Countdown to UFC 178: McGregor vs. Poirier

[stan myaskovskiy]

I think that's a bit harsh. It's tough when the opponent has their face on the floor and he adjusted to the other side when Poirier turned. Tough situation when you're desperately looking for the finish and the opponent is face down and turning a little. Great fight either way.

Thats why I say 2. Maybe 3. The first one was very similar to GSP vs Serra and Couture vs Lesnar. They obviously were throwing hooks in every incident and just caught back of head on the level change. It is back of head but that wasnt their intention in all 3 examples.

In the 2 following striked however, where Porier was on the ground there was no way he was throwing legal strikes (imo) so at least 2 of them i thought were a bit dirty.

[Keith Kavanagh]

Thats why I say 2. Maybe 3. The first one was very similar to GSP vs Serra and Couture vs Lesnar. They obviously were throwing hooks in every incident and just caught back of head on the level change. It is back of head but that wasnt their intention in all 3 examples.

In the 2 following striked however, where Porier was on the ground there was no way he was throwing legal strikes (imo) so at least 2 of them i thought were a bit dirty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRx6R4-MUqs

I watched it a few times, there seemed to be only 1 hit to the back of the had after Poirier had fallen and then McGregor made the effort to attack the side afterwards. This stuff happens but I wouldn't blame the loss on a hit to the back of the head. McGregor came out there looking sharper than ever and did what he said, made him back off after the first exchange.

[David Rosado]

I count zero illegal shots. The only one that would be illegal missed. The hammer fist hit the other side of the head, not the back. The one that stunned Poirier landed just behind the ear, whig is a legal shot. It was a clean victory. I'm officially on the war wagon. He proved himself last night.

[Brent Smith]

I count zero illegal shots. The only one that would be illegal missed. The hammer fist hit the other side of the head, not the back. The one that stunned Poirier landed just behind the ear, whig is a legal shot. It was a clean victory. I'm officially on the war wagon. He proved himself last night.

I agree. The one that looked the closest seemed to land towards the top of the head. I imagine its hard to hit a moving target and he obviously adjusts to hit him where he's suppose to.

I love how he was talking shit through out the fight. I want to know what he was saying exactly. You could tell McGregor was in Dustin's head from the "Embedded" videos the UFC put out on the lead up to fight day. He tried to cover it up by acting tough but I could tell there was some worry there.

[Keith Kavanagh]

People are realizing the hype is backed up. He's a hard working guy, I've heard is an absolute gent in person. I believe he'll take Aldo.

[Brent Smith]

Would like to see McGregor and Cub for a number #1 contender then the winner gets Chad mini Mendes for the championship (yes I think Mendes beats Aldo in October)

[Ericp]

Frankie Edgar would kill him. Frankie creates too many angles that Conor wouldn't be able to deal with

[Brent Smith]

I like Frankie but don't know about that. Frankie would have to figure out a way to get inside that reach

[Ben Eddy]

All four of his possible matches are extremely exciting, probably the most excited I will have been for a matchup in a very long time or ever. I would love to see him vs edgar though. I'm really interested to see how his standup matches with edgars.