By keeping his hands up and moving

It's not Floyds style to go for a first round ko, if he does decided to go for it and throw 100 punches first round he might stop him by Conor not been able to protect himself after taking a lot of blows but two punches in the first aint gonna do it.
I'll have a €100 on Conor because that's what I bet on fight nights for an interest and I'd rather win €500 rather than €16 betting Floyd.
Will he do it prob not if he can't hurt Floyd in the first few rounds, but again I would never ever bet on a scumbag like Floyd and would love to see him get battered in the ring(which again prob won't happen) but hey crazier things have happened.

Two punches like the ones he landed on Ortiz would absolutely do it imo. Night night.

I don't think he'll try to KO him in the first because he will want to give the people a show. Although it would be hilarious if he just lights up McGregor in the first twenty seconds.

Floyd's a bad person, but after Ortiz literally jump headbutts him a minute pruor, I find it hard to have sympathy.

The worst issue is Cortez' ****ty ref work there.

I don't know, he motioned fight and said "Lets Go", seems OK to me

Let's just break down everything you have said. Overeem won the k1 world grand prix in his first ever kickboxing tournament or set of kickboxing fights, he was a mma fighter at that point & it's the same tournament he ko'd Badr Hari in.

Secondly, how can you say mma fighters train bjj at an elite level but discard their kickboxing or boxing prowess just because their an mma fighter who doesn't specialize in that particular discipline? I can assure you that neither Conor Nor Chad Mendes are elite at bjj but yet Mendes but choked out that third degree black belt & very accomplished bjj guy in that video posted earlier.


Here's another video, yes it's an mma match but most of it was on the feet & in boxing range as both guys mostly train boxing/hands & marcus davis is 17-1 as a pro boxer just so you know.



Nate diaz both out-boxed him & beat him on the ground, i'm just showing you that just because you're an mma fighter don't mean you don't train extensively on the feet & can have good boxing. Most mma guys boxing stinks but a handful are really good, including Mcgregors.

What money is in muay thai? Bjj?

The best bjj practitioners in the world...are in the UFC. The best muay thai practitioners in the world...are in the ufc. The best boxers...box.

He does, but then he positions himself almost between them, or more specifically d oesnt fully remove himself from between them, all while looking over to the scorer. That's a confusing posture during a fight, is time in or are we still waiting.

Doesn't excuse Ortiz not protecting himself at all times, but it's just a less-than-optimal job by JC.

Post fight interview was an all time tho

Yeah, good point. It's sloppy. But I mean Ortiz should 100% know that the fight has started and if he moves to hug Floyd he's relying on Floyd's good will (pro tip, don't do this). And honestly in Flyods shoes I'd be annoyed not just by the head butt by the excessive hugging.

whatever dude, we'll just have to agree to disagree. I think Conor is a novice in the sport of boxing and will get absolutely embarrassed by Floyd. Unfortunately, we're going to see a lot of these:

lol at thinking CM can just eat punches from Floyd for 12 rounds straight when a few touches from Mick Dias clearly bothered him

I am a General Contractor and my main trades are Finish Carpentry, Electrical, and Plumbing and I practice them on a consistant basis but if I had a race with a Custom cabinet guy to build a kitchen, an Electrician to wire a house/building, or a Plumber they would be a lot faster than I would be because they do it every day.

It might even be like me knowing residential electrical but not commercial electrical, we both run wires but me trying to wire up a commercial building would be be pretty.

Still not a perfect analogy, now if you were adept at one of those trades more so than the others + in a competition vs the specialist in that trade had a way to win by having the equivalent of 1shot knock out power then your argument holds. Listen, i'm not arguing that Mcgregor is better than Floyd in boxing, but you don't need to be better to win, people are giving him no shot & i'm just arguing he has a much better shot than people realize.

Keep reading how invincible Floyd is and how Conor wouldn't even be able to land a punch. YouTube the Canelo/Mayweather fight and got bored thru round 5 but they put up some graphic that Canelo had landed like 20+ Jabs alone thru that point. Canelo looked big and slow there(stuck in da mud as Conor would say). This notion that Floyd will just matrix everywhere and Conor won't even land a single punch is such laughable hyperbole imo.

almost like canelo was an undefeated champion boxer at the time of that fight

i'm sure conor will have the same success hitting floyd

lol I could take that left nate threw u ever been tired

Cardio will make any man crumble when he truly reaches his limit?

Floyd basically drained Canelos body and got him tired. I've seen CA fight he's not as intelligent or powerful of Conor

Ortiz also has a pretty weak chin fwiw

Massive lol at people who think Money loses

Bolded is why those of us who follow boxing think this is a complete joke of a matchup. Canelo is a hell of a good fighter.

does anyone itt like and/or respect mayweather, and with a rational & unbiased view, non-apologetic to MMA, think that Conor has a good chance to win?

I don't think anyone who follows both sports think Conor can win.

They are simply different sports. If they fought in UFC Conor would murder Floyd, but this is a boxing ring, and if Floyd loses I'd say it would be the biggest upset in the history of boxing. I honestly don't think it'll last 1 round. I wouldn't be surprised if it was over in the first minute.

If it's gonna be over that fast I hope he just bum rushes him McNeeley style

Actually.... Can anyone here help me put down a bet on the fight? Willing to escrow and tip. PM me if interested.

Pretty sure it came out years later than McNeeley fight was rigged. He had to lose in under 90 seconds for a bet.

That is what some boxing insider told deadspin. They did a big feature on rigging fights.

Boxing has always been notorious for being shady. It's the only reason I don't sell my wife and kid into slavery to bet this fight.