UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

@FistyMcKickerChoke

It isn't only that no one likes Greg Hardy, he also has no skill or cardio.

@tepid exactly, he's a total bum. He was completely exposed by Tybura and should've been cut

**** i was actually looking forward to the Brady and Lee fight. Now they have to skip a McGregor card, they're both probably really pissed off right now lol

F**k it give Brady someone late notice. Damn I wanted to see Brady on this PPV!

Oh wow, the time has come. This is the next card...

Yeah, **** rescheduling the fight, I want to see Brady.

Poirier vs. McGregor III
Dustin Poirier, SUB, R4
I can't stand the way every mma fan is such a cuck for McGregor when he's not that good and says **** like "McGregor brings in the money" like they are detached from it and and aren't the whole reason he does. We get it he's confident. You don't get to live vicariously through him you're life is still **** This was my prediction for the second fight but didn't come to it because McGregor got finished early. Sticking with it'.

Burns vs. Thompson
Stephen Thompson, DEC
I'm a burns truther. Beating Damion Maia doesn't mean **** anymore. How the hell he got in title contention from that is beyond me. Go back to 155 where you belong. But on the flip side he is tough and wonderboy not a big finisher of high level guys so Wonderboy by dec

Short Notice:
- None

Fight camps: 
Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor - 8+ weeks
Gilbert Burns vs. Stephen Thompson - 8+ weeks
Tai Tuivasa vs. Greg Hardy - 8+ weeks
Irene Aldana vs. Yana Kunitskaya - 8+ weeks
Sean O'Malley vs. Louis Smolka - 8+ weeks
Carlos Condit vs. Max Griffin - 3 weeks
Niko Price vs. Michel Pereira - 4 weeks
Trevin Giles vs. Dricus Du Plessis - 8+ weeks
Ryan Hall vs. Ilia Topuria - 8+ weeks
Jennifer Maia vs. Jessica Eye - 8+ weeks
Omari Akhmedov vs. Brad Tavares - 8+ weeks
Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Jerome Rivera - 8+ weeks
Hu Yaozong vs. Alen Amedovski - 5 weeks

Greg Hardy's fights are always ugly, no matter the opponent lol. That being said Greg Hardy 2nd RND KO

Are alot of people complaining about this fight card? Actually think it's not so bad for a ppv/Conor McGregor card. Especially compared to prior McGregor/PPVs

has anyone seen the nunes pena ppv card 🤦🏻‍♂️

not at all. conors time as the top is over.

Poirier vs. McGregor III
Dustin Poirier, TKO, R1
Conner always has the puncher's chance, I cant find myself picking him with only 3 fights since his leaving at the end of 2016 and losing two of them, Poirier has had 9 fights since then and won 7 of them and 1 being an NC. I think i can see Poirier being more confident this time around and maybe getting a faster finish.

McGregor for the win.

Dustin Poirer Beats Conor Mcgregor

Dustin Poirer had the perfect game plan for Conor, it was a true masterclass performance from someone who doesn’t have the luxury of a Diaz chin or being Khabib to not get killed by Conor left hand. First off Dustin shot and landed a takedown  at approximately 30 seconds in, But to Conor Credit, he did got up pretty quickly , But he was in the clinch to 1 minute 40 seconds left in the round, It might not look like much from people who never did wrestling or jiu-jitsu before, But that **** is super tiring, And to have Conor , who a big gasser wrestle to take a bit of gun powder away from the cannon is genius, Even though doing that is not rocket science, but this mix with what he did when Conor broke out of the clinch, He kick the **** out of his calf . Kind of shocking that no one else really tried to kick Conor Legs before this fight. I think Calf Kick has been more open as time went by on Conor as he is becoming more of a boxer over time. Then when his Calf turn into Veal in the second round, Dustin landed the kill shot up top putting him out cold.

 Conor is going to change this up and the improvement I think he need to do is

1.     Find a solution to the calf kick ,but they a few as Holloway did this after getting his calf kick off in a clinic against Volkonoski. Just watch the first 30 second of the rematch that he won, He had his lighter leg in a more Muay Thai stance, and he also got out of the way of that kick. The third thing Holloway did was kick a whole lot more as you can’t kick a leg that elevated and with leg kicks, to block a leg kick you have to elevate a leg.

2.     Try not to grapple, but Conor does have great takedown defence and can get up. But Conor could have easily gotten out of clinch earlier but didn’t want to as to land shoulder strikes. I’m not in the cage but I think it be smarter next time to try and elbow and break to get out of the clinch and do damage

3.     Try to use more kicks, Conor is more of a boxer, Becoming 1 dimensianal is bad because then they no trickery to his game, Look as Ben Askren getting flying knee as an example as having a predictable game is bad. Also kicks stop calf kicks

 I think Conor can win this as Dustin really had the perfect gameplan to beat Dustin, And It be shock if Conor get calf kick twice in a row,I still would favour Dustin as he did checkmate Conor last time, But Conor would change . But in this fight I'm confendent in Dustin and putting money on Dustin inside the distance because  I just think Conor chin is gone, Dude got dropped by Khabib, I know it Khabib one of best fighter in the world, But still , when was Khabib known for dropping people, He only dropped Conor in his last 10 fight, And the last fight, Dustin knock out Conor cold, Compare that to Dustin who did ate 3-5 hard left hand in that fight and stayed calm. I think Dustin Durability will be the difference maker in the fight as Dustin does have an underrated chin. Also, Conor wasn’t even Gassed when Dustin knocks him out, so no gassing out quitting excuse like most of his other losses.

Edit; Also Dustin won the last time with the perfect game plan, Dustin could change and go high with the kicks as Conor be scared of his calf

* Edited at 06.28.2021, 12:27 AM ET *

Poirier vs. McGregor III
Conor McGregor, TKO, R3
Poirier is good but this is a make or break for McGregor

Burns vs. Thompson
Stephen Thompson, DEC
Burns got dropped multiple times from jabs. Thompson is gonna put on a striking clinic

Tuivasa vs. Hardy
Tai Tuivasa, TKO, R1
I’m not convinced that Greg Hardy trains ever

O'Malley vs. Smolka
Sean O'Malley, TKO, R1
Why out of everyone he could’ve fought he fights smolka.

Price vs. Pereira
Michel Pereira, DEC
Niko lost to cowboy

Maia vs. Eye
Jennifer Maia, DEC
Dominated val for a round she’s not losing anytime soon

Hall vs. Topuria
Ryan Hall, SUB, R1
Topuria was 6-0 and fought a guy who was 0-0.

Feel like max Griffin gonna put Condit on a highlight reel

Poirier vs. McGregor III
Conor McGregor
Conor is good at winning rematches. If he blocks the kicks well, and hits the body, he will win.

Burns vs. Thompson
Gilbert Burns
Thompson is quick, but Burns can grapple better, and he has KO power. Burns might KO Wonderbread.

Tuivasa vs. Hardy
Tai Tuivasa
Greg Hardy could win... But he has a low fight IQ. Tuivasa is smarter. Will probably take Hardy down, and G&P him.

Aldana vs. Kunitskaya
Irene Aldana
Two tough ladies. But Aldana is a little tougher. She fought Holly for 25 minutes.

O'Malley vs. Smolka
Sean O'Malley
O'Malley is the type of guy who wins big, or stupidly loses. He's probably gonna win.

Griffin vs. Condit
Carlos Condit
Condit is the smarter fighter (in the octagon).

Price vs. Pereira
Niko Price
Price has no quit in him. Pereira might win one round, maybe two, but I think he's gonna gas out in the fight.

Du Plessis vs. Giles
Trevin Giles
Both dudes hit like trucks. I really like Du Plessis, but he is hittable.

Hall vs. Topuria
Ilia Topuria
Hall is a BJJ wizard. But Ilia can anti-grapple, and keep it standing. Might get a KO in the 1st, or 2nd.

Maia vs. Eye
Jennifer Maia
Eye is kinda at the end of her career. Maia is still fresh, and strong.

Akhmedov vs. Tavares
Omari Akhmedov
Brad, good fighter, but Ahkmedov is a tough customer. Good grappling, has KO power.

Zhumagulov vs. Rivera
Jerome Rivera
Zhalgas not a bad fighter. He could win this one. But Rivera is faster.

Amedovski vs. Hu
Yaozong Hu
Skill-wise both are similar. But Hu is the bigger, stronger guy.