Mayweather Vs McGregor: Info and prediction thread

[Siren]

Some more final drama before the fight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i2k5d2coiU

Paulie Malignaggi dropped by Mayweather's boxing club and apparently he told him everything that he saw during the sparring session. Looks like a checkmate to me, unless Conor predicted this move and showed nothing of what he will do saturday night for Floyd, which I doubt it.

So chances are Mayweather knock's McGregor's gameplay by now or at least part of it.

LOL. Nice moved Paulie. Thanks for hyping the fight more. I think this is really a tactic by Paulie and McGregor.

For me its really evident that this is just a circus act, they are all in for the money. I'm pretty sure that Mayweather will win this fight. No way Conor can touch Mayweather and eventhough he can rough him, it will not be enough as Floyd can really adjust as the fight goes along, I wouldn't surprise if he knockout Conor in less than 6 rounds.

[joshy23]

Finally the fight is near. Hoping McGregor to win this bout since I want to see Floyd lose. What makes it worse if ever is within the hand of not a boxer. I'm just thinking can McGregor last till the end of the round, boxing has a 12round while UFC has 5. Not unless K.O. Conor has a power, he only need to find an open spot with the strong defense of Floyd.

But can Conor find that one opening against the best defensive boxer right now? I doubt it.

Of course everybody wants to see Floyd lose, however, I don't know if Conor has what it takes to win the fight. He said that he will do everything more than Maidana did, maybe hitting below the belt? So it means doing dirty tactics against Floyd. And the last time that someone try to rough up Floyd and hit him multiple times below the belt is Zab Judah, and there was a riot after that, when the fight resumes, Floyd took Zab apart. So I'm not really sure if this is the plan of Conor or not. But we all waiting for the fight to happen to answer all of our questions.

[pixie85]

I've seen them talk to each other and McGregor seems cocky as always, disrespecting his opponent, but he's also twitchy, nervously chewing a gum, he knows it's going to be a hard fight. Mayweather is so calm, like a statue. He looks and talks in a calm manner, but with a lot of confidence. You can see he's more experienced.
Most professional commentators said it's going to be one sided and bets seem to show people don't believe McGregor can win.

[Clement Kaliyar]

I've seen them talk to each other and McGregor seems cocky as always, disrespecting his opponent, but he's also twitchy, nervously chewing a gum, he knows it's going to be a hard fight. Mayweather is so calm, like a statue. He looks and talks in a calm manner, but with a lot of confidence. You can see he's more experienced.
Most professional commentators said it's going to be one sided and bets seem to show people don't believe McGregor can win.

If Mayweather takes Conor lightly then he will pay the price,he is coming back to box because of the money and McGregor usually thrives under pressure situations when everyone writes him off,i have seen his career in the UFC when everyone was laughing at him with all the predictions and other stuffs and everyone was calling him a clown but when he starts winning the way he predicted things changed and so is the case with boxing,no one knows what he is capable off and so is the reason i will be watching this match.

[tabas]

This must be the biggest fight in recent history between any fighters.  They have milked this one pretty good for sure.  I have heard both fighters have had training sessions together with eachother.  Seems a bit over friendly but as long as McGregor can knock out mayweather i dont mind.  I assume 90% of people are watching this purely for the chance of a knock out v mayweather.  I would however not be surprised if this whole thing was rigged to make a ton of money. everyone wants to watch it, there is so much money here i dont they want to risk health.

And the thing is they came from different sports, boxing vs. MMA let's say that who will be the superior in fist fighting, no kicks. It's been exposed to those who know how the sports league is doing that this game is just all about money making and I don't know if there's any reputation that is in risk for this match. Many just want to see Floyd being knocked out.

[BChydro]

This must be the biggest fight in recent history between any fighters.  They have milked this one pretty good for sure.  I have heard both fighters have had training sessions together with eachother.  Seems a bit over friendly but as long as McGregor can knock out mayweather i dont mind.  I assume 90% of people are watching this purely for the chance of a knock out v mayweather.  I would however not be surprised if this whole thing was rigged to make a ton of money. everyone wants to watch it, there is so much money here i dont they want to risk health.

I do not call this the biggest fight in recent history,it is the biggest money grabber in the history of sports without a doubt,everyone who tunes to watch this fight wants to know how the fight will play and the purist will mostly ignore this fight ,the ticket charges are insanely high to even purchase one but how can they rig a fight ,they will have to face legal charges if it is rigged.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

The day is finally arrived and i expected fire works during the last press conference but both were respectful and playing the nice game,i thought McGregor would try his best of get into Mayweather ,just a few words exchanged during the face off and i do expect some fire works atleast at the weigh ins , i am betting some money with McGregor because if he catches Floyd it could be a good pay day because of the odds.

[joshy23]

Interesting clause on the contract regarding the fight. If Conor McGregor reverts to his MMA tactics against Floyd Mayweather, it could cost him everything. I think there is also a verbal clause that I read somewhere that is why during the last press conference, they are very respectful and against each other and there are no profanities. I'm still looking at that article though.

The clause in Conor McGregor’s contract that could destroy his career

LAS VEGAS – Ever since the big fight was signed, there has been speculation that if UFC champion Conor McGregor is struggling against boxing star Floyd Mayweather, McGregor might revert to his mixed martial arts roots and wrestle Mayweather to the ground, throw an elbow or even deliver a kick.

It would result in an automatic disqualification in the fight that takes place Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena, but offer some measure of violent satisfaction. The possibility is enough that some sport books, such as the South Point Casino, are offering a “Will McGregor be disqualified during the fight” prop bet. Yes pays +600, no is -900.

Bet that he won’t,” UFC president Dana White said.

Start with this: White said the contract between the two fighters contains a clause that penalizes McGregor should he get disqualified for using a mixed martial arts move. White is privy to the details of the deal and McGregor’s thinking.

“There is a huge penalty clause in the contract,” White told Yahoo Sports on Thursday.

Read more here:>>>https://sports.yahoo.com/clause-conor-mcgregors-contract-destroy-career-045000799.html

[bumblebee24]

Here the thing with this matchup. We're not here debating whos a better boxer. It's clear Floyd is the best at the game, boxing has become science; where you can perfect it, and he has. But this has also turned this sport into a "boring" one.

It's also clear that if this was a straight out fight McGregor would literally strange Floyd within 30 sec.

This has become such a big event simply to the fact that majority of the public just wants Floyd to get popped. With that McGregor brings that to the table; he has the ability to catch him.

I personally hope that McGregor does just storm out of the gates and put pressure that Floyd has never seen, he may not even land many as Floyd is quick. But at the end it only takes one when you're a much bigger man than the guy your facing.

I'll stick with my original prediction, that McGregor only has a change if he KO's him within first 2 rounds, else its all Floyd and Floyd will finish it before 7th round.

Betting wise; best value bet has to be: Either fighter to win between rounds 1-6 @ 2.250 (+125) odds

[Hydrogen]

Here's the official weigh ins for Mayweather vs McGregor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUMVQI5CyvI

Conor weighed in @ 153 lbs.

Floyd weighed @ 149.5 lbs.

Crazy amount of hype for this one.

Bellator 182 is also tonight for MMA fans.

Bellator 182 Card

Andrey Koreshkov   vs.   Chidi Njokuani            
Brennan Ward   vs.   Fernando Gonzalez            
Bruna Ellen   vs.   Veta Arteaga            
A.J. McKee   vs.   Blair Tugman            

Georgi Karakhanyan   vs.   Daniel Pineda            
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Noad Lahat   vs.   Henry Corrales            
Ricky Rainey   vs.   Marc Stevens            
Chris Honeycutt   vs.   Kevin Casey            
Colleen Schneider   vs.   Kate Jackson         
Matt Secor   vs.   T.J. Sumler            
Philipe Lins   vs.   Vadim Nemkov   

[Clavulanic]

Some more final drama before the fight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i2k5d2coiU

Paulie Malignaggi dropped by Mayweather's boxing club and apparently he told him everything that he saw during the sparring session. Looks like a checkmate to me, unless Conor predicted this move and showed nothing of what he will do saturday night for Floyd, which I doubt it.

So chances are Mayweather knock's McGregor's gameplay by now or at least part of it.

LOL. Nice moved Paulie. Thanks for hyping the fight more. I think this is really a tactic by Paulie and McGregor.

For me its really evident that this is just a circus act, they are all in for the money. I'm pretty sure that Mayweather will win this fight. No way Conor can touch Mayweather and eventhough he can rough him, it will not be enough as Floyd can really adjust as the fight goes along, I wouldn't surprise if he knockout Conor in less than 6 rounds.

I know this dirty games they're playing soon mate, and I see it mayweather is a prominent boxer and he can even pay the judges for his winning pride. If you been noticing his previous fights like with Manny pacquiao I seen it not a fair decisions from judges whose on favor with him. I still hope that he will play and fight fairly, because his attitude and wise skill definitely made him famous rather than a boxing warrior who fought for braveness and eagerness to fight for masculine fight in the ring.

[bbc.reporter]

After all the drama and the hype, I hope the fight will be up to our expectations. This will start another boxing is dead argument if the fight is as boring as Floyd versus Manny.

Maybe that is Dana and Conor's real plan.

[Yanisumin]

Glad I found this thread on bctalk, I didn't know about this match . Just wow , oh my.. UFC vs Boxing. Sorry for the emotional talk, it's kind of excite me more than the mayweather - pacquiao bout. This is unpredictable and amazing!! I will give a lucky guess that mcgregor will lose this match but it will be bloody. Well, It will not be an easy match for mayweather since mcgregor have good fighting strength.

Well we are different votes for me i choose mayweather to win this fight i think much stronger than mcgregor.. this is just my own prediction but i bet to mayweather than to mcgregor..  remember how can stay in the stage when mayweather is in the mount in the first game from pacquiao.. so i think he can be condition fight again and win this fight.

We've seen that the fight of mayweather is almost as boring as watching because he's just jumping and running when he box and slowly taking chance when the opppent let his guard down. The fight between Pacquiao ang MAy is a good fight tho Manny gave the best of his punches but he still lose that match and it's not the fight that everyone wants. Floyd is playing in a very detailed way and that's he's style. The Conor Floyd fight is one of the most hype right now. We've seen that Conor knocked out his opppent by punches and hes a pretty good counter but I think Floyd has the edge when it comes to boxing IQ. It's like fighting hulk ( Conor ) to Batman ( Floyd ) and let's see what will happen.

[ChrisPop]

I'm going for McGregor's victory tomorrow. @Thenotoriousmma will surely cut "Money" out of the game. He is younger,taller,faster,sharper and more aggressive. Floyd Mayweather only advantage is his boxing experience and maybe technique,but Connor is coming from a much tougher world,the MMA..

See for yourself tomorrow! 

[TrumpD]

Dday is here; McGregor came across as a bit manic and, dare I say it, nervous. Floyd as usual cool, calm and collected. Been here many times and knows the drill. Wait for the first time he smirks as he sidesteps McGregor's left and nails him with a stinging right hand. All the hype will be taken out and we'll realize what we should have done all along: this isn't even a contest.

[latosha]

McGregor's will win for sure 

[coolcoinz]

Dday is here; McGregor came across as a bit manic and, dare I say it, nervous. Floyd as usual cool, calm and collected. Been here many times and knows the drill. Wait for the first time he smirks as he sidesteps McGregor's left and nails him with a stinging right hand. All the hype will be taken out and we'll realize what we should have done all along: this isn't even a contest.

I've seen that. McGregor is trying to intimidate him by screaming jumping and all that, but you can see he's nervous. It would be great to see him win though.
I don't like wife beaters, so I'm not going to bet on "money" and I also like underdogs so that's another reason. If you bet on Conor and he wins you'll get a load of money. If you bet on Floyd there's not much to gain.

[carlisle1]

After all the drama and the hype, I hope the fight will be up to our expectations. This will start another boxing is dead argument if the fight is as boring as Floyd versus Manny.

Maybe that is Dana and Conor's real plan.

if this will end differently from the fight between manny and Floyd maybe it will bring new spices to the boxing industry but if this turned to the same pattern
maybe boxing is really just a place where gamblers will have a chance to double or lose their money in an instant fight. lets see and hope that the drama
will be an entertaining one.

[gabmen]

McGregor's will win for sure 

Are you willing to bet a finger on it dude? I'm not gonna be confident though i believe he has a legitimate chance, but floyd would still be hands down the favorite to win this througha defensive technical hugging and running contest

[boumalo]

Mayweather has only been retired for 2 years and is 40 years old, the fact that he has been saying that beating Mcgregor will be very hard shows he is very confident that he will win and wanted to increase the interest on the fight since he directly benefit from it through his share of the PPV and tickets sells.

If Mayweather wins and it's financially a huge result, they can do a rematch in the octagon, if he happens to loose it could be a boxe rematch then if mayweather wins the rematch an octagon third match.

I still bet a little bit on Mcgregor ;-)