UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor Prediction and Info Thread

[Clement Kaliyar]

@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.

exactly ,mcgregor knows how to manage a situation and promote himself to his advantage,such a skillful entrepreneur,just following the steps of the great Ali ,but the incident of throwing water bottles and beer can, is really a dangerous situation as there are people sitting in that media room,these sort of incidents have to be punished if not these events keep on continuing and civilians could seriously  get hurt in the name of fight promotion

[bbc.reporter]

@Clement Kaliyar. You get it. That is all done to get attention from as many fans and as many people that are not UFC fans possible. I am not saying that Conor is not being fined, it is real. But he welcomes it because it will give him a chance for the media to talk about him more and also UFC 205. After the fight of course he will settle. Who is stupid enough to want to get banned in Nevada? That will be bad for business from the side of Conor and the UFC.

[tokeweed]

NAC Executive Director: Conor McGregor Bottle-Gate Fine $75k Not $150k

http://www.mmanews.com/nac-executive-director-conor-mcgregor-bottle-gate-fine-75k-not-150k/

This is a simple case of the media being the media and McGregor 'over reacting' in order to promote the fight more and add more interest to it.  This is a business move by McGregor.  And after he earns more millions of USD from 205, he'll pay the fine and organize another fight in Nevada.

[DaddyMonsi]

NAC Executive Director: Conor McGregor Bottle-Gate Fine $75k Not $150k

http://www.mmanews.com/nac-executive-director-conor-mcgregor-bottle-gate-fine-75k-not-150k/

This is a simple case of the media being the media and McGregor 'over reacting' in order to promote the fight more and add more interest to it.  This is a business move by McGregor.  And after he earns more millions of USD from 205, he'll pay the fine and organize another fight in Nevada.

I thought instead of paying that hefty fine, Conor McGregor will just do a community service? 75K is still small amount to pay for a big payday on his UFC 202 fight with Nate Diaz. All negative publicity against McGregor will just hype up UFC 205. More PPV pay-in and more ticket sales.

[randal9]

Glad to see the full post was already released hoping to see a unexpected match between the both of them. Too bad for Jose Aldo waiting for Connor Mc Gregor for months but still no response from the champion. In my opinion this match will be over in three rounds a technical knock out by Alvarez or maybe a decision if you Mc Gregor will run away again from his opponent. 

[tokeweed]

NAC Executive Director: Conor McGregor Bottle-Gate Fine $75k Not $150k

http://www.mmanews.com/nac-executive-director-conor-mcgregor-bottle-gate-fine-75k-not-150k/

This is a simple case of the media being the media and McGregor 'over reacting' in order to promote the fight more and add more interest to it.  This is a business move by McGregor.  And after he earns more millions of USD from 205, he'll pay the fine and organize another fight in Nevada.

I thought instead of paying that hefty fine, Conor McGregor will just do a community service? 75K is still small amount to pay for a big payday on his UFC 202 fight with Nate Diaz. All negative publicity against McGregor will just hype up UFC 205. More PPV pay-in and more ticket sales.

Exactly.  All moves coming from the camp of McGregor are calculated.  They are working up the crowd to get more sales.  So that means a huge pay day for them.  The funny thing is we love getting played like fools. 

[nydiacaskey01]

Too much hype being created again for a fight of McGregor, yet he is just all thrash talk after he moved up to a higher weight class. He was defeated and tapped out on his first match with Nate Diaz and on the 2nd match he struggled, let me use that term "struggled" because comparing how he fight on his old weight category he moves faster and he looks more dangerous while on his 2nd match with Diaz he is slow and looking at his post fight interview he is on crutches.

[Rubberduckie]

was just reading that the main card will be 4 hours and not 3.

Man the UFC gets it. Pack the lineup with great fights and welcome
New York in with style.

[pereira4]

Every movement in the celebrity world is just to get buzz and clicks/views and make themselves famous. Connor Mcgregor move to throw the glass of water and all the trashtalking is just a way to sell tickets. Mayweather is a master of this and when he was younger he used to do it a lot. In his last fights he didn't even bother to trash talk anymore since he was a cashcow and he didn't need to do anything but show up.

[Clement Kaliyar]

was just reading that the main card will be 4 hours and not 3.

Man the UFC gets it. Pack the lineup with great fights and welcome
New York in with style.

this is one of the greatest fight card they have,even the free fights are stacked with top level fights,i wonder how the ticket price will be,i bet it will be a huge price tag for the main card and this will easily be the biggest pay day for the UFC and it will surpass every pay per view records as well as the fighters involved in this card will earn huge .

[tokeweed]

Just dropping by to post a couple of videos.  They're not really helpful in picking a winner but they are really entertaining.  It's funny when fighters actually get real and is caught on camera, especially in the second video. 

UFC 205: Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor Fighter Picks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOMjTLcKtiw

Who Ya Got?!? Fighters make their picks for Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCKKZAMI964

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Just dropping by to post a couple of videos.  They're not really helpful in picking a winner but they are really entertaining.  It's funny when fighters actually get real and is caught on camera, especially in the second video. 

all the British fighters are rooting for mcgregor to win ,may be because they are afraid that the fans would turn against them  the rest of the fighters are not impressed with his attitude or may be jealous as he is earning much more than all the established fighters 

[thejaytiesto]

The safe bet remains McGregor win, possibly by TKO or submission. After he wins this, he will go for the Nate Diaz trilogy I presume. I think Nate Diaz said he will not fight again until McGregor fights him again. Tons of money to be made on that third fight.

[pereira4]

The safe bet remains McGregor win, possibly by TKO or submission. After he wins this, he will go for the Nate Diaz trilogy I presume. I think Nate Diaz said he will not fight again until McGregor fights him again. Tons of money to be made on that third fight.

McGregor would be stupid to fight again after the Alvarez fight unless he fights Diaz. If he fights anyone else but Nate Diaz after Alvarez (amusing he wins) then it will be too risky to potentially ruin the 3rd fight.

[DeathAngel]

Very exciting to see how close we are to this event now. I'm looking forward to seeing McGregor 'The Notorious' knock out Alvarez. Conor has got this.

[TheCableGuy]

Conor has this one but I will admit the lines on Alverez are tempting.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

The safe bet remains McGregor win, possibly by TKO or submission. After he wins this, he will go for the Nate Diaz trilogy I presume. I think Nate Diaz said he will not fight again until McGregor fights him again. Tons of money to be made on that third fight.

McGregor would be stupid to fight again after the Alvarez fight unless he fights Diaz. If he fights anyone else but Nate Diaz after Alvarez (amusing he wins) then it will be too risky to potentially ruin the 3rd fight.

I assume that wont happen ,if mcgregor wins he has to vacate his 145 pound belt and if he losses he has to go down and defend the belt and face Aldo,he has to defend the belt at 145 and come back and face Nate a third time around,that is going to be a big Pay per view

[eaLiTy]

Very exciting to see how close we are to this event now. I'm looking forward to seeing McGregor 'The Notorious' knock out Alvarez. Conor has got this.

the event is really close and there are many interesting match ups i am looking to,i am really looking at Alvarez taking down conor and pounding him unless his face turns red and each of the punches does have a meaning ,the guys he abused on his way to stardom 

Conor has this one but I will admit the lines on Alverez are tempting.

i will go with the tempting lines of Alverez ,thank you. If i lose this bet i will stop betting on MMA period

[tokeweed]

The safe bet remains McGregor win, possibly by TKO or submission. After he wins this, he will go for the Nate Diaz trilogy I presume. I think Nate Diaz said he will not fight again until McGregor fights him again. Tons of money to be made on that third fight.

Then McGregor has him by the balls.  What if he decides not to fight him in three years and decides to go after Aldo and Cruz?  And then defend his title/s vs new comers.  Diaz has to come out and fight whoever's gonna make him climb the LW division ranking to make him a worthy opponent vs McGregor.  He should build himself up and he should not totally rely on the McGregor money machine.

[thejaytiesto]

The safe bet remains McGregor win, possibly by TKO or submission. After he wins this, he will go for the Nate Diaz trilogy I presume. I think Nate Diaz said he will not fight again until McGregor fights him again. Tons of money to be made on that third fight.

Then McGregor has him by the balls.  What if he decides not to fight him in three years and decides to go after Aldo and Cruz?  And then defend his title/s vs new comers.  Diaz has to come out and fight whoever's gonna make him climb the LW division ranking to make him a worthy opponent vs McGregor.  He should build himself up and he should not totally rely on the McGregor money machine.

Good point, if McGregor doesn't fight him then he can put Diaz's career on hold.. not good for him. Then again, the fans want to see a 3rd rematch. Nate Diaz KO'd him, McGregor couldn't submit him and had to go for the rounds.. it's on McGregor's roof to demonstrate he is the better fighter. It may backfire for McGregor to avoid him for too long, people may start saying he is ducking the 3rd fight.