Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 454. (Read 99859 times)

^  The thing with McGregor is he doesn’t really have the gas tank to last the whole 5 rounds.  If the match goes deep to rounds 4 and 5, rest assured Poirier has the advantage.  I got Poirier but if Conor wins..?  It will mostly be before round 3 imho.

Btw both main event and co main event fighters made weight.  Lezzz go!

Conor did struggle with those leg kicks though. However, when he went back to the corner his team or himself didn't mention it, and in the next round they didn't make any adjustments to avoid those leg kicks. I'd like to think that they have a game plan to reduce the amount of leg kicks hes taken, at least on his one leg, but I'm not convinced since they didn't adjust in that fight. Fighters most certainly practice how to adjust, so it was just odd that he continued to take a beating on that lead leg.

I felt the confrontation was more forced, than Conor is usually so I really don't know how to judge it based on what has happened prior to the fight, and going off the adjustments Conor has made previously, he doesn't really make all that many. The thing is, Conor most certainly has the talent to beat Poirier even without any adjustments, but I want to see Conor react intelligently, and actually come in with a game plan other than trying to knock him out in the first few rounds.

I wasn’t really too excited for this main event but man...  McGregor sure knows how to hype up a fight.  But I still don’t think it’s worth actually buying the PPV.  Lol.  I mean I’d like to see something different..  I guess?  But it’s still gonna be more of the same imho.

Anyway, live weigh ins starting in around a couple of hours followed by the ceremonial weigh ins a few hours later.  If you guys are betting on these matches, it’s always good to see how they look at the live weigh ins if you have’nt made your bets yet.

UFC 264:  Live Weigh in Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCZ3gk-el9M

UFC 264:  Ceremonial Weigh in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVU-os1PPRY

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Conor is bad versus leg kicks. He is weak at wrestling (he trains with Dillon Danis, guy with 2-0 mma record, but black belt in bjj). Turns out he is good at boxing only (thanks to his dangerous left hand). Since 2018 his record is 1-2 and this guy plans to face Oliveira? He wont win that belt anymore. His fight against Poirier wont be finished by points (only 2/22 of McGregors fights ended with decision). I bet Poirier will win this Saturday/Sunday.

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These are just excuses as to why he lost. Last time it was his foot was like a balloon and saying I didn't prepare enough or my mind was elsewhere is any easy cop out. Connor isn't going to go into any fight without preparing but like most fighters they have an arsenal of excuses to wield to explain why they lost when in reality they were just beaten by a better fighter on the night. Connor lost because of the vicious leg kicks. I'm sure he'll be looking out for them this time. I can't really predict a winner this time round as I think it is pretty evenly matched. I could see it going the distance and maybe Connor winning it on points. Connor needs a win though or at least to stop losing. Connor said his next opponent will be Charles Oliveira but that's assuming he wins which is pretty presumptuous of him.

I think he was motivated to take his head off in the previous one, he was head hunting with reckless abandon through the fight XD I hope he is a bit less motivated to take his head off and more motivated to stick to a good gameplan if he is in there to win, obviously. But I'll give him the benefit of doubt.

^^ Probably Conor talking about the supposedly Pacquaio fight.


https://www.boxingscene.com/mcgregor-admits-he-too-focused-on-pacquiao-overlooked-poirier--158996

So he is motivated here, as others have said, it seems that he is different and fully focus and wanted to get Dustin heads off in this match.

I can't believe that UFC is still posting those bus incidents to pump this fight with McGregor, but I guess that is the only thing they have left unless he makes something new in next few days.
Dustin Poirier is much better human being and I guess this is classical fight between good and bad guy, and my pick is on good guy this time.

Starting soon: UFC 264 Pre-fight Press Conference Poirier vs McGregor 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLlkx9c1TzU

Yeah I don't normally look into pre fight too much in terms of how it effects my bets, but I think Conor at his best, is the one that plays a lot of mind games, and acts the villain. As Tokeweed says, he looks indifferent. Its a shame, because you see all the legends in the sport, and they often carry on fighting until they are old, and you wish they retired sooner, because they start to lose. However, Conor seems to have just reached a point where he doesn't care anymore. He has the money, and it seems like it was all about the money, and never about the legacy.

I really hope I'm proven wrong come this saturday for the sake of the division. However, I'm really feeling like Conor might be done competing at the highest level for the biggest stakes.

But he was motivated during the build up of the rematch vs Poirier.  But then he lost.  Lol.  Now it’s like he’s just there..  apathetic and indifferent.  Even if he wins the match this weekend, I don’t think he’ll be going for another title run.  He’ll just prolly take Diaz or another boxing match.  If anything, he could be mentally done.

I'll be going for the submission from Ryan Hall. However, while the odds are pretty nice, I think that's a fair reflection. Topuria is going to know that will be Ryan's game plan, and previously we have seen Ryan Hall be a little bit one dimensional once he can't secure the takedowns. So, it'll be an interesting fight, I don't think we will see any traditional take downs from Ryan Hall, but more of his signature move of going for a leg hook. Whether or not Topuria can escape those will determine the outcome of the fight.

It is hard to stop someone that is good as Ryan Hall though. Since, Topuria would likely only have worked on stopping the heel/leg hooks in training camp. Its unlikely he's learned to have done it before that, at least in an extensive way since not many fighters of today utilize it.

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 Well, the sentiment for the longest time has been that he ain't really motivated at all, but he still shows up and delivers great fights. I have yet to see a boring CMG fight (and that's even going pretty far back), So motivated or not, we might see a good one.

UFC 264

Dustin Poirier VS Conor McGregor

I think Dustin Poirier after losing to McGregor in their first match has dedicated himself to building and enhanced his techniques more, and being a star now in the UFC I really think even McGregor lose to him Conor McGregor doesn't need to be ashamed of it because Poirier is improving so much to the point he has the strong leg kick in this division right now, this is going to be a striking match I think McGregor is pretty good at boxing but Dustin Poirier is pretty good at close range combat, If McGregor would not think that out and focus with his kicks for me Dustin Poirier will win this, In stake.com Poirier is the bookies favorite with 1.81 odds and 2.14 for McGregor.

Ryan Hall VS Ilia Topuria

This is a pretty interesting fight, in my opinion, Ryan Hall is returning to UFC, and he is pretty good at his ju-jitsu that the fight might end with a submission many fans have voted on Tapology.com 70% believe that Ryan Hall may win this on the ground, which is kind of clear, but Ilia has a good takedown defense he can wrestle and he sure believes that he can take Hall and feel OK with his technique that may work on Hall, but in seeing Topuria's stats I don't know if Hall can really win this, at first I am amazed at Hall getting a one-shot takedown on his opponent, but Topuria can get technical here and can win with either a submission or a TKO/KO, that is how good Topuria is, I really feel confused on this one but I will bet for Topuria I know I am in favor with Hall at first but after seeing Topuria with his skill set, and the stake.com's odds they are pretty not quite good for Hall 3.00 for Hall and 1.46 for Topuria.

So...  McGregor turned up in Las Vegas and showed up for the poster signing.  Check out how he’s signing them.  Lmao.  He’s practically saying ‘fook these posters’.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaLeNHGj71E

I don’t think he’s really that motivated to fight Poirier for the third time...

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Maybe I am wrong but I think that public is a bit saturated with McGregor and they want some fresh blood now, but things can turn out quickly for him if he wins in this fight.
Maybe I am wrong but I don't thinks he can fight on top level now and my prediction is going on Poirier who I believe is now more complete fighter.
One thing is that I don't notice much hype around this fight, and I am more interested to see Greg Hardy vs Tai Tuivasa.

^  I kinda feel the same just so 155 becomes more interesting again.    But it’s going to be more of the same imho.  Poirier is the more improved fighter..  McGregor is more of the same and hasn’t really showed us anything new in the cage.  I want to be proven wrong tho. 

I'm hoping hes actually hard at work, and taking this seriously. At least, if hes taking it seriously we can't be to critical of him. The fact that we as fans were so critical of him last time, was because he didn't seem to have the edge that he normally does. Maybe, its just the fans in us that want to see Mcgregor win, but I believe he has had a mentality shift the last few years, and hasn't been as hungry. He most certainly hasn't been as active as he once was.

I'm probably going for a Poirier win, but I do want Conor to win. If Conor wins, and he remains active the 155 division starts to become the most interesting division once again. Without Conor, and Khabib the division becomes somewhat stale. Of course, there's other good fighters in the division, and its still a very competitive division, but it loses some of that magic that fighters like Conor bring, and bring out of other people like Khabib.

^  Yup.  155 has become slightly uninteresting after Khabib retired.  They should get some new blood in the top 10.  I currently have my eye on Rafael Fiziev.  Go watch his past wins in the UFC at MMA Core. 

Anyway, McGregor doesn’t seem to have much media exposure.  There wasn’t any new footage of him in Countdown and totally nothing in the first three episodes of Embedded.  I wonder what he’s up to.  Lol.

aha, ok, yes, that makes more sense, that would maybe shift things around in the division. With Ferg seemingly out of the picture, I don't mind Conor being in the top five kinda shuffling things around. The division has a good chance of dying out if something does not move.