Conor McGregor finally makes his comeback at UFC 329 on Saturday where he's an underdog against Max Holloway in his first fight in five years.
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Matt Brown argues Conor McGregor might be at his best at UFC 329: ‘He’s got to prove motherf*ckers wrong’
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Coming off a devastating broken leg, combined with all that time off, has a lot of fighters, fans, critics questioning if McGregor can even come close to the same person who once conquered two divisions in the UFC while becoming the biggest global superstar in combat sports. UFC welterweight knockout king Matt Brown has argued for several years now that he never believed McGregor would fight again, but just days away from his return, the narrative has now shifted to questions about what should anyone expect out of a former pound-for-pound great who is about to turn 38 years old and competing for the first time since 2021.
But Brown now argues that all the doubts and questions surrounding McGregor might actually bring the best out of him in this upcoming fight against Holloway.
“We're not going to see the same Conor, that's for sure,†Brown said on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer. “I don't disagree with that at all. But there's a couple things to take into account. For one, when we say we're not going to see the same Conor McGregor, we know that, because he's not going to have that same hunger he had before. But coming off a couple of losses, he's got something to prove now. This is a very, very big fight for him personally. Every Conor McGregor fight is big publicly, but personally, this is the world to him. He might have some of that hunger back.
“He's got to win this fight. He's got to prove motherf*ckers wrong. Not that he didn't necessarily feel that before, but he was on top of the world. I'm sure he more expected to win versus have to win. This is putting him on the pressure cooker. He has to win this fight. This is a terrible look if he doesn't win this fight. It really affects a lot of things going forward.â€
McGregor enters the fight with one more bout left on his UFC contract, and he's going to continue drawing crowds whether he wins or loses, but the hype and expectation surrounding his future changes dramatically if he gets decimated by Holloway.
As crazy as it might seem, McGregor winning could potentially slot him into a title fight against new UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, who has already expressed interest in that matchup.
But the complete opposite happens if McGregor loses and that's why Brown can't help but wonder if the Irish superstar really is pouring everything into getting ready for this matchup on Saturday.
“Does he fight again? Does he renegotiate with the UFC with one fight left on his contract after this?†Brown said. “There's so many pieces where a win is such a massive difference here. Again, you could say that with every fight. The next fight is always the biggest fight. But this one feels a little bit different. Coming back, all the hype and he knows as well as we do, if he doesn't win, everybody's going to be like ‘don't fight again, we don't need to see this anymore.'
“So what kind of demand are we going to have? It's Conor, we're always going to have demand, but the demand's not going to be the same. If he goes and wins, and he beats Max Holloway, it will be huge. I'm just saying there's going to be a big gap in the desire to see him again. I understand we're always going to want to watch Conor. People don't need to explain that to me. He could fight anybody, anywhere, any time just like Floyd Mayweather does and people still watch Floyd. But if he wins, there's a huge difference in how much people [want to see him fight]. He understands all of this.â€
Much has been made about McGregor coming back and getting a top-five ranked opponent like Holloway but Brown says there might be a method to the madness in that kind of matchmaking.
With the fight happening at 170 pounds — a weight class where McGregor has competed several times and Holloway has not — Brown looks back to their first fight in 2013 and sees similar issues that could come up again in the rematch.
“He out-physicalled Max the first time,†Brown said. “He did a lot of takedowns. I know he tore his ACL during the fight, but he overall just out-physicalled him. He bullied him a little bit, pushed him around. It only makes sense to come back and do this at this bigger weight class where Conor appearingly so has adapted to that size, probably a long time ago.
“So when we put all of that into account, and he picks Max Holloway to come back against, someone that he beat once, that he bullied, I think he looks at Max's trajectory and Max has been fighting all the top guys, but in the last few fights, he's been knocked out. He got taken down, which would all be stuff in Conor's game plan. Either knock him out or maybe do like he did in the first fight, bully him around, take him down, hold him down.â€
As far as a prediction goes, Brown is sticking by Holloway to win at UFC 329, but he won't discount the possibility that McGregor finds a way to get it done, especially knowing how much is riding on this particular performance.
“I could see where Conor could have some hunger,†Brown said. “I could see where he could see a clear path to victory here. Of course, it's not going to be easy. This is Max Holloway. This is not going to be an easy fight, and when I first heard about it, I was like that's the last dude you want to come back against.
“But the more you put the pieces together, it makes a lot more sense. Of course, Conor's had five years to think about it so he's put a lot of pieces together.â€
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Anthony Smith pleads not guilty to four felony charges in Nebraska
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Anthony
Smith has pleaded not guilty to four felony charges stemming
from a July domestic incident in Nebraska.Former UFC title challenger Anthony Smith faces four felony
Smith has pleaded not guilty to four felony charges stemming
from a July domestic incident in Nebraska.
Court records confirmed
Smith’s plea, resulting in the cancellation of an arraignment
scheduled for Aug. 17. The former
Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight title
challenger is now due back in court for a status hearing Sept. 21
in Sarpy County.
Former UFC title challenger Anthony Smith faces four felony
charges stemming from an alleged July domestic incident in Gretna,
Nebraska
Smith faces one Class 2 felony count involving an attempted Class 1
offense, a terroristic-threats charge and two counts of
first-degree false imprisonment, all classified as Class 3A
felonies. A Class 2 felony in Nebraska can carry a prison term of
one to 50 years, while Class 3A felonies carry up to three years of
imprisonment and 18 months of post-release supervision.
Prosecutors allege that Smith became involved in an altercation
with his wife at a Gretna, Nebraska, bar on July 26. They claim
Smith threatened to kill his wife, forced her into his vehicle and
later attempted to strike her with the vehicle after she exited it.
His wife was not physically injured, according to prosecutors’
account.
Smith has not publicly addressed the allegations. His wife, Mikhala
Renee Newman, previously offered a different characterization of
the incident, saying Smith was experiencing a mental health crisis
and that she had sought help to protect him from himself.
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Glover Teixeira likes the idea of Alex Pereira facing Josh Hokit to earn another heavyweight title shot: 'Knock his ass out'
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Daniel Cormier doubts Dricus du Plessis gets next middleweight title shot due to history with Sean Strickland
Former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira plans to stay at heavyweight.
Pereira moved up to heavyweight at UFC White House as he took on Ciryl Gane for the interim heavyweight title. However, Pereira suffered a knockout loss, as the size and power of Gane proved to be the difference.
After the loss, whether Pereira would stay at heavyweight was unclear, but his coach, Glover Teixeira, said that is the plan.
“He's going to stay at heavyweight; that's the plan,†Teixeira said to Ariel Helwani. … “He wants to fight all the time, but it's good to take time, he fought back-to-back for so long. He wants to fight. Alex always wants to fight.â€
Alex Pereira could face Josh Hokit next
Once Pereira is ready to return, Teixeira isn't sure who will be next for him. The goal is to get back to a heavyweight title shot, so Teixeira believes Josh Hokit could be a logical opponent.
“The plan with them, because Alex is a huge name and an exciting fighter to watch, and he sells. Some fight they will put him right back into the title. For him, pretty much any fight. Maybe we get this fight (Josh Hokit). He's talking a lot of shit. Go over there and knock his ass out and get back to the top, and then get the rematch,†Teixeira said.
Whether or not the UFC has any interest in that fight is unclear. But, on paper, it does make sense, as the winner would likely get a title shot, which is what this fight would do. And, Hokit has been talking trash about Pereira, so the storyline is there to be a co-main event of a numbered card.
Pereira is 13-4 as a pro and is coming off a TKO loss to Gane. He's 10-3 in the UFC and the former middleweight & light heavyweight champion.
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