WITH UFC 201 now out of the way, MMA’s leading organisation are cranking up the hype machine for their next pay-per-view card, which will be headlined by Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor.
The pair will meet in the main event at UFC 202 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, 20 August — a rematch of March’s UFC 196 headliner, when Diaz submitted McGregor in the second round.
Having released a pretty spine-tingling promo for the fight during Saturday’s UFC 201 broadcast, you can now watch an extended preview which features fresh interviews with the duo, as well as training footage and the mandatory contribution from Joe Rogan.
“I am going to play the exact same game,” says McGregor. “I am going to press forward, I’m going to butcher him on the feet, only I’m going to have a lot more in the tank this time. This is the one. This is where I put everything to rest.”
Eighteen days and counting…
Joubert was nothing short of a disgrace in the final .
Joubert was nothing short of a disgrace in every match he’s ever reffed.
Can you imagine if France won though? That would just be bad for rugby in general, and Lievremont might have kept his job longer!
I would more say that he bottled it rather than set out to ensure a home win. Having said that he was chosen to ref the final on the basis that he would bottle it.
They’ll need an even bigger performance from Andre Joubert if they’re to win it again.
*Craig Joubert
They’re clearly the best team on paper so it all just depends on whether they show up. I’ll be putting a sizeable bet on a Southern Hemisphere winner at 7/11. Bet of the century as far as I’m concerned.
Carter will be lucky to get his place in the team these days. Barrett and Slade will gunning for a starting berth. Their strength in depth is remarkable. They could their top 5 or 6 players and still win it.
*could lose their top 5 or 6 players
No Slade would never be starting unless an emergency situation a la 2011 were to happen again. He’s good but nothing more than a bench player. I’d have Cruden as the starting 10 if he wasn’t injured, however I’m confident DC will deliver as long as he doesn’t get injured. TBH the only headache and legitimate question from the above is who our starting right winger is. If you were to go by form you’d be urged to drop Savea for Naholo and have Skudder on the right, but that won’t happen.
Watched the documentary on the NZ triumph in 2011 on a plane a few years ago. Conrad Smith trying to choke back laughter when commenting on how Ireland beat Australia stuck with me. His take was; “you know, scoff scoff, one of these smaller northern sides, might, *tries to hold back laughter, in their day and that, scoff scoff, even, scoff, beat you!”