"I'm going to go out there and stand up with him because that's what everyone wants to see," Cerrone said. "Someone said earlier that's like fighting not to win almost, but hell no. I'd rather go down in history as having the greatest fight ever and losing than fighting to just win and winning. I'm going out there to put on the line and throw down and give everyone what they want to see. To me, that's what I want my legacy to be. I don't want to be the guy that took the easy way and just ran the whole fight and tried to point fight. Hell, no. I'm going to stand and try to throw down."
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True warrior and that's why his name will be remembered by us foreverÂ
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Big Dick G
Not a champion's mentality. Appealing to this masses. I see this more as a subtle sign of insecurity. The narrative of providing the best show possible to the fans is  easier for the ego to digest than an honest admission to himself that while he is great, he will never rise to the very top.  Makes the losses much easier to digest if they are in the name of "putting on a great show."  Again, this is not a champions mentality.
To be clear, Cowboy is a badass.  What separates him from the UFC champions, however, is that he is not mentally as strong as them.Â
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Sigmund Freud
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BMF mentality.
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sage77 -Not a champion's mentality. Appealing to this masses. I see this more as a subtle sign of insecurity. The narrative of providing the best show possible to the fans is easier for the ego to digest than an honest admission to himself that while he is great, he will never rise to the very top. Makes the losses much easier to digest if they are in the name of "putting on a great show." Again, this is not a champions mentality.
To be clear, Cowboy is a badass. What separates him from the UFC champions, however, is that he is not mentally as strong as them.
Sigmund Freud
Listen, im a McGregor fan and i think most of us would agree the smartest gameplan for Cowboy would be to take Conor down. Cowboy has an underrated ground game, and most of us on the UG would hate watching that. We want to see two of the best strikers the game has ever seen go toe to toe. I don’t agree with what you said in the slightest.
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McGoat -sage77 -Not a champion's mentality. Appealing to this masses. I see this more as a subtle sign of insecurity. The narrative of providing the best show possible to the fans is easier for the ego to digest than an honest admission to himself that while he is great, he will never rise to the very top. Makes the losses much easier to digest if they are in the name of "putting on a great show." Again, this is not a champions mentality.
To be clear, Cowboy is a badass. What separates him from the UFC champions, however, is that he is not mentally as strong as them.
Sigmund Freud
Listen, im a McGregor fan and i think most of us would agree the smartest gameplan for Cowboy would be to take Conor down. Cowboy has an underrated ground game, and most of us on the UG would hate watching that. We want to see two of the best strikers the game has ever seen go toe to toe. I don’t agree with what you said in the slightest.
It’s fine that u don’t agree with my opinion. This place would be boring if everyone agreed.
I’m one of those fans who actually gets frustrated watching a fighter who is a superior grappler decide to only kickbox. It’s MMA.
Part of the excitement and tension of the fight is that if may end up on the ground. How would Conor manage that?
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sage77 -Not a champion's mentality. Appealing to this masses. I see this more as a subtle sign of insecurity. The narrative of providing the best show possible to the fans is easier for the ego to digest than an honest admission to himself that while he is great, he will never rise to the very top. Makes the losses much easier to digest if they are in the name of "putting on a great show." Again, this is not a champions mentality.
To be clear, Cowboy is a badass. What separates him from the UFC champions, however, is that he is not mentally as strong as them.
Sigmund Freud
This is absolutely true!
Statements like that have already made me lose interest in this fight. I want COMPETITION, not a show. And a competition must have the desire from both competitors to win.
If I want drama and show, I’d watch WWE. But what WWE lacks is the aspect of competition, the clash of character, determination.
Cowboy is a decent gate keeper, but he is no champion, he does not have the champion’s mentality. And I don’t even think he is a badass, just because he wears a cowboy hat. As sage77 mentioned, he is already showing signs of insecurity and quitting, the “You can’t beat me, I’ll beat myself”. Cowboy wants to save face, he is afraid of truly putting himself on the line, of looking stupid, wrong and naked to the world.
Can you imagine Jon Jones or GSP saying something like that? “Oh, I’ll just go out there and lose an exciting fight for the fans”. They would eek out the most boring of decisions if it meant they would win. And that’s a true competitor.
I already said in another thread, this will be Conor’s easiest fight in a long time. Cowboy will fold and then he’ll say “hey, I hope you guys enjoyed this exciting defeat”. No, Cowboy, I don’t want somebody beaten up, it’s not about that. It’s about sport, competition!
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I think that's his way of building the fight. Â But I truly believe that if he gets tagged early he will be looking for a takedown or any way to win. Â Instincts kick in at some point & that's how his fights go if I'm remembering correctly. Â
ProteinOverdrive -sage77 -Not a champion's mentality. Appealing to this masses. I see this more as a subtle sign of insecurity. The narrative of providing the best show possible to the fans is easier for the ego to digest than an honest admission to himself that while he is great, he will never rise to the very top. Makes the losses much easier to digest if they are in the name of "putting on a great show." Again, this is not a champions mentality.
To be clear, Cowboy is a badass. What separates him from the UFC champions, however, is that he is not mentally as strong as them.
Sigmund Freud
This is absolutely true!
Statements like that have already made me lose interest in this fight. I want to COMPETITION, not a show. And a competition must have the desire from both competitors to win.
If I want drama and show, I’d watch WWE. But what WWE lacks is the aspect of competition, the clash of character, determination.
Cowboy is a decent gate keeper, but he is no champion, he does not have the champion’s mentality. And I don’t even think he is a badass, just because he wears a cowboy hat. As sage77 mentioned, he is already showing signs of insecurity and quitting, the “You can’t beat me, I’ll beat myself”. Cowboy wants to save face, he is afraid of truly putting himself on the line, of looking stupid, wrong and naked to the world.
Can you imagine Jon Jones or GSP saying something like that? “Oh, I’ll just go out there and lose an exciting fight for the fans”. They would eek out the most boring of decisions if it meant they would win. And that’s a true competitor.
I already said in another thread, this will be Conor’s easiest fight in a long time. Cowboy will fold and then he’ll say “hey, I hope you guys enjoyed this exciting defeat”. No, Cowboy, I don’t want somebody beaten up, it’s not about that. It’s about sport, competition!
Somebody gets it.
Conor is getting subbed.Â
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He's not taking a dive Right?
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Positions are just labels.
Timmy was labeled as the 4, but played the 5 a lot.
Lebron is labeled as a 3, but is the PG on offense most of the time.
When we ask “Who are the best SF’s of all time” will you guys claim Lebron doesn’t count because he was a PG?
But it doesn’t matter. I think Duncan is top 5 all time total career wise, maybe even top 2 or 3. But not top 5 GOAT. But if I were a player I’d much rather have the great career.
These are the same people who bitched about GSP always wrestling and lay & pray. Cowboy is not insecure. Your also using a snippet of the interview. He's not going there to lose. He might go out on his shield, but he always fights to win.Â
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McGoat -sage77 -Not a champion's mentality. Appealing to this masses. I see this more as a subtle sign of insecurity. The narrative of providing the best show possible to the fans is easier for the ego to digest than an honest admission to himself that while he is great, he will never rise to the very top. Makes the losses much easier to digest if they are in the name of "putting on a great show." Again, this is not a champions mentality.
To be clear, Cowboy is a badass. What separates him from the UFC champions, however, is that he is not mentally as strong as them.
Sigmund Freud
Listen, im a McGregor fan and i think most of us would agree the smartest gameplan for Cowboy would be to take Conor down. Cowboy has an underrated ground game, and most of us on the UG would hate watching that. We want to see two of the best strikers the game has ever seen go toe to toe. I don’t agree with what you said in the slightest.
Nothing you said goes against what he said.
I completely agree as well Sage.
BostonCharm -These are the same people who bitched about GSP always wrestling and lay & pray. Cowboy is not insecure. Your also using a snippet of the interview. He's not going there to lose. He might go out on his shield, but he always fights to win.
That's what i was alluding to. There's always threads about people being pissed about boring fighters/victories. All Cerrone is saying is that he'd rather go out on his shield then win in a way no one wants to see.
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I cannot begin to fathom the butthurt certain posters here will be marinated in when conor gets bludgeoned and ends up tapping as soon as cowboys forearm slips under the chin. I respect Conor as a fighter but his jock riders are the worst. (This isn't aimed at any previous poster in this thread specifically, just his annoying sycophants in general)
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He's planting the seed for a takedown straight away. Just like Koscheck did with Daley.Â
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Only ppl happy about what Cowboy said are Conor fans. Just look at the screenames celebrating it. Most ppl want a real fight, and a real fight is about using ALL your tools to WIN. Cowboy is already talking about losing and standing and banging. Read what he said, and ask yourself how that makes sense. Why didn't he say any of this shit in the Mike Perry fight? Why didn't he say any of this shit against Alex Oliveira? Why didn't he say any of this shit against ANY of his other opponents? Why all of a sudden it's dishonorable in his view to use his grappling? Cowboy is throwing the fight. He's basically saying that Conor can't fuck with his grappling, and that he knows it would be too easy to beat McTapper by choking him, so he's not even going to use it. McGregor should feel disrespected. That's how men engage women, at less than full strength because of a perception of them being weaker than men. What type of competitive spirit is that? Conor is bringing his best toolset to win the fight. The best you can do is bring your best toolset and let it play out organically instead of trying to turn it into a handicap match against yourself. Red flags should be going off for fight fans everywhere. What would compel Cowboy to say such a thing ALL OF A SUDDEN? Why in this fight? Was it bitch shit on his part to choke all the other opponents he beat in that fashion? So now suddenly it is? Lol... I'll tell you what really happened. Dana got in his ear and told him what he wants to see, and what fans wanted to see in Dana's opinion. Dana's opinion and demands are influenced by Daddy Dana wanting his little boy to get the intended result the promotion wants. Dana influenced Cowboy to think this is what the fans want to see. Cowboy agreed to all terms because he saw how many zeros came on the contract and he was thinking get paid and stay on Dana's favorable side. A company man through and through.Â
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He's gonna get busted up badly and embarrassed if this is his genuine gameplan.
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