which part was optimisticwell ... Aldo handled it (Edgar's relentless cardio) and Conor only needed a few breaths in his fight with Aldo.
and I think Kavanagh said what a lot of us felt when it happened ... WOW ..... BUT NOT LIKE THIS!!hehe
@Silverball
Not true.
Aldo didn't handle Edgar's relentless cardio, which is how the fight ended up being so close. Aldo put just enough rounds away early to get a decision in a 5 round fight. Fans remember that fight as being a much more dominant performance than it was for Aldo, and at the time it happened I was a bigger Aldo fan than I was an Edgar fan.which part was optimistic
hehe you can leave the optimistic, I was just genuinely curious.
I don't know what MMA boards you go on, but on the board that many of the posters here used to post on, there were multiple threads discussing Aldo having been rocked in some of his most recent fights prior to Conor. There was no consensus, but it was definitely being talked about.
The only fight I recall him being noticeably rocked in was the Mendes fight where he got dropped/took a lot of damage throughout. On the boards I frequented at the time everyone was pointing out that Aldo has a good chin/recovery, but I didn't see anyone questioning his chin.
He was known to have a good chin throughout his career, then he started to get rocked every now and then (Mendes fight for example), but he always recovered well. He was taking more shots to the head, which happens when fighters get to the later portion of their careers, like GSP. All of this was a part of the discussions taking place prior to the McGregor fight, but add in all of the Conor fans talking crazy shit, and you have an approximation of what I was referring to.
What do you mean by every now and again? Because all I can think of is the Mendes fight, where he recovered in a split second. I don't think the second Mendes fight is a reflection of Aldo being at the end of his career. I saw it as two great fighters having a close fight.
@Silverball There was talk of Aldo mentally not being there anymore, but that's not what i'm referring to.
heard that.one loss and he can magically drop weight again?
Don't get it twisted Conor still smokes Frankie, I hope they make it so I get to bathe in the tears and excuses.
Exactly. A champ that's cleaned out his division and is on the way to cleaning it out a second time, gets stopped in 13 seconds and everybody acts like its a foregone conclusion that Conor beats him every time. That ending won't be repeated, no matter how many times they fight. Aldo deserves a rematch and, personally, I think he wins this time.
We've all been reading your smear campaign on Aldo and some of your points are valid but keyboard warrior?
64 seconds, but i get your point.
You read WAY too far into things. Never once said Jose wasn't a great fighter, never once made light of his accomplishments and status in the sport. That's something you're projecting on me, not something I even came close to insinuating.
Nope. Only one I've accussed of hugging but was you about Dana and that was a light hearted joke thread, wasn't to be taken seriously. I've actually posted several times in other threads that I also find that tactic weak similar to you.
We're going to have to agree to disagree because I'm not going to do the footwork required to prove my point, which wasn't a breakdown of Aldo's career, but a comment about what was being discussed on MMA message boards prior to the fight(s). I'm not mixing anything up by the way, and I'm an Aldo fan who picked him to beat McGregor, so I was in the mix (going back and forth with other MMA fans) prior to both fight dates. As a fan I didn't think he looked prime in either the Lamas fight or the rematch with Mendes, but I still felt he had more than enough left to get past McGregor. That's neither here nor there as far as this thread goes.
The keyboard warrior remark was in reference to an isolated instance/behaviour. It's silly for you or anyone else to take it as a complete dismissal of Aldo as a fighter. That's what you're reading too much into.
Then it sounds like we are on the same page. TMMAC as a whole accepts your public apology about the KBW remark
they should do Edgar/Conor if he wins then Conor/Aldo 2. You can promote the Edgar fight a lot better. You cannot win an argument saying a week or 2 week camp is equally as good or better than a 6-8 week camp. if you do, I have a bridge that can fly and makes its money.
I am not worried man. I don't know why I should be worried, it's not me in that cage.
