Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone [JAN 2020] Discussion

[aioc]

I'm really not interested in McGregor anymore. He talks big game and then gets stomped at every major fight.

He got whooped by Diaz, absolutely mauled by Khabib and Mayweather gave him a schooling.

People should stop paying attention to this loudmouth.

That's pure marketing. Kind of overdone and messy, though. And it is one thing to market something that has a hundred percent guarantee and quite another to just market it, create too much hype around it, but end up a total dud. Connor has consistently been the latter in his recent fights. His mouth is doing all the perfect talking, but his performance falls short of the walking. But at least the tickets are selling like hot cakes, or are they?

The ticket is indeed selling because of the rivalry and because of his opponent who is both box office attraction, two consecutive fights and the many controversies that haunts him, it's time for Connor to get back in a much easier, and that is picking a lesser opponent in Cerrone, Cerrone was good but I don't think he is at it's best right now, not unlike in the past, but let's see they might be an upset here.

[nydiacaskey01]

This fight is just a to put the Irish man back in condition and in the spot light in preparation for a bigger fight. It is known that he is eyeing for a fight with Masvidal. Masvidal as been in the news lately with his awesome victory with Askren and Diaz. But this fight with the Cowboy is not going to be a walk in the park for the Notorious as we have seen Donald Cerrone is doing good lately except for his light fight. Before losing to Ferguson and Gaethje, he is on a 3 win streak.

[NavI_027]

But this fight with the Cowboy is not going to be a walk in the park for the Notorious as we have seen Donald Cerrone is doing good lately except for his light fight. Before losing to Ferguson and Gaethje, he is on a 3 win streak.

Yeah! That last 2 matches of him were very upsetting. But past is past, Cerrone could reclaim his glory if he able to beat a big fish like McGregor — just a single precise and right-timed Cowboy kick is all he need. Conor will definitely have a hard time to surpass such strong opponent but I'm sure he is happier tho simply because Cerrone is also a Striker like him and not a Submissioner which annoys him for real .

Anyway, why seems the crowd suddenly lose interest on Khabib vs Ferguson fight after this upcoming match announced? Lmao .

[GreatArkansas]

Well, Conor McGregor is here again with 21-4-0 records.
Conor McGregor is kinda hot now with different issues especially on his previous lost on boxing against Floyd Mayweather.
But I am still rooting for Conor McGregor a win this now.
Conor has the advantage in reach with 74inches while Donald Cerrone has only 73inches, but that 1 inches advantage is not so big deal for Cerrone for sure.

[Patatas]

Well, Conor McGregor is here again with 21-4-0 records.
Conor McGregor is kinda hot now with different issues especially on his previous lost on boxing against Floyd Mayweather.
But I am still rooting for Conor McGregor a win this now.
Conor has the advantage in reach with 74inches while Donald Cerrone has only 73inches, but that 1 inches advantage is not so big deal for Cerrone for sure.

His previous loss wasn’t Floyd Mayweather but Khabib. I’m not sure what you’re talking about with that 73 inches thing but Conor has clearly knocked out boxers way taller than him very easily. Take Nate Diaz for instance. Most of the replies in the thread favour Conner anyway.

[NavI_027]

I’m not sure what you’re talking about with that 73 inches thing

He is pertaining about the 1 inch reach advantage of of Conor despite being shorter by 2 inches in height (Cowboy is 6'1"  while Conor is just 5'9")

but Conor has clearly knocked out boxers way taller than him very easily. Take Nate Diaz for instance.

Ahemm, I just want to make a correction, he didn't knocked out Nate Diaz. His last match with him ended in majority decision.

Most of the replies in the thread favour Conner anyway.

Of course, that's expected because of the legacy he established in the sport of MMA. For me he is considered as the people's champ — the crowd favorite. HOWEVER all of your support doesn't greatly matter when he is now inside the octagon (to Cowboy as well). His fate is already in his fists and if he really want to beat an opponent as deadly as him then he must outsmart and never ever let Cowboy take him down because we all knew how weak he is in the ground .

[Ziskinberg]

I like Conor when he is an underdog in the fight, but at this time, I think I will go against him.
Actually, wrong... I once bet against him when he fought against Khabib, I remember he was an underdog that time, but I did get a 50/50 betting on khabib with my friends, so opted not to bet in sportsbook and bet on Khabib and of course I won, that fight Conor clearly loss and he was dominated by Khabib. I am not sure if he will come back this time, but he is the favorites, so no for me.

[notblox1]

I doubt we can ever see some good performance from Conor McGregor,
except maybe outside the octagon with his bs talking.
I will bet on Cerrone this time

[dothebeats]

Conor's grace inside the Octagon will never be the same again after his bout and beef with Khabib, and loss to a boxing match against Mayweather. If anything, this is just more of a money-making fight to the Irishman than a classic case of an actual fight. I'm still wondering whether McGregor would be back to his old form of a gritty and a respectful fighter? Perhaps not, so in his match against Cerrone, I'll probably skip the event and just watch how Conor would redeem himself.

[Patatas]

Conor's grace inside the Octagon will never be the same again after his bout and beef with Khabib, and loss to a boxing match against Mayweather. If anything, this is just more of a money-making fight to the Irishman than a classic case of an actual fight. I'm still wondering whether McGregor would be back to his old form of a gritty and a respectful fighter? Perhaps not, so in his match against Cerrone, I'll probably skip the event and just watch how Conor would redeem himself.

If you look at it this way, a fight is just a fight and a sport, he lost to Khabib because Khabib came out as strong. That doesn’t mean Conor is weak, it’s a game, someone had to lose. Fight with Floyd was more like a hyped fixed event than anything. Why would they put an MMA fighter against a boxer in a ring? The cards were totally in favour  of Floyd. Conor lost a couple of games and suddenly everybody believes he’s not a strong fighter. It’s a game lads don’t take it personal or make assumptions by looking at his personal life.

[eaLiTy]

I like Conor when he is an underdog in the fight, but at this time, I think I will go against him.
 

When he first burst into the scene majority of the times Conor McGregor was the underdog and no one expected him to defeat Chad Mendes even though it was a short time replacement because of his wrestling pedigree but Mendes gassed out in the later round after taking Conor down and he won by knockout and then he skipped Frankie Edgar and fought for the title and everyone thought Jose Aldo will smash his legs and he will make him quit but it was an unexpected 13 second knockout and then when he went up against Eddie Alvarez everyone thought it will be a close fight but Conor dominated him thoroughly.

[TopTort777]

According to Conors instagram, he recently had a whiskey promotional tour and didnt train much.
2 months till the fight. Will he get properly prepared for it?

Or Donald will give him a “proper” beating?

[bbc.reporter]

There are a lot of hate towards Conor McGregor in the forum and i wonder whether he will be able to pull the same numbers like he used to do in the past

When McGregor came into the UFC the entire crowd was behind him as he was entertaining and was winning fights and he was a mystic mac. he might have fast tracked and got title opportunities because of his huge number of fan followings and if you start behaving like a dick you are portraying the entire country in a bad light as everyone is a dick and that will reflect in his fan following after that.

In any case, the skeptical me is thinking that punching the old man was a set up and all the other bad news about him was created by him conciously for everyone to hate him to make himself remain relevant in the game.

That would be a million dollar stunt as i am sure he settled the old man after that, if you are famous and rich and if you start getting into trouble everyone will be having the share of the free money.

It might be less than a million dollar stunt because the old man might be part of the stunt hehehe. It might also be a trick to cause a certain Russian fighter mad at him and fight him.

This is only the skeptical me speculating hehehe.

[AmoreJaz]

According to Conors instagram, he recently had a whiskey promotional tour and didnt train much.
2 months till the fight. Will he get properly prepared for it?

Or Donald will give him a “proper” beating?

if Cerrone will use this opportunity and be totally prepared as compared to mcgregor, more then likely he will beat conor. good training has significant impact when you are already inside the battle.
if conor will continue what he's doing right now. i dont think he will redeem himself. but who knows, he might be doing his rigid training without so much media hype. lets see what the results of this fight will be...

[notblox1]

if Cerrone will use this opportunity and be totally prepared as compared to mcgregor, more then likely he will beat conor. good training has significant impact when you are already inside the battle.
if conor will continue what he's doing right now. i dont think he will redeem himself. but who knows, he might be doing his rigid training without so much media hype. lets see what the results of this fight will be...

Only way McGregor can win here is if he gets in Cerrone head, and if Cerrone is not6 100% healthy.
In all other situation I don't see how 2020 McGregor can win here

[NavI_027]

According to Conors instagram, he recently had a whiskey promotional tour and didnt train much.
2 months till the fight. Will he get properly prepared for it?

Oh really? Hmm, it smells like Conor comes nearer and nearer to showbiz huh? I say so because advertising is a great gateway for it .

But going back to your question. Whatever you'll say, a fighter should already focus on his training especially that his fight comes very soon. Whether the whiskey promotion only took a day or even greater than that, it was a big loss ~ his opponent was already considered ahead of him. Time is very important, you can't catch it up. Yeah! Conor might double his time on training but the question is, "Is that even healthy"? I don't think so because our body automatically refuses over fatigue. I just hope it will not affect his training at all for him able to give us a good fight .

[Darker45]

According to Conors instagram, he recently had a whiskey promotional tour and didnt train much.
2 months till the fight. Will he get properly prepared for it?

Oh really? Hmm, it smells like Conor comes nearer and nearer to showbiz huh? I say so because advertising is a great gateway for it .

But going back to your question. Whatever you'll say, a fighter should already focus on his training especially that his fight comes very soon. Whether the whiskey promotion only took a day or even greater than that, it was a big loss ~ his opponent was already considered ahead of him. Time is very important, you can't catch it up. Yeah! Conor might double his time on training but the question is, "Is that even healthy"? I don't think so because our body automatically refuses over fatigue. I just hope it will not affect his training at all for him able to give us a good fight .

That simply means Conor is treating Cerrone as a weak opponent. That is a clear case of underestimating Cerrone which, for me, is quite understandable given that Cerrone is already in the fading phase of his fighting career. Cerrone may not really be a big deal in Conor's path. Again, that's understandable. But more than a year of inactivity, less training and more blabbing, too lax and laid back, and so forth are enough to teach Conor a lesson the hard way.

[ene1980]

Only way McGregor can win here is if he gets in Cerrone head, and if Cerrone is not6 100% healthy.
In all other situation I don't see how 2020 McGregor can win here

I am certain that Conor McGregor will piss Donald Cerrone with his trash talking and that will get into his head and might affect his performance like the rest of the fighters, only Khabib was the exception in that category as the trash talking did not affect him one bit and so does Nate Diaz and if you look at the rest of the fighters, everyone was pissed off and wanted to punish Conor and they usually forget their game plan when they are in the cage. If Cerrone can hold is nerve then it will be a different fight.

[cabron]

Only way McGregor can win here is if he gets in Cerrone head, and if Cerrone is not6 100% healthy.
In all other situation I don't see how 2020 McGregor can win here

I am certain that Conor McGregor will piss Donald Cerrone with his trash talking and that will get into his head and might affect his performance like the rest of the fighters, only Khabib was the exception in that category as the trash talking did not affect him one bit and so does Nate Diaz and if you look at the rest of the fighters, everyone was pissed off and wanted to punish Conor and they usually forget their game plan when they are in the cage. If Cerrone can hold is nerve then it will be a different fight.

This is just going to be a clown show for Conor.  Cerrone isn't fun of trash talk but I'd like to see Cerrone knock the him dead for Conor's career end. Both of them are almost 40 or past prime so they better hurry show all what left of them. This will probably take 3 rounds before there will be a knock out, I can expect Conor who can't last that long.

[Asuspawer09]

The fight was a welterweight, I think Conor has a really strong start at all of his matches but pretty much making the match longer surely will result in Conor will lose.
This two have a history in the past, most of the time outcome will result to Connor McGregor will win, but Conor McGregor got injured in the past years and Conor only fight 1 in the past 3 years and i think it is a very big disadvantage to him even I don't think that Conor McGregor cannot condition himself for this fight. Cerrone doesn't punch long Conor just need to land a left hand to him.