UFC Fight Night: McGregor v. Siver/Henderson v. Cerrone 3 - Jan 18 - Boston

[ERA]

Not gonna lie - I had my doubts about Conor before this fight. This dude is legit.

But after today's fight, I hate him even more. When he got in the face of Aldo in front of his FAMILY, that was completely out of line. Aldo is going to bring him down to earth. You better believe that.

[allBthere]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles

Benson should've won that fight.

I was ok with the dec but would have been ok with the reverse....glad cerrone won so he finally gets a shot.

Strikes landed would give the wrong impression since, to me, 5 or 6 of those side kicks = 1 landed jab ... I would be surprised if cerrone DID NOT land more head punches

Really looking forward to Aldo vs mcgregor and think Connor is a douche bag

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by allBthere

I was ok with the dec but would have been ok with the reverse....glad cerrone won so he finally gets a shot. Strikes landed would give the wrong impression since, to me, 5 or 6 of those side kicks = 1 landed jab ... I would be surprised if cerrone DID NOT land more head punches Really looking forward to Aldo vs mcgregor and think Connor is a douche bag

FYI, Cerrone aint getting a shot next. He will fight Khabib next in a #1 contender fight.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by ERA

Not gonna lie - I had my doubts about Conor before this fight. This dude is legit. But after today's fight, I hate him even more. When he got in the face of Aldo in front of his FAMILY, that was completely out of line. Aldo is going to bring him down to earth. You better believe that.

It was Conor's family not Aldo's right? I think Aldo was sitting next to Conor's girl and his sister.

[ERA]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

It was Conor's family not Aldo's right? I think Aldo was sitting next to Conor's girl and his sister.

Yeah, just realized that. Why was he sitting next to Conor's girl?

Either way, after tonight, I'm officially a Conor McGregor *****.

EDIT: They censor the word h*ter on here?

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

The guy is the total package from a MMA promoter perspective. He brings an entire country to his fights. He wins by striking and is an exciting fighter. He talks crazy **** and is great on the mic.

Yep. He's got all the makings of a cross-over star. Last night was a really good night for the UFC. A lot of buzz for the fight and McGregor totally delivered and now Aldo will finally get to fight a marquee opponent. No disrespect to his other opponents, but none were close to the draw that McGregor is. I think that fight in May will do really good numbers.

The Cerrone-Henderson fight was a little lackluster. Seemed like both guys were fighting not to lose instead of looking to actually finish the fight. Hard to say why that is; mutual respect from fighting 2x in the WEC, Cowboy having just fought 2 weeks earlier and Bendo coming off his first stoppage from strikes. I thought Henderson looked comfortable on his feet and had some moments, but never really chained anything of significance together. Cerrone didn't do much either. You really could've scored that a draw and I think in the mind of Joe Silva and Dana White they'll see it that way; both guys are contenders for the title, but neither did anything to scream they deserve a title shot immediately.

Uriah Hall's promo after his fight was pure class. That's another guy with star potential if he puts it all together.

[p_rushing]

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ

Uriah Hall's promo after his fight was pure class. That's another guy with star potential if he puts it all together.

Hall definitely has it if his mind is right. I just don't think he has the killer instinct that is needed to challenge the top fighters. He just seems like a guy who doesn't enjoy knocking guys out, at least in the past. Now he sounded fine after the fight, even calling Costa out for running.


I think both Cowboy and Benson tried to point fight to win. Cowboy looked like he knew he lost the fight. He was trying some takedowns because he knew he wasn't going to win just with the striking. It was a mistake to take that fight on such short notice against a top level fighter.

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