Naomi Osaka faces default from Grand Slam for refusing to speak to media

Re:Naomi Osaka faces default from Grand Slam for refusing to... by brokenmachine on Monday May 31, 2021 @07:16AM (#27342806)

He fought Poirier in January and fighting him again on July 10th. Poirier is absolutely top level competition and Conor had him wobbled early.

Also he fought a guy called Nurmagomedov in Oct 2018 who is a sorta ok fighter, good enough to have never lost in 29 fights.

There must be a lot of fighters out there that you don't like if you expect wins over guys of that calibre.

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Re:Naomi Osaka faces default from Grand Slam for refusing to... by dagw on Monday May 31, 2021 @07:20AM (#27342831)

If you go back and check he lost both those fights. He also looked kind of terrible against Poirier, and nothing like the Conor who gave a fuck and took the belt from Eddie Alvarez.

Is he a top 10 fighter in his weight class. Absolutely. Is his paycheck in any way in proportion to a skill as an athlete. Not even close.

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Re:Naomi Osaka faces default from Grand Slam for refusing to... by brokenmachine on Monday May 31, 2021 @07:37AM (#27342962)

McGregor won the first round on all three scorecards.

He didn't look terrible. He looked very dangerous, just didn't address the leg kicks. It's a game of inches, a couple of Conor's big lefts only just missed Dustin's jaw. One of those lands and things could have been very different.

>Is his paycheck in any way in proportion to a skill as an athlete. Not even close.

I was addressing:

>hasn't taken fighting seriously for years.

I disagree. You don't step into the ring with Poirier and have a showing like that without taking fighting seriously.

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Re:Naomi Osaka faces default from Grand Slam for refusing to... by dagw on Monday May 31, 2021 @08:01AM (#27343148)

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. To me post-Mayweather Conor is a shadow of the fighter pre-Mayweather Conor seemed to be.

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