Comments Thread For: McGregor Opens as 10-1 Favorite in Mayweather MMA Fight

[RussB23]

Floyd's defense is not only the shoulder roll. Floyd has great defensive instincts and anticipation. He's great at countering and great at setting distance.

Fellas this a great boxer fighting in a combat sport. With proper training he can win fights. If Brock Lesnar won fights in UFC, why couldn't Floyd?

Brock lesnar won because he was huge and a former legit college wrestler. He also had some matchups that were good for him, once he faced a well rounded fighter like Cain and overeem he got steamrolled because he has massive holes in his game.

Floyd has good boxing , thats it. He is completely inexperienced in everything else. He doesnt know how to check or defend kicks. He doesnt know any BJJ or wrestling either. The fact you think he can just show up with a few months training and beat any top fighter is laughable. He pretty much just has a punchers chance, kicks would destroy him. He would literally just get his lead leg chewed up and might be tkod by leg kicks.

[CLUBBER!]

Mayweather wins by UD easily. He can punch and run in UFC the same as he does in boxing. Conor would literally have to do a running spear and tackle him to stand any chance.

[BoxingTrav]

Brock lesnar won because he was huge and a former legit college wrestler. He also had some matchups that were good for him, once he faced a well rounded fighter like Cain and overeem he got steamrolled because he has massive holes in his game.

Floyd has good boxing , thats it. He is completely inexperienced in everything else. He doesnt know how to check or defend kicks. He doesnt know any BJJ or wrestling either. The fact you think he can just show up with a few months training and beat any top fighter is laughable. He pretty much just has a punchers chance, kicks would destroy him. He would literally just get his lead leg chewed up and might be tkod by leg kicks.

I never said Floyd would just show up. I said he wouldn't disrespect the sport. He would train hard and for a long period of time.

You give Lesnar props for being a college wrestler but in the same breath discredit Mayweather's boxing with is a huge part of MMA.

I said also did say that McGregor should be favored. My thing is to disregard the best fighter of our generation is folly.

[b Murphington]

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[b Murphington]

Mayweather wins by UD easily. He can punch and run in UFC the same as he does in boxing. Conor would literally have to do a running spear and tackle him to stand any chance.

Idk isn't an octagon significantly smaller than a boxing ring? Seems to me that running will not go over too well. Eventually, Mayweather will go to the ground. Or at least, he would need to defend a takedown. There would be a point in the fight where Mayweather will need to make an MMA move.

[nycsmooth]

if Floyd goes to MMA he's going to get rolled... you can't learn MMA in 6 months and Floyd doesn't have the punch to keep a good fighter off him and his so-called shoulder roll will only get him into trouble...

[GhostofDempsey]

If Floyd goes MMA don't think for a moment he is fighting any of their best with full MMA rules in place. Adjustments will be made in order to lure him in and make that money. Likely no kicking or elbows (even though Floyd uses elbows in the boxing ring) and probably no submission holds.

[BWC]

LOL starting to think Floyd may really owe the IRS as much as some claim. This is beyond absurdity at this point..

[Combat Talk Radio]

Even if conor decides to stand he would beat floyd easily. Its not boxing anymore, there is no gloves to protect yourself , floyd hasnt had to defend a kick in his life and would be completely underprepared.

Conor would just keep the range on him and chop his legs and body down with kicks while mixing punches in and knock him out. And if floyd decided to clinch up hes pretty much a dead man because he would just get tripped up and then mauled on the ground. The only way he would stand a chance is if conor just wanted to throw nothing but hands, and we all know thats not going to happen.

A slow as hell Nate Diaz bombed on Conor for three rounds.

[CLUBBER!]

Idk isn't an octagon significantly smaller than a boxing ring? Seems to me that running will not go over too well. Eventually, Mayweather will go to the ground. Or at least, he would need to defend a takedown. There would be a point in the fight where Mayweather will need to make an MMA move.

Correct, but Conor isn't gonna be able to do his boxing thing like he's known for (as far as I've seen in the few MMA fights of him I've watched). He'll have to be all over Floyd, otherwise Floyd just jabs and runs to a UD victory.