Mcgregor vs. Mayweather: Who would win in a no holes barred match?

man I hope you meant holds and not holes

I guess Mayweather would hide in an unbarred hole.

I'm not bragging or anything, but I once took down a karate practitioner with Krav Maga before Krav Maga was even invented.

Otherwise he was blocking every thing I threw at him. Not necessary countering me with punches, that I recall.

All though he was cool and calm until the ground game, then he was very nervous.

Me, on the ground, that was my territory in that particular fight. My sisters, as kids, fought harder in ground game than that guy.

McGregor would beat Floyd in under 30 seconds. It would be brutal, and that is why it will never happen. It'd be whatever Conor wants to do. Knock him out with a leg kick? Take him down and tap him? Pull down his pants and rape him? Choke him to death and then make love to his corpse while Floyd's wife watches? That is truly how one-sided it'd be.

Who would win a decathlon between Eaton and Farah?

I would say that Floyd's chances in an mma fight would be far less than Conor's in a boxing match. Those "defensive moves" (like turning your back so you won't get hit any more) are not so effective in mma.

Snowball in Hell wrote:

I would say that Floyd's chances in an mma fight would be far less than Conor's in a boxing match. Those "defensive moves" (like turning your back so you won't get hit any more) are not so effective in mma.

That may be true but all of Conor's supposed "power" was non existent last night. The few punches he landed were so soft I almost felt bad for him. Floyd basicallly did nothing for six rounds and then started to fight. As soon as he took it seriously it wasn't much of a fight at all. After the fight Floyd had barely broken a sweat and looked like he had just woken up from a great night's sleep. Conor on the other hand never had anything behind his punches and was tired by the end of the third round. The only reason the fight lasted that long was because Floyd was just doing nothing. Conor is definitely not a puncher. At least not as a boxer.

McGregor had a few good punches...he seemed to wobble Mayweather a bit at one point. But yeah, he's not as skilled of a puncher as someone like Mayweather...but he does have power which he could inflict on Mayweather in an MMA fight because Floyd couldn't dodge the punch as well when he also has to protect himself from take downs and head kicks.

That doesn't sound right, two men, holes, grappling, etc. not good

I liken this to saying that bolt would not have much of a kick at the end of a 10k race against Mo.

Boxing and mma are similar but very different.

Mayweather would be destroyed even under just kickboxing rules.

Striking in MMA is completely different than boxing. You have to defend kicks, the threat of a takedown... The difference in gloves is huge, not just that they are are less lethal in boxing, but their much bigger size allows greater means to block punches with them.

It's amazing that McGregor went 10 rounds and won the first 3. Even if Mayweather 'carried him' a little (not saying he did), McGregor was legit landing on the 'best defensive boxer ever'.

Mayweather would eat a front kick to the face in the first seconds in the Octagon from McGregor. He would have to change his stance and box completely differently to avoid the takedown, or even avoid the clinch where McGregor would be delivering knees at will before ragdolling him to the ground. It would be over in under a minute. McGregor lasted over 28 minutes in the boxing ring with one of the all time greats.

It's not even really like a decathalete crossing into sprinting because 'boxing' in MMA is so different to actual boxing. The Olympic Decathalon champion challenging Usain Bolt to a 100m race and being up on him after 40 m would be impressive, but this is more like the Decathalon champion challenging Mo Farah at 10,000m and only being outsprinted on the final lap.

I don't disagree, but keep in mind that FM is 40. Also, Those two guys were not in the same weight class last night. Both of those things served to make it a little more even.

FM had a plan and executed it very well. It was never going to be a different outcome.

John utah wrote:

That doesn't sound right, two men, holes, grappling, etc. not good

sounds hot as hell & even after a 20 mile trail run I'm more than semi-hard... not for these dudes but some lithe hung LetsRun "d"-- who's packing?

You are completely overrating McGregor's performance last night. Mayweather did not bother fighting till the ninth round. You are impressed that he lasted 28 minutes when he really didn't last 6 minutes once Mayweather started fighting. He had a plan and executed it. Mayweather is very disciplined. If McGregor went into the ring against a hungry professional boxer who had knock out power he wouldn't have lasted two rounds. Also try to remember Mayweather is 40 and at least 10 years past his best. MMA is just a freak show for rubes.

Yep, this. Floyd was old and slow last night,

He also outclassed McGregor and was at no point bothered by his power. By round 6 Connor could barely swing his arms to punch.

thejeff wrote:

Who would win a decathlon between Eaton and Farah?

Eaton. Farah; SP = 2 feet; Discus = 10 feet; PV = 3 feet; HJ = 3 feet; Hurdles = 20 secs--Mo no can jump.

Fred Gwynne wrote:

You are completely overrating McGregor's performance last night. Mayweather did not bother fighting till the ninth round. You are impressed that he lasted 28 minutes when he really didn't last 6 minutes once Mayweather started fighting. He had a plan and executed it. Mayweather is very disciplined. If McGregor went into the ring against a hungry professional boxer who had knock out power he wouldn't have lasted two rounds. Also try to remember Mayweather is 40 and at least 10 years past his best. MMA is just a freak show for rubes.

Not at all. McGregor gassed after 4 rounds . ie. 12 minutes of fighting, just as he does in MMA. Up until that point Mayweather was finding it hard to land cleanly and was getting frustrated.

Your last statement shows your bias. Mayweather was having trouble getting the job finished even when McGregor was so spent he could hardly lift his arms up. Mayweather might be 40 but he's hailed as one of the best boxers of all time (ie. 150 years of boxing being a top global sport) and has been retired for only 2 years. MMA is less than 20 years old, barely even 10 years if you start from the unified rules that turned it into a legitimate sport rather than a true street fight, and McGregor is the first real 'start' the sport has produced. Further, even most real MMA fans don't regard McGregor as the greatest ever MMA fighter, perhaps not even in his weight class (at least not yet). The fight last night actually followed quite closely the way the first fight with Nate Diaz played out in the UFC, and even the second fight. McGregor outboxed Diaz early on, then gassed and was being tagged at will. Nate Diaz is a pot somoking triathalete and yet the greatest boxer in history hardly did better than him against McGregor in a pure boxing fight.

I don't think that's entirely true. I don't think FM could have knocked out CM in the first three or four rounds when CM was sharp and full of energy. FM is not Mike Tyson. However, I do think that FM could have chosen not to take the hits that he did take from CM in the first few rounds, but he did that on purpose to exhaust CM and give the fans a show.

FM could have played it conservative and technical but, like I said, wanted to give the fans a show. No matter how it played out in the early rounds I think the fight ends the same way. I don't think CM goes down early, but no way FM doesn't win in the end.

McGregor was exposed like a Crossfitter on a legit obstacle course.

It's like he forgot to train everything except his mouth.