Dana basically confirms Conor will fight for the title in his return

[BarbaricBob]

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/03/ufc-news-dana-white-says-islam-makhachev-faces-beneil-dariush-after-turning-down-dos-anjos

 

He says Islam must fight Dariush next. By the time Dariush is back from injury, Islam will be out due to Ramadan (or however you spell it). No way do they have Olives/Gaethje winner sit out from May until next year. Writing is on the walls. Conor fights for the title in August/September.

[ijosef]

I would say "no, of course that wouldn't happen, the dude just lost two in a row"...

...but then I realized that this is the UFC.

[Nyte]

1 hour ago, ijosef said:

I would say "no, of course that wouldn't happen, the dude just lost two in a row"...

...but then I realized that this is the UFC.

Fighters want that big payday too

Whether it's Charlie Olives or Gaethe who walks away with the belt, they would 100% want that Conor fight

Easy millions in their bank account. I'd want that fight too , especially considering it's an easy W

[Bezerker101]

1 hour ago, Nyte said:

Fighters want that big payday too

Whether it's Charlie Olives or Gaethe who walks away with the belt, they would 100% want that Conor fight

Easy millions in their bank account. I'd want that fight too , especially considering it's an easy W

 

Easy money for the Olive-man, ... it'll probably be "The Nate Diaz Retirement Fight"  🖕

[agtx]

When was his last win? Do people still see him as the most popular? I think that time has gone. Perhaps he only wants 1 last fight & ufc will dqueeze that last drop of cash out of him, don't see why ge would get a title shot otherwise.

[Bubba_Sparks]

6 hours ago, agtx said:

When was his last win? Do people still see him as the most popular? I think that time has gone. Perhaps he only wants 1 last fight & ufc will dqueeze that last drop of cash out of him, don't see why ge would get a title shot otherwise.

Yes.  UFC 257 did 1.5 million buys.  UFC 264 did 1.8 million buys. Two fairly meaningless fights against pea head were in the top 5 UFC all time list.

For comparison, UFC 270 (with the HW belt on the line) did less than 400k.  UFC 259 - a "super-fight" between Izzy and Blachowicz did 800k.

The top 5 PPV buys ever in the UFC have all had Conor headlining. He's still undoubtedly the most lucrative UFC fighter.

Call me a traditionalist though...this shouldn't matter. He shouldn't be anywhere near the belt right now.  With Chuckie fighting Gaethje, Islam should be fighting Dariush to cement the next contender. I'd rather Conor fight his way back against a top 5-10 fighter.

 

[agtx]

It's a bad reflection of the ufc if Colin mcsnapper is still their biggest draw.

[Bubba_Sparks]

34 minutes ago, agtx said:

It's a bad reflection of the ufc if Colin mcsnapper is still their biggest draw.

It's more a bad reflection on casuals tbh.

[PlatinumClegg]

12 hours ago, Nyte said:

Fighters want that big payday too

Whether it's Charlie Olives or Gaethe who walks away with the belt, they would 100% want that Conor fight

Easy millions in their bank account. I'd want that fight too , especially considering it's an easy W

Conor would knock them both out.  The man has an iron rod in his leg and I've seen those turds hit the canvas too many times.  Even when Gaethje wins he does the chicken dance.  Wobbled multiple times against Michael Johnson and I'm pretty sure he's unemployed.  Chuck might be on a winning streak but Chandler floored him and Dustin had him on skates.  Let's be real for a moment Michael Chandler is a ****ing bum.

[skillandpower]

Yes it seems pretty clear that he will and for some reason Im not surprised at all.

However, I think Justin or Oliveira will beat him tho.

 

[agtx]

He packed on a lot of muscle while he’s been off why does it look more like he would be looking to return as welterweight? 

He ate all the pies.

[PlatinumClegg]

^ Although the first picture is real that's not actually Conor McGregor.  For real some idiot that's jacked decided to copy his tattoos and overall appearance.

[ijosef]

10 minutes ago, agtx said:

He ate all the pies.

He looks like the guy that married Kirsten Dunst.

[PlatinumClegg]

2 hours ago, skillandpower said:

Yes it seems pretty clear that he will and for some reason Im not surprised at all.

However, I think Justin or Oliveira will beat him tho.

 

I think he matches up well with both.  Justin is already slurring his speech.  He doesn't wrestle and fights orthodox.

People must've forgot how Conor can do against orthodox fighters that like to stand and trade.  He'll control that lead hand of Gaethje, force him to overextend with a 70" inferior reach and clean his clock.

As for Chuck if he can avoid the same **** decision Poirier did I think he can get him out of there as well.  Michael Chandler is a blown up midget that nearly finished Chuck.  Conor can actually cut a goddamn angle and has much better hips than anyone gives him credit for.

 

[PlatinumClegg]

8 minutes ago, PlatinumClegg said:

^ Although the first picture is real that's not actually Conor McGregor.  For real some idiot that's jacked decided to copy his tattoos and overall appearance.

@ijosef Dude I'm dead serious that's not Conor.  You can find that guy on youtube walking around and he carries way more muscle than could ever fit on Conor's frame.

[PlatinumClegg]

8 minutes ago, ijosef said:

He looks like the guy that married Kirsten Dunst.

The dude that is now with Emma Roberts or Jesse Plemons the dude from Breaking Bad that got fat as hell?  I remember when the movie El Camino came out I was shocked.  I thought wait... hold up is that Todd?  He couldn't be asked to shed some weight for a movie role?

[agtx]

This is the guy?

 

Edited March 3, 2022 by agtx

[ijosef]

17 hours ago, Nyte said:

Fighters want that big payday too

Whether it's Charlie Olives or Gaethe who walks away with the belt, they would 100% want that Conor fight

Easy millions in their bank account. I'd want that fight too , especially considering it's an easy W

I can't deny that. Even the fighters who claim to be all about the "integrity" of the sport and "earned" opportunities will eventually come to heel when they see the numbers. It is the fight business, after all.

I also agree that Conor, at least at this point, should be an easy win for either guy. However, I see a small chance of Conor actually beating Olives. Olives was put on Lesnar street by both Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier early in those fights. If Conor can land clean in the first, I can see him KO/TKO'ing Olives. However that's still a very small chance and he'll probably get outlasted in the first and finished in the second or third.

[Nyte]

Olives would smash Conor 

Conor would probably beat Gaethe considering it'll be a stand up fight , but I wouldn't put it passed Conor to get rekt 

His last win was against an aging Donald Cerrone. Rekt by Poirier twice . He needs to win his next fight to be taken seriously

Against Olives or Gaethe is a tough task , he should just fight Dan Hooker or something 

Or get pieced up by King Green

[PlatinumClegg]

1 hour ago, agtx said:

This is the guy?

 

Yeah and when really geared up he's bigger than that.  Easily 25+ pounds on Conor.  Conor used that same goddamn picture on social media though and people thought it was actually him.  I have heard he's put on muscle mass but this guy could never make 155.

[PlatinumClegg]

1 minute ago, Nyte said:

Olives would smash Conor 

Conor would probably beat Gaethe considering it'll be a stand up fight , but I wouldn't put it passed Conor to get rekt 

His last win was against an aging Donald Cerrone. Rekt by Poirier twice . He needs to win his next fight to be taken seriously

Against Olives or Gaethe is a tough task , he should just fight Dan Hooker or something 

Or get pieced up by King Green

Dustin is a damn good fighter and Conor has issues with southpaw's.  We saw that with Nate.

Chuck has nearly been finished in his last two fights.  He got stopped by Cub Swanson just because Cub punched him in the face.  

Conor matches up well with Gaethje if his leg doesn't get kicked clean off.  You have some of the absolute worst takes.  Bobby Green isn't qualified to open a door for Conor McGregor.

BTW knucklehead Dan Hooker is going back to the featherweight division.

[Nyte]

26 minutes ago, PlatinumClegg said:

Dustin is a damn good fighter and Conor has issues with southpaw's.  We saw that with Nate.

Chuck has nearly been finished in his last two fights.  He got stopped by Cub Swanson just because Cub punched him in the face.  

Conor matches up well with Gaethje if his leg doesn't get kicked clean off.  You have some of the absolute worst takes.  Bobby Green isn't qualified to open a door for Conor McGregor.

BTW knucklehead Dan Hooker is going back to the featherweight division.

Clearly I'm not serious about the Green part , cmon m8 , that's low hanging troll bait

I'm done doubting Charlie Olives , but Conor could very well beat Gaethe 

I don't think Gaethe gets it done against Charlie , homie is destined to get subbed

[PlatinumClegg]

35 minutes ago, ijosef said:

I can't deny that. Even the fighters who claim to be all about the "integrity" of the sport and "earned" opportunities will eventually come to heel when they see the numbers. It is the fight business, after all.

I also agree that Conor, at least at this point, should be an easy win for either guy. However, I see a small chance of Conor actually beating Olives. Olives was put on Lesnar street by both Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier early in those fights. If Conor can land clean in the first, I can see him KO/TKO'ing Olives. However that's still a very small chance and he'll probably get outlasted in the first and finished in the second or third.

Not a bad take but people are forgetting how Conor manipulates orthodox fighter's that he has a reach advantage over.  Gaethje not only won't wrestle he can't ****ing wrestle.  His performance against Khabib was absolutely pathetic.  Wasn't he nearly tapped in round 1 but saved by the bell and strangled in 2?

Conor didn't have a real training camp for Khabib, drank the entire time and did far better.  He walked away with a black eye and handed out one to Khabib's cousin that jumped the cage.  Slipped the punch after going 4 rounds with Khabib arms full of lactic acid and blasted homeboy with the left.

Chuck is lucky to have that belt.  Chandler sucks and nearly stopped him.  Poirier... good lord what a massive **** up he executed.  Nearly had him out of there twice.  Just like Dustin said when asked in an interview "Why do you think Conor chose you?" Dustin said because I'm a southpaw and he's trying to get a boxing match with Manny.  That boxing match with Pacman was a done deal until he Dustin knocked him out.

He also used a shelled boxing stance for that fight.  Look at how he fights orthodox fighters.  He controls their lead hands with his lead.  They get frustrated and overextend with a looping right, he pulls and counters with a 4 piece.  He completely demolished Eddie who Justin couldn't get out of there.  In fact I believe it was the other way around.

[PlatinumClegg]

8 minutes ago, Nyte said:

Clearly I'm not serious about the Green part , cmon m8 , that's low hanging troll bait

I'm done doubting Charlie Olives , but Conor could very well beat Gaethe 

I don't think Gaethe gets it done against Charlie , homie is destined to get subbed

We'll see I think Gaethje matches up well with Chuck.  Chuck can't wrestle like Khabib and is going to get stuck standing with a dude that throws with bad intentions.  Chuck's head movement sucks and his legs won't be able to eat many of those calf kicks.  And look I like Olives but you can't get dropped in every fight and win forever.  Eventually someone is going to land the proper follow up shots.  They hesitate because of his BJJ but in his last 2 fights he was nearly stopped 3 times.

[PlatinumClegg]

Honestly they both have chit head movement.  I think it will end in a knockout regardless of who wins.

[PlatinumClegg]

33 minutes ago, Nyte said:

Clearly I'm not serious about the Green part , cmon m8 , that's low hanging troll bait

I'm done doubting Charlie Olives , but Conor could very well beat Gaethe 

I don't think Gaethe gets it done against Charlie , homie is destined to get subbed

As for Green though he should have a number next to his name.  He's been screwed almost as many times as Masvidal in judges decisions.  Thiago Moises didn't beat him.  He's the only person to knockout Iaquinta.  The fight with Islam shouldn't matter because it wasn't in the lightweight division and even though he was going to lose they stopped it early.  Fiziev fight was close and that dude murdered Moicano in a round.

He's been plagued by injuries and those 4 ranked lightweights that went running when Islam needed an opponent.  Whoever was furthest down in the rankings should have left the rankings.

[agtx]

Olivera would tap Conor McQuitter just by looking at him, the ground is McTappers worst area, I think the only way he comes for a title shot is if Justin beats Charles. I also think Conor Vs Usman would be fun. I dont see why Conor or Dana would want to match him up with a dangerous submission artist. 

[skillandpower]

3 hours ago, agtx said:

Olivera would tap Conor McQuitter just by looking at him, the ground is McTappers worst area, I think the only way he comes for a title shot is if Justin beats Charles. I also think Conor Vs Usman would be fun. I dont see why Conor or Dana would want to match him up with a dangerous submission artist. 

I have mixed feelings on the outcome of Olives vs Conor.

No doubt Olives taps him out without much effort but I’m not sure how he would deal with Conor’s striking and footwork before getting a sub.

Much respect to Oliveira but I don’t like how close he got to be finished on his last two fights tho

[Bezerker101]

[agtx]

I predict based on crap I heard in interviews over the last few days Colin mcsnapper will return for another Diaz fight or to have the RDA fight that never happened. 

Edited March 7, 2022 by agtx

[Bezerker101]

Just now, agtx said:

I predict based on crap I heard in interviews over the last few days Colin mcsnapper will return for another Diaz fight or to have the RDA fight that never happened. 

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[juice64011]

They are making a mistake if they don't book Masvidal vs McGregor. 

[Bezerker101]

2 hours ago, juice64011 said:

They are making a mistake if they don't book Masvidal vs McGregor. 

 

.... loser gets cut  👍

[cashfl0w]

10 hours ago, juice64011 said:

They are making a mistake if they don't book Masvidal vs McGregor. 

Give Masvidal yet another winnable fight?

McGregor is still their cash cow. They're not feeding him to anybody on a losing streak. 

[cashfl0w]

They ought to let Bryce Mitchell hold McGregor down and do horrible things to him.

[agtx]

If we HAVE to endure more McGregor, please let him fight against another striker who doesn't do takedowns, cause I'm tired of hyped fights that end up with McScumbag stuck on the floor.