UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor Prediction and Info Thread

[Clement Kaliyar]

@pereira4. No it is much better for Conor McGregor to go after UFC history by holding two championship belts at the same time. If he becomes the light weight champion, then Nate Diaz can challenge him for the belt. The 3rd fight between them will be more exciting if it will happen that way.

There is now also some news that Dominic Cruz wants to fight Conor in either feather weight or light weight. He too is looking for a challenge.

I must agree with you, although I understand what pereira4 is saying. I really think Connor will win this one, as for me he is an incredible complete fighter. I definitely prefer him on his feet than on the ground, because of his unpredictable and powerful attacks. And yes, after this win I think there must be a new fight vs Diaz, and that will be a fight for history if he wins again.

you are calling him a complete fighter yet you prefer him on his feet rather than being on the ground,that is a funny statement buddy,even McGregor prefers to stay on his feet as he has no skills on the ground and you cannot call anyone a complete fighter without having skills on the floor.

[tokeweed]

I'm rooting for McGregor to win so that he could make history but I would have to agree with Clement.  McGregor is far from being a compete fighter as he's skills in the ground, while it's not weak, it's not particularly strong either.  So I think I'm holding my bet for this fight atm and wait for the lines to move.  This fight could be closer to a coin flip than everyone realizes and some could even argue that Alvarez's relentless style and experience could edge out McGregor.  If the odds go higher on Alvarez as the fight nears then I would bet on him.  And I believe it will happen the day before the fight because the casual bettors will be piling in money on McGregor.  But if I could get odds better than 1.80 on the Irishman then I would take it.  But that's doubtful.

[lemipawa]

@pereira4. No it is much better for Conor McGregor to go after UFC history by holding two championship belts at the same time. If he becomes the light weight champion, then Nate Diaz can challenge him for the belt. The 3rd fight between them will be more exciting if it will happen that way.

There is now also some news that Dominic Cruz wants to fight Conor in either feather weight or light weight. He too is looking for a challenge.

I must agree with you, although I understand what pereira4 is saying. I really think Connor will win this one, as for me he is an incredible complete fighter. I definitely prefer him on his feet than on the ground, because of his unpredictable and powerful attacks. And yes, after this win I think there must be a new fight vs Diaz, and that will be a fight for history if he wins again.

McGregor will win this over Alvarez. After winning that match with Diaz, McGregor is still in the momentum of winning another fight. But I agree that McGregor must up his ground game. It can be clearly seen on his last fight with Diaz that he is trying to avoid being taken down and keep sluging it out with Diaz. Not sure how good is Alvarez with his ground and pound.

[eaLiTy]

@pereira4. No it is much better for Conor McGregor to go after UFC history by holding two championship belts at the same time. If he becomes the light weight champion, then Nate Diaz can challenge him for the belt. The 3rd fight between them will be more exciting if it will happen that way.

There is now also some news that Dominic Cruz wants to fight Conor in either feather weight or light weight. He too is looking for a challenge.

I must agree with you, although I understand what pereira4 is saying. I really think Connor will win this one, as for me he is an incredible complete fighter. I definitely prefer him on his feet than on the ground, because of his unpredictable and powerful attacks. And yes, after this win I think there must be a new fight vs Diaz, and that will be a fight for history if he wins again.

McGregor will win this over Alvarez. After winning that match with Diaz, McGregor is still in the momentum of winning another fight. But I agree that McGregor must up his ground game. It can be clearly seen on his last fight with Diaz that he is trying to avoid being taken down and keep sluging it out with Diaz. Not sure how good is Alvarez with his ground and pound.

Alvarez is an animal when it comes to the ground game, his wrestling is spot on,take a look at the match against Anthony Pettis,he was taking pettis down at will and pounding him,he has had wars inside the cage with great fighters and Alvarez can go five rounds and still keep the pace,Mcgregor has to improve his stamina,he is very good in the first round and then wears out gradually.

[nydiacaskey01]

Alvarez is an animal when it comes to the ground game, his wrestling is spot on,take a look at the match against Anthony Pettis,he was taking pettis down at will and pounding him,he has had wars inside the cage with great fighters and Alvarez can go five rounds and still keep the pace,Mcgregor has to improve his stamina,he is very good in the first round and then wears out gradually.

Looking at how he performed on the 3rd to the last round when he squared of against Nate Diaz, he looks too tired and about to pass out. Nate Diaz is taunting him and leading him to a trap and wrestle but Diaz did not succeed on that. McGregor have the punching power to knock Alvarez but he needs to do that in the first 2 rounds. If McGregor's stamina is like Hendo who lasted 5 rounds then we have a sure winner here.

[tokeweed]

McGregor in both fights started to gas out in the third round.  That happened in both fights maybe because he was carrying that extra weight at 170 lbs.  In 155 lbs. he could be faster and lighter but Alvarez could employ the same strategy he used vs Pettis.  Make McGregor wrestle for his life and I have no idea how he would react to that.  And Alvarez is good at boxing too.  Watch his old fights on Youtube.  He's quite good with his hands.

[cjmoles]

Alvarez will be bringing his girl the red panties after this fight....Alvarez will put McGregor on his back and keep him there the entire fight....But, I hope McGregor wins because it'd be nice to see Diaz with a belt for a change.  McGregor only has two good rounds in him and Alvarez will have this guy so exhausted by round three that McGregor will have to bring his pillow to round four if it gets there.  The matchup predicts Alvarez in three. However, if the powers that be had a say, McGregor would win the belt to set up the BIG money fight for McGregor vs. Diaz number III! <----You know how it works.

Alvarez in round three. 

[tokeweed]

Alvarez will be bringing his girl the red panties after this fight....Alvarez will put McGregor on his back and keep him there the entire fight....But, I hope McGregor wins because it'd be nice to see Diaz with a belt for a change.  McGregor only has two good rounds in him and Alvarez will have this guy so exhausted by round three that McGregor will have to bring his pillow to round four if it gets there.  The matchup predicts Alvarez in three. However, if the powers that be had a say, McGregor would win the belt to set up the BIG money fight for McGregor vs. Diaz number III! <----You know how it works.

Alvarez in round three. 

Haha, yes that's how it sometimes works.  Yeah I agree with you though.  A McGregor victory would be much much better for the UFC and the fans as there would be more possibilities for exciting match ups.  McGregor vs Diaz III is nice but there's news that Dominic Cruz is also sending feelers to McGregor as posted by bbc.reporter a few posts up.  I would also love to see that fight happen as I'm also a Cruz fan.

Dominick Cruz explains how he would beat Conor McGregor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y41BSxRYrGQ

[eaLiTy]

Alvarez is an animal when it comes to the ground game, his wrestling is spot on,take a look at the match against Anthony Pettis,he was taking pettis down at will and pounding him,he has had wars inside the cage with great fighters and Alvarez can go five rounds and still keep the pace,Mcgregor has to improve his stamina,he is very good in the first round and then wears out gradually.

Looking at how he performed on the 3rd to the last round when he squared of against Nate Diaz, he looks too tired and about to pass out. Nate Diaz is taunting him and leading him to a trap and wrestle but Diaz did not succeed on that. McGregor have the punching power to knock Alvarez but he needs to do that in the first 2 rounds. If McGregor's stamina is like Hendo who lasted 5 rounds then we have a sure winner here.

The problem with Nate Diaz was he is not a wrestler but a high level BJJ practioner,if the opponent takes him to the ground he will submit him on the other hand Alvarez can take Mcgregor down and is a good wrestler and he can take a punch,Mcgregor has good punching accuracy what is the only way Mcgregor could win this match,no one has ever knocked out Alvarez,could Mcgregor do that,he might in the first round if not Alvarez will make him look silly after the fight. 

[LFC_Bitcoin]

McGregor is going to knock this bitch out. KO by the end of the 3rd round.

[Rubberduckie]

Dana White was on the cowherd show yesterday and said that
he wouldn't let McGregor have belts in 2 divisions. I think as long
as he defends each title each year he should be able to have both.
Obviously he can't just sit on the title and hold it he has to defend
it.

[tokeweed]

McGregor is going to knock this bitch out. KO by the end of the 3rd round.

Do you honestly think that?  Because it would be better for McGregor to KO Alvarez as early as possible.  If it reaches the third round that's when Alvarez can start grinding McGregor down and make him wrestle for his life.  

I think someone mentioned that McGregor shouldn't have taken this fight because his body has not rejuvenated fully from the fight vs Diaz.  This could be another case of overconfidence by him just like the first fight vs Diaz.  We all know what happened to that.

[Clement Kaliyar]

McGregor is going to knock this bitch out. KO by the end of the 3rd round.

good luck with your bet bro i have seen how he performed against nate diaz lost his first match and somehow won the second one and still have the confidence that he could challenge a champion,i do not know how he got the fight with a champion when he failed miserably when moving up in weight.

[pereira4]

@pereira4. No it is much better for Conor McGregor to go after UFC history by holding two championship belts at the same time. If he becomes the light weight champion, then Nate Diaz can challenge him for the belt. The 3rd fight between them will be more exciting if it will happen that way.

There is now also some news that Dominic Cruz wants to fight Conor in either feather weight or light weight. He too is looking for a challenge.

Yeah that's right, it will be a lot more epic if he wins, but there is the chance that he loses and then the 3rd fight against Diaz becomes boring (more so than if he didn't fight now). He has balls to fight again before the 3rd Diaz fight since he can ruin his career by losing.

[wikenpp]

Alvarez is going beat McGregor because McGregor only talks big but to be honest I do not think that he is as good but the thing is that h has much confidence in him self.
Having confidence is the most important because those people will never hesitate in what they do so he has the advantage in that.

[tokeweed]

Alvarez is going beat McGregor because McGregor only talks big but to be honest I do not think that he is as good but the thing is that h has much confidence in him self.
Having confidence is the most important because those people will never hesitate in what they do so he has the advantage in that.

You got it all wrong.  McGregor is all confidence.  I mean look at all his fights after he won the FW title from Aldo.  He fought Diaz twice outside his own division.  Remember that WW is two divisions up.  Now he's putting everything on the line in UFC 205.  His reputation and his career are on the line here and that's a huge risk.  I'd say the guy has the ego and more confidence than all of the UFC fighters combined.  And keep in mind that taking this fight is a liability to him since he had only a short time to rest since the last fight vs Diaz.

[Clement Kaliyar]

Alvarez is going beat McGregor because McGregor only talks big but to be honest I do not think that he is as good but the thing is that h has much confidence in him self.
Having confidence is the most important because those people will never hesitate in what they do so he has the advantage in that.

You got it all wrong.  McGregor is all confidence.  I mean look at all his fights after he won the FW title from Aldo.  He fought Diaz twice outside his own division.  Remember that WW is two divisions up.  Now he's putting everything on the line in UFC 205.  His reputation and his career are on the line here and that's a huge risk.  I'd say the guy has the ego and more confidence than all of the UFC fighters combined.  And keep in mind that taking this fight is a liability to him since he had only a short time to rest since the last fight vs Diaz.

one thing i respect about connor mcgregor is that he will not shy away from a fight and he is ready to take any short notice fight which no other fighters will dare to take ,mcgregor knows he has to make the maximum amount of money when he can and that is the reason he is doing it,if he fails against alvarez he can always go down to 145 pound division as he is still a champion der.diaz is a 155 pound fighter and the match was scheduled to 170 in the first fight because diaz took the fight in less than 10 days time and it is not possible to reach 155 in such short notice and the second fight connor wanted diaz at 170 while diaz wants him at 155,so two weight class fight is just an excuse

[Rubberduckie]

still cannot believe McGregor was being fined 150k for throwing water
bottles at the diaz presser lol.

He said he will never fight in Vegas again. Big loss for that state in income
and they should take back the fine that is ridiculous amount for them just
being silly promoting the fight.

[bbc.reporter]

@Rubberduckie. They are blowing this out of proportion on purpose. Of course the Nevada Athletic Commission will settle the matter with Conor. Nothing is set in stone when it comes to these things. The UFC and Conor Mcgregor's camp are trying to gain as much publicity as possible to promote the fight.

See what the news did to you? You reacted. That is what they want.

[pereira4]

still cannot believe McGregor was being fined 150k for throwing water
bottles at the diaz presser lol.

He said he will never fight in Vegas again. Big loss for that state in income
and they should take back the fine that is ridiculous amount for them just
being silly promoting the fight.

Connor McGregor is a businessman at the end of the day, and he is right now a big cash cow and he knows he can get away with claiming that to make pressure because they know the will give in and remove the fine.