The MMA thread

[AdamIndy]

I do hope khabib absolutely ruins McGregor though I have no clue who is going to win. It really could go either way!

[Mansells Tash]

Khabib wins after being rocked in the first. I reckon rounds 1,2,3 starts the same, Connor wins the first minute or two until Khabib gets inside and beats the ever loving crap out of him Barbosa style.

[davey68]

I like to watch Conor fight but lost a lot of respect for him after the bus incident. I don't dislike Khabib but I'm not a fan of his mauling fighting style, I prefer striking matchups. I would prefer Conor to stop Khabib but I'm afraid I can't see passed a Khabib wrestle f**k. He will enjoy smothering Conor and just ground and pound him until it's stopped. Interesting to see where Conor goes if it plays out like that.

[130R]

When I have seen Khabib fight he has looked completely dominant. That is except in his last fight when he looked less than great standing, and that could be a major problem against McGregor. I'm not particularly a fan of McGregor but could see him stopping Khabib early. If he can't do that and it goes to the ground I think he is going to get mauled though as Khabib does the most damage on top of any fighter in the UFC.

Should be a very interesting fight.

Edited by 130R on Friday 5th October 05:48

[AJB88]

If he can avoid the ground I can see this being over quite quickly.

[AJB88]

Aphex said:

I think he's good for the sport though, imagine two khabibs up there, they wouldn't generate a tenth of the excitement.

That's the truth of it, he plays up because UFC tell him to. If you watch his Cage Warriors stuff etc hes not like that in real.

[Ej74]

Conor seems to have bulked up for the wrestling game of the eagle

The eagles chin has been suspect but I see him grinding Conor down.

[m3sye]

Been watching khabib and connor fights back and at 1st i was leaning towards khabib, but the more i have watched his fights back, the more i think Mcgregor is taking him out round 1 or 2, he is so open to a left...
Lets hope so as mcgregor is brilliant for ufc

[Ruskie]

Will be cheering McGregor on , but think Khabib grinds him with his wrestling.

[epom]

AJB88 said:

Aphex said:

I think he's good for the sport though, imagine two khabibs up there, they wouldn't generate a tenth of the excitement.

That's the truth of it, he plays up because UFC tell him to. If you watch his Cage Warriors stuff etc hes not like that in real.

Yep nail on head there. My nephew has gone over ( he's probably the most intelligent lad I know) and he seems has been sending me snaps. The atmosphere looks to be absolutely electric. I think the fight gets in the way for a lot of these lads

[Sensei Rob]

Round 1 is when Conor is going to be the most dangerous. Even still, Khabib has been doing this his whole life, so he's got his game locked down. From Round 2 onwards, it looks as if it'll be a terrible mauling by Khabib.

[AJB88]

Sensei Rob said:

From Round 2 onwards, it looks as if it'll be a terrible mauling by Khabib.

Just like he "mauled" Al Laq

Round 2 he pinned him down, Round 3 from what I remember was all stood up again.

[lemmingjames]

Hyped fight = st fight though

3am main card starts so 530am UK start time?

[AJB88]

Yeh roughly 0530, I'll be up for work at 5.

[FredClogs]

Excitement is building. Every time I promise myself not to get sucked into the hype... Always fails.

[smithyithy]

Main card for this starts at 3am, then the Japanese Grand Prix starts at 6:10.

I think I'll be asleep for the rest of Sunday

[epom]

Moro GP at 4am, bight at circa 5am and F1 at about 6am.

[Aphex]

my post magically disappeared

anyway, I'm locked in and ready for some brawls

[smithyithy]

Who up? Locked in, locked on.

Caught the end of the ladies strawweight, made a strong coffee and just watched the heavyweight fight.

[phil-sti]

Both the fights after the ladies fight have been pretty good. Great undercard so far.