indiaholic
International Captain
Nate has always been a bit sloppy in his first round.
Jord1. You still ignore the fact that he had 5KG more on his frame than he would have anticipated for a fight at 155
2. You still ignore the fact that he landed double the significant strikes while they were standing than Diaz did in the entire fight
3. You still ignore the fact that almost any other fighter tasting those shots would have been on queer street.
4. You still think Diaz is some sort of boxing genius when realistically he gets outboxed frequently and just has superb endurance and durability, meaning if you can't put him away or at least keep your pace up, he takes you deep and drowns you when you're out of energy. In McGregors case, it only took a round and a half.
5. You still ignore that while Diaz was damaging Conor on his feet, it wasn't until it went to ground that Conor got sliced open and put away, yes, Diaz did hurt Conor on his feet and kept him hurt for a minute before it went to the ground but that was more to do with exhaustion than skill.
6. You somehow think that Diaz wasn't a master on the ground, being able to quickly transition, land from the mounted position and force Conor to give his back, before flattening him out quickly and locking in the chin because you're too busy trying to justify that you think Diaz is a great skillful boxer, rather than being superb at taking shots and firing back, rather than being a genius level Ju Jitsu fighter who would have way more success should he focus on his Ju Jitsu
I'm done, I'd rather talk about it in a fight forum where people are being realistic about the fight.
McGregor's ability to grind out a tough 5 round decision against an endurance athlete like Diaz must be in question when you consider that he has only fought 3 rounds once in his entire careerYea Connor was definitely dominating the first 2 minutes of Round 2 though. Landed some solid hits and Nate wasn't really able to launch an offence under that pressure, plus the blood was getting into his eye.
Tough chin, experience, and good defence. He was keeping his chin down, put his hands up, rolled with the punches, and clinched whenever Connor got close enough for the uppercuts. He either kept his distance, or brought himself in very close. Never stood right in front of McG and let himself get picked off. Connor was definitely dominating, but Nate was doing enough to stay in there.
After about 2 minutes the exchanges got more even. Connor kept getting tagged with light hits, but kept his hands down. I think Diaz sensed this, and upped his aggression. Tried the lunging left hand a couple of times, and then nailed one, and it was game over. Connor was rocked, Connor didn't know how to defend himself in face of an assault, Diaz just picked him apart.
And this was against no-camp Diaz. Wouldn't back Connor in a pure boxing match between the two. But he does stand a decent chance were they to fight again in the future. He needed to utilise his kicks more, and be a bit more patient. I think Connor could definitely beat Diaz by decision if he takes the fight to 5 rounds instead of hunting for a quick KO.
Yup. It's a massive 'if'. But if you want to beat a Diaz, doing so by decision is the way to go.McGregor's ability to grind out a tough 5 round decision against an endurance athlete like Diaz must be in question when you consider that he has only fought 3 rounds once in his entire career
They'll give him a shot at Dos Anjos I reckon. He's marketable so if it's remotely plausible to have him fight for a title they'll always do it.So where to for Nate now?