Posted on 01/19/2020 5:37:11 AM PST by C19fan
So much for the three-year winless streak. So much for the notion that he couldn’t compete with a welterweight. So much for the notion that Conor McGregor no longer had the desire to push himself to be the best. He ended all of the doubts in a stunning and spectacular knockout Saturday of Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, winning for the first time since he finished Eddie Alvarez on Nov. 5, 2016, to claim the UFC’s lightweight title. In the main event of UFC 246 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, McGregor laid waste to Cerrone in 40 seconds, delighting the standing-room only crowd with a brilliant performance.
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Gee, I wonder if he can wrestle yet.
So tired of hearing about this guy.
“They can give fighters made up belts, but they can’t give fighters knockouts across three weight divisions,” McGregor said jubilantly.
McGregor missed a huge left hand as the fight began. But he clinched with Cerrone in the center of the cage and belted him in the face twice with his shoulder, appearing to break Cerrone’s nose.
That turned Cerrone woozy and he admitted he was stunned by it.
“One hundred percent [it surprised me],” Cerrone said. “I’ve never seen anything like that.”
Cerrone’s lost 7 of his last 11 fights.
He looks like a hipster and there are already too many of those.
I root for McGregor simply because so many people I know hate him.
UFC - Still beating on opponent when he’s down...
What’s next, Gladiator fights ?
Anybody that’s a UFC fan knows that Cerrone was an offering to McGregor, a welcome back gift, a lamb for the slaughter. Politics with fists, it’s all about getting McGregor back in the headlines as a contender to get that UFC money machine up and running again, nothing more.
This ain't boxin'...
I guess he never watched Nick or Nate Diaz fight.
Is there some better time to beat an opponent?
MMA is not martial arts. They are not artists, they are thugs pounding each other into submission. There is no form, respect, or tradition. The Okinawan fathers of Karate would weep at what is on display at these boxing matches.
I suppose so...
“ The Okinawan fathers of Karate would weep at what is on display at these boxing matches.
1. It isn’t boxing, it’s submission fighting
2. No Okinawan karate guy wins these fights.
He didn’t defend his head, it was bobbing all over from the very beginning of the fight.
“What’s next, Gladiator fights ?”
What do mean next? That’s all this is. Even the military is using BJJ.
rwood
1. It isn’t boxing, it’s submission fighting
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Really? Who submitted last night?
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The loser
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