Conor v. Nate 2

[mralstoner]

Conor has fixed everything ...
https://youtu.be/AI2hJc2tQzI
Chael says nope ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsk0renaBuU
Nate busy making animal balloons and doesn't give a fuck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl2ujypaBVE

[mralstoner]

Sorry, the first video was the wrong one, somehow. But it's all fixed now, thanks to the mods.

My heart is with Conor but my head says Nate's reach advantage is too hard to overcome. Should be another ding-dong battle, either way.

[mralstoner]

More boxing and less pool noodle for Conor, but still the same risky boxing style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY5c-LPKDi8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_-AEP3GMBg

[mralstoner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnVwUPekE_k

[mralstoner]

Holy cow! Look at the height difference between Nate and Conor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbJKjOnO8O0

I didn't realise Nate was so much taller.

I don't see how Conor can overcome Nate's reach advantage.

[mralstoner]

Here. We. Go.

Conor has obviously been working on fitness and movement, but that won't be enough, he also has to work on his entry techniques to avoid Nate's reach advantage e.g. entry after a leg kick to take Nate off balance and to stop him slipping punches and leaning back, entry from crouch position to crowd Nate and box him up close. See the bottom video for how a smaller fighter can beat a taller fighter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpTr4vBhznQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXx12cx0wiE

[popeyespappy]

Almost time.

Cerrone is looking really good at 170. The Johnson Teixeira didn't last long enough to tell, but Rumble is f'in scary...

[mralstoner]

Epic fight. Between Conor's improved strategy/fitness, and Nate's injuries, it made for an even fight.

Lots of folks wanting a third fight already but I can't see it happening for at least a year. There's no real reason to run it back. This fight was about Conor proving himself again. He did that. A third fight would only be about money.

And Conor wont be keen to wreck his leg again. Conor hinted at a Floyd fight, and he's mad enough to do it. Maybe that's where Conor's next fight is.

Either Floyd or 155. I can't see him going back down to 145.

Yeah, Rumble is a beast. Glover wasn't expecting an upper cut.

[mralstoner]

Behind the scenes with Conor before and after the fight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6h8eslogUg

Did anyone notice that when Conor hinted at a 3rd fight (before UFC 202) that actually gave Nate an incentive to lose?

If he won 202, he would not get the 3rd fight. So one wonders whether Nate took 202 on the chin, just so he could set up another payday.

[Napoléon]

Conor hinted at a Floyd fight, and he's mad enough to do it. Maybe that's where Conor's next fight is.

You're not talking about Floyd as in Floyd Mayweather are you? Because that's never going to happen.