Comments Thread For: Canelo Not Surprised That Conor McGregor Lost To Nate Diaz

[Redd Foxx]

There is a structure to UFC matchmaking that insures anyone who gets to the top earned it.

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Which is why Brock Lesnar got a HW title shot after going 1-1 in the UFC, 2-1 MMA.
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[El Gitano]

Diaz is American.

I think he meant Conor McGregor.

[krazyn8tive]

I think he meant Conor McGregor.

That would make it a bit more humorous

[El Gitano]

That would make it a bit more humorous

lol, yeah................

[Eff Pandas]

Which is why Brock Lesnar got a HW title shot after going 1-1 in the UFC, 2-1 MMA.
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You can't mention something that went down 8 years ago in a two decade old league & act like you just did some touchdown dance level comeback bro, but nice try. There is no debating that the UFC has improved over time & continues to improve on the well oiled machine it has become.

There is a solid argument Lesnar was a hype job that was thrown into the fire & who happened to come out on top & earn respect later.

[PivotandRoll]

I wonder if Canelo is gonna get called out for mentioning a bigger PPV star in another combat sport like MMA people get called out for mentioning Floyd.

But yea a 25lb jump is nuts for any boxer to consider let alone do. I can't think of any boxer in recent times whos made such a huge jump up in weight. I gave Mosley mad props for jumping 12lbs to fight Oscar back in the day.

His PPV numbers and Payday's have been exposed...Canelo/Floyd did way better than anything he has ever done... He's not even that big here and I live in Dublin, Ireland.

[NEETzsche]

I can't think of any boxer in recent times whos made such a huge jump up in weight.

guillermo jones, nobuhiro ishida

[-Kev-]

Eh, that's all misleading. He wasn't fighting a fighter two weight classes bigger. He fought a 155lb fighter and both guys were essentially the same size on fight night. Connor was at no physical disadvantage and was in fact more muscular than Nate. The fact that Diaz had no time to train or get his cardio up speaks wonders to what a hype job McGregor was.

True, and smaller guys on fight night don't get a pass from fans for even a bad performance in which they win in, in boxing. Like for example Floyd and Pac. If these guys have an off night against a top 10 P4P fighter who is 10-15lbs heavier on fight night, and had a full training camp, you will never hear the end of it from fans. This guy McGregor was a top 3 P4P guy fighting a guy with 10 days notice and lost and you can see how apologetic fans are for him. That would not happen in boxing, boxing fans are brutal. Look at how they did Ward in the rbr thread for a comeback fight and fighting a guy with 282-27 am record, 17-0 pro record, good sized, well built LHW with good power.

[gmc_rfc_06]

It wasn't a huge jump. Conor just didnt't cut 30 lbs of water weight. At 145 Conor entered the octagon at 174 lbs.

McGregor entered the octagon at 169 for a fight at 170, he's usually 157 when he fights at 145.

People just make stuff up

Walking around at 170 when not training does not make you a 170 fighter.

[b00g13man]