Did Donald Dive? (Gifs inside)

[K-Town Punk]

We've heard those claims every single time Conor won a fight since after the Siver fight. Mendes took a dive, then Aldo took a dive, then Alvarez took a dive. The only time the UFC apparently forgot to fix the fight was when it was competitive or McGregor got finished. But such claims are to be expected in big combat sports events. Especially those who dislike the winning fighter passionately will tell themselves it had to be a fix and no evidence in the world could convince them otherwise, we've seen that happen in boxing for ages.

 

[mikesalami]

After Conor missed the initial punch it didn't look like Cowboy tried to do a thing.

 

[shococham]

Those are world class shoulder strikes. Donald has taken the biggest shots from the best fighters. Only Conor did that....

yes Conor should be an NFL linemen.

 

[Fahcough]

At least Robbie sold it like he was gonna pretend to fight back

 

[sypher]

Just what happens when you have a round 1 sloth against someone who is a front runner and is going to take advantage of that.

Caught him cold and never let him recover. Good finish by McGregor

 

[ThaiSexPills]

A chinny, 37 year old gatekeeper got clipped by one of the best strikers ever. Conor was a terrible style matchup for him as well. There was no way he’d ever win this.

Cowboy fans can be salty all they want but if you’re a chinny, slow starter who folds under pressure, you’re not beating Conor McGregor

 

[MirRocksFedor]

yes Conor should be an NFL linemen.

Why would he take a pay cut?

 

[milliniar]

Donald loses the big fights. It is known.

 

[evergreenrider]

Can't really say someone got knocked the fuck out if they didn't get knocked out, bud.

It looked fishy. That headkick didn't seem particularly strong in the slow motion. Cerrone collected a check. Not gonna be bold enough to say he took a dive though.

It was a toe kick. Nothing solid landed on that

 

[Lo Pan]

Yes, I do strongly believe that was fixed.

 

[Herwald]

I'm leaning more towards no. Unfortunately, Cowboy's old and chokeish. Till, Leon Scott, Gaethje, Mas, Tony, Nate and now Conor - all of the relevant names now have a win over him.

 

[Mga223]

Conor landed good strikes but it looked a lot like like Rampage vs Fedor. Like Cowboy was gonna look for a soft place to land as soon as he got hit with anything good. He never even tried to fight back.

Yea fixed and dived are different.

Fixed would mean conor was in on it where as dive is the opponent looking for a way out quickly.

 

[ChangeIsComing]

Will this shit ever end? No...he didnt take a dive he had his fash smashed in lol....

 

[BoTyson]

He didn't dive, he got fucked up by a much better fighter on a different level.

 

[xMaxPower]

to yall saying "he took a real beating, it wasnt fixed"
just because he took a beating, doesnt mean its not fixed. they cant risk making it look fake.
It means Cerrone got paid ALOT under the table...
By Conor himself or the UFC.

 

[podsox]

That head kick landed fucking clean

 

[Mikeyz]

He dove alright....... Face first into McGregor’s shoulder.

 

[NoSmilez]

This is a black belt who landed on the ground and just covered up. He didn't even try to grab a leg or regain guard. It's like one man got paid to be a punching bag and the other one didn't know. Even the shoulder check isn't a hard move to block in the clinch. If you have your hands correctly in the right position; you might get hit by that move once and then it doesn't happen again.

 

[Source]

I’m not sure what Cowboy was doing in the clinch, but he didn’t dive.

 

[Khabib Fan]

Conor vs Cowboy was a bit of bullshit.

Given that, Conor did what he needed to do. Good job.

 

[HHJ]

I dont know. But I do know you cant win a fight if you dont have any defense or offense.

 

[K-Bag]

cOwBoY tOoK a DiVe!!