MMA thread

[Gibbo]

[ame="https://youtu.be/5Qq6mMVR1ng"]UFC 196 Pre-fight Press Conference - YouTube[/ame]

If youre bored.

(Hasn't started yet, should do soon.)

[RichC]

great work from Tate there putting Holm to sleep in the 5th, thought she was really smart with her movement all fight and took her time to finally get the takedown and put her into that choke hold.

[~LFCHistory~]

great work from Tate there putting Holm to sleep in the 5th, thought she was really smart with her movement all fight and took her time to finally get the takedown and put her into that choke hold.

Hope there's a rematch, I had Holm way ahead on points just before the finish, if she can improve her ground game I think Holly can reclaim the title.

Credit to Tate though.

[labourRed]

I had Tate on points going into the fifth.

[RichC]

that's what you get for being cocky

[RichC]

Fair play took the defeat well, he thought he had the win after the first round. Diaz has so much scar tissue around his eyes it's unreal

[labourRed]

Cauliflower eyebrows?

Some night to be fair. Wonder what the odds were on that double?

[RichC]

Hope there's a rematch, I had Holm way ahead on points just before the finish, if she can improve her ground game I think Holly can reclaim the title.

Credit to Tate though.

I think it was pretty tight, Tate clearly paid attention to the Rousey fight and walking straight lines at Holm will end up causing you some pain!

A rematch would be good, cagey fight but a good match up

[~LFCHistory~]

Maybe that was a blessing in disguise for McGregor. There was talk of him fighting Robbie Lawler in the near future He would have got seriously hurt if that fight had happened.

McGregor is no welter weight that's for sure, his punches were bouncing off Diaz, yes he cut him but he wasn't hurting him. I still believe he can win the light weight title but he needs to stay well away from welter.

[Gibbo]

Aldo McGregor 2 at UFC 200 will be the next step.

I'm still shocked. I don't like Ronda so I had a sense of joy when she got dusted by Holm, I've grown to quite like McGregor though, it would've been easier to watch if he just got submitted but he got wobbled all over the shop, against Diaz who isn't really that much of a heavy hander. Dos Anjos would run through him I reckon. Danas probably crying in a corner somewhere

[RichC]

Aldo McGregor 2 at UFC 200 will be the next step.

I'm still shocked. I don't like Ronda so I had a sense of joy when she got dusted by Holm, I've grown to quite like McGregor though, it would've been easier to watch if he just got submitted but he got wobbled all over the shop, against Diaz who isn't really that much of a heavy hander. Dos Anjos would run through him I reckon. Danas probably crying in a corner somewhere

First round you could only see a McGregor win but as soon as Diaz landed a few in the second you could see he was in real trouble; too much of a step up in weight for me. Connor is a class lightweight but welterweight, no chance especially against some of the real heavy handed guys. I think Conor will get a pass with this fight due to the step up weight and late change in opponent.

Dana will not be happy .

[Assassin]

So McGregor failed to live up to his own hype.......

[G]

His next fight is huge. If he loses again the McGregor hype and money train loses serious traction.

[meffin]

Glad Connor lost, can't stand him. Moving up was a bad idea, his power isn't as spectacular against bugger dudes.

RNC is the easy way out and turning around under mount is saying you've had enough and want the fight to be over but need a reason to tap.

[EwarWoo]

Also worth remembering McGregor also had short notice for what was another weight change. He didn't cut so would have had much less muscle mass than he would have done otherwise.

But yeah, not even close to ready to fight at that weight.