maybe conor will have trained take down defense cus imho he was easily taken down!
Absolutely! This cannot be argued. But with that said, MCG was able to do his thing after getting up each and every time.
To me a fight should be stopped when the fighter is no longer defending himself..... Like his hands are not up protecting himself and he is taking unblocked shots to the head and face.
Mendes was covered up and getting hit in his hands by mcgegor for like a second and a half when the fight was stopped.
Mcgregor did land a great punch but it's not like mendez was unconscious. He was covered up and not taking any more excessive damage. The round would have ended, mendez would have risen to his feet with no problem and went to his corner and came out for the next round.
As for the comment about people who thought it was an early stoppage being butthurt. I was rooting for mcgregor (even won some money on the fight) so I was not butthurt. Simply thought it was an early stoppage
FOJ, my comment was NOT directed at you at all. It was mostly in reference to the folks on the MMA subreddit. Sorry if you took it that way. Anyway, I re-watched the end of the fight and still think it was a good stoppage.