UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cerrone

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

That's my point though Lewis sucks that's why he was losing the whole fight. He literally has one big punch. It's like be caught by t woods over hand. It's literally all he throws

He only ko's people with his right hand. Take the fat **** down and fights over. 

Literally fish literally swap the right overhand for a left cross

Losing to Diaz means you can't be "one of the best", I agree. BUT, that loss Mcgregor had was in an ELEVEN MONTH PERIOD WHERE HE FOUGHT 145, 155, 170!!! Mcgregor was SO MUCH SMALLER than Diaz. Sorry for the caps, but you seem to not comprehend how insane moving up 25 pounds is. Mcgregor went from 145 to 170 in less than a year. Name me a MMA fighter who has ever had success moving up and down that much weight. The dude is one of the best. Not GOAT, but one of the best. 

That's 100% false. Mcgregor is the same size as MANY modern featherweights, including Holloway, Yair, Ortega, Poirer (at the time), Zabit, Moicano, etc etc. In fact, many are taller than Mcgregor. Virtually all modern fighters cut massive amounts. Difference is that Mcgregor moved up. So, trying to denigrate his achievements at FW is moot.  And moving up is not an easy thing to do. Holloway did it and failed miserably. Furthermore, he never missed weight once. 

And, he's "suited" to fight WW??? Lol, have you seen Usman? Khabib is far more suited (having missed weight multiple times). But, unlike Mcgregor (and the majority of fighters), he has never DARED to step outside his safe weight class. Mcgregor is an absolute beast for having fought across THREE WEIGHT CLASSES. And, all in under 11 months.

Khabib has a chance of being a lightweight GOAT. I'm saying Mcgregor is one of the greats. Very few fighters have reached his level of success and dominance. Of FW's, LW's, he trumps Pettis, Bendo, BJ, Edgar, etc etc. ONE OF THE GREATS. So, you're gonna be pedantic hater then? Never defended a belt? Who cares. That's some Asperger's nitpicking ****. Look at boxing as reference. Did Pacquiao defend his belts? Nope, he won it, and moved up. He beat the greatest featherweight in 13 seconds. He moved up on short notice to take on Diaz - LOST, came back within 6 months and won. A few MONTHS later he embarrassed a respected champ in Alvarez. Completely shut him down like he had never been shut down before (and Alvarez was not washed either. He came back to smash Gaejthe and give Poirier a hell of a fight). Double champ. IE. ONE of the beat to ever do it.
Lol nobody cares? You certainly care enough to keep denying it...although since you apparently live on this forum, maybe not.

PS. "2-2 from his last 4."  That is the dumbest rebuttal ever. So, past achievements are wiped away the moment you lose two fights? Mcgregor haters are legit spastic. Aldo has 3 wins of his last 7 fights. I guess he is no longer a great.

@jmug sadly people stopped considering Aldo great after Conor beat him just because they didn't wanna admit Conor is great.

You're completely changing your argument. Now, Mcgregor is not great because he gets special treatment. You firstly stated Mcgregor was not great because he lost 2 of 4 (something you repeated many times, but can't really back up as making any sense). And, that he is not great because he didn't defend. Again, I brought up Pacquiao to prove that defence does not matter. The NAMES are what matter. He beat everyone decent at FW (except maybe Edgar, who had already lost twice to Aldo. So, a Mcgregor matchup was self-defeating for the UFC). Mcgregor then beat did Aldo. An 'undefeated in the UFC' Aldo. 

As champ, esp a champ who can talk, he gets allowances. That includes being "shoehorned" into title fights up weight classes. And, No. He didn't get Alvarez by beating Diaz. He got Alvarez by being the FW champ. 
End of the day, he did something very few have done in MMA. Something most champs do not want to do (look at Jones, look at GSP during his first run, look at Aldo). He won titles in 2 weight classes.  IE. He did something great. IE. He is a great fighter.


It's pretty clear that you cannot dispute Mcgregor greatness/accomplishments as a fighter. The most you can do is prove is that he gets special treatment. 

PS: Lol, I can see you're trying to annoy me by calling me gay for Mcgregor. But, I'm pretty secure in my sexuality. Give it a rest, what are you 5? 

* Edited at 12.14.2019, 1:38 AM ET *

I like this guy

Haha!
I love hiw McGregor talk makes people so argumentative. Or passionate maybe, whatever it's all good!
I've stated my opinion on McGregor. Circa 2013-2016 he was a ******* ANIMAL! I've not seen many as driven to succeed as that version of him.
I say version because he is a different guy. Much much different.  It's the age old story of a young fighter reaching the very peak of the fight game and all the riches and adulation that goes with it. He had a crazy amount of both, money and adulation!  Unfortunately most fighters come from poor, working class, ghettos, council estates, barrios, favelas whatever. It's that literal hunger that drives them to train like a madman and fight in the I underwear infront of strangers, sometimes millions!!!! You have to be a bit ******* mad to do that!  It's the combination of being poor, likely uneducated and a little bit crazy that isn't ideal preparation for all of a sudden having millions in the bank. Add to that the cretins money attracts, from sleazeball agents, fake friends and gold digging pieces of ass! It's a combination that 95% ends in tragedy!  Just look at Andy Ruiz for an example of a man not able to stay focused when he finally gained success. 
McGregor is an extreme case.  He was the biggest star in fight sports, even just celebrity culture in general.  You can see the change in him from the man who fought and beat Mendes on 1 working leg and called his shot to mind ******* the Featherweight GOAT, Top 10/15 P4P all time great to a broken man who was destroyed long before thise 13 seconds.  He went from that to an arrogant(I knos he was always ****y but it was more confidence), surrounded by yes men, cheats on his wife who gave him everything, he is definitely a bit racist, he assaults members of public, swans about as if he is abovethe law and now he is "allegedly" a ****** ******!!! I say Allegedly because it's not proven yet and I really hope it is false but it really does not look good. I don't know what people in the US or other countries know about it but if he cannot beat this, pay off this woman and it goes to court he is ******!! I will not say more about that other than it doesn't look good.

This is from an admitted Fan Boy!!! I was so caught up in the hype from his Cage Warriors days to UFC 205 and in my opinion 1 of the best, flawless title wins in UFC history.  To go from that to this is all a bit sad really.  I see no happy ending, in fact I see disaster. He will lose to Cowboy, by Sub(mur mur mur mur mur!!!!) He will have these allegations finally come out in full and it will get ugly

What a weak ass ppv. 

@SevenLakerSeth

The UFC doesn't care anymore.  They think people will buy their PPVs simply because they're the UFC, when promotions like ONE Championship have better fighters and better fights and can be watched on an app without having to buy a pay-per-view.

* Edited at 12.21.2019, 2:42 PM ET *

Tepid I'm not sure if your a cop or you work for ONE??? Are you a Cop who works for ONE?
ONE is great but they DO NOT have better fighters than the UFC!
They have a handful of guys who'd compete. Personally I have Aung la Nsang, Joshua Pacio and Mighty Mouse in my top 15 rankings of their divisions. Outside of that the top 15 in every single division has at least 10 UFC fighters, Bellator has a few and thats it.
It's ok.tp like One, I love it! I love watching it on Friday mornings for free. But you sound dumb when ylu continue to say they are better than the UFC. And you seem to ignore the shady **** that goes on with them! Wheres the money come from? Where's the proof of the billions of viewers? They have not solved weight cutting and they change results for strange things!!!!
C'mon son, are you a Ccccop, or are you Chatri!!!????

@Mikey1903

ONE has a sports-based presentation which ia much better than the UFC entertainment-based presentation.