UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor - Page 4

@floofy Why do you seem to think Rockhold hits harder than Weidman? He doesn't... He has 3 t(ko)s in his entire career while Weidman has 5 in 3 less fights against much better strikers.

Sure Rockhold hurts plenty of guys then subs them, but outside of Machida he's never hurt a decent fighter with a decent chin. Only strike he has that I consider powerful is his body kick, and his high kick that he's only ever landed once, on bisping, who was pretty bad at that point, nearly blind in one eye and had blood pouring into the other from a headbutt.

Not to mention Weidmans chin seems to be granite and he just is a tough mother fucker. Meanwhile Rockhold has been tko'd twice and dropped a few times by Jacare also.

Re the machida fights. I feel they fought two different guys.

Weidman fought the standard super defensive Machida who basically tried to not engage for 3 rounds. Rockhold fought a Machida that was told he lost that fight because he was too passive, so he came in ultra aggressive out of his comfort zone and basically tripped over Rockholds leg super clumsy and Rockhold transitioned into a great position and from there was able to land a huge elbow.

I feel if Machida came in super aggressive against Weidman he would of been finished early too. I also feel that if Machida fought defensively against Luke he could of made it a good fight. He was clearly getting better of the exchanges, and if not for the trip I doubt Rockhold gets him down. He's only ever had 1 takedown in his entire career prior to that fight. He is not good at using takedowns offensively.

On December 09 2015 23:41 PuertoRican wrote: ^ Luke, Conor, and Jose are dealing with their normal weight cut, while Weidman was 193 lbs the other day and has been working on lowering his weight for this fight so he won't have to deal with having to cut a lot of weight like he usually does. IVs were banned on October 1st, so Weidman thought ahead. I don't think the lack of IV will hurt Rockhold. Conor cuts a lot of weight for his fights, as does Jose, but Conor cuts more, obv. Anyway, Luke's reaction is standard for him during fight-week. Mendes looked bored as fuck on that panel.

Don't know if this is accurate but...

fight in weight mighty mouse 140 tj dillashaw 148 jose aldo 161 conor mcgregor 168 rafael dos anjos 174 robbie lawler 190 chris weidman 208 daniel cormier 218

http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f2/c...showpost.php?p=108914321&postcount=29

On December 10 2015 15:15 TianYuan wrote: Show nested quote + On December 09 2015 23:41 PuertoRican wrote: ^ Luke, Conor, and Jose are dealing with their normal weight cut, while Weidman was 193 lbs the other day and has been working on lowering his weight for this fight so he won't have to deal with having to cut a lot of weight like he usually does. IVs were banned on October 1st, so Weidman thought ahead. I don't think the lack of IV will hurt Rockhold. Conor cuts a lot of weight for his fights, as does Jose, but Conor cuts more, obv. Anyway, Luke's reaction is standard for him during fight-week. Mendes looked bored as fuck on that panel. Don't know if this is accurate but...   fight in weight mighty mouse 140 tj dillashaw 148 jose aldo 161 conor mcgregor 168 rafael dos anjos 174 robbie lawler 190 chris weidman 208 daniel cormier 218 http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f2/c...showpost.php?p=108914321&postcount=29

Yeah, Weidman usually cuts a lot of weight for his fights, but he went on some diet or something awhile back, so he's been extra light for this camp, which means he doesn't have to cut much weight. Conor is doing his normal weight cut afaik.

How much does Conor walk around with when not in fight camp approximately ?

On December 10 2015 18:55 cariadon wrote: How much does Conor walk around with when not in fight camp approximately ?

He once said around 170. You can look it back up, it was in the video with the major of Las Vegas or whoever where both him and Aldo got some kind of key to the city during their media tour for when the last fight was supposed to happen.

Mostly I'm lurking here nowadays and I would like to thank PuertoRican for keeping up with these UFC threads and lots of other people for giving their insights in these fights. Kind of funny though that I find quite a few differences on opinions as far as the Aldo vs. McGregor fight goes. There are quite a few places where they think Aldo is favorite while the general consensus here seems to be that McGregor is a rightful favorite. Personally, I'm far from an expert (although I do try to learn from analysis I come across all over) but I think it's a really tough fight to call because I think it will all about whether Aldo can attack the leg of McGregor without getting punished too heavily. At the same time, the McGregor camp has to expect this and should have some kind of counter to it. I think it's also interesting to look at if Aldo will use his takedowns more than he usually does in this fight. That might be something to worry about for McGregor since Mendes (he is a good wrestler of course) was able to take him down so easily and could have won the last fight with possibly a little bit more preparation and fighting a bit smarter as well. Once this fight goes down to the ground early, I think it could become very bad for McGregor really quick.

Just got to MGM and watched some open workouts but left cuz it was too crowded near where the fighters were.

Notes:

Weidman's legs are so fucking skinny for his frame, looked kinda crazy IRL. I can't believe how clean and crisp and fast shit looks IRL, even just hitting pads. Like any other pro sport, the actual athleticism and movements just look more phenomenal in person. I guess that's obvious but I dunno, it really struck me.

Also, kinda funny cuz there is a big Rodeo event here apparently so you've got a huge contingent of Brazilians, Irishmen, and Southerners.

fukkk missed a bet on aldo at +145 so sad ;(

now it's down to even on bovada and i don't wanna punt anymore.

On December 10 2015 17:39 PuertoRican wrote: Show nested quote + On December 10 2015 15:15 TianYuan wrote:   On December 09 2015 23:41 PuertoRican wrote: ^ Luke, Conor, and Jose are dealing with their normal weight cut, while Weidman was 193 lbs the other day and has been working on lowering his weight for this fight so he won't have to deal with having to cut a lot of weight like he usually does. IVs were banned on October 1st, so Weidman thought ahead. I don't think the lack of IV will hurt Rockhold. Conor cuts a lot of weight for his fights, as does Jose, but Conor cuts more, obv. Anyway, Luke's reaction is standard for him during fight-week. Mendes looked bored as fuck on that panel. Don't know if this is accurate but...   fight in weight mighty mouse 140 tj dillashaw 148 jose aldo 161 conor mcgregor 168 rafael dos anjos 174 robbie lawler 190 chris weidman 208 daniel cormier 218 http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f2/c...showpost.php?p=108914321&postcount=29 Yeah, Weidman usually cuts a lot of weight for his fights, but he went on some diet or something awhile back, so he's been extra light for this camp, which means he doesn't have to cut much weight. Conor is doing his normal weight cut afaik.

Yeah I know, I meant for Aldo. His cut seems pretty small now too.

is aldo in excellent shape? if so i fear for connor's skinny legs.

On December 11 2015 08:08 PuertoRican wrote:

the ufc should get this guy to call fights instead of rogan.

i mean i like rogan, but i feel we could get a lot more insight from people who actually have experience fighting in the ufc.

edit: just realized the fight is 2 days away.

has sonnen ever correctly made a prediction? lol
just trollin with whatever random thoughts come to his retarded mind in order to get a bit of attention

whats the deal with conor being all over Ido Portal? Setting up a scapegoat in case he loses?

On December 11 2015 17:48 CamilaPunt wrote: whats the deal with conor being all over Ido Portal? Setting up a scapegoat in case he loses?

what I find funny about the whole thing is that Conor is working so hard on movement and trying to be unpredictable with bizarre flowing constant motion, while Aldo has the same setups for all of his strikes and uses the fact that his movements are all similar to be unpredictable (i.e. can't detect an incoming leg kick cause he doesn't telegraph)

And if Aldo is able to get them leg kicks going Conors movement is gonna go right down the shitter.

Wonder how Conor will look today. He's looked worse and worse for the weigh ins. And with no IV this time.

lol aldo mocking conors silly karate pose.