Conor McGregor introduces the UFC to 'red panty night'

Frank can you leave that game till the FINAL

We can dream W/R, I dont give England a change ,Belgium 11.5 is good value

Will wait for the draw before striking a bet Frank , even then I might not bother .

Joshua is the real deal.  Great odds for a White ko early and can see where you are coming from, gl.

I don't think Aldo is that slow, Frank.  So hard to predict the outcome.

Interesting to read abut McGregor's knee injury in the run up to that last fight.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/mma/cathal-pendred-exclusive-difference-in-mindset-could-be-telling-factor-in-mcgregoraldo-clash-34273816.html

Ozy he could be alright but i don't see it. Hard to base being the real deal fighting cannon fodder. So many english fighters are fed muck and have no chin. We will find out saturday. If he beats Whyte then he moves on to bigger fights. Haye would clean him out i think if he stays injury free. Wilder would beat them all imo. Heavyweight division is on the up and hopefully we will see some decent fights as boxing needs a lift.

Am hugely impressed by his speed, power, conditioning and athleticism. We shall see.

Oz this is the way i see Aldo trying to slow down Conor, ..  José Aldo Vs. Urijah Faber - Leg kicks from hell.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzI7A4ZBtM,   Conor,s southpaw style could suit Aldo kicking style,but im sure  McGregor's team will be aware of this.

Ozy he is a beast alright. However as i say to anyone you can't train a chin. No chin no win and i have a feeling if he was put on his arse wearing a helmet his chin ain't great. Any we shall see. Going to be a great nights fighting. Enjoy.

Aldo's legs kicks are brutal. I just think Aldo will find a way to win. Can't see him being beaten. Champion for 11 years fought all the best pure warrior. Conor will have to find a quick ko because the longer it go's if favour's Aldo. I think r4 finish.

Theres a tv special on rte2 starting now on the notorious one.

Whyte has absolutely no chance against Joshua and he simply wouldn't be in there with him if he had. The basis of the next next Sky/Matchroom deal (Barney Francis and your typical Football Fan in the UK adore AJ) basically rests on Joshua.

The price of 8/1 is based on a bit of support from casuals off a bit of talk from Dillian. Saw 25's a few weeks ago which is nearer the mark. Whyte wouldn't be there if he had a hope and it's is the worst SKY PPV ever, by a million miles.

The amateur encounter is meaningless before anyone says, just look at their physiques. The irony is one of them was wrongly done for drugs!

Neill d do u actually watch boxing or are you another sky hype monkey. I am not saying joshua is the real deal but to say whyte has no chance would be a stupid statement. Same statement when khan got kod in the first round. Dunne got kod in the first round. So i take it you have no fukkking clue and your genrealisded bollix sky hype is great. Your just another bye in monkey hype bollix. Weather he ko's him or not your a clown. I have followed boxing all my life and this **** card should not be ppv. AND NEILD YOU ARE A CLOWN.

Anfeild ar meisce again,not to worry the apology will come tomorrow.

I wonder why the Internationalists support McGregor.

Maybe our resident internationalist likes him for his foul mouthed vulgarity.

Wildman why do you need to get involved in this. You have been even involved in any of the boxing stuff. Whats it got to do with you. I have had my beef with you and i a apologised with pm to you. So mate i really think you sad and looking for and argument go find real people. I love boxing but to come on here and bring up the crap i had with you is pure sad.

WILLMAN BULLY IN SCHOOL. PURE AND UTTER ****. NO NEED FOR U IN THIS BULLY ****.

REPORT IF U WANT U SAD ****

AND I HAVE NO DRINKS ME NOW. U ARE PRIK AND THE WORST PRIK NO THIS SITE. U ARE A CUNNNNT.

And i mean all i say here. Wildman just a pure and utter cunnnt.

A SCUMBAG

Scumbag to bring the pm up tonight. No knowledge but had to get something the game. Sad pathetic sitting at home waiting to pounce. Pathetic. Clown. Get some real friends you absolute clown.

Anyway i just cant take idiots getting involved to score points. Wildman u are a pure idiot. And the pms i sent u mean. And get me banned if you want because you are a pure prik and it would be worth it.

You where involved in the boxing here and got involved when it suited you. You sad prik.

I'll explain my point of view, while Whyte is indeed a step up on what Joshua has faced so far, there is that much money to be made in fights with Haye or Fury that they are very unlikely to throw him in with anyone with a pulse.

Bernard Dunne was knocked out in a European Title (an entirely different stage of development to tomorrow night's British Title Fight) by Kiko Martinez. Martinez went on to win a version of the World Title. He also gave the excellent Carl Frampton hell in their first fight. There is also a very strong possibility that Kiko (along with a hell of a lot of other Spanish Athletes) used PEDs and was on them when he fought Dunne. Dunne had frailties anyway and was never a Sky fighter so i don't see the relevance of your point in terms of Match-making. In fact, he couldn't get licensed in the UK.

When Amir Khan was beaten by Prescott, he was very young and it was acknowledged that he had been thrown to the wolves. Prescott was chosen as an opponent by Khan's new Cuban trainer. The trainer was sacked straight away afterwards by Frank Warren for choosing to put Khan in with such a dangerous puncher at that time. Prescott didn't go on to much, but at the time he was a massive and unbeaten lightweight with a real dig. Khan was also very tight at lightweight and moved up to light-welter straight away after. Khan would also leave Warren and join Golden Boy Promotions in America.

What happened to Frank Warren with Khan is exactly the reason why Hearn will match Joshua very carefully until he gets to fight Fury or Haye. One defeat and either fight isn't worth half as much. He'll fight the shop-worn Chisora after this who has just signed with Hearn's German mate. That will look good on paper and give him rounds before he steps in with one of the big-boys in 18 months time and earns at least 20 million.

It's just Boxing Politics!!

Khan ducked the much more dangerous domestic rival John Murray at lightweight as well, why because he was marketable and they didn't want him in with a guy that might beat him at that stage.

Ricky Hatton was never allowed fight Sheffield's Junior Witter (went on to be WBC Champ) on his way up either. Too risky, a loss against such an awkward opponent would have ruined Hatton's appeal.

If Whyte had a pulse, he wouldn't be there. There's also a strong rumour his shoulder is injured. He's there for the coin and not expecting to win.

u cant train a chin

Great to see a cocky OIrish lad now and again...makes a change from the stuck up pomms and the arrogant aussies and the high five yankey footballers ...lets take what we can get...come on conor.

Also u have no clue. If u cant take a punch its over. I have followed boxing for 20 years so i actually could not care what u say. No chin no win.

We'll see Saturday, he has a "Puncher's Chance" was probably the way I should have put it.

Joshua sparred Klitscko and there has been nothing of him being put down there.

Joshua also took up Boxing in his late teens, I wouldn't hold getting dropped early against him. If he was to be beat tomorrow, it would more likely be through him gassing than chin issues IMO. We'll see sure.

Joshua could be the real deal. Dont get be wrong but its a great speculative bet imo. Thats all. Wildman is just jumping on board for his own personal ****. Anyway neil d enjoy the fight. Its a great night fighting nothing i just love boxing and im sorry if i came across wrong.

I'm not saying he is the real deal either tbh!

I'd Fury to box him at range and out-point him, actually. Enjoy the fight as well man. Would be rare enough we talk Boxing on here so a nice change.

favour*

just reading back, I hadn't realised people had had bets on the Whyte KO so apologies if what i wrote in the first instance came off condescending. everyone's entitled to their opinion.

If Whyte does win, I will indeed look a clown.

Neil its all about opinions. But as i say i love boxing. And nobody who hasn't ben hit does not deserve the hype he has. He could be great but i dont think he will be. Nassem Hamed first fight in the usa was destroyed. Dillian Whyte will beat him.

Klitscko was sparked out 3 times

At 108 wilman u got involved in nothing you have said nothing about in the whole chat just to have a go at me. Your pathetic. Get some friends or go for a walk. Seriously that is so sad. So sad. Piece of crap. Just have a good look at yourself. Id say either a bully or bullied. Really sad.

some cracking bouts in the national stadium tonight boys to kick the weekend off!

Some inspiring olympians on view all right Toby, Boxing and horseracing  by a Distance are Ireland most  successful sports.

SRY that should read  aspiring  olympians.

Jesus Christ is anfield on drugs?
For his own sanity if hope so.

What a complete Gent Neil D is.  He always behaves impeccably on here, we could all learn from him.

Well said oz, don't know how he didn't lose his rag with the insults hurled his way from the drunk scouser

Right so the main card starts at 3Am Irish time with 5 fights, McGregor Aldo up last obviously.

Am gong to set my alarm for 4/4.15..reckon the fight might go off about 5ish

I cannot do the staying up all night milarkey..wrecked by the time the fight comes on.

Weigh in midnight tonight afaik.

If you want to play safe OZ[time wise] Chris Weidman v Luke Rockhold is on before the big fight [should be a cracker]

c'mon Aldo. rather a dignified quiet man won than this crude national stereotype.

Neddie K typical west brit

Wait til Neddie hears The Foggy Dew, he will soon change his tune.

Just for you fred            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaS3vaNUYgs

Just for you fred            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaS3vaNUYgs

Thanks boys

Going to watch the fight after a few beers tomorrow night post Munster/Leicester. Knew his appeal was big from what I've read in the papers but it goes beyond what I thought. I wouldn't know anything much about MMA but hope he wins, he's creating a great buzz. Groups of people all over the country watching this tomorrow. Just after the late bars close as well!

Ladsbroke top price about mcgregor round 1 and 2
11/2

i'll be cheering on Cork's own Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan tomorrow night against Chris Eubank Jnr in a final eliminator for the WBA middleweight title.

i don't expect any of the McGregor bandwagon-jumpers to have heard of him or even to know the fight is on. Media is focusing 100% on the trash-talker's little fight in America instead.

O'Sullivan won't embarrass himself or the country come what may but McGregor will probably do both.

IS this the same  Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan that kissed  Chris Eubank Jnr on the lips at the weigh-in today Fred, you wouldn,t find  McGregor doing any of that pansy sh..t,

Your doing a great job of embarrassing yourself here nedzer

you his new biggest fan Chelt?? he has great appeal for the chavs alright.

To be fair Fred ' O'Sullivan is no push over , you can have 6.2 here for him to win,Eubank jnr is not as good as his dad so there just might be an outside chance that he might cause a surprise.

lets hope so frank. theres a family history of losing to Irishmen eh

Indeed, Sullivan is almost as cocky as  McGregor, Theres 187euro at 7.2 here if you think the Corkman can win. We wish him well

http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/roy-jones-jr-s-br-long-goodbye/

Excellent profile of Roy Jones jr who fights this weekend just a month short of his 47th Birthday. On his prime, if you said to me he was the second greatest fighter who ever lived, I wouldn't disagree.

Great article Neill, i will always remenber Roy being robbed of the Gold medal in the 88 olmmpics, and 27years later he is still fighting, there some great footage on you tube of his glory days.I wont ask you who is you fav fighter is Neill,  Marvin Hagler was mine.

Great article Neill, i will always remenber Roy being robbed of the Gold medal in the 88 olmmpics, and 27years later he is still fighting, there some great footage on you tube of his glory days.I wont ask you who is you fav fighter is Neill,  Marvin Hagler was mine.

can't believe hes still around. must be a once-off thing??

he was a superb boxer at middle, super-mid and light-heavy. he even won a version of the heavyweight title against John Ruiz, who was a bit of a mug.

towards the end of his career he was losing to guys he'd previously have beaten one-handed. so dunno why hes come back, unless he's broke or bored.

used to wonder why he never fought the likes of Eubank/Benn/Collins, perhaps he saw what happened to Gerald McClellan and thought better of it.

Sugar Ray Robinson, Frank. Never saw him obviously but the body of his work (at a time when every working-class kid in America fought) and anecdotal evidence suggests he must have been the best. I saw a thing where the late Bert Sugar was discussing his book "The 100 greatest Fighters of All Time." When deciding on his Top 10, he said he would have made Robinson "1 through 9 if he could have." What strikes me is that he did it at Welterweight and Middleweight in an era with only one Champion and no junior weight classes like Light-Middle, astonishing.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sugar_Ray_Robinson

Before my time really Freddie, but from what I gather, Jones was the best of the yanks, James Toney was extremely talented however Jones was stylistically wrong for him. Toney stepped up in weight to beat Evander Holyfield pretty hanily in 03'. I'd have thought Jones & Toney were better than Eubank, Watson, Benn & Collins. Herroll Graham & Watson, the guys who never won belts could probably legit claim to be the best of the Brits as well. Watson outclassed Eubank until the incident. The McClellan/Benn fight was a piece of form in favour of this side of the atlantic, but I'd rate RJJ another level up again. The guy had freakish speed and reflexes. There was amazing depth in the early to mid nineties by all accounts.

weigh-ins on now boys, bt sport 2

Lovely stuff

its on Setanta as well.

I know Steve Collins was keen to fight him and it was close to being arranged but Jones wouldnt agree to it.

Frankie Edgar def. Chad Mendes  KO in the 1st rd last night,

http://www.independent.ie/sport/mma/flight-carrying-conor-mcgregor-fans-forc...

Walk us through that one NeddieK

Ya t0sser!

Nedzer seething with rage after that one.
#kingConor

That was a real punch and beat the phantom punch by over a minute.

I can see why the authorities would want McGregor to win but there is no way they wanted it to end that quickly.

Its hard to credit that Mincer manages to turn this into one of is self loathing pieces.

Why wouldn't they wanted it ended quickly? Nice excuse for big money rematch. Sellout croke park maybe

Mincer spot on, you have to chuckle at them spending thousands to head out and its over after 13 seconds.

Racing some big Boxing  matches have been over inside a minute , so no real surprises there . What would have been sickening was if he had got BEAT inside a minute .

can't say i would have found it sickening at all if he'd been beaten.

THATS the difference ....

what difference? You'd want to be pretty dense to spend thousands going to watch that farce of a sport.

Racinq to YOU its farcical ,to Millons it THEIR sport , no matter what you think of him hes GREAT for that sport . I met him recently and a NICER guy you could not meet ,a lot of that stuff is for show , remember Ali and his chattering , all sport is about winning .Conor happens to be WORLD CHAMP , savour the moment we don't have to many WORLD CHAMPS.

Is there anyone you haven't met Workrider

He said rd 1 ko and he done it
11/2 winner

Pleasing that that was worst result for irish bookles imo
Pp had enhanced rd 1 k.o to 5/1 yesterday

Unlike WR i never met him but i am nt surprised as to what he says, i get the impression if you can look at him behind the show he does come across as quite a likeable lad, i would rather boxing as a sport tbh but i say will done to Conor McGregor, fair play, must be great to be a world champion in your field WD.

Wonks is also a world champion of his own field of attention seeking

ARISE SIR CONOR KING OF THE UFC. Its a hole different ball game when they get hit by me.

Nowhere to hide for the usual begrudgers after that.
McGregor even calls the shot that would win the fight the week before.
I will enjoy my mincepies this Christmas....

Well done roger, forum legend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYaLs9GMuOQ

Gerrup outta dat!!!

Fair play Cheltenham Roar, I'll go easy on you in future seeing as you are a Conor fan.

I only target the easy nibblers roger

"Fair play to RTE - They are bowing to public demand and are showing the full Mcgregor fight this evening in The Angelus slo"t - Distant View

the loudmouth Bluffer exposed last night. good riddance

I like him he has got people who have no interest in UFC watching myself included.

in essence he is a showman and like Ali will come back stronger imo.

Thought he emerged with plenty of credit from the fight, landed some great shots in the first. Had his opponent been 10/11 stone it wouldn't have got to the 2nd rnd but step up to 12 was too much.
Have to also say when he was rocked by that slap he could/probably  should have gone hiding  until the end of the rnd but he kept attacking and that's what beat him.
I seen him on a Ryanair flight to Manchester about 3 years ago,  remember thinking at the time that there can't be much money in this MMA, but he's fairly changed that.

Laid McGregor at 1.22, the step up to that weight category so quickly was always likely to find him out

Did you lay him before or AFTER the result was known? Please...

Last night before I went to bed, pleasant result to wake up to this morning.

But am sure he will bounce back from it back down in his own weight division where he is champion

After round 1 he BACKED him @ 1.04 though ..... Snappy down to Navan with ya you aftertiming gobshyte...

Holly Holms and McGREGOR were 4s on before there fights last night, during there fights they hit 10s on , Anne Power fall at the last at cheltenham last march saving the bookies a fortune, Callit put up 2 odds on lays in the Pre/league yesterday Everton and Chelsea both money on;we can all tell our bad luck stories and good luck stories , its what we love about having a bet.  McGREGOR will rise again whether you like him or not.

Indeed UFC need McGregor