Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather | Again?

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Why are they saying Conor will come to the fight at 170?
Because he's done quite a big weight cut to hit 154. By the time the fight starts he should be back to near 170. I think he was around 168 for the Diaz fights.
 

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I've never seen him that nervous.
All of his screaming gifs that pollute the internet comes from his weigh ins. He's always screaming in his opponents faces, I honestly don't see a difference.
All it needed was Dana standing between the two and it's a regular Conor weigh in lol
 

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Because he's done quite a big weight cut to hit 154. By the time the fight starts he should be back to near 170.
That's 16 pounds.. the fight is tomorrow. How is that possible? Excuse my little knowledge, I'm a casual fan.
 

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Match being broadcast on PPV here for about £50.

Like feck I'll pay that for something that will be a stroll for Mayweather. They should atleast have allowed some MMA moves like elbows etc. to even things up, as things stands McGregor fights with a huge handicap.
 

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I've never seen him that nervous.
I really don't see that at all

He is always like this at weigh ins press conferences and whatever

Again I don't want to be seen thinking Conor will win this. But I wholeheartedly believe he is supremely relaxed and confident and he really, really believes he can win this
 

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Match being broadcast on PPV here for about £50.

Like feck I'll pay that for something that will be a stroll for Mayweather. They should atleast have allowed some MMA moves like elbows etc. to even things up, as things stands McGregor fights with a huge handicap.
A handicap he agreed to. This fight only happens under boxing rules. Don't feel bad for him, he'll never have to fight again.
 

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A totally noob question here, if the fighter's weigh can change so much from the weigh-in to the actual fight, what's the point ?
The point is different divisions have different weight restrictions so there has to be a limit for each division. The only exception is heavyweight, which has more leeway.
 

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A totally noob question here, if the fighter's weigh can change so much from the weigh-in to the actual fight, what's the point ?
A huge weight cut isn't great for them even if they make weight. Whilst they can rehydrate and put on more weight it just shows they've struggled to actually get there and it can serve as a disadvantage as they won't be 100% compared to someone who is pretty easily making weight.

My complete armchair look st Conor today was that he looked a bit more cut than usual at that weight, he used to look awful when he was making 145 but he looked fine vs Alvarez...I think looking at him today it was a tough cut
 

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The point is different divisions have different weight restrictions so there has to be a limit for each division. The only exception is heavyweight, which has more leeway.
Another noob (and probably stupid) question, when regaining that weight, there isn't a risk of him another division :lol: ? Bear with me please :wenger:
 

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Another noob (and probably stupid) question, when regaining that weight, there isn't a risk of him another division :lol: ? Bear with me please :wenger:
Its not uncommon for fighters to put on 15 lbs of primarily water weight after the weigh-in. Obviously it all balances out since both fighters are doing it. But yeah, they wind up in what are different weight classes, but that's ignored. Its what you weigh in as that counts as your weight class.
 

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Still don't believe it. My brother in law met and took a pic with Pacquaio and he's 5'5 at best. There wasn't that much of a difference between Floyd and Pacman.
Hell I still remember his barefoot weigh-in v ODLH and he looked half a foot smaller!
Pac is 5'6. Floyd is 5'8.

 

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Still don't believe it. My brother in law met and took a pic with Pacquaio and he's 5'5 at best. There wasn't that much of a difference between Floyd and Pacman.
Hell I still remember his barefoot weigh-in v ODLH and he looked half a foot smaller!
All of the build up I've seen gives McGregor a one inch height advantage and a two inch reach advantage. Unless they're all getting it from the same wrong source.....
 

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Its weird watching regular boxing announcers discussing this fight. A surreal crossover between MMA and boxing.
 

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A handicap he agreed to. This fight only happens under boxing rules. Don't feel bad for him, he'll never have to fight again.
Yeah he'll be well compensated I imagine. Still if it is a show supposed to pit two of the greatest modern fighters against eachother it isn't logical for one of the fighters to be limited to about 20% of his repertoire. I can see the logic in grappling being excluded, but give us some elbows and knees.
 

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There was a time not too long ago when audiences would just sit back and watch this without feeling the need to reach for the smartphone.
It's a sad indictment of modern times. Have you been to a concert recently? It's a bunch of people holding up phones to capture what they should be experiencing right there.
 

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Dana must hae been sickened leaving this circus for the Mighty Mouse fight announcement. Possibly the biggest contrast a promotor has ever experienced within 24 hours
 

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It's a sad indictment of modern times. Have you been to a concert recently? It's a bunch of people holding up phones to capture what they should be experiencing right there.
Yep...concerts are probably the worst of all events. We are officially fecked when it comes to living in the moment.
 

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My complete armchair look st Conor today was that he looked a bit more cut than usual at that weight, he used to look awful when he was making 145 but he looked fine vs Alvarez...I think looking at him today it was a tough cut
He looked drained. He'll rehydrate and get up about 15-20 pounds, but clearly struggling to make weight. That's fine if his plan was to come in like this and make the most of his physical advantage, but he could be gassed.
All of his screaming gifs that pollute the internet comes from his weigh ins. He's always screaming in his opponents faces, I honestly don't see a difference.
That always seemed natural. This seemed forced.
He's was definitely nervous.
Definitely. Will be interesting to see how he is tomorrow, but I sense it won't go well for him (which would be a "good showing"). I don't see him getting knocked out, but he could easily be stopped. In my mind the fight will play out with McGregor getting frustrated chasing shadows as Floyd counters and lands every other punch.

People were having a hard time saying who was faster (McGregor or Mayweather). To my mind it's not even a contest. Mayweather is mentally and physically the faster man. He's small, awkward and smart. McGregor doesn't have a boxer's physique (he's not a boxer, so that makes sense).

Again I don't want to be seen thinking Conor will win this. But I wholeheartedly believe he is supremely relaxed and confident and he really, really believes he can win this
I get the sense that he believed that all throughout the build up, but now I'm sensing the occasion is dawning on him. We'll see tomorrow.
 

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It's a sad indictment of modern times. Have you been to a concert recently? It's a bunch of people holding up phones to capture what they should be experiencing right there.
Agree totally. Plus is anyone (themselves included) ever actually going to be interested in watching their crappy phone videos of the gig?
 

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Who was the whopper who sounded surprised Mayweather was inside the weight limit? he's weighed 2lbs inside the limit for a 147 fight.

And why do UFC summarisers think their weight cut is any more severe that what boxers were doing before it even existed as an organisation?