 fights, and the only one you get right is a split decision that likely went the wrong way.....

Romero's gas tank is lol. Guy is such an incredible athlete...for about a round. Don't really like his odds vs Luke.

Rockhold vs Weidman was super interesting. The thing I saw happening was basically the 3rd round before the wheel kick but with Weidman not being gassed out. They were standing 3 feet apart within striking range and neither of them would strike, Weidman because he was completely gassed out and tired and Luke because he just doesn't throw combinations. Before the fight, I picked CW because I saw Weidman throwing tight combos in those spots and working Luke over, but man, really overlooked the body kicks and how effective they are in ruining the opponent's gas tank. Also, Luke's finishing ability is crazy, as is his slipperiness. Weidman couldn't really contain him on the ground at all, saw that in the Jacare fight too, but Jacare worked so hard to get him down and basically had nothing left by the time he finally did.

And Aldo...welp, I don't think he thought about that scenario

All I know is I didnt know any fighter in this UFC event and I only decided to bet after a friend showed me all the insults Mcgregor said to Aldo. I looked up both of them on Wikipedia and was instantly going to bet on Aldo because of his record but then I came here and everyone was on that Irishman's nuts so I put $400 on Mcgregor and I want to thank ya'll for some easy money. Top of the morning to you.

I'm seriously feeling unreasonably depressed by this outcome.... like I just want to lay on the floor face down and not move for a week.

Didn't even know I cared that much.

this sucks
you wait months for the fight to happen cause you know it would be absolutely amazing then it ends in 13seconds ....

Great event. This results is great for the sport. Mcgregor is a legit superstar with super exciting fighting style and skills. I feel he is too big for this weight class for Frankie to have any real chance against him and if he faces Cerrone I feel he will embarrass him.

However I just can't see him dealing very well with RDA. Probably the nut worst match up for him alongside Khabib. And RDA is going to mop the floor with Donald Cerrone, I am certain of that.

As for Weidman - Rockhold. I think Weidman made a stupid mistake, getting sloppy and going for that spinning kick. He was winning the fight up till then. Rockhold fought the same way he always does. Good check hook when rushed in and punishing kicks from the outside. His grappling is incredible with maybe the best top game in MMA. There is definitely a rematch between this 2 coming down the line and it will be close. Very late stoppage though. Romero has nothing but a punchers chance against both of them and not a very good one.

Another brazilian champ goes down...
For the record aldo did not say he didnt think that was a fight the brazilian translator translates friggin bad
"Aldo how much did the taunting affect you"
"Absolutely nothing" ~ yeah sure...

"Conor how much did ido portal help you with this victory"
Ido portal takes mic from conor "yeah so i work on movement fluidity with this sexy accent and now give seminars on how to beat the crap of champs" - fuckin ido portal man

Felt like weidman and aldo looked smaller than normal and conor looked huge even though he looked like a years worth of concentration camp on weigh in not surprised he cant make the cut anymore.

^ a fried said the same thing about weidman. i didnt notice anything about aldo or weidman tho.

On December 13 2015 10:11 TianYuan wrote: I'm seriously feeling unreasonably depressed by this outcome.... like I just want to lay on the floor face down and not move for a week. Didn't even know I cared that much.

I feel the same way