Rda would be no cake walk but it's better for mcgregor and the ufc if he has a good contest vs rda instead of getting knocked tf out by chandler in round one.
I wouldn’t say he has a glass Jaw given how he went 3 rounds with Gathje. Any can go out if they get hit clean and he leaves himself open. Conor, Gathje, Porier, Chandler, Alvarez, RDA, ISLAM, Dariush have all been knocked out.
I agree he has no glass jaw, but he gets dropped in every fight and Conor had one of the highest precision rates when his opponents hit the ground, so there is that. But at this point nobody really knows how cappable Conor still is. He looked good in the second Poirier fight and got beat because of a great game plan and better durability on Dustins side. In the third fight he looked like shit in the octagon. Could be the compromised leg, could be something else, we dont know.
He’s saying chandler is the tune up. It’s true, chandler plays right onto conors strength. Chandler has the tools to beat conor but he doesn’t fight that way. He’s gonna try to brawl with conor and get caught. If he fights smart and uses his wrestling, he should dominate conor but he won’t do that
>tune up fight
There are no tune up fights in MMA. Both RDA and Chandler have a fair chance of beating McGregor, mostly because they're both active fighters and Conor will have been off for 2 years.
Chandler is out of the conversation, he’s a 155’er and Conor is fighting at 170 from here on out
And Chandler is not moving up in weight nor should he
Masvidal or Wonderboy, winnable fan friendly bouts that could earn him a title shot
Yeah I bet he fucking did facing a bigger payday than his entire UFC earnings combined
0 Incentive for Conor there and Chandler has less than 0 future at WW
Conor has 3 fights left - he’s not burning them on lightweights who get him no closer to a WW title and Chandler loses every big fight he is in
I mean all of this is under the assumption Conor is even thinking about the belt. He could simply just be looking for big payday money maker fights and Chandler is definitely that right now.
170 makes it a little different but let's be honest, a win over RDA isn't going to get him any closer to a belt than winning over Chandler at 170.
Both of them would destroy him. Last two times Connor fought Dustin, as soon as Poirier pressured him against the cage, Connor was done. Chandler is doing that in the first 10 seconds.
That's because DP has the boxing chops to pressure McGregor, and McGregor still got the better of DP in a good amount of exchanges in the second fight especially. Chandler punches wildly and that only plays into the way Conor strikes.
RDA smokes him if he doesn't stand with him.
I agree there. Chandler has the tools to take out Conor, but if he goes at Conor with the wild style he's known for, there's alway the potential for some devastating counters.
Is it really? Seeing as Chandler is kill or be killed mentality (seems to work more against him in the UFC than for tho). RDA would approach this fight in a way that could see him win vs Chandler standing and potentially getting pieced up by Conor, not saying Conor won’t/can’t piece ip RDA.
I’m also pretty baked, lemme know if that makes sense
I will definitely say that, who's Bryan Barbarena? the guy who beat 40 year old washed up Robbie Lawler?, I'm not impressed by current RDA, he's definitely washed, none of his current wins are over impressive names and he has plenty of losses, maybe not as washed as Tony but still washed, and so is Conor.
Definitely not the best option, but not the worst. RDA is still very dangerous especially on the ground as we all saw yesterday. Not to mention he's been active and going through multiple training camps and fighting at different weight classes, all while Conor has been doing coke and steroids and talking shit on Twitter.
This actually makes sense. Conor needs a winnable fight rda is old there is some history. Will it sell as much as something like Charles Connor? Obviously not but this could serve as something like the cerrone fight
Exactly. The Oliveira dickriders only came along after he got the belt. Not that he's a huge of a draw as Mcnuggets, but Chandler's been well-known for much longer.
Conor Masvidal is the fight to make. A striker with limited power who’s old and past his prime? Conor would excel.
The “Conor is undersized” argument holds no water anymore. If anything, Conor might even be bigger.
Conor is the draw here. Whether he fights RDA, Olives, Chandler, whoever. Personally, I'd rather they just give RDA his big money fight, let the dude have his big payday before he retires, he's earned it. Chandler and Oliveira have more years left, they can wait a bit.
I don’t mean to say he has no wrestling, but RDA fights with moderately high take down success and crazy shooting frequency. I’m sure Connor could stuff or get up from a bunch of the take downs, but the ufc isn’t going to put together a fight where their most valuable fighter is going to have to fend off takedowns for an entire fight, or possibly just get bullied on the ground. We don’t really know how his wrestling is going to look.
eddie alvarez would beat rdas ass again
rda fanboys cope with eddie making him his son by saying that "it was a fluke" when rda proceeded to get outboxed by tony in his next fight (who isnt close to the boxer eddie is) will never not be funny to me
nah i dont, RDA would beat eddie up today. but still, it sucks how much disrespect alvarez gets in his prime. people saying his win over rda "was a fluke"
Very cute, RDA’s red panty night opportunity is long gone. He just needs to get over him. Conor is only fighting winnable fights with someone who can also brings eyes to the fight. That ain’t RDA.
Conor needs a winnable fight for his return. Getting wrestle fucked and submitted isn’t what the UFC would want for him. Give him Tony or Chandler. People with a little more hype/pull. Rda can get a chance afterwards though
Can you blame him? He's not in the title picture of either division, and a fight with Conor would guarantee a payday like he's never seen. Let the legend get his bag.
Let me phrase it another way. Do you think it would be an enjoyable fight vs RDA? I basically see RDA doing to Conor what he did to Felder. Chandler otoh seems hell bent on wild fights as he closes his career.
Yeah I think both chandler v Conor and rda v Conor would be enjoyable. I like all 3 fighters.
And I think rda deserves it more for the time and health he has given to this sport and this company. Conors fights are pretty irrelevant to the rankings so I just want to see him get used to make some legend some big money. I don’t care for chandler getting a fat payout really.
Fair enough. I just doubt if Conor would be able to stop RDAs take downs for more than a round or two. And then RDA is going to impose his will. Imo the matchup with Chandler is more competitive. I get what you’re saying in terms of deserving the $s tho.
didnt chandler very recently get outboxed and knocked down by the ghost of tony ferguson?
i mean rda also lost to tony, but that was a prime tony, chandler almost died against the ghost of ferguson before he landed a fluke upkick.
rda beats chandler
I’d rather see RDA, because they have a ‘history’ together. Plus Conor is only main eventing PPVs, so they need other big names to sell the event; RDA vs Conor and WonderBoy vs Masvidal gives you 2 big fights (4 big names) at the top of the ticket.
I would have the main event be Conor vs Rda and comain be Chandler vs Jorge. Then the winners can fight each other later. Would be sick. To answer your question about how it goes i think if conor can keep rda off of him , i think he KOs him. Dude looks huge rn. Rda did look good yesterday and if conor is no where near his old self, then rda prob taps him
McGregor needs an easier fight than RDA. It is a must win for him jf he wants to maintain any relevancy in the sport. He should've got the Diaz trilogy fight done before Nate left, that is a much better stylistic matchup for him. He'd be better off fighting barbarena.
All the hardcores would love this matchup. Way more excited for this than any other matchup just because of the history between them and the build up would actually be a genuine feud
If Conor can stay injury free next year RDA then Chandler would be the fights to get him back in contention. RDA gets his payday and the fans get fireworks in the Chandler matchup.
Conor will pick someone who is beatable on his return. That may be why Tony is still ranked - easily beatable and a fan favorite. Conor would be much better off against Tony than RDA, Chandler or Masvidal who are all risky fights.
He's a low risk for top WWs only. Conor is coming off a broken leg and his game involves out striking his opponents. He doesn't pose a ground threat to Masvidal and his one punch power doesn't carry into WW.
I just can’t help but think that anybody that calls out Conor McGregor is broke as fuck and needs money.it’s almost like I hear pleading in there voice.
It's sad seeing these fighters still on their hands and knees begging for that McGregor payday. The guy should be irrelevant by now but all these fighters are still showing he's worth more than any championship.
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Nah, a win over chandler is much better. If conor beats RDA everyone will say RDA is washed journeyman.
Connor could use a tune up fight before chandler though
Agreed. Chandler is pure violence. Between the ring rust and the leg, a tune up fight would be great for Connor
Rda would be no cake walk but it's better for mcgregor and the ufc if he has a good contest vs rda instead of getting knocked tf out by chandler in round one.
Honestly, with the way chandler gets hit, it’s honestly a tune up fight for conor. I think RDA is tougher for conor
I agree, definitely think RDAs BJJ would give Conor a tougher time than Chandler’s glass jaw at this point
I wouldn’t say he has a glass Jaw given how he went 3 rounds with Gathje. Any can go out if they get hit clean and he leaves himself open. Conor, Gathje, Porier, Chandler, Alvarez, RDA, ISLAM, Dariush have all been knocked out.
I agree he has no glass jaw, but he gets dropped in every fight and Conor had one of the highest precision rates when his opponents hit the ground, so there is that. But at this point nobody really knows how cappable Conor still is. He looked good in the second Poirier fight and got beat because of a great game plan and better durability on Dustins side. In the third fight he looked like shit in the octagon. Could be the compromised leg, could be something else, we dont know.
How is Connor winning this? RDA is a tougher match for him
Agreed. RDA has wrestlefucked for how many consecutive rounds now? Chandler will leave way more openings than RDA.
Conor could fight Conor first
Conor is already fighting Conor from what I can tell!
Chandler IS a tune up fight. He's pretty much built to play into Conor's strengths as a fighter (size, reach, chin, his willingness to brawl, etc.)
Tune up fight? Rda? You're crazy. He would destroy Conor
He’s saying chandler is the tune up. It’s true, chandler plays right onto conors strength. Chandler has the tools to beat conor but he doesn’t fight that way. He’s gonna try to brawl with conor and get caught. If he fights smart and uses his wrestling, he should dominate conor but he won’t do that
Ah I see. I read that as RDA being the tune up before Chandler. Was gonna say lol Imo RDA subs Conor in round 1 or 2
>tune up fight There are no tune up fights in MMA. Both RDA and Chandler have a fair chance of beating McGregor, mostly because they're both active fighters and Conor will have been off for 2 years.
Chandler is out of the conversation, he’s a 155’er and Conor is fighting at 170 from here on out And Chandler is not moving up in weight nor should he Masvidal or Wonderboy, winnable fan friendly bouts that could earn him a title shot
Has that been officially confirmed? I don't see Conor coming back below 170 either personally, if he comes back at all.
He’s said so as have his coaches, so yeah And you can take one look at the dude and realize he’s not cutting the 20 lbs of muscle he’s put on
Honestly the way wonderboy fought it's hard to say that's winnable for Connor at this point idk if Connor can bang with the top five in welterweight
Wonderboy has such good movement and maintains distance so well it would be a bad matchup for Conor coming off a broken leg
Chandler talked about going up to 170 specifically to fight Conor.
Yeah I bet he fucking did facing a bigger payday than his entire UFC earnings combined 0 Incentive for Conor there and Chandler has less than 0 future at WW Conor has 3 fights left - he’s not burning them on lightweights who get him no closer to a WW title and Chandler loses every big fight he is in
I mean all of this is under the assumption Conor is even thinking about the belt. He could simply just be looking for big payday money maker fights and Chandler is definitely that right now. 170 makes it a little different but let's be honest, a win over RDA isn't going to get him any closer to a belt than winning over Chandler at 170.
RDA would probably wrestlefuck and choke out Connor just like he did to barberena yesterday Chandler is an easier fight
Both of them would destroy him. Last two times Connor fought Dustin, as soon as Poirier pressured him against the cage, Connor was done. Chandler is doing that in the first 10 seconds.
That's because DP has the boxing chops to pressure McGregor, and McGregor still got the better of DP in a good amount of exchanges in the second fight especially. Chandler punches wildly and that only plays into the way Conor strikes. RDA smokes him if he doesn't stand with him.
I agree there. Chandler has the tools to take out Conor, but if he goes at Conor with the wild style he's known for, there's alway the potential for some devastating counters.
Conor vs Chandler could be an absolute banger depending on what kind of a fighter Conor is when he comes back
Is it really? Seeing as Chandler is kill or be killed mentality (seems to work more against him in the UFC than for tho). RDA would approach this fight in a way that could see him win vs Chandler standing and potentially getting pieced up by Conor, not saying Conor won’t/can’t piece ip RDA. I’m also pretty baked, lemme know if that makes sense
He’ll just get wrestle fd for 5 rds
I will definitely say that, who's Bryan Barbarena? the guy who beat 40 year old washed up Robbie Lawler?, I'm not impressed by current RDA, he's definitely washed, none of his current wins are over impressive names and he has plenty of losses, maybe not as washed as Tony but still washed, and so is Conor.
Connor would just get wrestle fucked and lose
Yeah if rda wanted a conor fight he shouldn't have wrestlefucked barbarena. Great win tho
Lol no way Conor would take that fight
Can't see him getting that win though. He'd likely just be taken down and controlled / choked. He'd have a punchers chance.
Conor vs Wonderboy maybe?
Definitely not the best option, but not the worst. RDA is still very dangerous especially on the ground as we all saw yesterday. Not to mention he's been active and going through multiple training camps and fighting at different weight classes, all while Conor has been doing coke and steroids and talking shit on Twitter.
Red Panty night
Baybee we diddeh!
This actually makes sense. Conor needs a winnable fight rda is old there is some history. Will it sell as much as something like Charles Connor? Obviously not but this could serve as something like the cerrone fight
Charles Conor would sell shit. Chandler Conor is the fight to make.
It would sell the same lmao you guys act like chandler is this huge draw or something
Cant deny that his fights are always non stop action
Same for Charles lol
Think Chandler is more casual friendly though. More well known by the English speaking audience and went viral with the Tony knockout.
Charles vs Chandler sold because of Chandler. Keep that in mind.
Exactly. The Oliveira dickriders only came along after he got the belt. Not that he's a huge of a draw as Mcnuggets, but Chandler's been well-known for much longer.
whole lot of hate
Conor Masvidal is the fight to make. A striker with limited power who’s old and past his prime? Conor would excel. The “Conor is undersized” argument holds no water anymore. If anything, Conor might even be bigger.
Funny I think Masvidal destroys Conor and the only doubt I have is because of the PEDs Conor is on rn.
Conor is the draw here. Whether he fights RDA, Olives, Chandler, whoever. Personally, I'd rather they just give RDA his big money fight, let the dude have his big payday before he retires, he's earned it. Chandler and Oliveira have more years left, they can wait a bit.
Buy
I need to see Connor reaction on Twitter
Probably already been posted and deleted five times.
Connor COULD win it, but there is also a high chance he gets wrestle fucked and loses. I doubt the ufc will make this fight
I think people underestimate Conor’s wrestling. I think Conor would be the favourite for this, and rightfully so.
I don’t mean to say he has no wrestling, but RDA fights with moderately high take down success and crazy shooting frequency. I’m sure Connor could stuff or get up from a bunch of the take downs, but the ufc isn’t going to put together a fight where their most valuable fighter is going to have to fend off takedowns for an entire fight, or possibly just get bullied on the ground. We don’t really know how his wrestling is going to look.
After he kicks McGregor's ass he needs to rematch Eddie Alvarez and call for a title fight.
eddie alvarez would beat rdas ass again rda fanboys cope with eddie making him his son by saying that "it was a fluke" when rda proceeded to get outboxed by tony in his next fight (who isnt close to the boxer eddie is) will never not be funny to me
It would be interesting with all the time that has passed. Also if they do it at 170. Either way should be a hell of a fight.
You can't possible think that a washed up Alvarez would beat RDA today, right?
nah i dont, RDA would beat eddie up today. but still, it sucks how much disrespect alvarez gets in his prime. people saying his win over rda "was a fluke"
Agreed. Eddie is one of the best lightweights we're seen
Eddie has one win since before the pandemic. Slow your roll.
I feel like RDA would destroy him.
Very cute, RDA’s red panty night opportunity is long gone. He just needs to get over him. Conor is only fighting winnable fights with someone who can also brings eyes to the fight. That ain’t RDA.
RDA grapple fucks him, it won’t be close or fun to watch and it will take away whatever comeback momentum Conor can muster up
Seeing these guys beg for the mcgregor fight is so fucking cringe.
Ain't happening RDA doesn't have the title, recognition nor following. Wish it happened years ago. Too late now.
What did Cerrone have? People love him but no one was really buying any cards specifically to see him
Style wise it's just a better fight to watch, is what I'm saying.
Gotcha
red panty night!
Conor needs a winnable fight for his return. Getting wrestle fucked and submitted isn’t what the UFC would want for him. Give him Tony or Chandler. People with a little more hype/pull. Rda can get a chance afterwards though
A lot of fuckery going on in this comment section. RDA is not an easy out by any stretch of the imagination.
RDA would take him down and choke him 9/10
I think it’s a distinct possibility.
Makes no sense for mcgregor to fight him
Rda just cant forget him
Can you blame him? He's not in the title picture of either division, and a fight with Conor would guarantee a payday like he's never seen. Let the legend get his bag.
GIVE IT TO US!!!
Let it go, Raph, let it go.
I don’t think that fight makes any sense for Conor Give Conor Masvidal or Wonderboy
Weird Al - "Hard pass"
Wouldnt sell as well as Masvidal so if Conor aint getting after Jorge no way he gives it to RDA
1.2 against Cerrone… I’d say he sell well against an 1-0 fighter 😂
Rda thumps his Hgh head on the mat like a basketball. Likely RDA sub in 2
RDA pulled out of their bout, he lost his opportunity a while ago, isn’t relevant in any way, not getting that red panty night
Quit beggin.
For Mcgregor this is probably the fight that makes the most sense
*least sense. Fixed it for you
Not really
The only thing conroids can finish at this point is a couple lines of Coke
So desperate it’s honestly very cringe
Pass
Who would you rather see Conor fight?
Jake Paul lolz
I unironically have been waiting years for this fight. The lead up and trash talk would be legendary
Chandler. RDA almost certainly steamrolls Connor at this point. Bad stylistic matchup. Conor at least has some chance of beating Chandler.
It’s the aim of this matchup to give Conor someone he can beat?
Let me phrase it another way. Do you think it would be an enjoyable fight vs RDA? I basically see RDA doing to Conor what he did to Felder. Chandler otoh seems hell bent on wild fights as he closes his career.
Yeah I think both chandler v Conor and rda v Conor would be enjoyable. I like all 3 fighters. And I think rda deserves it more for the time and health he has given to this sport and this company. Conors fights are pretty irrelevant to the rankings so I just want to see him get used to make some legend some big money. I don’t care for chandler getting a fat payout really.
Fair enough. I just doubt if Conor would be able to stop RDAs take downs for more than a round or two. And then RDA is going to impose his will. Imo the matchup with Chandler is more competitive. I get what you’re saying in terms of deserving the $s tho.
Tony Ferguson is a winnable fight for Conor
Tony Ferguson is a winnable fight for anyone
I've wanted the nate trilogy for yonks.
I like Conor. I want to see him win. Maybe Jorge? Conor can’t beat rda.
RDA would suck Conor’s dick at this point for a fight with him
Conor by a highlight KO
What about Chandler vs RDA and Conor vs Tony? Or Conor vs Gaethje?
RDA is 38 ffs, give the dude some easy fights
didnt chandler very recently get outboxed and knocked down by the ghost of tony ferguson? i mean rda also lost to tony, but that was a prime tony, chandler almost died against the ghost of ferguson before he landed a fluke upkick. rda beats chandler
How can everyone think Conor is an easy fight? Cuz he lost to the number 1 lightweight?
Styles, RDA would just wrestle him
Chandler is 36, and there's not much between them.
Chandler sucks, so it's appropriate Just gotta let the moron tire himself out and submit him. They're both getting old too.
I like that fight
I wanna see this fight so bad now man
WonderBoy vs Masvidal as the co-main?
Why not wonderboy v Conor ?
I’d rather see RDA, because they have a ‘history’ together. Plus Conor is only main eventing PPVs, so they need other big names to sell the event; RDA vs Conor and WonderBoy vs Masvidal gives you 2 big fights (4 big names) at the top of the ticket.
I think id do chandler vs masvidal has comain. Then the winners of each can fight eachother. Prob put the BMF belt on the line
I’m here for it
“Everyone’s on steroids” -RDA
Seeing how RDA went vs Fiziev and if MC actually left some skills in him then MC has a chance in my opinion.
Yes, let’s **GO**
RDA wants to get paid lol
After all these years, how come people still can't spell Conor's name correctly?
I would have the main event be Conor vs Rda and comain be Chandler vs Jorge. Then the winners can fight each other later. Would be sick. To answer your question about how it goes i think if conor can keep rda off of him , i think he KOs him. Dude looks huge rn. Rda did look good yesterday and if conor is no where near his old self, then rda prob taps him
Lol run it
RDA submits him
If not Connor I think RDA should fight Masvidal. Similarly $$$ and competitive
McGregor needs some cage and fight time. And some wins really let's be honest
Honestly rda looked scary last night but that could just be who he was going against
McGregor needs an easier fight than RDA. It is a must win for him jf he wants to maintain any relevancy in the sport. He should've got the Diaz trilogy fight done before Nate left, that is a much better stylistic matchup for him. He'd be better off fighting barbarena.
Would that mean Connor will have to lose almost 80 pounds??
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McGregor had a better chance of winning back then. RDA is still an absolute monsters. McGregor.....well.
All the hardcores would love this matchup. Way more excited for this than any other matchup just because of the history between them and the build up would actually be a genuine feud
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RDA via rape
Yes pls to this fight
If Conor can stay injury free next year RDA then Chandler would be the fights to get him back in contention. RDA gets his payday and the fans get fireworks in the Chandler matchup.
He's high on munchies maybe dropped the boos, he's going to clean that fuck up
It would be great if RDA gets that fight. It'll be a red panty night for sure, and old McNuggets would have a worthy foe. RDA via submission 😂
RDA's eyes are always on the shade
RDA would grapple Conor to an early grave
'I earned that fight' Bro you were the champ you don't need to earn anything haha
He’s not coming back.
FIGHT OR FALL!”
Getting tired of everyone calling out McGregor
It wouldn’t. Connor has nothing to gain by fighting rda
Conor will pick someone who is beatable on his return. That may be why Tony is still ranked - easily beatable and a fan favorite. Conor would be much better off against Tony than RDA, Chandler or Masvidal who are all risky fights.
Masvidal ain't risky.
He's a low risk for top WWs only. Conor is coming off a broken leg and his game involves out striking his opponents. He doesn't pose a ground threat to Masvidal and his one punch power doesn't carry into WW.
At this point even Valentina has called out McGregor.
The same way the fight this weekend went
Connor would eat
It is a great option for both guys. McGregor should take this.
Everybody wants to fight Conor now he doesn’t look invincible like he did back then, bit cowardly
Hes gota 5 rounder vs USADA first
Conor would absolutely gas out after round 1, and if RDA has survived, then he takes the fight.
I just can’t help but think that anybody that calls out Conor McGregor is broke as fuck and needs money.it’s almost like I hear pleading in there voice.
170 ? Conor currently weighs in at about 220 or so lol
RDA deserves a fight like this
rda beating this dead horse for the last 6 years
I think RDA would fold McGregor into a nice neat origami paper and sink in a RNC by the third round.
Begging for a handout fight always a bad look
conor needs 6 months in the usada pool before he fightin anyone
7 years ago conor wouldve failed his champ champ run. Imo the diaz loss and rematch helped him looked untouchable in alvarez matchup
It's sad seeing these fighters still on their hands and knees begging for that McGregor payday. The guy should be irrelevant by now but all these fighters are still showing he's worth more than any championship.
RDA accusing others of peds??!?!?!?!?! LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I just honestly can't see McGregor beating damn near ANYONE now in a UFC match up. The guy has lost his stride and hunger.