shevtheblue
Well-Known Member
Look, let's not get mental everyone. To start saying that Conor wasn't that good is mental, before he got the money and lost track of what he is, he was phenomenal. He didn't look that bad yesterday, but he came across a different animal than the first fight. The problem with Conor has always been that if he can't get you out of there early, he struggles. Poirier took the shots well this time round, it's very easy to forget the first fight was at featherweight and he was cutting so much weight, since he moved to lightweight he's looked like a different human. He takes shots much better now, this is his weight. His jab is really nice, but i think his best shot is the check right hook he throws, he caught Conor a couple times with it.
Also i know Dustin said his boxing is better than Holloways, i'm not so sure. Max is 100% a flyweight, even though he's relatively tall, he is wirey and he naturally doesn't seem to put weight on that well. In those fights, Dustin looked HUGE up against him and the big difference was that Dustin hurt Max a lot with his shots, whereas Max is more about volume.
No idea why he called out Nate, go for the trilogy and get some money. He got paid $750k as a starting point for this fight whereas Conor got $3.5m, that's a disgrace. But this time he's on the A side, Conor will want the rematch and will have to pay for it from his own share. If Khabib is truly retired, i wouldn't mind seeing a rematch vs Gaethje either.
Also i know Dustin said his boxing is better than Holloways, i'm not so sure. Max is 100% a flyweight, even though he's relatively tall, he is wirey and he naturally doesn't seem to put weight on that well. In those fights, Dustin looked HUGE up against him and the big difference was that Dustin hurt Max a lot with his shots, whereas Max is more about volume.
No idea why he called out Nate, go for the trilogy and get some money. He got paid $750k as a starting point for this fight whereas Conor got $3.5m, that's a disgrace. But this time he's on the A side, Conor will want the rematch and will have to pay for it from his own share. If Khabib is truly retired, i wouldn't mind seeing a rematch vs Gaethje either.