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Coach: Alvarez Had To Bring A Hell Of A Lot More

Conor McGregor made history this past weekend (Nov. 12, 2016) at UFC 205 when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez in the second round of their main event bout to become the first fighter in promotional history to simultaneously hold two titles at one time. The “Notorious” one was dominant, but that’s not because Alvarez took

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“I think it’s more talk,” he said on “The MMA Hour” earlier this afternoon. “I think there is no doubt these guys did whatever they could in training — they absolutely killed themselves. You see Eddie with a black eye eight days out, that’s sparring hard, so the work was put in. I just think it’s a major surprise to them when the first shot lands.”

Despite the work Kavanagh assumes Alvarez put in, he did admit that he simply felt as if the contest was a ‘mismatch’ in terms of the two fighters skill sets:

“To be honest, and I was thinking about how I was going to say this because I know it will be taken out of context, and it’s absolutely no comment on Eddie’s personality as a person — he seems like a great guy, solid fighter. But, if we are just looking at skill sets, going in — and it was a reason I was able to take it all in during the week — but this was a massive mismatch,” declared Kavanagh.

“Again, that’s nothing against him as a person, I’m just saying skills-wise. I really felt this would look worse than the (Marcus) Brimage fight. I knew it’d be that style of fight that he would always be too late, always getting hit and fall apart. I did think his toughness would take him into the second round. But, skills-wise, I just thought it was a massive mismatch. And I will humbly offer the evidence of the fight that it warranted that. All of our people back home, all of our sparring partners we all saw this thinking, ‘This is going to be a bad fight. This is going to look terrible.’”

At the end of the day, Kavanagh simply felt as if McGregor was too comfortable with Alvarez’s style as opposed to the Irishman’s past opponent, Nate Diaz, who offered different challenges:

“Where as Nate (Diaz) was so interesting because style and size wise. It wasn’t a massive size difference, but, it was enough to make it interesting and enough to offer new problems. But, this one, unorthodox, head down kind of brawler with a simple style of wrestling, not very complicated. I just felt like you have to bring a hell of lot more than that to the plate to trouble what I think is the best fighter on the planet right now.”

Do you agree with the head trainer’s assessment of his star pupil’s performance?

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Conor McGregor: Aldo Retiring Because He Doesn’t Want This Again

Heading in to the monster UFC 205 pay-per-view in New York, there’s a ton of interesting questions regarding the main event. Eddie Alvarez will attempt his first title defense against a fellow champion, ‘The Notorious’ 145-pound boss Conor McGregor. After competing twice against Nate Diaz in the welterweight division, McGregor once again fights outside the

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Standing on the brink of becoming the first champion to hold belts in two weight classes at once, the Irish striker has also faced some adversity this past week. The Nevada Athletic Commission held another kangaroo court, this time handing down an outrageous $150K fine to McGregor. The NAC was looking to punish ‘The Notorious’ for the infamous UFC 202 bottle throwing incident. Responding to the commission yesterday, McGregor claimed he wouldn’t be paying them a dime.

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Jose Aldo

Speaking during a Facebook Q & A with The Lad Bible, Conor McGregor addressed a number of current topics in the fight game. After Jose Aldo, the man McGregor KO’d in 13 seconds at UFC 194, announced he doesn’t want to fight for the UFC anymore, and the confirmation of his lightweight title fight, ‘The Notorious’ had a lot to say.

“I don’t think (Jose Aldo) wants the rematch. I think he’s happy with this feud, this get out clause. I knocked him out, then he came back and won the decision, has the interim belt. I think he wants to separate himself, to have this feud. He doesn’t want this again.”

Alvarez

Coming in to this huge champions main event at UFC 205, Conor McGregor says he’s been preparing against fighters with Eddie Alvarez’s style his entire career:

“I’ve been facing that style my whole life. It’s easy, it’s a lot better for me. You don’t have to source out these taller, bigger training partners. There’s a million training partners who replicate this opponent’s style. I’m very happy with it. We’ve continued on the cardio vascular, we’ve been monitoring that very closely. As I’m coming down to 155 I’m shredding up, I was stuffing my face to even make 168 before. My VO2 max has improved, I’m feeling good.”

“I don’t think (Alvarez) poses any threat. He’s a tough kid, he’s got some good fights and experience, but he’ll be out. It’s over, he knows it, his team knows it. My fist is bigger than this guy’s head. When it connects, he’ll be unconscious. It’ll be early, and it’ll be devastating.”

UFC 205 Fight Card

Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor (for Alvarez’s lightweight belt)
Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson (for Woodley’s welterweight belt)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (for Jedrzejczyk’s strawweight belt)
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Michael Johnson
Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman
Donald Cerrone vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Raquel Pennington vs. Miesha Tate
Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens
Rashad Evans vs. Tim Kennedy
Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal
Thiago Alves vs. Jim Miller
Lyman Good vs. Belal Muhammad
Liz Carmouche vs. Katlyn Chookagian

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Welcome To The New UFC! Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez

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UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and lightweight king Eddie Alvarez are heading for a UFC 205 clash in November. In many ways this 155-pound championship clash will represent the new age of the UFC. Super fights are not unheard of in the UFC, but are extremely rare. In the UFC’s modern era there’s been only one; BJ Penn vs. Georges St-Pierre. Penn, the lightweight champ of the time, had already fought and lost against ‘GSP.’ The welterweight strap was on the line at UFC 94, and the Canadian champ defended it with a decision win.

There have been a few much-anticipated super fights booked over the years, but none have come to fruition. Jose Aldo was meant to fight Anthony Pettis while they were 145 and 155-pound champs respectively. That fight fell apart due to injury. The difference between these fights and the heavily reported McGregor vs. Alvarez clash is arguably the money aspect. You could argue that pay-per-view and crowd revenue has always been the motivation for any big fight, but never before has this factor been so apparent and flaunted.

Red Panty Night

The hilarious statement made by Conor McGregor about Rafael dos Anjos at the GO BIG presser is somewhat poignant now. Champions are starting to stray away from the rankings on a frequent basis-why? The cash involved in the big name fights. CM Punk’s UFC debut made the ex-WWE star $500K, while his opponent Mickey Gall made $30K. Those figures don’t even need expanding on, they simply support this argument further.

Tyron Woodley wants GSP, Dominick Cruz wants McGregor, and even Demetrious Johnson is talking about a superfight now. Where this whole saga could get extremely interesting is if McGregor defeats Alvarez. The question of the Irishman’s featherweight title remains unanswered. Although UFC president Dana White said ‘The Notorious’ would have to vacate to fight at UFC 205 at 155 pounds, nothing is certain until it’s done and dusted.

New York, New York

Another major part of the UFC coming in to their new era is the debut of the promotion in New York. For years the UFC battled narrow-minded and corrupt senators in the state, finally cutting the ribbon to the Big Apple earlier this year. It’s almost poetic that the first superfight in more than seven years would mark promotion’s first trip to NYC. What are the ramifications of a victory for McGregor though, or Alvarez for that matter?

It’s a win-win situation for the Irish star, perhaps even more so if he’s able to keep his featherweight title in the meantime. In terms of money it’ll be great for both men, but arguably ‘The Silent Assassin’ has a lot more on the line. Only the lightweight belt will be up for grabs, putting the ball firmly in Alvarez’s court.

Future

As the rankings slide further in to obscurity, the dollar sign reveals itself as king. Fuelling that green throne is Conor McGregor, who ushers in the new age of money fights. One huge and rather intriguing question-who takes over after ‘The Notorious’ is gone? Ronda Rousey is arguably up there in terms of PPV draws, but these kinds of stars are few and far between. Will the focus shift back from money and to rankings, or is this more than just a flavor of the month?

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BJ Penn vs. Georges St-Pierre 3? ‘The Prodigy’ Wants GSP In New York

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It’s been a long time since we’ve seen either BJ Penn or Georges St-Pierre actively fighting. For ‘Rush’ it was the tail end of a six-year win streak that sent him to retirement in 2013, having won 12 straight fights since 2007, but squeaking past Johny Hendricks at UFC 167. Citing personal issues and the somewhat loose drug testing regime in mixed martial arts at the time, the former promotional poster boy relinquished his undisputed title, much to the dismay of his fans and UFC president Dana White.

‘Th Prodigy’ left the sport on a very different kind of streak, having been 5-1-1 in his last five years of competition, only competing three times between October 2011 and July 2014, and losing all those fights in rather ugly fashion. Fighting Nick Diaz and Rory MacDonald at welterweight was brave, albeit somewhat ill fated, and taking on Frankie Edgar at featherweight in his last fight was not a great decision.

That was 2014, and Penn lost by harrowing TKO in the trilogy match with Edgar, sending him out of the sport with a rather unsatisfactory summary to such a storied fighting career. Criminal accusations and a failed USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) test for IV use have hindered returns at UFC 197 and 199 for the former welterweight and lightweight champ, but now he’s aiming for a November return against an old foe in Georges St-Pierre:

Hey @GeorgesStPierre if you can make 155 easily, I'm free in November and would love the opportunity to fight you at 155 pounds in New York.

— BJ PENN (@bjpenndotcom) June 27, 2016

This was in response to ‘GSP’ recently telling The MMA Hour that he could ‘easily’ make lightweight if required.

During his best years Penn lost to ‘Rush’ by both decision at UFC 58 and TKO at UFC 94. The former welterweight champion and consensus greatest 170-pounder of all time ‘GSP’ has already been linked to a middleweight return against Michael Bisping, so is ‘The Prodigy’ asking for a lightweight battle a little too far down the weight categories?

Penn, in terms of fighters going down as their age goes up, is quite a rare sight. Most prefer to go up as their physique naturally swells over time, and what are the chances that St-Pierre will actually fancy the trip down below his formerly owned weight class? That said, UFC 205 will be the first event held in New York, and at the Madison Square Gardens no less. For obvious reasons this will be a historic night, potentially filled with red panties should the stars align in the correct manner.

Would this be a fight worth watching? Possibly, but I get the feeling that regardless of weight, St-Pierre would continue Penn’s run of bad luck.

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