UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor - Page 12

Just wanted to point out that two ufc champs lost that night and Golden State warriors got their 24-0 streak broken. Coincidence!?!?!?

Just missed on the Weidman one, but that one, when talking to friends, I was really 50/50 and thought i'd be very close, but didn't expect Luke to be that strong in the wrestling/clinch game, he looked super good. And if he was struggling a lot with illness on top. Really impressive. Really enjoyed that fight, and it's always good when the better man wins!!


Did think Conor would win rather convincingly, but not with the first hit, a bit anti-climatic, would have loved to watch him pick him apart for a few minutes, then end it, but fun stuff!!

Crazy how big the live discussion thread got on /r/mma lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments...194_aldo_vs_mcgregor_live_discussion/

Over 17k comments, must be a record on r/mma Also saw several posts top of /r/all as well of the highlights

Yesterday was a big win for me, but i lost with Souza and Makdessi

http://mmadecisions.com/decision/6691/Yoel-Romero-vs-Ronaldo-Souza
http://mmadecisions.com/decision/6683/Yancy-Medeiros-vs-John-Makdessi

Fuck stupid judges

this pic is awesome
is that joanna?

On December 13 2015 22:02 Raidern wrote: this pic is awesome is that joanna?

Yeah, Joanna Champion with her hand raised, and the fat guy next to her is one of her coaches. Mighty Mouse is the guy next to Joanna's coach. Marlon Sandro is the guy in the front with his hands over his face, looking like he just bet everything he had on Aldo. Bruce buffer is on the bottom right of the picture; he had his mouth open for 10 seconds or so after Aldo got KO`ed. T.J. Dillashaw is the guy in the suit who is standing behind Buffer's head.

Conor predicts how it goes down, the bike part was just lol, the guy havin fun riding a gay ass bike while aldo wanting to murder him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wZac2KWo-Us

UFC control room - Joe saying Aldo looked soft and deflated
http://webmshare.com/play/Mnn7O

https://giant.gfycat.com/WhimsicalDeepHoopoe.gif

Rockhold Weidman was very intense. Spectacular fight with very interesting transitions and submission attempts, clinch and striking.

Aldo v Conor, it was a legit fight and if you zergrush someone and get caught there are no excuses to be made. I really like that Conor plays with distance and angles yet being patient and calm. Kind of reminds me of Carlsen in chess.

On December 13 2015 15:20 K40Cheddar wrote: Just wanted to point out that two ufc champs lost that night and Golden State warriors got their 24-0 streak broken. Coincidence!?!?!?

Half-Life 3 confirmed?!

LOL

On December 14 2015 10:44 cariadon wrote: Rockhold Weidman was very intense. Spectacular fight with very interesting transitions and submission attempts, clinch and striking. Aldo v Conor, it was a legit fight and if you zergrush someone and get caught there are no excuses to be made. I really like that Conor plays with distance and angles yet being patient and calm. Kind of reminds me of Carlsen in chess.

If you sucessfully zerg rush a player much better than you are, it does not "prove" that you are a superior player. It does count, but its possible for a weaker player to beat a better one with a zerg rush.

Would you say Ray Mercer is, whitout a doubt, a better fighter than Tim Sylvia at the moment they fought together? I really don't think so. Mercer caught Sylvia with something, it happens.

We have seen before people getting caught, and then dominating the next fight. See JDS vs Cain, or GSP vs Serra.

Aldo got caught. It does hint that Conor is probably better, but the fight didn't last long enough to prove anything. Current line for Aldo vs Conor, Conor is only -160, which is proof this fight didn't change odds much.

Looks like a lot of people are suspicious of Aldo's looks on the fight. Maybe steroids ..

On December 13 2015 23:59 whamm! wrote: Conor predicts how it goes down, the bike part was just lol, the guy havin fun riding a gay ass bike while aldo wanting to murder him http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wZac2KWo-Us

LOL!

so... who next for mcgregor?

Interesting interview with Lorenzo UFCs ceo and chairman on Bloomberg.. he said athletes like Conor and Rousey earn well into the millions and either of them can be the first 100 mil fighter in UFC... impressive. Any verification to that? What they earn and how much UFC makes per night. Puertorican ?

On December 16 2015 11:12 lucky331 wrote: Show nested quote + On December 13 2015 23:59 whamm! wrote: Conor predicts how it goes down, the bike part was just lol, the guy havin fun riding a gay ass bike while aldo wanting to murder him http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wZac2KWo-Us LOL! so... who next for mcgregor?

Cowboy if he wins
otherwise probably Edgar

Pretty sure Conor/UFC rooting hard for Cowboy.

In b4 the referee tries to make Cowboy win xD

On December 16 2015 11:12 lucky331 wrote: Show nested quote + On December 13 2015 23:59 whamm! wrote: Conor predicts how it goes down, the bike part was just lol, the guy havin fun riding a gay ass bike while aldo wanting to murder him http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wZac2KWo-Us LOL! so... who next for mcgregor?

I watched that Edgar would get the shot, seems fair. I would like Conor to move up to lightweight but first do some can crushing first. That division is a snuff movie

On December 18 2015 14:18 whamm! wrote: Show nested quote + On December 16 2015 11:12 lucky331 wrote:   On December 13 2015 23:59 whamm! wrote: Conor predicts how it goes down, the bike part was just lol, the guy havin fun riding a gay ass bike while aldo wanting to murder him http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wZac2KWo-Us LOL! so... who next for mcgregor? I watched that Edgar would get the shot, seems fair. I would like Conor to move up to lightweight but first do some can crushing first. That division is a snuff movie

Conor wants to switch between Feather/Lightweight title defenses and hold both belt, so he doesn't want to crush all decent 145 just yet

How in the fuck is fair that Edgar gets a shot instead of Aldo getting a rematch?

He was the longest reigning champ, the best P4P and got caught in the opening seconds so basically we still have no idea what happens in a fight between those two, a rematch also makes much more money and I think its a HUGE disrespect to Aldo, I mean its no mistery that Dana doesnt like Brazilian champs because they are usually not marketable but this is ridiculous.

On December 19 2015 05:19 Baalim wrote: How in the fuck is fair that Edgar gets a shot instead of Aldo getting a rematch? He was the longest reigning champ, the best P4P and got caught in the opening seconds so basically we still have no idea what happens in a fight between those two, a rematch also makes much more money and I think its a HUGE disrespect to Aldo, I mean its no mistery that Dana doesnt like Brazilian champs because they are usually not marketable but this is ridiculous.

I personally would prefer to see Conor/Aldo 2, over Conor/Edgar. Not sure what the casuals prefer.

I'm not a casual and I have more of a desire to see Frankie get his shot because I think he's in a better place mentally and I wanna see how the styles match-up. I'm also a huge Frankie fan so I'm biased. It's not about what's 'fair' because really, its not 'fair' to either Edgar or Aldo to not get it. Sure, Cain is getting a bullshit rematch comparatively speaking and I'd agree with that, but even in that situation there wasn't a clear-cut #1 waiting. The Rousey situation isn't even comparable, they have to make the re-match from a business perspective and there isn't a clear-cut #1 there either. I'm a huge Weidman fan but if they gave him a rematch over Romero, that's where I'd have a real problem.

Ultimately gonna be about whatever they think is the best monetary play, which involves the casual fans, and that's gonna be Edgar, Cowboy, or RDA if he cuts a good promo and doesn't look TOO good tonight, if you know what I mean - I doubt McGregor is afraid to fight anyone but the brass might still not want him facing a robot. 100 percent it will not be Aldo, so may as well just get over it. All he needs to do is beat somebody and he'll have his re-match, hes not that old. I think they should make him vs Holloway and I'd love to bet Holloway if hes a big dog in a 5-round fight vs Aldo.

I think that the biggest money fight imaginable is McGregor vs an Anthony Pettis coming off of a couple impeccable highlight performances (he'll probably have one vs Alvarez, so if Diaz pulls out the 'W', it's all set-up), with RDA sinking so that everyone can kind of write off that performance to juice (which would be sad, it was so good and clearly not just because of steroids, if at all). I'm not saying this is what I want, I just think it's what they'll be aiming for down the road.

So it looks like this, ideal business situation:

McGregor > Cerrone, Edgar

Pettis > Alvarez, Diaz

McGregor vs Pettis in 1 year from now.

Don't expect it to work out that way but if it did, I wouldn't complain. Even if they just are lucky enough to get to where its Pettis vs Diaz, and McGregor is waiting for the winner of that, they are already in a huge Win-Win scenario should Diaz happen to pull off that massive upset.