MMA thread

[Gibbo]

McGregor vs Diaz 2 officially announced at 200 - At 170. Conor apparently "obsessed" that he wants it all to be the same.

Aldo vs Edgar 2 for *interim* belt at 200 too.

[spud_gun]

Tapped him

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[EwarWoo]

Fight night 85 had some cracking fights.

Not a massive fan of watching fights with fighters like Hunt, pretty much nothing until they get the chance to ping 1 in, but if it happens quick enough a certain visceral pleasure.

Magnay Lombard was a quality fight, enjoyed that 1.

Kelly's turn around was class, round 1 looked like an amateur out of his depth then switched it up.

Matthews Case was however one of the best fights I've seen in a long time, it had a bit of everything.

[Gibbo]

Conor has cancelled his planned appearance in the much anticipated Xander Cage return XXX3 to have zero distractions from fighting.

[Gibbo]

Main event is looking like is going to be Conor vs Nate 2.

Huge risk for Conor.

Also surely Conor vacates his belt now.

[Nicey]

As long as he learns he will be. For me he fell into the hype that had been built up around him .

yep hes not the first fighter to do that and he wont be the last

[Gibbo]

Mousassi vs Brunson getting made for 200 too.

Prelim headliner.

[Gibbo]

Looking like we've got our first 200 match up.

Cain vs Travis Browne.

Or Rothwell vs Browne when Cain pulls out. Gibbo's prediction is first fight main card.

[RichC]

As long as he learns he will be. For me he fell into the hype that had been built up around him .

[Nicey]

no brainer .... hes a smart dude .. he was on a win win no matter what happened... he immediately is on Conan promoting UFC2 .. He'll be a better fighter because of this loss

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Conor confirmed to be defending belt at 200.

Course he is.

UFC will be aiming for 2m + buys for 200

[Gibbo]

Conor confirmed to be defending belt at 200.

[Nicey]

McGregor made the same mistake many many fighters make .. trying to knock out a guy with a concrete head, gassing and getting taken out with a easy tap

He also in my opinion blurred the lines between his out of octagon persona and in his fight night game plan, usually he is as cold as ice in there, that fight he was showboating too much and took Nate too lightly and paid the price.

Fair play to Nate top top fighter

[EwarWoo]

They seem to pause to get a doc to check the cuts quite regular, but think that's just an insurance thing as they always seem to allow it to carry on.