UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor Prediction and Info Thread

[darklus123]

^  Alvarez!  That's the name I missed when I was thinking of the best opponents worthy to be mentioned in McGregor's resumé.  With Khabib I think he has like only a couple that's a worthy mention.  RDA, Barboza and Michael Johnson...?

Khabib's finish rate is unlike Conor but he is indeed an overall fighther which makes him very dangerous. If i am not mistaken only the fight between Johnson was the TKO and the rest was a una decision.

He also got choked by diaz and lost. Mendez was punching him on the ground for a few min and left him a bloody eye. I think that Khabib having McGregor in the same position that Mendez had him would end the fight. Did you see him work? He's so methodical people hardly ever are able to defend. Let's not forget that Conor lost some fights in his career. It's 21-3 vs 26-0. I hope that Conor wins because I like his style but he's an underdog in this fight.

Indeed conor is the underdog but the scariest underdog maybe that Khabib's every faces. Well I still wonder why conor is the underdog here. Having a two title is a lesser is for me a better achievement than a no loss i guess?

[bbc.reporter]

@darklus123. Conor is still the underdog because the better part of the early bets might be for Khabib made by the professional sportsbettors. But once the new press conference tomorrow is over, I would expect Conor's hype to take over and the casual fans to start pouring money on him.

Also, there's the Irish mafia who would back Conor 100% hehehe. The odds might be closer on Saturday.

[darklus123]

@darklus123. Conor is still the underdog because the better part of the early bets might be for Khabib made by the professional sportsbettors. But once the new press conference tomorrow is over, I would expect Conor's hype to take over and the casual fans to start pouring money on him.

Also, there's the Irish mafia who would back Conor 100% hehehe. The odds might be closer on Saturday.

Was that the official odds with this match? Or that is just based on the sports betting sites?  I have seen before that most of the fights of conor he always gets the high odds stats. It even reaches to -950 during his fight with Siver. Only the fight between Floyd and him makes him underdog but since that is boxing its a whole different story.

I'll probably wait for that Iris mafia you were talking about lol. Let's see if how are their money affects the stats.

[btc_angela]

@darklus123. Conor is still the underdog because the better part of the early bets might be for Khabib made by the professional sportsbettors. But once the new press conference tomorrow is over, I would expect Conor's hype to take over and the casual fans to start pouring money on him.

Also, there's the Irish mafia who would back Conor 100% hehehe. The odds might be closer on Saturday.

Right. But I would like to see Conor being the underdog, because I like him to win hehehe. I'm not sure about the Irish mafia, but we all know that Irish is 100% behind him. And I'm sure that the hype is already building and I would go who's the underdog on this fight (hopefully its McGregor).

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[btctalk4life]

@darklus123. Conor is still the underdog because the better part of the early bets might be for Khabib made by the professional sportsbettors. But once the new press conference tomorrow is over, I would expect Conor's hype to take over and the casual fans to start pouring money on him.

Also, there's the Irish mafia who would back Conor 100% hehehe. The odds might be closer on Saturday.

Right. But I would like to see Conor being the underdog, because I like him to win hehehe. I'm not sure about the Irish mafia, but we all know that Irish is 100% behind him. And I'm sure that the hype is already building and I would go who's the underdog on this fight (hopefully its McGregor).

The odds is so high though for McGregor, i think it's really worth to bet him. Irish obviously 100% cheer for McGregor. I still believe McGregor can win this match.

[tokeweed]

Sup guys, here's another round of vids.  Lol.  The first one is obv a promotional (read:  hype) video, but I still recommend you guys watch it.  It's entertaining as f*ck.

The other two are really informative and could help you decide on who to make a bet on, I guess...  Enjoy.  

UFC 229:  Bad Blood - Khabib vs McGregor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwrGm2PTs5U

Joe Rogan's Podcast with Brendan Schaub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoVXS7e0NRw

BJJ Scout:  Khabib vs McGregor Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlvcF2AyZOY

[bbc.reporter]

@darklus123. Conor is still the underdog because the better part of the early bets might be for Khabib made by the professional sportsbettors. But once the new press conference tomorrow is over, I would expect Conor's hype to take over and the casual fans to start pouring money on him.

Also, there's the Irish mafia who would back Conor 100% hehehe. The odds might be closer on Saturday.

Was that the official odds with this match? Or that is just based on the sports betting sites?  I have seen before that most of the fights of conor he always gets the high odds stats. It even reaches to -950 during his fight with Siver. Only the fight between Floyd and him makes him underdog but since that is boxing its a whole different story.

I'll probably wait for that Iris mafia you were talking about lol. Let's see if how are their money affects the stats.

Where do you get your official odds from? The leading sportsbooks have always been the source of the odds because they are setting up a market for bets on each market.

Also, I reckon the sportsbooks' research are more official than your official oddsmakers because they will lose money if they predict them wrong hehehe.

[bitcoinmaster44]

McGregor will lose. I believe that his break was way too long. Plus I don't like him anymore. He is more a showman than a real fighter.

[btctalk4life]

McGregor will lose. I believe that his break was way too long. Plus I don't like him anymore. He is more a showman than a real fighter.

McGregor always trashtalking but somehow he always back it up, but let's see with this match against Khabib. I still believe McGregor can win this fight.

[darklus123]

Where do you get your official odds from? The leading sportsbooks have always been the source of the odds because they are setting up a market for bets on each market.

Also, I reckon the sportsbooks' research are more official than your official oddsmakers because they will lose money if they predict them wrong hehehe.

I have been watching odds from oddshark most of the time. Oddshark is getting datas from  Betonline, Sportsbetting, bet365 and betfair. After collecting they compile all odds for comparison.

Apparently,

Conor McGregor +130
Khabib Nurmagomedov -160


https://www.oddsshark.com/ufc/ufc-conor-mcgregor-vs-khabib-nurmagomedov-betting-odds

Sup guys, here's another round of vids.  Lol.  The first one is obv a promotional (read:  hype) video, but I still recommend you guys watch it.  It's entertaining as f*ck.

The other two are really informative and could help you decide on who to make a bet on, I guess...  Enjoy.  

the UFC229 Bad Blood is intead entertaining.  I like the part where Conor said " He is not a pure champion. He got his belt competing an unnamed fighter. Now the real champion is back"

[Jating]

McGregor will lose. I believe that his break was way too long. Plus I don't like him anymore. He is more a showman than a real fighter.

McGregor always trashtalking but somehow he always back it up, but let's see with this match against Khabib. I still believe McGregor can win this fight.

Yes, I agree. He can do all the trash talked because he has the tools to back it up.

I remember Reggie Miller referencing Michael Jordan's trash talking in the NBA. He says in the line that if its someone other than Michael Jordan, he would just laugh if off. But knowing Jordan, he was psychologically affected because Michael will just toy with them all night long.

McGregor is on the same breath. Just look at Aldo's reaction and how Conor ruin him in seconds. And Aldo was not the same anymore after that one punch.

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[NightSabre]

McGregor will lose. I believe that his break was way too long. Plus I don't like him anymore. He is more a showman than a real fighter.

McGregor always trashtalking but somehow he always back it up, but let's see with this match against Khabib. I still believe McGregor can win this fight.

Yes, I agree. He can do all the trash talked because he has the tools to back it up.

I remember Reggie Miller referencing Michael Jordan's trash talking in the NBA. He says in the line that if its someone other than Michael Jordan, he would just laugh if off. But knowing Jordan, he was psychologically affected because Michael will just toy with them all night long.

McGregor is on the same breath. Just look at Aldo's reaction and how Conor ruin him in seconds. And Aldo was not the same anymore after that one punch.

Yeah for the Aldo fight Connor really seemed to get under his skin during the first promo tour and in the run up to the main event, really quite impressive mind games.

I can still remember Aldo's face when Connor grabbed his belt at the press conference in Ireland. The guy probably knew he was being used by Dana and UFC to make Connor the new poster boy and it seemed like it was on his mind like "Am I being set up to lose?"

I mean even their ring entrances were chalk and cheese. Connor all hyped up and motivated, Aldo standing quietly in his corner staring at the ground.

[Baofeng]

Body language breakdown of Khabib/Conor press conference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FcH9zEDzTg

I watched this video and I don't know if I'm going to take this guy seriously or the dude is completely nuts. But I do like what he see on Khabib's uncanny sort of reaction during their face-to-face. Khabib seems standing there with no reaction whatsoever when Conor keeps on talking on his face. That is the complete opposite of Khabib, so the that round goes to Conor.

[tokeweed]

^ Then you prolly still don't get how McGregor his camp think.  His bs erratic behavior before fights is just that, bs.  That's what he wants to make you think.  He's toying with his opponents the same as Ali did in boxing.

And it's really brilliant.  I mean if you were duped into thinking that it's all 'over confidence' then I guess it's working.  Lol.

[angel55]

^ Then you prolly still don't get how McGregor his camp think.  His bs erratic behavior before fights is just that, bs.  That's what he wants to make you think.  He's toying with his opponents the same as Ali did in boxing.

And it's really brilliant.  I mean if you were duped into thinking that it's all 'over confidence' then I guess it's working.  Lol.

It's all about promotion and creating drama.  I doubt this guy really acts like this normally, hes just putting on a show to sell tickets.  Just like those "fights" at the weigh ins, its just so ridiculous what they do to hype boxing and ufc matches.  Reminds me of the WWE.

[tokeweed]

^  And that.  He's trying to sell the event guys.  Enjoy it.  

But the good thing for him is it all works in his favor.  He gets to play the mind games, he gets to sell the event, and he gets to sell his new whiskey.  Lololol.

And there was a quick moment in that press conference when he was being himself when he was making a comment about Diaz and Poirier on UFC 230.

[kurian]

^  And that.  He's trying to sell the event guys.  Enjoy it.  

But the good thing for him is it all works in his favor.  He gets to play the mind games, he gets to sell the event, and he gets to sell his new whiskey.  Lololol.

And there was a quick moment in that press conference when he was being himself when he was making a comment about Diaz and Poirier on UFC 230.

Good to see that he answered like a human. 

[darklus123]

Latest update here during wigh in.
Conor again is making new scenes haha. His late and khabib somehow thinks of leaving if conor wouldn't be thwre in a few minutes

https://youtu.be/_dl-8iKzohI