Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor - Post Fight Analysis - Coach Zahabi

[@ulises3025]

He went towards Mcgregor because he wanted the fight to be more competitive, he said he owed the fans because of the pacman fight.

[@Man_v_Cars]

I love how boxing 'fans' fail to accept the granite chin Mayweather has. After every other fight he has it's said he can take the hardest punch.

[@boycedresdin]

Melvin Collins yup I saw Conor isn't good without space. Same thing happened against Diaz. In close Conors skill is average

[@camirocz]

Floyd hadnt fought in 2 years and did not spar in the last 30 days to keep his hands from being sore.He fought straight ahead .Good fight .Mayweather definitely the best boxer of our generation.Conor is a tough guy for sure.

[@hardcoremma7894]

After this Floyd loss i see people disregarding Conor's work in the octagon... here are some facts - In UFC conor is 9-1 78% Finish rate Holds wins over Holloway, Aldo, Eddie, Chad, Nate, Dustin Not a single boring fight win or lose Never missed weight Was always humble in victory and defeat Brought so many new eyeballs to our sport which helps our fighters earn more Technically beat every guy he ever faced in UFC Yet still people find a way to disregard his work completely and say things like "He cant fight past 2 rounds" "He's never faced an elite wrestler" etc I hope he comes back and show people what he's all about and leave a bulletproof legacy. IMO he is a Legend in our sport.

[@domperigowned4830]

The fight was not stopped early. Some people are too tough for their own good. The ref stepping in perhaps saved Conor from suffering years of CTE or brain damage from unnecessary punishment. Just because he didn't drop to the canvas doesn't mean his brain wasn't rattling around after those punches.

[@zGJungle]

Exactly, I think his vision had totally gone, he wasn't even attempting to move his head or cover up, standing unconscious and completely defenseless.

[@erics2305]

I agree. It should be up to the fighters to decide, but me too I'm thinking why should Conor risk unnecessary damage in a fight that was lost at this point? He still has a career ahead of him and he was very lucky to make so much money. It would be a shame if he couldn't enjoy watching his kid grow up in good health.

[@ClydeErwinBarretto]

re: Cutting off the ring - I think people also forget that TBE is also 40 years old and was inactive for 2 years. His legs probably weren't there anymore or where it needed it to be.

[@leericists]

1st time on this channel. Very smart way of presenting things. u have urself a new subcriber

[@Alchemistic88]

I've rewatched this fight at least 10 times. I've watched the whole fight from 2 different angles at x0.25 speed all the way through. I saw clearly EVERY shot that has landed and EVERY shot that near missed and I've come to the following conclusion: 1. The first 4 rounds were much closer than they looked. Conor was giving many looks but Floyd was beautifully evasive. My take away was that Conor maintained long range and Floyd was not prepared to overextend to throw punches and the one or two times he did commit, Conor did a good job of slipping and touching him with a counter. I understand more now by watching it in slow motion, what Conor was saying about the gameplan changes from Floyd. It seemed that Floyd was having trouble getting into a range that he was comfortable with. He was in no rush to land anything and was being very defensively responsible with the shots that Conor was throwing. Conor was doing a good job of keeping Floyd's lead hand busy with his own lead hand, and was baiting him to throw his straight right but Floyd was too smart for that. BUT Conor landed something and Floyd landed basically nothing in the first part of this fight, but honestly the rounds were close as far as actual effectiveness. 2. The next 4 rounds (5th to 8th) were MUCH more competitive than people are giving Conor credit for. Whilst Floyd decided that forward pressure is the best course of action (shelling up until he got into range before firing, rather than countering, punching into range or setting traps as he was trying to do early on) he was still not landing a whole lot. However when he DID land, he landed with much more authority than Conor's punches BUT Conor did land a few hard punches in this part of the fight that people missed. Floyd got hit with that signature straight left 3 or 4 times in the segment of the fight but took it and came forward, Conor threw these with power splitting Floyd's bull guard but Floyd knew that eventually all this pressure will break Conor down. Conor moved well as Floyd came forward in these rounds, getting hit with a few solid shots here and there but for the most part being a decent matador. 3. The sequence in the beginning of the 9th round was started off by a straight left that lands hard on Floyd, from the other angle I saw it from (it was someones phone or something, they posted it up on YT but I think it got taken down like an hour ago, really good seats lol). This was followed by Conor pulling Floyd in with his right hand and coming around Floyd's guard with a left hook followed by a body shot that hit just below the belt or on the belt on Floyd's left side. It hit him in the hip. Floyd curls over and backs up like he got hit in the balls. Maybe he was pretending, maybe he was trying to buy time because the first left hurt him, maybe his nuts were squished to the far left near his hip. I don't know. But what is interesting is that when Floyd saw that the ref didn't step in, he essentially bent over to where his elbows touched his knees, giving Conor no legal target to hit. I don't know if he was hurt or what, but Conor tried to find his chin again one last time with his final burst of energy and then crashed HARD. It was an interesting sequence that only Floyd knows what really happened there, and he'll never admit that he was hurt by a legal punch, not unless it was obvious, which it wasn't. 4. The stoppage was good. Conor MIGHT have been able to survive with a man less skilled than Mayweather, but Floyd would've been too accurate, too energetic and too smart to let him escape that 10th round. Conor proved some very impressive things about his game that night, but also exposed some holes. His ability to deal with pressure, his ability to fight inside, his economy of movement, his mentality; they're all not on par with an elite boxer. All these are what separates an elite boxer from a talented boxer. A raw talent might have footwork, reactions, vision, distance and timing like Conor, but he hasn't put the time in to understand his body's economy, understand how to deal with constant forward pressure, little tricks to inside fighting. Floyd is too seasoned. He's simply a more complete boxer, a better boxer. Conor has very good amateur skills (4 round skills). 12 rounds is a different game.

[@arielle_australia]

Alchemistic Academician Boom. You nailed it.

[@TheRadivoje]

Nope Floyd just walked down Conor knowing that this is 12 rounds fight.Conor wanted to fight dirthy and take Floyd out off the confort zone,but Floyd was just smiling on that idiot .Everything Conor threw on Floyd was out of balanced half power strikes.Floyd was never in the danger.

[@graham6582]

Thanks for putting in the effort on that post.

[@kingmegart]

^classic case of an adult with the attention span of a toddler. Disagrees before he even reads the full post, because he's a stubborn child

[@abdulfarah4030]

Great effort

[@jeffs.1999]

Thanks for doing these. Straight-up, insightful and respectful. 👍

this is awesome,as joe rogan experience,I just play this in backround and listen while I do stuff I have to do,and everything makes much more sense after these 'long' talks,that actually slip by me pretty fast when Im working,then Im sad its over,couse when I work you know,I dont watch time,i just do it,and this relaxes me,keep up the channel!

[@MrShawnny]

Coach, is it true that the distribution of weight into your punches is different between boxing and mma and would this have impacted McGregor's power crossing over into boxing? Please explain.

[@19munny]

Coach Firas will you be making a video for pre fight analysis for GSP vs Bisping?

[@coryjones4100]

I noticed your brother is making his UFC debut soon. Congrats to you and your families success! Cheers!

[@tapuout101]

Hey coach, I was listening to Demetrious Johnson talk about the fight, scoring and how it works ect. He said in boxing when the defensive fighter defends it counts for the defender. I was shocked he said when Floyd had his gloves up moving in to Conor. He said said every punch to his gloves was points/defended points for Floyd. Conor throws a lot of feelers(hitting Floyds gloves) out to test the distance, but i guess those are giving Floyd points?

[@MrMattyoshea]

Zahabi is the man. Love these break downs, one of the best brains in combat spots

[@usaisgood8433]

You didn't cut it off the ring for a reason! He's not myself or a GGG! He walked him down, made him "blow his load" and forced Mac to punch! It was ALL tactical! And controlled!

[@kyriacosh4569]

Nice analysis as always! Thank you for the video, its educational

[@pizza7975]

Please do a video on striking techniques against BJJ/wrestlers or breakdown Chuck LIddell striking/takedown defense.

[@allancerf9038]

while i don't have time to watch but a portion - kudos for an excellent broadcast.

[@MrArb77]

I'm a boxing fan and a fan of MMA and I like this analysis. You're spot on man

[@mioumitsou]

hey, theres one thing i dont understand though... if mc doesn't have stamina, wouldn't that be evident during his camp , and hence follow a different tactic during the fight?

[@andersonsilvaelonmusk364]

Tristar Gym , what would be the best strategy to beat McGregor in mma,(in the ufc).There might be many but if one of your fighters would go against him in mma,what would be your strategy against him?

[@zoopyjoobles]

Mr. Zahabi, how's GSP loooking?

[@yybr85712]

Great insights Firhas! Thx

[@weightless6515]

Coach zahabi i am interested. Who is for you the best puncher off all time ???

[@paulieconcussionaggie2432]

So you are a boxing judge expert now. When was the last time that you judge a boxing fight or trained a boxer?

[@billcipher3946]

Paulie Concussionaggie what have you done bro?

[@floodland99]

Everything Paulie said came true. Honest fellow.

[@lordsoftherealm2752]

If Conor had TimTam after every round, he would stomp Floyd

[@paulieconcussionaggie2432]

McConnor hit old Floyd with that beautiful uppercut in the first round when Mcgregory had all of his power and wasn't "FATIGUED" and it was so legit and fantastic that Floyd kept marching forward the whole fight until he stopped McKO.

[@jmatthew1734]

I know boxing is an extremely tough sport and I'm a fan, but mma is another level of grueling.

[@alexandraamihan]

Coach, you're a great MMA ambassador to the Boxing world. Very diplomatic, inviting boxing purists to try the MMA gym in a positive tone so they can see fighting in a much wider perspective. And that's the only way to open people's perspective, which is if they try it out themselves. Otherwise, they'll continue to stay in their confined boxes.

[@rajington7098]

He wasn't cutting off the ring because he was barely trying and was able to carry the fight through his gameplan perfectly. Just look at his bet placed on the 9.5 line. One of mayweathers concerns was making it look like a half decent fight.

[@blackhax36]

....11:39 'If you can recover in the fight, you wont be so worried about cardio anymore' WTF is this? This isn't MMA where you can lay down on the ground and rest against the cage and hug each other while you take a breather..This is boxing. If you haven't been putting in your roadwork (which Conor was NOTEDLY not doing, he doesn't run, which is why doesn't have any true stamina or endurance..which was evident to all the boxing eyes who watched his media day workout where he was GASPING for air hitting the heavybag and afterwards) then you're not going to be conditioned when you get in the ring. You can't recover and be effective if your cardio is shit.

[@DBates-nr4ec]

Also his "power" did you forget he landed that counter uppercut in the FIRST round. And that uppercut didn't affect him at all.

[@CreamyBone]

Even tho NAC would never sanction it... how would this fight have been different if McGregor had been using 4oz gloves?

[@johnmelendez1904]

What about the standing 8 count?

[@shanetaylor6823]

Your the man dude! And your right MMA is more grueling than boxing. Its way closer to a realistic fight which is obviously harder than boxing

[@braythirteen]

Great thoughts on respect!

[@Lektuerekurs]

Floyd's forearm & elbow technique Firas, I am nowhere near your level of expertise, but I got the impression that Floyd was way above McGregor with regards to the "boxing clinch" in which he knew better when to throw and not to throw when both were clinching in facing each other, he was even punching on the breaking off of the clinch and I strongly got the impression that those elbows/forearms to the throat to buffer the frontal clinch absolutely surprised and outclassed McGregor.

[@glenzeray]

Great video, but I have to disagree about one thing with the uppercut. Yes it was a beautiful counter, but a big hit, it was not. There’s really no way for us to truly gauge the power of the punch, however if you look at the reaction of mayweather’s face and head at the time of impact, it’s more evident that the uppercut had NO ZIP on it. Look at the way Conor’s face distorted compared to Floyd’s. And Floyd was SURPRISED, but it did not stun or hurt him AT ALL!

[@FOAA2021]

What do you think about the "low blow" in the 9th round? It seems like it was on the belt to me..🤔

[@jamkick8]

nah that hurt floyd and the ref stopped it. that moment ppl really didnt take serious

[@davaochat]

yep you could hear that shot and it backed floyd into the corner real quick.

[@chrissimon3790]

I honestly thought it was low but I think Floyd tried to sell it as a low blow but it hurt him a bit

[@ClydeErwinBarretto]

low blow and you can see it's fairly well below the belt gfycat.com/CrispEducatedDingo

[@jamkick8]

Clyde Erwin Barretto that's not below the belt lol that's clearly beltline unless Floyd's dick is 13 inches

[@kingfist2690]

As a New York native I grew up training in boxing mostly and karate then muay thai then mma I love every part of hand to hand combat I can honestly say that I'd rather be okay at everything than be really good at one thing

[@raymundofigueroa7119]

Coach we need a podcast from you. Coz I'm always driving I would enjoy it more. 😎👍🏽❤️

[@blackhax36]

Wrestling moves by McGregor meant shit. But lets talk about the grappling/clinch component. Floyd won every clinch in the fight and it showed. Floyd even started to clinch up and put the forearms on McGregor later on in the fight showing he had NO fear of Conor's strength.

[@kaloshilo]

I'm a Former Point Contact fighter turned Golden Glove Champion. Each sport is unique. A lot of MMA fans or fighters who never been in the ring don't understand how boxing is tough.

[@ClydeErwinBarretto]

re: power out put. He STILL gasses in MMA. Examples were both Diaz fights. Even though he bit down and sucked it up in the rematch he STILL began to gas near the end of the 2nd round. He's a great fighter, but he has cardio/stamina issues that would eventually at some point will get him picked off in MMA.

[@AikiNickAMV2]

I disagree about the clinch: Conor did not win clinch exchanges. He took Floyd's back on two occasions and, needless to say, it was useless in boxing since the whole back is an illegal target. Most of the times Conor wanted to clinch to break the action he ran into Floyd's elbow like most of Floyd's past opponents. Then Mayweather posted Conor on his forearm and fired right hands. Simply put: different types of clinch, for different sports. Just because McGregor did something that would have been considered winning the clinch exchange in MMA, does not mean he won clinch exchages in boxing. Much like the stuff that wins you clinch exchanges in Muay Thai won't win you clinch exchanges in Greco-Roman wrestling. It was boxing match and Conor lost clinches.

[@XxDesTrucTioNzZ]

First view, first like and first comment. Watching this on my way to college xD You're the best coach! Also, if you want me to design a website for Pure with info / QR codes of the competitors and donation link, a form to register for a pure match etc, message me!

[@obliviox]

Love you Firas! You're the best in the world, I hope to train with you one day! Keep up the good work, love hearing your insight and thoughts, thanks for the analysis and breakdown coach!

[@Raumance]

Hey Zarabi I feel you slightly misinterpreted my comment. So I'm gonna try to explain it further here. I'm mainly talking about endurance here. Would love to hear what you have to say. Probably wrote a few things twice but I'm not gonna proof read this. When it comes to endurance sports you have to know your baseline effort. When you run a Cooper's test you have to know how much you are running before hand so you can hold a steady pace. If you sprint above your predetermined base line during the beginning of the Cooper's you can't maintain your normal baseline for the rest of the test and you will end up with a lower distance. When you do a cross country race on a bike you have to know where your Functional Thereshold Power is so you don't break into the red zone. You can sustain that effort level for a long time but if you go beyond that it's impossible to recover during the race. Conor started by sprinting whereas Floyd worked below his baseline during the first rounds. Now that Conor has broken his baseline effort level it will only be a matter of time he completely fatigues out. Floyd could engage but he doesn't really need to as just keeping Conor working will win him the match because of Conor's early sprints in an endurance race. As we saw Conor didn't recover during the match and eventually was completely fatigued as you would expect to happen to someone that sprints into the red zone at the beginning of an endurance race and after that tries to work at their base level effort. To me it seems like yes Floyd could've engaged but that also gives Conor a chance to land, whereas keeping Conor working at a steady pace will eventually fatigue him because of those early sprints. Maybe Conor could've recovered after the 4th but at the beginning of each round he gave Floyd a flurry of punches to land that KO, which essentially is a sprint. Whereas Floyd began with a very low workrate and worked up to a moderate effort level. Floyd was very careful not get even close to punching himself out. I think Conor he did the right thing with sprinting for a KO at the beginning of rounds, because he wasn't trying to win on points but on a KO, so he gave himself the highest chance of that happening, whereas with points he was guaranteed to lose. Floyd did the right thing as well to give himself the highest chance of winning, keep Conor working and he will fade because of the early sprints, whereas by engaging you give Conor the puncher's chance. Like you said by engaging Conor would be forced to work as well, but not necessarily. If Floyd went in with a high workrate like Conor in the first rounds then there is a chance Conor can recover while Floyd punches himself out, and now the tables have turned. It's not very likely that would've happened but in my opinion that would've given Conor a better chance than what Floyd did, which was keeping Conor working at a steady pace. I don't think based on this match you can say who had the better cardio. Conor tried to sprint whereas Floyd worked below his baseline effort level and ramped up to that baseline. So it's not really about Floyd having better cardio but rather he was conserving his energy to go for the full 12, whereas Conor never meant to go past 6 and tried to sprint for a KO. They were doing different races. Even if Conor had better cardio those sprint efforts would still make him fade against Floyd's effort level maintenance. You can't cardio yourself out of a gameplan that includes sprinting. You make the best marathoners start with a few sprints and they can't recover from them. If you watch Floyd during the match you can see he has a very steady pace, which is what you want when you are doing an endurance race. You said allowing Conor to keep moving by not cutting him allows him to recover, yes but no. Because Conor is already more fatigued than Mayweather, he will not recover as fast or as much as Mayweather does when this is happening. So although Mayweather is allowing Conor to "recover" Mayweahter is still winning the war of endurance by not being as fatigued in the first place and because of that benefitting more from that recovery. To me Floyd looked like an endurance athlete who knows how to control their effort to not even risk going into the red zone and gassing out. Floyd went for the highest win percentage gameplan and stuck to it. What I mean by that is that Floyd cutting and engaging Conor would've deviated from his gameplan by breaking his steady effort level.

[@jeremyjefferson3213]

Can u please breakdown canelo vs ggg?

[@fencefirst2722]

Florians Breakdown is on point

[@usaisgood8433]

How do I bet next x?

[@h1a2l3o4]

Thanks Coach Zahabi.... Appreciate all your videos. Just a few questions and comments regarding the fight and your analysis thereof. I should mention that I am a big of both Boxing and MMA fan. I train MMA, BJJ and wrestling, however, I did start my combat sport journey in Amateur boxing, so I do hold both sports in high regard, though I feel like I hold a higher respect to the sweet science. I do acknowledge that they are 2 different sports. 1) You mentioned that Conor out-clinched Floyd, however, Conor did mention, post fight, that Floyd was strong in the clinch. What do you make of this? 2) Do you think Conor would have survived the standing eight count if he went down? I don't think so.... It was a spectacle event, and I feel that the referee saved Conor from unnecessary brain trauma. While Conor did mention that it was a bit of an early stoppage, He clearly acknowledged defeat and wasn't very upset about it. I feel like he was close to being properly knocked out and just claimed such to save face. Though props to him, he survived almost 10 rounds with, arguably, the best boxer of all time. 3) Even in a boxing match, Conor cut a bit of weight. While i'm not sure how much he cut, do you think it played a large role in his fatigue? 4) While most claim that Conor hit Floyd with some good shots, Floyd seemed to be in no danger. In fact i would say that Floyd's right is better than Conor's Left. Simply, faster, more accurate and timed better. Would you agree? 5) I don't think majority of casual MMA fan's appreciate the levels of skill there are to only fighting with 2 hands...They think that less tools = less skill. Similarly, boxing fan's may not understand the brutality of MMA. However, that's another rant altogether. Agree or not, MMA will take over boxing. Do you think we will see an influx of top level elite strikers learning adequate grappling defence and dominating the octagon? Hope to hear your thoughts. Dean

[@timucinokur1985]

in an interview conor said that in the sparring sessions he would gas out in the middle of the fight. So he hoped to gain some traction possibly in the last two rounds again

[@KingdomOfBoxing]

so we're was that power in the first round? he landed his uppercut and mayweather didn't even blink

[@KingdomOfBoxing]

it was the mma who was disrespecting boxing with all that talk about you gonna knock mayweather out so after all that smack talk ufc got embarrassed

[@sunflowerguy5314]

Are you Lithuanian?

[@wreck.create.MAK0]

i agree with the stoppage because A. mcgregor was noticeably dead tired for not just one round , but like 3 rounds in a row, he was practically panting dead- and B. wasn't defending himself . its easy to say- "I want to fight" afterwards- but in the heat of the fight- he was done- mentally out of it.

[@sandman1347]

Honestly the referee saved him from the embarrassment of having an internet meme of himself all over the web for the next 5 years. Conor performed admirably but if you think that Floyd was in any way taxed in this fight, you don't know what you were watching. Conor hit Floyd flush with an uppercut in the first round (before fatigue comes into it) and Floyd didn't even flinch. Again, Conor did well but don't get carried away. Conor is not top 200 when it comes to power if you include boxing. Boxers hit MUCH harder than MMA fighters. Too many people don't realize that MMA fighters in general are not great stand up fighters.

[@knuckle-sandwichmma681]

he hit him with weak uppercut and Floyd had shock written in his face. check first 10 seconds of round 9. ref saved him. Conor had him beat. referee saved Floyd from embarassment that nt only would McGregor be able to drag him to decision like he did against Diaz but would even find a way to win. in a boxing match boxers are more likely to land harder punches but if you put them into test on some kind of machine that shows the force after they set up their punches he hits harder than many boxers. however he couldn't do that here. cause in boxing boxers simply are better at seeking opportunities, they know when to press hips and legs. MMA fighters aren't great stand up fighters? I would love to see how not great standup fighters they are if you put a boxer against them and they swing a heel across his head. IN STAND UP

[@sandman1347]

209mutherFOOKERS this is what I mean when I say you don't know what you were watching. The uppercut didn't phase Floyd. In the 9th Floyd was trying to sell a low blow there. He wasn't hurt and no one saved him. By the end of the 9th round, Conor was being knocked around the ring like a pin-ball. You live in an alternate reality dude.

[@boycedresdin]

sandman1347 bullshit go back and watch that clip. I have the shit on my phone, Conor hit Floyd with an uppercut right to the dick

[@sandman1347]

IMVNYEL sarcasm?

[@sharkyjena]

sandman1347 that uppercut didn't land flush. Mayweather actually pulled back his own right hand half way through throwing it because he knew he was gonna get countered.

[@AikiNickAMV2]

2:53 - "Once in a while you have an MMA fighter beat a boxer in boxing?" O_o When the hell did that happen? You mean Joe Duffy beating up bums? I honestly can't remember a single MMA fighter beating a good boxer in boxing. This is not an insult or anything, this is an honest question: can anyone remind of such an example?

[@johnnykool5083]

According to some sources, Mayweather didn't cut off the ring because he wanted the fight to last longer and punish McGregor, he said that he wanted to see how much he could take

[@ironman2313]

Firas, you say you train boxers and mma in tristar. If you put 100 boxers against 100 mma fighters in a no rule fight... let say like in the street... what numbers do you have in that situation??

[@WrestlingSimulations12]

The early UFC's already answered this question. We all know the more well rounded fighters will win the majority of the time.

[@blueknight3393]

Firas this is no shade, but you need to go check out Muay Boran 74. He has two videos on the May/Mac fight that are on point. He gives you a very good understand of how the punches that Conor threw at Floyd had no power behind them. Heavy Hands give a good break down and Paulie on Luke Thomas because they get into the nuance detail explanation.

[@erikbritz9425]

Blue Knight whats the videos name? Or heck share the link

[@D9Wx]

Blue Knight hahahhaaha shut ur ass up. U want him to watch a Floyd nuthugger cover up for the sport og boxing? That a0-0 boxer with 3.month to prepare woooped Floyd for 5 rounds. U guys should learn to see when a fighter intens to throw power or not. Conor had aalooot of power the first rounds. Thats why Floyd cover up like a bitch not takimg chances. Ur not fooling anyone with that bullshit kid.

[@joeb.1035]

Dannynorw not even 3 months dude, 6 weeks of full training camp with 1 week taken out for the world tour and 1 week taken out for fightweek..so he had 4 weeks to spar and get himself ready for a 10 rounds fight against TBE.

[@roidjones]

Coach stop getting their names mixed up lol, keep up the good work.

[@DaimAngel123]

To mayweather's point, mcgregor could have suffered some serious damage before going out on canvas. Is it worth it ?

[@axebattler6604]

Any hate from boxing fans is payback for the months of shit talking from McGregor fanboys and McGregor himself against boxing. The insecurity comes from mma fans. There are articles on this subject from mma websites. Mma/McGregor fans deserve this.

[@plo617]

Axe Battler Exactly

[@roarblast7332]

Floyd often fights south paws aggressively. Judah and corley are good examples of how he fought mcgregor. When a south paw is fighting off his back foot it seems his best approach is to stalk his opponent out of a high guard.

[@USALibertarian]

The uppercut glancing off the chest does not argue against it. It argues for it. Had it not glanced off the chest it would have had even more power. Still not KO, but so?

[@ismaildashti5874]

Thank you coach respect oss

[@wreck.create.MAK0]

also power in a street fight- dosent also translate to punching with gloves on- its a different type of punching- with gloves that thick u have to anchor yourself more- you can't snap like a martial arts punch . its a thump not a snap. so mcgregors power didnt translate to this art form thats all. its like getting a decathlete to run a sprint with usain bolt.

[@fencefirst2722]

If points were to be taken away for illegal blows.. Does Conor still win rounds?

[@ThatsToughTV]

You can make that at home with a brushless motor and some rubber. Easy to make.

[@Tem209]

I respect all realistic combat sports from MMA to boxing to Muay Thai to dutch style kick boxing..I think people can learn many things from all of these if they want to get their ass better in fighting..

[@tinom8673]

Keeping McGregor on the back foot was the safe play for Mayweather. Conor is most dangerous moving forward or when you close the distance to him. When he is constantly moving back he is in his worst position to get off shots. Before round 9 McGregors corner told him to clinch up and recover that round, at the start of the round he saw an opening and started blasting shots, the ref broke it up, I think he had an adrenaline dump at the reset, as he was already very tired it seemed to zap him mentally, leaving him more or less defenseless. Either way, I enjoyed the fight. I do think the fact that he lasted that long with the output he was throwing will really help him in championship MMA fights. I think training hard rounds longer than a fight lasts will help him get past the mental break that tends to happen to him, add to that training to conserve energy and not to jump on every opening that presents itself with his explosive movements, and he could turn into a great 5 round fighter.

[@paulieconcussionaggie2432]

McConnor did so good against old Floyd and show so much beautiful boxing skills that he got stopped in the 10th rd. MMA is so much bigger than boxing that the bigger MMA fight in history is a boxing match and UFC Lightweight and Featherweight Champion is an old retired boxer with brittle hands.

[@fencefirst2722]

Paulie Concussionaggie well said

[@MoheTitan]

It was impressive that McGregor was able to land that counter uppercut, but that's the exact reason why everyone is saying his power is overrated from a boxing perspective. He landed a perfect clean left uppercut in the first round while he was fresh, pretty much the hardest punch he could possibly land other than perhaps a straight left... and it had little effect on Mayweather. Mayweather ate it, didn't budge at all, and continued walking him down.

[@johnborreca8751]

Conor needs room to execute his style of fighting. He needs space to land his punches. Floyd crowded him by laying on his chest closing the distance on him. Conor had nowhere to go. It was just a matter of time, since Conor was pushed backward for the entire fight.

[@rajington7098]

If Conor wanted the fight to continue he would have just thrown one punch and the ref would let it keep going. Conor knew exactly how it works, he just wanted it to be over obviously. As for head trauma and damage - according to doctors stumbling is always regarded as the result of head trauma, it is not the result of fatigue.

[@MasterofNOthingMusic]

Nice job! Thanks. Boxing is an INSTITUTION, as such you can expect certain behaviors from its adherents (fanatical devotion at all levels). MMA is for the most part only 25 years old (aprox.). For those of us that have gotten to see mma evolve; you can be sure this fight will have an impact in regards to strategy, punching , on and on. LOVE mma, thought Floyd fought a brilliant fight. Composure means taking an uppercut in the first round and 1). not showing remotely how you feel. and 2). instantly / seamlessly making adjustments. That's why Floyd is Floyd ! Connor will be that much better just for having stood in the ring with Mayweather and experiencing him on that level. That means that the big winner are mma fans. Remember, in the beginning the question was: which style of unarmed combat is the most effective. At first it was Jujitsu, and submission fighters, then the wrestlers. latter the strikers emerged (adapted / learned / evolved ). Now we have wrestlers who strike and strikers who can submit. The sport will adapt and grow from this and that's why I freakin LOVE it. 4 to 5 Mayweather TKO in the 10th.

[@TheJoeGizzle]

Boxing’s culture against MMA has existed way longer than the May-Mac fiasco. This goes all the way back to the inception of the UFC and further back. I believe that boxing became comfortable as being the premier “baddest” most pure and skilled form of unarmed combat in the world; at least to the popular eye. That said, MMA has become so huge that it really does supersede boxing by far as being the closest thing to true unarmed combat we’ve ever seen. In a real fight, the trained MMA fighter could potentially due far worse damage than the boxer. Proficiency beyond punch-work, footwork, head movement, and other boxing fundamentals, mixed martial artists are exposed to a much wider range of styles that have a wider application overall. MMA also has a culture that is engrained in the traditional martial arts where respect and honor are much more valued than the dirtier world of boxing. The insecurities of arrogant, not all, boxing purists, are deeply rooted from generations of pride that have existed for a long time. These are some of the things I’ve observed over years of studying both sports.

[@Chaban70]

Agreed, I think Boxers feel a little jealousy towards MMA fighters, particularly the old guard. Before UFC 1, the general consensus was that boxers were the toughest guys on the planet. Since then, we know that isn't true, and they can't get over that.

[@MikeHunt-qu6ef]

Floyd didnt have a lot of output because he was hesitant he didnt know what to expect in the beginning he was getting countered he didnt wanna get touched and look stupid. Even tho Floyd took more risks than usual he took most of his risks when he thought Conor was tired.

[@rm5238]

Zahabi needs a Fox commentary position, he is the best fight analyst by far! Love both MMA and Boxing, Flyod won, Conner lost but gets an A for effort and a C for the fight. Its was entertaining and better than I thought it would be. Was surprised by how long it lasted and Flyod seemed like he wanted it to go longer, make it a better fight than it was. Conner is a beast in MMA but boxing is boxing and a different sport altogether. Good stoppage, brain damage is a bad thing ;) Im a fan of both of them in their respective sports, good show!

[@ArvelleWhitaker]

I am a boxing fan first....you are right the respect goes both ways. Form my end, its the same. lots of MMA fans being very disrespectful

[@toaitran6447]

Paulie DID asked Mayweather why he wasn't cutting off the ring, youtube it. Mayweather replied that he wanted to "punish" Mcgregor longer. About the stoppage; As the ref, you can't let a fighter continue if he already quitted. "Mcgregor is so special, he has GREAT first round stamina/power." - Bro, we got plenty of these in boxing. They are called cab drivers.

[@jhonjohnjonjondoe5011]

I thought Floyd walked connor down for 2 reasons. 1 to make Connor move a lot more and make him think he has to fight much more then he had too. 2. because connor is a counter puncher and needs space to counter punch and instead he was closing the distance in another way so connor would have to fight him to keep him back but refused to give him a punch to counter.

[@lorrainewilson2444]

Navame Zaiani yes but Conor was at 170 pounds and 29 years old and a huge range diff;Mayweather is 40 years old and 149 pounds.

[@SouthLondonJamaican]

He walked Connor down because Connor was never a threat. Mayweather could never do what he did to Connor to a boxer if he did try he would of got hurt but like I said Connor was not a threat nothing to worry about

[@blackhax36]

Judges cards reflected boxing scoring. They aren't going to give you points for rabbit punching and shoe shining. Which is what most of McGregor's punch out was.

[@a0kca1p]

Jack Slack can never be accused of being an MMA hater, and he put it well in his last podcast. Either you have to admit that Connor McGregor doesn't have the "touch of death" type power, or you have to admit that the +100 punches he hit Mayweather with weren't particularly meaningful. You can't have it both ways. Mayweather showed no fear of entering into the pocket on McGregor, or letting McGregor enter the pocket on him. This includes the early rounds, where McGregor supposedly still has his "touch of death" power. Connor said it himself: precision beats power, and timing beats speed. But against Mayweather, he was not able to place his punches with precision or timing, and Floyd wasn't afraid of Connor's raw striking power. Look, Connor acquitted himself very well in the bout and should be commended for that, but let's stop acting like Mayweather was ever not in full control. Floyd took a couple rounds to figure Connor out (and if Connor wanted to waste himself needlessly, all the better). But after Mayweather had the measure of his opponent, his plan was simply to force engagements, knowing that he would give better than he got each time and that the exchanges would get more lopsided as the rounds went on.

[@Oggy2295]

Surprised you didn't mention that Mayweather let mcgregor have those 3/4 rounds he 'won'. He didnt outbox him for them, mayweather let mcgregor box and tire and see what was happening. Floyd always knew he was going to finish this fight

[@marconico]

Oggy2295 mayweather was slated for the Pac fight even though it takes 2 to tango. He didn't want this fight to be slated as a circus so avoided starching Conor from the start.

[@kountatalk]

I got to say you are abit biased to McGregor/MMA. Boxers and boxing fans are mostly only defending their sport. MMA fans mostly are trying to say they are better/tougher/stronger than boxers using the arguement that in a octagon they will easily beat a boxer etc. There are very few boxers and boxing fans saying that a boxer will win in the octagon or a real fight. They understand this. Its very different. Two different sports. But its very different the other way around. Mma fans and quite a few top level mma fighters and so called experts felt that mcgregor was going to win. Mma fans keeping defending the loss using all sorts of arguements. In mma mcgregor is amazing. No doubt about it. In boxing, hes average.

[@mmapropheteer7725]

Zahabi doesn't understand boxing culture. There's a huge difference between boxing fans and Floyd fans. These disrespectful folks DKSAB aside from Floyd Mayweather. Nobody seriously sees this fight as a Boxing vs. MMA debate.

[@zzccvvbbnnmmaassddff]

honestly is not about giving chance but it is about giving our money worth, i mean everyone was expected someone or somekind of knockdown or something..

[@BlakeAndrewz]

video wont play half way through fuck youtube i was dosing off to this

[@floydmadeconoreathiswords6016]

boxing fans are giving you shit because conor was not respecting the sport of boxing. you better believe your going to deal with the backlash

[@freedom_5891]

Boxing is the must dangerous fighting sport ever. In a street fight boxing saves your live even against multiple attackers and really fast. No MMA, Jujitsu, Karate or wrestling can do what boxing can do.

[@USALibertarian]

It WAS an early stoppage. He wasn't out on his feet. He was still moving. Mayweather didn't have him trapped and wasn't teeing off. McGregor is a cage fighter. He takes a lot of punishment and wasn't wobbled. I can't recall many boxing stoppages that early, if any. Show me a major fight with a stoppage under similar circumstances that people did not say it was early. Mayweather explained why the ref protected McGregor's future.

[@Chris-is1rd]

As someone who follows MMA and boxing its laughable to say that MMA fans are more respectful or that MMA only boxing fans look down on MMA (and not vice versa)

[@S.A.N.503]

I wish boxers/boxing fans would respect MMA more than they do. Boxing is a beautiful sport to watch. But so is MMA. If they understood the grappling game, and the transitions from striking to take downs, I really think they'd appreciate it more. I know for ME personally, I enjoy watching BJJ matches just as much as I enjoy boxing. If not more than boxing. It's literally human chess. The room for error is pretty much nonexistent at the elite levels. If they knew what was happening, I truly believe that they would fall in love with it as well. Appreciate these videos coach!! Keep them coming!! OSS 🙏👊🙏👊🙏👊

[@jdevlin1910]

They're the NASCAR fans of combat sports

[@roidjones]

For Floyd not to cut of the ring simply proves to me that he was in control and wanted this fight to last for a while.

[@johnnykool5083]

I'm a big MMA fan and I'm into boxing as well b4 somebody wants to call me a boxing fanboy but let's call an apple an apple. If u truly understand the sports then u recognize what goes on inside the octagon and/or the boxing ring, some people just don't recognize how Floyd just played around in the ring and think that Conor actually did good, Floyd toyed with him, the tactic he used to just walk him down was something u can do against a rookie who doesn't know any better, he smiled the whole time, winking at people outside the ring and wasn't even breathing hard, that was one of his easiest fights and yes he carried Conor to the 10th round to give the fans a show but he was never in any danger

[@roccet1365]

Tristar Gym, you say that respect has to go both ways but then you disrespect boxing by saying mma will take over boxing and boxing will be mmas little brother really? That's why I can't fuck with mma because you have mma guys that say they love boxing but they disrespect boxing all the time. Them mma guys must be salty from the beatings they got from boxers

[@CoachZahabi]

Bryant please accept my apology, boxing is not Mma's little brother. They are both great sports.