He's right though, Khabib has one fight in the last 8 years. He has pulled out of far too many to invest in a title shot, needs to prove he can stay fit.Conor: "Khabib had a good performance, but he pulls out too much for me to fight him"
Connor and the ufc are not stupid, they'll only put him in with fighters they feel confident he'll beat. Too much money to lose otherwise. If he doesn't fight khabib or even Ferguson next I'll be severely dissapointed.
Woodley is like double his size..Conor had to pack on the pounds to make 170, whilst Woodley probably walks around at 190? One punch would take Connors head clean off. And he wouldnt get near Stephen Thompson
Insane isn't he. As soon as he gets you on the ground you might as well give up. Literally rag dolls everyone.
Excise my ignorance never seen or read about this sport before..is this what Gary Cooke is in charge of and is it the same thing as cage fighting ?
OK thanks is Gary Cooke involved do you know ?I believe cage fighting is applied to amateur organised/performed by amateurs (not professional contracted) and probably tends to be illegal - think thugs with day jobs in a cage. MMA is the sport (professional martial artists/wrestlers/boxers in an octagon, not a basic cage), UFC the major promoter; some professional MMA promoters may market the term cage fighting, though I believe MMA fighters tend to dislike this term for professional bouts.
Aye, he's always looking for the challenge that will sell it to the fans that has to be admired, but needs to be balanced with his weight-class conditioning. Wouldn't be surprised to see him give up featherweight (maybe after a defence), and move onto Welterweight. Who knows what UFC would let him do, but I think there'd be too much pressure from other fighters for him to retain both belts and go for the welterweight. Maybe the UFC would let him go for that next and he'd have to vacate a featherweight if he won it.Trust me, while he's working with John Kavanagh his feet will stay firmly on the ground in training and he'll always be fully prepared :)
Big decision to make now on weight class though, personally I think he should stay at lightweight. Making featherweight seems to be something that causes him trouble and there's no real challenges in the division for someone with his power and he was a lot slower at welterweight (although once he was adjusted and training at the weight long term it could be different) although he hits hard enough. I don't think he'll be allowed to hang on to both belts as it means less title fights on the UFC cards.
Depends on which division McGregor fights in next and whether Khabib can stay in fighting shape really. I think if McGregor has any ambitions at featherweight he has to defend that belt next.
Yep, since he left us. No surprise the popularity of the UFC has grown into mainstream consciousness since then, though McGregor has done loads for it - if it weren't for him, it'd have nothing on UFC pre-2012, which had a range of quality fighters/big names.OK thanks is Gary Cooke involved do you know ?
Just checked it out Cooke was finished last monthYep, since he left us. No surprise the popularity of the UFC has grown into mainstream consciousness since then, though McGregor has done loads for it - if it weren't for him, it'd have nothing on UFC pre-2012, which had a range of quality fighters/big names.
Aye, he's always looking for the challenge that will sell it to the fans that has to be admired, but needs to be balanced with his weight-class conditioning. Wouldn't be surprised to see him give up featherweight (maybe after a defence), and move onto Welterweight. Who knows what UFC would let him do, but I think there'd be too much pressure from other fighters for him to retain both belts and go for the welterweight. Maybe the UFC would let him go for that next and he'd have to vacate a featherweight if he won it.
Ah, I hadn't seen that. Interesting! Maybe he's got a shout at returning to CFG or NYCFC... Sure he'd do wonders for NYCFC actually if his wage packet works for us.Just checked it out Cooke was finished last month
I imagine he'd need longer conditioning for Ww to put the odds more in his favour. Who knows what he'll do though.Conor would get squashed at Ww, he had to pack on the pound to fight at that weight vs Diaz and both times started gassing in the 2nd round.. Watch the Lawler/Condit/McDonald fights and tell me you think Conor could compete with that.
Then there's Maia the best BJJ practisioner ive seen in mma. Then Wonderboy a points Karate fighter with like a 5inch height advantage on Conor, then Woodley who looks like he could bench press Conor out of the octagon.
But then I guess Conor wouldnt have to work his way up the rankings like anyone else would.
Conor has proven very adept at take-down defence, the problem for anyone trying out is that it brings you into range of his knees and elbows.I'll doff my hat to Mcgregor if he takes a fight with Khabib at any point in his career...He's the stylistic nightmare for him.. If Khabib gets a grip of you the rest of the round is about survival. You're not stopping his takedowns and you're not getting back up, especially if you have Conor's groundgame.
Think Conor will go where the money is.
Drastically improved? Yes, but khabib can take anyone down. Johnson is a fighter with great wrestling, he's actually known for that yet khabib took him down with ease. There is no way connor could stop them takedowns, a flash ko is his only hope.I don't see anyone at lightweight being able to beat Conor in a stand up contest. Khabib has been mentioned and I agree if he gets Conor on the floor then it's all over,but since the first Diaz fight Conor's takedown defence has drastically improved.
I don't see anyone at lightweight being able to beat Conor in a stand up contest. Khabib has been mentioned and I agree if he gets Conor on the floor then it's all over,but since the first Diaz fight Conor's takedown defence has drastically improved.