Conor takes him down at will
Tony is like a cocaine Nate. He is a better, well rounded, more agressive and durable fighter who talks smack and gets into his opponent's head. If Conor can't land a finishing blow early then Tony's pace will gas Conor fast like he always does and drown.
Not a Conor fan, but I respect his abilities. Very interesting fight that could go either way.
Either Conor lights Tony up on the feet early or Tony somehow gets Conor on the ground and mauls him. All it takes is one instance of Tony doing damage to Conor on the ground and he'll be diminished. I could actually see Tony lighting Conor up on the feet after 2 or 3 successful takedowns/guard pulls. But if Conor scores a knock down early you know he won't get baited into going to the ground...he'll just try to repeat the cycle and will probably be successful at it.
Smart money would be for Tony to spam leg kicks and body kicks for the first round, forget about punching which would open bigger holes to get countered. I've never seen anyone attempt to chew up Conor's lead leg....and we know what body shots (kicks) would do.
I don't care who wins, just make it happen ffs
It is and it isn't. It really depends on how he fights, if he chooses to grapple than Conor will be done within two rounds. Same story with Lee, if he thinks that he can strike with Conor then he will get slept.If Tony is the biggest threat outside of Lee and Khabib, that sets him back pretty far actually because you gotta put Nate ahead of Tony too then because Nate actually beat him once. So now Tony becomes the forth bigges threat im the division. Is that even a compliment?
It is and it isn't. It really depends on how he fights, if he chooses to grapple than Conor will be done within two rounds. Same story with Lee, if he thinks that he can strike with Conor then he will get slept.
I know that Conor has already beaten Mendes, but Lee and Khabib are stronger and have better grappling than Mendes does, and with a full camp should finish Conor. I only put the more pure grapplers ahead of him, as grappling is Conor's weakness, and it isn't guaranteed that Ferguson will want to grapple.
Well, you fall into all kinds of things when you're gassed and don't have enough energy to explode out.I don’t know if Lee has better grappling than Mendes but hopefully we find out someday if Chad ever comes back. I can’t imagine Chad fall into that armbar attempt or that triangle finish. Looks like Chad is still in the gym training so that could be a fun matchup.
Conor doesn’t have a good habits when he starts to tire? Maybe not in the first Diaz fight but he obviously adjusted because he went 5 rounds in the rematch even though he supposedly was gassed by the second round. Sounds more like he evolved and learned from fight 1 to the rematch.
Well, you fall into all kinds of things when you're gassed and don't have enough energy to explode out.
I think Lee has better grappling overall because he has actually been able to show it off vs good opponents. He can pass, mount and submit, he is almost impossible to kick off. Mendes has good wrestling, but iirc, that is as far as his game goes. He has a guillotine, but that is really it.
He’s way too hittable and wild. Conor’s striking is so accurate, Tony would be a punching bag. Unless Tony develops a blast double at the level of a Chad Mendes, easy win for Conor.
Nate was a punching bag, still finished Conor and took him to his limit in the rematch. Conor is not unbeatable, especially with that gas tank.
Slow down there buddy. Conor got finished by nate and barely got past him the second time. El cucuy is better than nate by the way.
Conor isnt some untouchable god hes very beatable, all you have to do is survive the first 2 rounds then he always starts to fade.
Tony has a tough chin. And once the fight gets to the canvas....Conor is gonna gasping.