Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
I have to back up BoC...the top tier talent in MMA is not at as high a level as elite championship caliber boxers. That's not the same as saying a boxer would always beat a
MMA fighter.
MMA fighter.
Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor
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blackascoal
The Force is With Me
Mayweather will join Jordan, Woods in billionaire athletes club
$300 million purse from McGregor fight expected
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - Floyd Mayweather won "the money fight" on Saturday and is now poised to enter a new arena: the billionaire athletes club.
Mayweather is expected to bring in over $300 million for his fight against Conor McGregor, the MMA fighter he beat in 10 rounds.
The boxing superstar -- he now boasts a 50-0 record -- has already grossed a reported $700 million in his career from fight purses, which include money from pay-per-view sales, ticket sales and fight endorsements.
After this fight, Mayweather should join Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods as the first three athletes to make more than $1 billion, said Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions.
http://www.kyma.com/sports/mayweather-will-join-jordan-woods-in-billionaire-athletes-club/613159589
$300 million purse from McGregor fight expected
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - Floyd Mayweather won "the money fight" on Saturday and is now poised to enter a new arena: the billionaire athletes club.
Mayweather is expected to bring in over $300 million for his fight against Conor McGregor, the MMA fighter he beat in 10 rounds.
The boxing superstar -- he now boasts a 50-0 record -- has already grossed a reported $700 million in his career from fight purses, which include money from pay-per-view sales, ticket sales and fight endorsements.
After this fight, Mayweather should join Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods as the first three athletes to make more than $1 billion, said Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions.
http://www.kyma.com/sports/mayweather-will-join-jordan-woods-in-billionaire-athletes-club/613159589
blackascoal
The Force is With Me
No surprise, the Mayweather-McGregor fight lives up to mismatch prediction
REPORTING FROM LAS VEGAS - Conor McGregor flailed. Floyd Mayweather Jr. stared.
McGregor danced, Mayweather retreated. McGregor swatted, Mayweather covered.
For the first three rounds at the T-Mobile Arena here Saturday night, the celebrated mismatch between the boxing champion and the mixed martial artist didn't look much like either sport.
Then Mayweather finally lost patience with the circus and turned it into a sham.
The boxer boxed, and the MMA guy felt it. The boxer got stronger, and the MMA guy wilted. Mayweather began pounding in the fourth round and didn't stop. He pounded and charged and pounded some more until he finally beat McGregor into a bruised and swollen submission with a 10th-round technical knockout to win a fight that was closer than it should have been but every bit as silly as expected.
Said Mayweather: "I think we gave the fans what they wanted to see.''
Said McGregor: "It was a good fight, it was a bit of fun. The boxing game is a lot different from the mixed martial arts game.''
But we knew it would look like this, right? So then why did we get so excited?
The fight's first nine minutes showed why. Everyone was rooting for the unexpected, everyone showed up to see something they had never seen before and, sure enough, McGregor gave it to them by acting like a street fighter who had no real plan or clue.
He didn't so much hit Mayweather as slap him. He landed several of his punches in the finest MMA style, illegally on the back of Mayweather's head as they clutched.
"A lot of rabbit punching, a lot,'' said Mayweather.
McGregor never hurt Mayweather. He never even seemed to stun him. He only annoyed him while Mayweather sat back and let his plan take action. That plan was one predicted by many, to let the guy who isn't used to longer fights simply tire himself out with all the useless thwacking.
"Our game plan was to take our time, go to him, let him shoot his shots early, then take him out down the stretch,'' said Mayweather. "We know in MMA he fights for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes, he started to slow down. I guaranteed everybody this wouldn't go the distance.''
McGregor agreed he was tired, but didn't agree that the fight should have been stopped. It was ended by referee Robert Byrd without McGregor ever hitting the canvas. But clearly, McGregor was beaten up and exhausted, and the right decision was made.
"I thought it was close and I thought it was a bit of an early stoppage, I was just a little fatigued,'' said McGregor.
He claimed he was robbed of a chance to finish the fight. But seriously, he was lucky he lasted so long.
"Let the man put me down, that's fatigue,'' he said. "Where was the final two rounds? Let me walk back to my corner and compose myself.''
Countered Mayweather: "No, the referee saved you.''
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mma...diction/ar-AAqN9Cj?li=BBgET5V&ocid=spartanntp
REPORTING FROM LAS VEGAS - Conor McGregor flailed. Floyd Mayweather Jr. stared.
McGregor danced, Mayweather retreated. McGregor swatted, Mayweather covered.
For the first three rounds at the T-Mobile Arena here Saturday night, the celebrated mismatch between the boxing champion and the mixed martial artist didn't look much like either sport.
Then Mayweather finally lost patience with the circus and turned it into a sham.
The boxer boxed, and the MMA guy felt it. The boxer got stronger, and the MMA guy wilted. Mayweather began pounding in the fourth round and didn't stop. He pounded and charged and pounded some more until he finally beat McGregor into a bruised and swollen submission with a 10th-round technical knockout to win a fight that was closer than it should have been but every bit as silly as expected.
Said Mayweather: "I think we gave the fans what they wanted to see.''
Said McGregor: "It was a good fight, it was a bit of fun. The boxing game is a lot different from the mixed martial arts game.''
But we knew it would look like this, right? So then why did we get so excited?
The fight's first nine minutes showed why. Everyone was rooting for the unexpected, everyone showed up to see something they had never seen before and, sure enough, McGregor gave it to them by acting like a street fighter who had no real plan or clue.
He didn't so much hit Mayweather as slap him. He landed several of his punches in the finest MMA style, illegally on the back of Mayweather's head as they clutched.
"A lot of rabbit punching, a lot,'' said Mayweather.
McGregor never hurt Mayweather. He never even seemed to stun him. He only annoyed him while Mayweather sat back and let his plan take action. That plan was one predicted by many, to let the guy who isn't used to longer fights simply tire himself out with all the useless thwacking.
"Our game plan was to take our time, go to him, let him shoot his shots early, then take him out down the stretch,'' said Mayweather. "We know in MMA he fights for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes, he started to slow down. I guaranteed everybody this wouldn't go the distance.''
McGregor agreed he was tired, but didn't agree that the fight should have been stopped. It was ended by referee Robert Byrd without McGregor ever hitting the canvas. But clearly, McGregor was beaten up and exhausted, and the right decision was made.
"I thought it was close and I thought it was a bit of an early stoppage, I was just a little fatigued,'' said McGregor.
He claimed he was robbed of a chance to finish the fight. But seriously, he was lucky he lasted so long.
"Let the man put me down, that's fatigue,'' he said. "Where was the final two rounds? Let me walk back to my corner and compose myself.''
Countered Mayweather: "No, the referee saved you.''
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mma...diction/ar-AAqN9Cj?li=BBgET5V&ocid=spartanntp
Mayweather could have tagged him early and often and ended it early. He let whitey hang in for the guaranteed rematch payday. mcgregor left his chin on display the entire fight. I think mcgregor did have elite athlete wind but simply was not used to swinging constantly. When I switched to triathlon training the fact that I could marathon did not change the fact that my swimming endurance was woeful.
