UFC 257 Main Event: McGregor vs. Poirier [Prediction and Discussion]

[mk4]

By the way, why put off your bet? Are you planning to go live betting on this?

Stopped sports betting because I spent a lot of time in the past watching sports/eSports because of my bets instead of doing things that are more productive.

As for this fight specifically, planning on going small on Poirier. I'll just wait until a week before the event so I can know how busy or not busy I am at the time of the fight.

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[madnessteat]

Dustin is not just an ordinary fighter and he just won the last fight last June.

But even it's 6 years ago when McGregor pulverizes him, and others will say that Dustin improved, McGregor also improved on the way.

I won't be attracted to Dustin's odds as looking at all sides, I don't see any upset here. I might bet for a Decision instead of TKO if there's an available bet.

This is fight a 5 round fight, I am very certain that this will not be a decision hehe. It might be Conor with a knockout or Dustin with a technical knockout or a submission.

On improvements of each, I reckon Dustin had more improvement than Conor. Dustin also has the correct mental attitude. In Conor we cannot be certain anymore.

Conor McGregor may not have the necessary level of self-control and very often he is a very inappropriate antics and attacks on other fighters, but he is able to bring together a huge audience of fans and have spectacular fights. Conor McGregor's career as well as Dustin Poirier's is developing very rapidly and each of them has improved. Well, which one of them will win we will soon find out.

[eaLiTy]

Conor McGregor may not have the necessary level of self-control and very often he is a very inappropriate antics and attacks on other fighters, but he is able to bring together a huge audience of fans and have spectacular fights. Conor McGregor's career as well as Dustin Poirier's is developing very rapidly and each of them has improved.

Conor McGregor is one of the best fight promoter in the world with his word sparring against his opponent and that will help in attaining a huge fan base. The career of Conor McGregor is not developing like Dustin Poirier, he is always avoiding tough fights throughout his career and never defended any of his belts even though he changed the sports of MMA for good.

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Conor McGregor may not have the necessary level of self-control and very often he is a very inappropriate antics and attacks on other fighters, but he is able to bring together a huge audience of fans and have spectacular fights. Conor McGregor's career as well as Dustin Poirier's is developing very rapidly and each of them has improved.

Conor McGregor is one of the best fight promoter in the world with his word sparring against his opponent and that will help in attaining a huge fan base. The career of Conor McGregor is not developing like Dustin Poirier, he is always avoiding tough fights throughout his career and never defended any of his belts even though he changed the sports of MMA for good.

Conor is an entertainer. He knows how to handle the crowd, knows how to market a fight, knows how to make an upcoming match very heated, and most of all knows how to make money. A lot of fans are attracted by his aggressive attitude toward the opponent.

By the way, I have suggested this match for prediction in Futuur. And now it is already available with Conor winning the fight 64% while Dustin winning is 36%. Those are not so bad percentages but it is clear who the favorite is.

[kotajikikox]

Definitely For McGregor in this one, I have some funds to use now from the Bullrun so This is a Sure win though Poirier is also one of the toughest that Connor had faced and this Rival took long years to Put in the octagon again so it's worth betting and watching.

Right now, my gut is saying bet fight not to go the distance.  It's either going to be an under round 2 KO for Connor or an over round 2 Sub/KO for Dustin.  I just can't imagine this fight going the distance.  Biggest question will be who controls the pace.

Upon their recent fights ? I guess it will be connor to dominate the Game ,Not unless His Mood will change that same day lets see what comes.

[Saint-loup]

By the way, why put off your bet? Are you planning to go live betting on this?

Stopped sports betting because I spent a lot of time in the past watching sports/eSports because of my bets instead of doing things that are more productive.

As for this fight specifically, planning on going small on Poirier. I'll just wait until a week before the event so I can know how busy or not busy I am at the time of the fight.

esports? You were even watching esport contests?
It's funnier to watch a match when you bet on it but if you only bet to make money it's better to focus on your money management and avoid to get emotional by acting like a supporter IMO. Live score is generally available on internet for most of events.

[7788bitcoin]

Conor McGregor may not have the necessary level of self-control and very often he is a very inappropriate antics and attacks on other fighters, but he is able to bring together a huge audience of fans and have spectacular fights.

The antics of Conor McGregor made him many fans but his last two fights especially against Floyd Mayweather and Khabib Nurmagomedov he crossed the limit where he was targeting family race and religion which is not funny and he got defeated badly in those two fights and he knew the level of competition he was facing and he went over the line but against Poirier i am not expecting that kind of antics because of the backlash he faced but i am expecting an entertaining media day.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Upon their recent fights ? I guess it will be connor to dominate the Game ,Not unless His Mood will change that same day lets see what comes.

I did not understand what mood you are talking about. Whenever he losses he usually comes up with an excuse but mostly those are not cringy as he usually takes a loss well and the only time i saw him respond foolishly was when he lost against Khabib  .

Poirier was active for the past few years and he fought many great fights while Conor McGregor was away from the sport and Poirier have the experience and skills to take the fight till the championship rounds while Conor always struggle whenever he fails to finish the fight in the first two rounds.

[ene1980]

Whenever he losses he usually comes up with an excuse but mostly those are not cringy as he usually takes a loss well and the only time i saw him respond foolishly was when he lost against Khabib  .

The fight between Khabib and Conor was personal and Conor was silent after the fight and he usually calls for a rematch and Khabib was completely neglecting that and hence he started the cringe coming out with excuses as far as i remember.

Poirier was active for the past few years and he fought many great fights while Conor McGregor was away from the sport and Poirier have the experience and skills to take the fight till the championship rounds while Conor always struggle whenever he fails to finish the fight in the first two rounds.

Conor is away from the sport and not that active and with Khabib announcing his retirement he might see another opportunity to win the belt again so that he will be having a much bigger leverage. I am expecting a good fight and Poirier is a different fighter altogether but lets see whether Conor can play mind games just like he did in the first fight .

[peter0425]

I did not understand what mood you are talking about.

Each Players/fighters has their own Mood the Moment they are in the field to fight/compete and it is not only Conor but all of the athlete Worldwide ,maybe He is pointing about what Conor may have this time.

Whenever he losses he usually comes up with an excuse but mostly those are not cringy as he usually takes a loss well and the only time i saw him respond foolishly was when he lost against Khabib  .

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All of them has their own reasons , and none of them will just accept the reality that They Don't have the capacity of Beating the opponent directly .

[OgNasty]

I want to see McGregor win because I love that he’s a showboat. I don’t know if he will though. It seems like he’s had a lot of distractions in his life since taking that Mayweather fight. I’m reminded of Tiger Woods and his spectacular fall from atop the golf world. I’d love to see McGregor continue to dominate the UFC like he did in his incredible run to hold titles in 2 weight classes at the same time. I’m just not sure that’s in the cards for him going forward. If he loses this fight we may see him fighting Jake Paul or some other spectacle in the not so distant future.

[bitterguy28]

Poirier Must be in the Most Serious training these days ,because this  a Once in a lifetime chance to have a second try beating the same person.. So McGregor Should take this as a greatest challenge Of His life.

I'll be waiting for the Odds , i'm not deciding who's to bet .

[Sithara007]

Why everyone is silent here? Still you guys can't digest the fact that McGregor got knocked out? Anyone who made a bet in favor of Poirier would have won a fortune. I would love to see Dustin Poirier taking on Khabib Nurmagomedov next, but in all probability Khabib is not coming out of his retirement. BTW, Jake Paul has put up a few tweets mocking McGregor. I hope he will do the same to Logan Paul, after he gets all his teeth knocked out by Floyd.

[kkaroul4]

Didn't really expect that Poirier would knock out McGregor luckily I haven't able to place bet on this match event, I was really planning to place bet in favor with McGregor. I was curious if they would be having a rematch.

[Lorence.xD]

Why everyone is silent here? Still you guys can't digest the fact that McGregor got knocked out? Anyone who made a bet in favor of Poirier would have won a fortune. I would love to see Dustin Poirier taking on Khabib Nurmagomedov next, but in all probability Khabib is not coming out of his retirement. BTW, Jake Paul has put up a few tweets mocking McGregor. I hope he will do the same to Logan Paul, after he gets all his teeth knocked out by Floyd.

I did side with Poirier on this one, I compared their fighting styles and most articles says that Poirier's style seems to be the dominant one. Khabib is meeting Dana White, I think that it will be a good indicator that a fight will be happening, they just need a lot of money for Khabib to come out like how Mayweather does. Those tweets is just shouting into the void in my opinion, mocking someone that you want to challenge does not make you stronger than the guy that you want to challenge, maybe they should have a taste of fighting the octagon if they really want McGregor.

[TopTort777]

Why everyone is silent here? Still you guys can't digest the fact that McGregor got knocked out? Anyone who made a bet in favor of Poirier would have won a fortune. I would love to see Dustin Poirier taking on Khabib Nurmagomedov next, but in all probability Khabib is not coming out of his retirement. BTW, Jake Paul has put up a few tweets mocking McGregor. I hope he will do the same to Logan Paul, after he gets all his teeth knocked out by Floyd.

Khabib already submitted Poirier in the third round on ufc 242. Poirier did not show anything extra ordinary. All his kick and punches were countered and Khabin dominated with his wrestling skills. Doubt that Khabib is interested in re-match. Poirier is not the fighter to return to fight against, that is 200%

[OgNasty]

Now Mile Tyson is telling McGregor to sign on the line for his 50 million to fight Logan Paul. I don’t think Mike Tyson has been a fan of these types of fights in the past so that says a little something about how he feels about McGregor’s future in the sport. It’s hard to bill yourself as the best fighter in the world when you seem to lose every fight now...

[Noctis Connor]

Im still in shook that McGregor still defeat he got no chills maybe Gregor will be leave MMA again since he already finish with his career his getting slow too Poirier improved so much since his last fight and i know he learned it from his mistake that timing is everything and waiting for a legit shot people wouldn't expect that Poirier can defeat gregor since he make his name in the name of MMA but we can't expect the unexpected if you saw the fight gregor is receiving punch and out of breath already nothing is impossible if you train hard.

[babygun]

Didn't expect that McGregor would loose against Poirier and also all the bookmakers expected an (easy ?) win for McGregor. In the first round McGregor was better but congrats to Poirier for giving McGregor his first knockout loss in UFC. I am sure McGregor will come back for some more fights; even he looses them all, he will still have made a lot of money.

[Sithara007]

Now Mile Tyson is telling McGregor to sign on the line for his 50 million to fight Logan Paul. I don’t think Mike Tyson has been a fan of these types of fights in the past so that says a little something about how he feels about McGregor’s future in the sport. It’s hard to bill yourself as the best fighter in the world when you seem to lose every fight now...

McGregor is a joke now, after repeated failures. He needs a big win now, or his MMA career would be finished. IMO, he made a mistake by not concentrating in MMA. Venturing in to boxing was a bad move, although it was monetarily rewarding. Doing an exhibition match against Logan Paul will signal the end of McGregor's professional career. I hope he's not stupid enough to do that.