The Official UFC Thread

[Medic]

Cakewalk for McGregor.

Only Nate and Khabib could actually go toe to toe with the maddest and baddest man in all of UFC history

those 4 punches to put him down and the first two when he hit the ground were clinical. unreal accuracy

[DrinkingHarp]

That left hand is lethal!!!

"Where is my fookin second belt?"......Classic

[gallsman]

An absolute masterclass. Eddie was awful.

[Asal Mor]

What do people of Nurmagomedov who won impressively on the undercard and said

"I want to stay humble but I have to talk because your guys talk too much. I understand how crazy powerful the UFC PR machine is," he said
"Your guy [Conor McGregor], at the beginning of the year tapped like a chicken [to Nate Diaz]. At the end of the year, he fights for the title - crazy. You know, guys, this is true. This is not trash-talking.

"Ireland only has six million people, Russia has 150 million. I want to fight your chicken! This is number one easy fight in the lightweight division."

There's also a youtube clip of an altercation between McGregor and him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTNw7FEu3G0

You'd suspect that the altercation was staged which would mean that McGregor sees him as being one of his next fights.

[gallsman]

Khabib has a chip on his about not fighting for the title. He was undisputed number one contender before he got hurt and absolutely savaged RDA, suplexing him all over the place. He came back in April after two years of injuries and has been utterly dominant in every fight he's had. He's had to adjust to this new reality where McGregor picks his fights. Either he or Tony Ferguson are legit number one contenders in the division but Khabib probably figures (probably correctly) that a McGregor win this morning would see him passed over again in favour of Diaz, a fighter ranked below him. He's simply trying to talk his way into being next in line.

[gallsman]

Only Nate and Khabib could actually go toe to toe with the maddest and baddest man in all of UFC history

Please, that level of sycophancy is just embarrassing.

[theticklemister]

Ironic that the man enters to Foggy Dew and wears a poppy

[Tony Baloney]

Imagine spending a fortune flying to New York for that dung. I suppose you could say the same about boxing too.

[JimStynes]

I'm not a massive UFC fan but I wouldnt say that was dung. There was a lot of cracking fights on that card and would have been a great event to go to.

[Syferus]

Making a case as the GoAT now. He's brought MMA to another level.

[JoG2]

Imagine spending a fortune flying to New York for that dung. I suppose you could say the same about boxing too.

But you're still in New York!  Every cloud Tony. 

[Hound]

I'm not a massive UFC fan but I wouldnt say that was dung. There was a lot of cracking fights on that card and would have been a great event to go to.

I doubt there's ever been a better card of fights in any combat sports event.

So many fights can go either way. And then McGregor puts on a pure masterclass to destroy a world champion. Fantastic.

He's a clear Irish sportsman of the year, but doubt he'll pick up any awards, given our incompetent Irish media.

[AZOffaly]

Making a case as the GoAT now. He's brought MMA to another level.

What's Greatest of All Time in UFC? How long is MMA around? (Not being smart, just curious). I certainly hadn't heard of it until maybe 6 or 7 years ago, I think I saw it on Eurosport or something and couldn't believe it was allowed!!

[93-DY-SAM]

Making a case as the GoAT now. He's brought MMA to another level.

What's Greatest of All Time in UFC? How long is MMA around? (Not being smart, just curious). I certainly hadn't heard of it until maybe 6 or 7 years ago, I think I saw it on Eurosport or something and couldn't believe it was allowed!!

UFC has been around since 1993.

[AZOffaly]

Presumably MMA has been around longer than that?