Jose Aldo pulls out of fight with McGregor

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Now that aldo pulled out, it'd be in his best interest for Mcgregor to win that one. I was really hyped up for the fight, do think the replacement will be entertaining still though.

Your thoughts?
 
Well it goes without say that McGregor has to win that fight. It sucks that Aldo is out and the hype surrounding it won't be the same, but it gives a chance for McGregor to put his money where his mouth is since he has essentially challenged anyone that could be a contender and even those who aren't.
 
dude also hasnt been riding the hype train any stronger than he could, kept taking shots at aldo too


“When you look into a man’s eyes, when you look him dead in the eyes, you can see straight into his soul. No one else even watching can see it,” McGregor said. “It’s only between you and him. I looked into his eyes, and I knew: This motherf--ker doesn’t want to be here. He doesn’t want it the way I want it. So that was that.”

and then he also said the medical report gave Aldo the green light. time to keep that firestorm going but it's also a huge opportunity for Chad Mendes
 
I like the McGregor schtick but Mendes and/or Edgar are a huge matchup issue for him. He is eerily similar to Chael in his ability to talk his way into a title fight. I do t think he beats Mendes personally, but if he does, it will be an endless windbag
 
Yep, agree on all that. I thought he was hilarious at first, then he just became annoying. A win will be gas to the fire.
 
I like the McGregor schtick but Mendes and/or Edgar are a huge matchup issue for him. He is eerily similar to Chael in his ability to talk his way into a title fight. I do t think he beats Mendes personally, but if he does, it will be an endless windbag

If mcgregor is a top tier fighter then there are no "huge " matchup issues here. Mcgregors take down defense just needs to be stepped up. If he can do that mcgregor shouldnt have a issue with putting in a good fight.
 
Also have no issue with how he talks up a fight, just shows his intelligence.


he came out of a poverty situation, had fights with his father. He mentioned he lost those fights until he started training MMA, so he's a fighter in every sense of the word. Any guy who came up out of an abusive situation like that would be a talker-this is his big money making fight which he's worked so hard for, so I dont care as this is the nature of the business.

As for the way he fights, agree that his takedown defense is not as good.

the rest of the card is gonna be solid though.
 
If mcgregor is a top tier fighter then there are no "huge " matchup issues here. Mcgregors take down defense just needs to be stepped up. If he can do that mcgregor shouldnt have a issue with putting in a good fight.

I dont disagree he should put in a good fight. I just think his TDD could be an issue and Mendes is too 2-3 at 145 in MMA wrestling
 
Well mcgregor won , but Mendes definitely took it to him and was dominating him for most of the fight. Mendes said he went for a submission and lost from there. 2 weeks he had , I think he did well, mcgregor needs to work on that Tdd, problem is seems part of what makes that work isn't teachable.
 
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