Current Events > Just watched the full Mayweather-McGregor fight. Mayweather won all but 2 rounds

(+) Yeah! (+)

McGregor arguably won the first two, if not first three rounds

by simple virtue of throwing more punches and out-working Mayweather

Every round after that, as in every round after Mayweather got a feel for McGregor in the ring

Mayweather dominated
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Yeah thats pretty much everyones assessment

I was sitting here laughing because McGregor was throwing punches and tiring himself out

like he'd throw a combo and go in to clinch

why lmfao

really goes to show what a lifetime of conditioning vs 6 months of training looks like
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but, but... if this was MMA, Connor would have won all the rounds!
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Bok_Choi posted...

I was sitting here laughing because McGregor was throwing punches and tiring himself out

like he'd throw a combo and go in to clinch

why lmfao

really goes to show what a lifetime of conditioning vs 6 months of training looks like

This about sums up the entire event. Train your entire life for a 5 round event and throw yourself into a handicapped 12 round boxing match and you are doomed to fail.
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RickyTheBAWSE posted...

but, but... if this was MMA, Connor would have won all the rounds!

That's still true but it has zero bearing on this contest lol

I'd like to see it tbh
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Bok_Choi posted...

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

but, but... if this was MMA, Connor would have won all the rounds!

That's still true but it has zero bearing on this contest lol

I'd like to see it tbh

would literally last 25 seconds
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Honestly I want to say McGregor lost all the rounds but you have to give him credit for getting past a great defense even a little bit

He honestly should have lost at round 8
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RickyTheBAWSE posted...

but, but... if this was MMA, mayweather would be dead in the first 10s!

Thanks captain obvious
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May was just letting McGregor wear himself out and completely reveal his strategy the first few rounds
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Guy who has never boxed a match is destroyed by guy who won 49 boxing matches in a row.

Also if you jump off the Empire State Building you might die.

Bok_Choi posted...

I was sitting here laughing because McGregor was throwing punches and tiring himself out

like he'd throw a combo and go in to clinch

why lmfao

Because he can't win on points due to being severely technically outmatched by the opponent, and he has subpar stamina even by UFC standards so he was never properly lasting 12 rounds. His basically only option to win was to get an early KO.

McGregor wasn't supposed to win any rounds and wasn't supposed to last past round 6 or 7. He did better than expected and that's all that can be asked of the dude.
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I don't know how anyone who sees an MMA fighter pit up into a boxing match against someone who lives and breathes boxing and has gone 49 -0 and think "Yeh, McGregor's gonna beat ass". >_>

The victor was clear from the start and no-one with a brain was surprised by the outcome. It was really just a good money grab for both the fighters and in the end the only people who have lost are salty McGregor fans as their boy laughs on his way to the bank lol.
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McGregor was vsing a guy who was nearly double his age, way past his prime, hadn't fought in two years and was partying nights before the fight. I am not a fan of either, but people are just looking for excuses with McGregor. This is one the best fighters in UFC, who is also in his prime and he ran out of stamina vs an old man.

Masked-One posted...

Guy who has never boxed a match is destroyed by guy who won 49 boxing matches in a row.

Also if you jump off the Empire State Building you might die.

Bok_Choi posted...

I was sitting here laughing because McGregor was throwing punches and tiring himself out

like he'd throw a combo and go in to clinch

why lmfao

Because he can't win on points due to being severely technically outmatched by the opponent, and he has subpar stamina even by UFC standards so he was never properly lasting 12 rounds. His basically only option to win was to get an early KO.

McGregor wasn't supposed to win any rounds and wasn't supposed to last past round 6 or 7. He did better than expected and that's all that can be asked of the dude.

when you say "better than expected," whose expectations are you talking about?

Floyd DID say the fans would get their money's worth, so it wouldn't make sense for Connor to not be allowed to win rounds. it had to happen otherwise people would lose interest.
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Bok_Choi posted...

but you have to give him credit for getting past a great defense even a little bit

Not...really? Floyd didn't even use his defense in this fight. Like...it's to the point that if he fought anyone else like he fought McGregor, he'd probably lose.
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what irritates me is before the fight some people always said "mcgreggor gonna wreck floyd", then after the fight they said "boxing champion vs mma fighter in boxing match, what a surprise."
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Ricemills posted...

what irritates me is before the fight some people always said "mcgreggor gonna wreck floyd", then after the fight they said "boxing champion vs mma fighter in boxing match, what a surprise."

It's the Mayweather cycle. It has been happening for quite a while.

1. Fighter A has more speed/accuracy/power than Floyd has ever seen! Fighter A is gonna beat the s*** out of Floyd Mayweather!
2. Fight happens, Mayweather makes Fighter A look amateurish to average at best
3. Excuses galore
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just last night a co-worker told me that Floyd only beat Manny because Floyd ducked Manny until he was old and got KOed.

I said Floyd is older and asked how getting KOed in the past would effect a match that was assumed to go to decision anyway due to Floyd's style.

"uh, I dunno man. I'm just saying."

sigh...
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OEIO999 posted...

McGregor was vsing a guy who was nearly double his age, way past his prime, hadn't fought in two years and was partying nights before the fight. I am not a fan of either, but people are just looking for excuses with McGregor. This is one the best fighters in UFC, who is also in his prime and he ran out of stamina vs an old man.

mcgregor is 29
mayweather is 40

that's not double or even close to it
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so in an mma fight McGreggor would have won


mma is all about front loading and overwhelming


boxing is about waiting out the guy and keeping up your energy
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Mayweather should step into the Octagon now.
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^ btw I always said boxer would win in boxing

it isn't hard to figure that out


but if you say he won the first rounds then obviously he would win in an mma fight since you go all out and make the other guy bleed or bash his head into the ground

...which you aren't allowed to do in boxing
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WhinyZach posted...

Oh and, stop talking about may not lasting in the octagon, not only is irrelevant, it's plain idiocy.

there is relevance

it is called respecting what Connor can do and do well


some act like because he lost in boxing he is a trash fighter

but he is actually a top fighter and would beat Mayweather in an all out fight, which is what mma is

he just isn't fit or used to the rules of boxing where Mayweather is the top fighter and is undefeated

I will say though the result makes the promos so cringe!
Connor "I am boxing!"

lmao

I get trying to hype the fight up, but he went too far for a person who was going to lose
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no, it's not relevant. Floyd never downplayed MMA. he doesn't owe it to whiney lames who don't care about anything except finally getting the satisfaction of seeing him lose. he's got nothing to prove there. period.

irrelevant.

scorpion41 posted...

Mayweather should step into the Octagon now.

then what? should he box a kangaroo? perhaps pummel a nice Hyundai like a Street Fighter mini game?
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all the white dudes I knew in highschool were so sure mcgregor would win
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Anyone who thinks mayweather has a chance in the octagon is as delusional as people who think Connor had a chance in the ring.

Personally I believe in a deathmatch Connor would win, but when it comes to their playgrounds they dominate exactly that.
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Balrog0 posted...

all the white dudes I knew in highschool were so sure mcgregor would win

I wonder if this is more of a happy delusion

like when your baseball team always loses but you are a die hard fan and come out cheering and tell everyone they gonna win

but everyone knows they won't
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ThyCorndog posted...

OEIO999 posted...

McGregor was vsing a guy who was nearly double his age, way past his prime, hadn't fought in two years and was partying nights before the fight. I am not a fan of either, but people are just looking for excuses with McGregor. This is one the best fighters in UFC, who is also in his prime and he ran out of stamina vs an old man.

mcgregor is 29
mayweather is 40

that's not double or even close to it

I maybe wrong about nearly double his age, but that's still an 11 year difference. Which considering the rapid degradation of health condition around Mayweather's age, is a testament to his physicality.

AsucaHayashi posted...

boxing has become a bit of a joke tbh especially since perfectly legal strikes like hammerfists could get him deducted in boxing(though he did hit him in the back of the head one or two times which should be called out).

that fucked up conor's game since he had to consciously keep track of reflex punches.

add to that was mayweather's pussy attitude by constantly turning his back hoping for the ref to step in... again was this in MMA conor would been allowed to keep wailing on him with noticeable results.

it's hard to expect a good fighting performance when you're handicapping about 3/4 of what makes it good to begin with.

AsucaHayashi posted...

Abiz_ posted...

All this ppv did was remind me why I don't like boxing. No hammerfist and fact the guys all night were bending over to duck punches and couldn't be punished for it because of the rules was stupid imo. If you bend low enough for someone to hammerfist you in the back of your head. You deserve it.

exactly.

this is the point where it stops being a fight entirely and becomes a game/sport.

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CableZL posted...

Ricemills posted...

what irritates me is before the fight some people always said "mcgreggor gonna wreck floyd", then after the fight they said "boxing champion vs mma fighter in boxing match, what a surprise."

It's the Mayweather cycle. It has been happening for quite a while.

1. Fighter A has more speed/accuracy/power than Floyd has ever seen! Fighter A is gonna beat the s*** out of Floyd Mayweather!
2. Fight happens, Mayweather makes Fighter A look amateurish to average at best
3. Excuses galore

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darkphoenix181 posted...

but if you say he won the first rounds then obviously he would win in an mma fight since you go all out and make the other guy bleed or bash his head into the ground

Actually not. Well not if he fought like he did in the first round. He had no power and if they traded shots (like in MMA), Floyd would likely win that as well. Connor's advantage comes in at takedown and what's likely the lack of Floyd's takedown defense. Also leg kicks to slow him down.



AsucaHayashi posted...

All this ppv did was remind me why I don't like boxing. No hammerfist and fact the guys all night were bending over to duck punches and couldn't be punished for it because of the rules was stupid imo. If you bend low enough for someone to hammerfist you in the back of your head. You deserve it.



exactly.

this is the point where it stops being a fight entirely and becomes a game/sport.

Um...you know that's what both MMA and boxing are right? Sports? Both have lots of rules that stop real fighting. Also you can't hammerfist the back of someone's head in MMA either. It's also illegal there.
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punch man win punch fight
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Darkman124 posted...

punch man win punch fight

this. it couldn't have ended in any other way
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I was sitting here laughing because McGregor was throwing punches and tiring himself out

Mayweather knew this before the fight.

McGregor knew this too, but his mentality took over.

McGregor is just far use to taking down a opponent as quickly and as fast as possible.
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Bok_Choi posted...

McGregor arguably won the first two, if not first three rounds

by simple virtue of throwing more punches and out-working Mayweather

Every round after that, as in every round after Mayweather turned around and cried like a pussy for the ref to break up the fight

Mayweather flopped

fixed
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Ron Garvin "The Man With the Hands of Stone" would defeat them all.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

Bok_Choi posted...

McGregor arguably won the first two, if not first three rounds

by simple virtue of throwing more punches and out-working Mayweather

Every round after that, as in every round after Mayweather turned around and cried like a pussy for the ref to break up the fight

Mayweather flopped

fixed

LOL are you serious?
Did you see the amount of penalties McGregor was committing?

Hammer fists to the back of the head, constant holding, trying to take him down then quitting when he realizes he can't

lmao
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Bok_Choi posted...

LOL are you serious?
Did you see the amount of penalties McGregor was committing?

Hammer fists to the back of the head, constant holding, trying to take him down then quitting when he realizes he can't

lmao

The hits to the back of the head happened because Mayweather would draw them out by ducking / turning around.

If McGregor did that shit intentionally he'd have gotten points deducted and he never did because the Ref could tell it was just Mayweather trying to draw a DQ.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

If McGregor did that shit intentionally

bruh he drew the hammerfist down on him
in a deliberate motion

that's not a legal motion
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ChromaticAngel posted...

The hits to the back of the head happened because Mayweather would draw them out by ducking / turning around.

If McGregor did that s*** intentionally he'd have gotten points deducted and he never did because the Ref could tell it was just Mayweather trying to draw a DQ.

You're saying he accidentally did the hammerfist multiple times on multiple occasions?
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ChromaticAngel posted...

Bok_Choi posted...

LOL are you serious?
Did you see the amount of penalties McGregor was committing?

Hammer fists to the back of the head, constant holding, trying to take him down then quitting when he realizes he can't

lmao

The hits to the back of the head happened because Mayweather would draw them out by ducking / turning around.

If McGregor did that shit intentionally he'd have gotten points deducted and he never did because the Ref could tell it was just Mayweather trying to draw a DQ.

baseless speculation.
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Um...you know that's what both MMA and boxing are right? Sports? Both have lots of rules that stop real fighting.

the problem is that it's not judged and perceived as a "sports game" but a fight. mayweather didn't "win a game against mcgregor", he "beat mcgregor in a fight".

as for the rules it's telling when there are more rules limiting the types of standing hand strikes allowed in boxing than there are in MMA.

Also you can't hammerfist the back of someone's head in MMA either. It's also illegal there.

no, but you can pretty much hammerfist anywhere that isn't the back of the head.
in boxing just the motion of a hammerfist gets you warned.
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CableZL posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

The hits to the back of the head happened because Mayweather would draw them out by ducking / turning around.

If McGregor did that s*** intentionally he'd have gotten points deducted and he never did because the Ref could tell it was just Mayweather trying to draw a DQ.

You're saying he accidentally did the hammerfist multiple times on multiple occasions?

No I'm saying he was drawn into doing it by Mayweather ducking and turning his back.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

No I'm saying he was drawn into doing it by Mayweather ducking and turning his back.

So it's Mayweather's fault that McGregor didn't know not to hammerfist? Neither of those things is a reason to hammerfist someone in boxing.

Also, while turning his back isn't what you should do in a boxing match (ref did tell him to stop turning around), ducking is a common boxing tactic. Head movement is important in boxing.
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CableZL posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

No I'm saying he was drawn into doing it by Mayweather ducking and turning his back.

So it's Mayweather's fault that McGregor didn't know not to hammerfist? Neither of those things is a reason to hammerfist someone in boxing.

No, nothing is Mayweather's fault. He's just a scummy fighter who wins by gaming the rules of boxing instead of fighting with honor.
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Mike Tyson was also known to duck down really low sometimes as a means of avoiding punches. Nothing wrong with that, and none of his opponents tried to hammerfist him. McGregor wasn't "drawn into" hammerfisting. He did that of his own accord multiple times.

A proper counter to an opponent ducking his head down is the uppercut. It isn't Mayweather's fault if McGregor doesn't know that.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

CableZL posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

No I'm saying he was drawn into doing it by Mayweather ducking and turning his back.

So it's Mayweather's fault that McGregor didn't know not to hammerfist? Neither of those things is a reason to hammerfist someone in boxing.

No, nothing is Mayweather's fault. He's just a scummy fighter who wins by gaming the rules of boxing instead of fighting with honor.

Which sport do you follow that doesn't have rules?
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