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  • Stephen A Were you shocked by the T k o loss?

  • I waas I'm not gonna lie to you.

  • I thought that, you know, first of all, um, my mentality was that even though it was six years earlier when you get knocked out in the first round by the same guy, uh, that's a problem.

  • And Peoria got knocked out by McGregor in 2014, and I just said, You know what?

  • You got to remember that You got to remember that power, but credit to Peoria.

  • He fought a brilliant fight.

  • First of all, he took him to the map in the first round, Took him to the mat, you know, not to make a metal would do that would considerably more easy.

  • But that's what paraded so clearly he had done his homework against Connor McGregor.

  • And so that was a weakness.

  • Secondly, because Connor McGregor likes to throw those straight lefts and just throw out the faint jab.

  • Before doing so, he took his legs from under him.

  • I didn't view Connor McGregor is just getting knocked out cold.

  • I viewed him as your legs were shot because poor ea was killing you on your legs you could barely stand up to begin with.

  • So when you finally got caught, you was ready to fall because your legs were gone in the end.

  • What it says to me is this Connor McGregor, Max.

  • It's a devastating blow to the UFC.

  • I don't care what anybody says he's too popular.

  • And to lose the way that he's been losing no more title shots for the foreseeable future, you don't deserve it.

  • You gotta fight contenders.

  • Fine, but not title shots.

  • You don't deserve that.

  • And you certainly don't need to be talking about the mega Meddoff, whose tweet post fight was actually on the money.

  • Get rid of your trainer.

  • You get rid of sparring partners, you sparring with kids.

  • This is the result.

  • Yeah, marvelous.

  • Marvin Hagler, who was the great undisputed middleweight champion of the world in the eighties.

  • The best pound for pound fighter loved him, said It's hard to get up at five in the morning and go running when you're sleeping in silk pajamas.

  • And this dude made over 100 million against Mayweather.

  • So has he lost the eye of the tiger?

  • Basically right?

  • Maybe.

  • But what what McGregor said after the fight may also be true.

  • He's been inactive in activity is a big deal when you're talking about split seconds, right, so he needs to get more active.

  • And Dana White was talking about what he may be.

  • A rubber match with Nate Diaz.

  • Something like that.

  • That's probably not a bad idea.

  • UM, I'll say this.

  • I was not surprised because McGregor had been off.

  • And because he may be at this stage of his career, there's a big difference between wanting toe win and needing toe win.

  • McGregor is in that want toe win stage.

  • He's fighting dudes who still need toe win.

  • They're hungrier, and if McGregor can't get hungry like that, then he should hang it up.

  • I don't disagree with you, Max, and I'll defer to your expertise.

  • What I would say in response to that is this.

  • They're taking his legs out from under, see he's a striker.

  • If you're fighting a striker, I think I put McGregor in against anybody.

  • But when you want a piece of the mega Meddoff make a better.

  • If they're gonna sit up there and throw punches with you, he's gonna take you right to the mat.

  • and he's stronger and he's more skilled, is a grappler.

  • And these guys now know that's how you can be kinda.

  • McGregor, John.

  • The problem John Jones notwithstanding to me in N N a.

  • The guy with the grappling background.

  • If that's the basis of his skills, he has the advantage against the strike or, normally, Thio.

  • And that's rock, paper, scissors.

  • The matter is absolutely, absolutely, and that's what kinda and everyone knows it.

  • So they'll use him the hype to fight.

  • But the second they step in the octagon there, number one focuses.

  • Chop him down, hit him low.

  • First, get him in with, put him in with I agree, like we're on the same page about this.

  • Find a striker at a level where you believe Connor can win so we could get some confidence back.

  • And then you take next steps.

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Stephen A Were you shocked by the T k o loss?

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