Game Thread Mayweather vs McGregor fight thread!

[RR7]

All part of the gameplan!

Btw why was the "gameplan" reliant on the rookie getting tired?

Because Floyd is a smart fighter? Why should he change the way he is and try to knock him out in round 1 when he knows he can bob and weave and tire him out? Pushing to knock him out in round 1 potentially leaves you open for a mistake.
If a great running football team greatly overmatches their opponent, is the smart thing for them to try to bomb the ball downfield because they're better? Or stick at what they do best, knowing good runs will turn to great runs later on in the game.

 

[tlongII]

It was a great fight. They stopped too early but it was a great fight.

 

[HailBlazers]

It was a great fight. They stopped too early but it was a great fight.

Most enjoyable Money fight I've ever seen. Nice to see him go on the offensive for once. Only took an amateur boxer.

 

[riverman]

I watched the highlights and end of the fight...at the end it was clearly a TKO....McGregor lost his legs and arms and was not able to protect his head at that point.....there's a good reason they stop those when they do...he was finished...anything more would've been a high risk for serious concussion...the dude was punch drunk at the end...took 170 of them...tough Irishman but no need to be stupid...ruin his action hero career.

 

[noknobs]

Too bad, I was rooting against the guy who likes to beat women.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[riverman]

Don't know anything about these two fighters personally...past my era of following the fight game but boxing was the winner of this match....even a 40 year old Mayweather or a 44 year old George Foreman were champions with real skill. McGregor had a brawlers chance but he was clearly outmatched ...50 wins undefeated...damned impressive record

 

[dead247]

Don't know anything about these two fighters personally...past my era of following the fight game but boxing was the winner of this match....even a 40 year old Mayweather or a 44 year old George Foreman were champions with real skill. McGregor had a brawlers chance but he was clearly outmatched ...50 wins undefeated...damned impressive record

It was simply impressive that McG went 9 rounds with one of the best ever. The tko wasn't unexpected.

 

[Scalma]

Because Floyd is a smart fighter? Why should he change the way he is and try to knock him out in round 1 when he knows he can bob and weave and tire him out? Pushing to knock him out in round 1 potentially leaves you open for a mistake.
If a great running football team greatly overmatches their opponent, is the smart thing for them to try to bomb the ball downfield because they're better? Or stick at what they do best, knowing good runs will turn to great runs later on in the game.

He was going forward the whole time. Mcgregor was landing his shots. Maybe they weren't powerful, or mayweathers chin is just that good, but he was landing them nonetheless. Don't tell me that getting hit clean was part of the gameplan.

And these weren't two football teams. This was a football team against a rugby team.

 

[dviss1]

A TKO is a TKO.

Hee got knocked bro. Having to have the ref save you is even worse.

 

[dviss1]

He was going forward the whole time. Mcgregor was landing his shots. Maybe they weren't powerful, or mayweathers chin is just that good, but he was landing them nonetheless. Don't tell me that getting hit clean was part of the gameplan.

And these weren't two football teams. This was a football team against a rugby team.

I would doubt that any of McGregor's hits hurt Mayweather. Conor McGregor is used to wearing 4 oz gloves. He was wearing 8 oz gloves last night. That means he needed to use twice as much power to throw the same punch.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I would doubt that any of McGregor's hits hurt Mayweather. Conor McGregor is used to wearing 4 oz gloves. He was wearing 8 oz gloves last night. That means he needed to use twice as much power to throw the same punch.

Did you watch he fight? If not why wasn't your ass at my place? Lol
I'd say at least the upper cut hurt him. Not badly but it was solid.

 

[RR7]

He was going forward the whole time. Mcgregor was landing his shots. Maybe they weren't powerful, or mayweathers chin is just that good, but he was landing them nonetheless. Don't tell me that getting hit clean was part of the gameplan.

And these weren't two football teams. This was a football team against a rugby team.

Yeah, he hit him with a good punch or two, nothing great. And nothing to do any legit damage to Mayweather. I said his gameplan was to play defense early and wear him out. Which is what Mayweather said as well. Mayweather threw 6 punches in the 1st round. He threw a whopping 28 punches, total, through the first 3 rounds. I think his strategy was both pretty clear, and, by the result, effective. Why should he try to finish him early, regardless of how overmatched he was, when he knew well his strategy would pay off.

And then ok, football versus rugby, I stand by, would make more sense to stick with what you know and push later than to go a completely different style just because you know you are a better team.

 

[Scalma]

It didn't look like mcgregors punching power scared or affected Floyd too much so I still don't understand why he wasn't more aggressive. Even when coming forward he was defensive. Hands up, not throwing. If he's the best ever he should've knocked him out, and done it early when Mcgregor was active. That would've sent a better message than the safe route he took. Just my opinion.

 

[dviss1]

Did you watch he fight? If not why wasn't your ass at my place? Lol
I'd say at least the upper cut hurt him. Not badly but it was solid.

That uppercut counter was his best punch of the fight.

I did watch it. I went to my best friends house so we could get our boys together.

 

[Orion Bailey]

That uppercut counter was his best punch of the fight.

I did watch it. I went to my best friends house so we could get our boys together.

Yeah and I'm not saying mcgregor had him on the ropes but I think that punch told ffloyd not to f around with mcgregor and stick to the plan or it could go way bad.

 

[Cippy91]

Very accurate reporting here...

"Face was completely bloodied"...

 

[Orion Bailey]

Very accurate reporting here...

"Face was completely bloodied"...

The fucking nyt???

News isn't news anymore. It's entertainment for the drama junkies.
Can't trust anything anymore. I mean really......

 

[Chris Craig]

Mayweather is still a punk bitch

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

 

[Chris Craig]

McGregor should have used upper cuts when Mayweather put his head down and walked into him. If he uppercutted his ass over and over, Mayweather would have been on his ass, or at least would have stopped putting his head down, which also would have favored McGregor.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

McGregor should have used upper cuts when Mayweather put his head down and walked into him. If he uppercutted his ass over and over, Mayweather would have been on his ass, or at least would have stopped putting his head down, which also would have favored McGregor.

I know nothing about boxing and was saying the same Saturday night...which suggests to me that there is probably a tactical problem with that line of thinking. At the very least though, it would have been better than repeatedly attempting illegal hammer punches to the back of Floyd's head. That was pissing me off.

 

[Scalma]

I know nothing about boxing and was saying the same Saturday night...which suggests to me that there is probably a tactical problem with that line of thinking. At the very least though, it would have been better than repeatedly attempting illegal hammer punches to the back of Floyd's head. That was pissing me off.

Those got to the point where the only logical explanation was mcgregors muscle memory taking over. I swear a few times it looked like he was going for a takedown before thinking about it. Must be hard to shake all that off in a couple months.

 

[Minstrel]

I know nothing about boxing and was saying the same Saturday night...which suggests to me that there is probably a tactical problem with that line of thinking.

He had his gloves over his face. Uppercuts, or anything aimed at his face, would have just hit his gloves. He was staying low with his hands up to give McGregor very little to hit that wasn't gloves, before opening up with punches of his own when he saw the opportunity.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

He had his gloves over his face. Uppercuts, or anything aimed at his face, would have just hit his gloves.

Now again, I know nothing about boxing, and I've never boxed, but I imagine that that even having your own gloves punched up into your face wouldn't feel great.

 

[Minstrel]

Now again, I know nothing about boxing, and I've never boxed, but I imagine that that even having your own gloves punched up into your face wouldn't feel great.

Yeah, I doubt it feels great, but for a veteran boxer like Mayweather, blows that land on his gloves aren't going to do any significant damage. Throwing heavy uppercuts is also tiring, especially with 8 lbs gloves. A clean uppercut may have staggered him or even knocked him down, but uppercuts to his gloves would have done more to exhaust McGregor than to hurt Mayweather.

 

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[JfizzleBlazer]

Former boxing champion and current mma fighter (and the first woman to take out Rousey to win the UFC championship) says this about those claiming Mayweather wanted Mcgregor to punch him in the face:

“I give Conor the credit in those rounds,” she said. “I think that Mayweather is more of a slow starter. I was saying before the fight, the later it goes, the more it’s going to be in Mayweather’s favor because he does take it in the later rounds and he’s really good at keeping that. I think he was not wanting to punch himself out in the first few rounds, Mayweather, but it’s not like he wanted to let McGregor land on him. So you can’t say that Mayweather let him do that. Any fighter, especially a fighter that’s 49-0, will not just get in the ring and say I’m going to let this person hit me. Maybe he wasn’t aggressive in the first few rounds. I don’t think he ever is the aggressor in the first few rounds. However, he still moves and is so defensive that he doesn’t let people land shots on him. McGregor was landing shots on him. He was landing some uppercuts, some jabs, he was landing some straight lefts. There’s no way that was just [Mayweather] playing around with him. Like I said, no fighter – especially one that’s undefeated – gets in there with that kind of mindset.”

http://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/holl...let-conor-mcgregor-win-fights-opening-rounds/

 

[speeds]

McGregor's offence

 

[Chris Craig]

Looks like @Orion Bailey filed a class action suit against showtime pertaining to the fight

https://sports.yahoo.com/showtime-s...awsuit-over-mayweather-vs-185755735--mma.html

The suit was filed here in Oregon