Comments Thread For: Photos: Diaz Crushes Conor McGregor, Ends Mayweather Talk

[-Kev-]

**** me. after the first round I thought he was playing with him.

Guess there are weightclasses for a reason,

Isn't Connor a big guy? He walks around 180.

[SkillspayBills]

Damnit man. Connor bit off more than he could chew. Just go back down to FW and LW and reign there. He really thought he could take on the world. Maybe this humbles him just a bit.

[_original_]

Lol Diaz put down the bong and got off the couch to destroy this dude, crazy. MMA is so unpredictable and fun, you can't master every style so there's always several ways to lose.

[RSBonos]

That is MMA for you and that is what will make it even more popular is that Upsets are more FREQUENT and it makes the sport unpredictable which will get people to watch even more

Not really. They need dominant champions for PPVs.

The main two fights were as good as it gets for MMA.

[sicko]

Pfffffffffftttt.....

Twitter already coming up with some good ones

[ИATAS]

Your right, it wasnt forced. He stepped up and put it all on the line against a dangerous guy what two divisions above where he is usually fighting? Its the culture more than anything in the sport, they challenge themselves more than most boxers I think but in boxings defense the upper echelon of the MMA dont have to lose what the upper echelon of boxers do. A lose isnt looked at as the end of someones career like it sometimes is in boxing and Ill be real honest with you I thought Connor was gonna beat the brakes off of Diaz especially with the short notice. Surprise surprise, its why I like watching the UFC and I prefer boxing. The upset is always in play in the UFC, not so much in boxing.

well don't forget in boxing their are promoters that usually don't want their fighters taking big risks like that, although it still happens (pac vs dlh for example, etc). The UFC is literally all of these guys one promoter so its obviously different. If Top Rank promoted all of boxing (the ones that matter anyway) they wouldn't give a crap either.

[HanzGruber]

I won't say there goes his hype, he jumped up 25lbs in weight, all he does now is move back to 145lbs and say the lost was because of size.

if you guys dont know, then dont comment on this crap lol.. its not like floyd jumping up to fight chavez jr.. they both fight at 155

hell kill himself to make 145 again

[krazyn8tive]

Conor fought someone 25 pounds north of his weight class. Keep your bias to yourself. You guys look real simple right now. Nasty Nate did what the world thought he wouldn't. UFC>>>boxing right now. Boxing has been dead in the water since May-pac

[Earl-Hickey]

McGregor was a fool to call out Floyd but he shouldn't get bashed for that loss too much, he took a big risk and lost, oh well.

[Eff Pandas]

i gotta admit, the unpredictability of the UFC makes it very interesting

100%. When you are fighting top people every fight **** happens.

As for the Conor hype, the blueprint of taking him to the ground was already written. He did quick taps twice in his pre-UFC days that shows he has basically zero ground game just like tonight. I was surprised with Diaz's success with his standup in the later stages of the fight I will say.

Think this is a classic case of believing your own hype & headlines. Conor won the 145lb title & somehow ends up in a 170lb fight a couple months later against a always gritty fighter on 10 days notice. In retrospect & maybe looking at it in real time it wasn't the best idea & it'll be easy to sell this as a fluke for the UFC & keep the Conor train rolling for a lil while longer. So idk if its over quite yet. But he might not wanna eff with Dos Anjos next cuz he was gonna beat him & will still beat him. Conor might wanna look harder at that Aldo rematch in a 145lb defense.