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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
After sleeping on it, I will say that while Conor did exceed expectations, he showed that he would have lost to virtually any semi-competent boxer in the world simply because he was absolutely done after the third round. Crazy thing is his work rate wasn't even that high, he was only throwing about 43 punches a round, the vast majority of which had little behind them. I'm guessing the switch to 8oz gloves probably got Conor another two rounds longer, he basically stopped defending himself early in the ninth round. Conor definitely did nothing to embarrass himself, but he also did nothing to show he would be able to win any match without a knockout, and as it turns out he really doesn't have that good of one punch power.
Also if it seemed like the crowd atmosphere was weak last night, it's because it was. Only 14,623 in attendance, while T-Mobile's capacity is 20,000. Probably should have done the fight at MGM after all and let Ice Cube hang on to T-Mobile. But PPV is all they really cared about and since it crashed they probably broke the PPV record (and almost certainly the illegal streaming record as well).
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I agree with more of this perspective than the "A+ for effort" that MacGregor is being lauded with. The only reasons why the fight didn't end earlier with MacGregor's embarrassment is of Mayweather's style and complete control of the match.
On the illegal streaming note, it was amazing to see the lengths that some people would go through. Likes of YouTube and Ustream were obviously taken down quickly. Loads of other streaming host sites being used as plan C, D, and E were also down. Saw attempts that included FBLive (that didn't last) and eventually Periscope of all things became the saviour.