UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor

[dingler]

Love him or hate him, you gotta love him.

Connor Bless

[AirJordanB]

Pre-Fight Press Conference


Highlights:
-McGregor: I am going to kill this man. I'm going to slap the face off of him.
-McGregor: He is a novice in my eyes. I look at him as a novice.
-McGregor: The fighting Irish are back.
-McGregor: His facial structure will be rearranged after this fight.

-Mendes: Every person I've ever fought in the Octagon has had a reach advantage over me. This is nothing new.
-Mendes: He's cutting alot of weight. Wrestling makes you tired, and we're going to test that.
-Mendes: He's a black belt in trash talking. This has been a fun ride with this dude. But this is an easy fight for me.
-Mendes: The hype train is coming to an end.


There was some other boring stuff from MacDonald and Lawler.

Conor talked a lot of smack...more than usual. If he loses, especially if he gets finished, it will be the lulziest loss ever.

[A-DzO]

Pretty good press conference. I wish someone would give Rory a note book and make him take notes on Connor. Say something, anything please, and get paid. Damn I wish he ran with the CanadianPsycho thing.

[AirJordanB]

Reporter: "Some confusion...some doctors reports saying he(Aldo) didn't have a broken rib, some saying he did have a broken rib, there seems to be a feeling that the UFC were trying to force him to fight with a broken rib. Can you clear this up?"

Dave Sholler (UFC P.R. shill): "So let's start here...Jose's health and safety was always number one, and it always is with all of our athletes. Any rumors or social media you see that say we're forcing Jose to fight are categorically false. The bottom line is, there were difference of opinions in the x-rays and scans that were looked at."

"Bruised rib"
"Difference of opinions"

[visionarybrah]

so you bros pumped for SATURDAY??

[MinisterOfLust]

so you bros pumped for SATURDAY??

Of course man. What are you guys gonna eat/drink?

[thetrebel]

Of course man. What are you guys gonna eat/drink?

Burger/wings/Alcohol

[miscHelix]

so you bros pumped for SATURDAY??

Who wouldnt be pumped for this card. the doomsayers have finally let it go and realized Aldo not on the card still keeps it a really stacked card.

[skinnytobulk]

most unbiased lol

[MinisterOfLust]

Burger/wings/Alcohol

I am gonna make fried Plantain/ Chicken wings plus ice cream.

[OriginalHawk]

Super pumped for this fight card, there's a guy from my hometown on the prelims too. I'm pulling for Conor because I think he's good for the growth of the sport. I've always been a fan of Nick Diaz and Chael, but Conor takes trash talk to a whole new level. He's backed it up thus far, but I'm curious to see how he would react of he loses Saturday. Got to admit that at the press conference today Mendes looked frustrated at times and not all that confident. I think Conor is already in his head. The million dollar question is whether or not Conor will be able to stuff the power doubles. I just can't see Chad taking him down and maintaining control from the top the entire fight like he says he will.

[ScaleAndSteel]

Holy chit Conor has the most annoying persona I have ever seen. He should win this though IMO


Also, after seeing this presser, I know everyone would have complained had it been Nate but dam, can you imagine those two talking chit back and forth? Talk about lulzy. Those two yapping at each other would have been fantastic

[Groce]

Reporter: "Some confusion...some doctors reports saying he(Aldo) didn't have a broken rib, some saying he did have a broken rib, there seems to be a feeling that the UFC were trying to force him to fight with a broken rib. Can you clear this up?"

Dave Sholler (UFC P.R. shill): "So let's start here...Jose's health and safety was always number one, and it always is with all of our athletes. Any rumors or social media you see that say we're forcing Jose to fight are categorically false. The bottom line is, there were difference of opinions in the x-rays and scans that were looked at."

"Bruised rib"
"Difference of opinions"

yeah that annoyed me, how is that even a debate? it's clearly ****ing broken even to a layperson like us. Somebody chop dave's face into a clown aswell lulz.

[Groce]

Super pumped for this fight card, there's a guy from my hometown on the prelims too. I'm pulling for Conor because I think he's good for the growth of the sport. I've always been a fan of Nick Diaz and Chael, but Conor takes trash talk to a whole new level. He's backed it up thus far, but I'm curious to see how he would react of he loses Saturday. Got to admit that at the press conference today Mendes looked frustrated at times and not all that confident. I think Conor is already in his head. The million dollar question is whether or not Conor will be able to stuff the power doubles. I just can't see Chad taking him down and maintaining control from the top the entire fight like he says he will.

anyone would look frustrated next to conor at a press conference, I thought he handled it pretty well tbh.

[BroseCanseco]

BJJScout just dropped this gem

[DFS200]

most unbiased lol

A window into why these games are always so ridiculously unreasonable. It's not cool enough to show Conor knocking him out with a left hand, has to be a spinning backfist or a wheel kick. Don't think Conor has thrown a spinning backfist thus far in his UFC career, his wheel kicks rarely land.

[hammercurl]

Reporter: "Some confusion...some doctors reports saying he(Aldo) didn't have a broken rib, some saying he did have a broken rib, there seems to be a feeling that the UFC were trying to force him to fight with a broken rib. Can you clear this up?"

Dave Sholler (UFC P.R. shill): "So let's start here...Jose's health and safety was always number one, and it always is with all of our athletes. Any rumors or social media you see that say we're forcing Jose to fight are categorically false. The bottom line is, there were difference of opinions in the x-rays and scans that were looked at."

"Bruised rib"
"Difference of opinions"

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in the last 2 weeks i have found myself wanting to see ufc go tits up thanks to dana

[thetrebel]

I am gonna make fried Plantain/ Chicken wings plus ice cream.

hhnnnnnnnnnnngggg plantains

[broteinshake84]

I had a dream that Bruce Buffer is going to introduce Chad as Mini Mendes instead of Money


pls be true

pls

[R3nmazuo]

got $150 spare money, putting it on mendes. hold me brahs.

[Answer1o1]

How do idiots keep spelling Conor wrong?

[MinisterOfLust]

got $150 spare money, putting it on mendes. hold me brahs.

easy money brah. We millionaires now!

I predict a second round submission for Mendes.

[R3nmazuo]

easy money brah. We millionaires now!

I predict a second round submission for Mendes.

i dunno man, i am confident but there's still that thought of connor landing a good one plus using his reach. oh and dont forget some people say connor hits like a welterweight. sheet brah i think we dun goofed hard lol

[hardestgainer]

The reach is the most worrying part. Can he close the range?

In dc vs jones we saw what happens when you can't close the range with a awkward striker

I'll try to sum it up as short as I can. Conor's unorthodox style is going to be a huge deciding factor. If Mendes can keep control of the middle and make conor work from the outside, I really like his chances at forcing conor into a mistake for either a big counter(like Lamas) or getting a nice double leg takedown. If Mendes can get conor on his back and keep him there for more than 5 seconds(he is a slippery fella and very quick at getting back to his feet), I think Mendes will win just by grinding away at him. Around half way through the 3rd round Im expecting Conor to start gassing out, mendes will get a takedown, then take his back in a scramble and seal the victory.

If Mendes cant deal with his standup style(which I can only assume is an absolute bish to try and prepare for), Conor will finish him within 2 rounds. Once the 3rd round starts, and every minute the fight continues after, I honestly think the scales start to tip more and more into Mendes favor. If Mendes can get this fight to go into the 5th rd(even if he's taken the worse end of it so far), I'd be shocked if conor even has fumes left in his tank to survive. I just rewatched Aldo v Mendes 2 and feeling a bit more confident in my reasoning for my Mendes pick tbh.

[d1154802]

got $150 spare money, putting it on mendes. hold me brahs.

yeah i would bet money on mendes. cant wait for the fight on saturday so hyped. im gonna watch it on ppv and bring in the popcorn while im at it.

[AirJordanB]

Conor is the new Jon Jones.

Just like ppl used to say Jones was a "hype train", but that ended with Bader. The "Conor's a hype train" calls will end when Conor eliminates Chad "mini" Mendes with a 1st round TKO on saturday night. Then Conor will put a Jones vs Shogun level beating on Aldo to unify the belts.

Negged.

Edit: on spread. I probably negged another one of your retarded posts recently.

[TheHaggis]

Conor is the new Jon Jones.

Just like ppl used to say Jones was a "hype train", but that ended with Bader. The "Conor's a hype train" calls will end when Conor eliminates Chad "mini" Mendes with a 1st round TKO on saturday night. Then Conor will put a Jones vs Shogun level beating on Aldo to unify the belts.

Absolutely no way can you say Conor is the new Jones.

With Jones, anyone with experience in MA could see he was mad talented from early on. He absolutely dominated opponents from the get go and faced guys of a good pedigree earlier on in his UFC career (Bonnar, Vera, O'Brien, Hammil although he got DQ'd) and dominated them.


With Conor, there are still question marks. He hasn't fought anyone of note so far or anyone with any real pedigree. At least when Jones was going for a title shot, he had fought guys who had been around the top of the division previously. McGregor hasn't really done that and this is the first fight he's getting that I would expect him to struggle with.

[Hardcore_D00d]

i want conor to win so he can go on and fight aldo plus i think its good for the sport. he has a good persona (i know he isnt like this in real life, i've met him before, nice dude srs)

but this will be a tough fight for him. i hope mendes comes in unprepared and out of shape and gets own lol

[BroseCanseco]

Jones demolished legends one after another.
Conor is still yet to prove himself.

The only reason everyone is even looking forward to this fight is because of Conor's mouth.

[DanielGhita]

McGreGOAT will f*cking butcher Chad Mini Mendes.