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Fighting is like sex. Everyone thinks they’re experts when 99% don’t have a clue.
I don’t have many pet peeves, but this has got to be one of them.
It really grinds my gears when people who’ve never fought comment on fighting, a subject they know little to nothing about. Particularly when said unsolicited comments are dished out in a patronizing, even disrespectful way.
Stephen A. Smith just did both.
No Bad-Blood Spilled
Conor McGregor vs Cowboy Cerrone (UFC 246) went down last week.
I wrote an article about the fight, predicting that Cowboy would do better against McGregor than anticipated, especially if the fight gets past the second round.
Well, the fight didn’t get past the first minute.
This fight could go one of three ways.
What the fans and UFC brass wishes for comes true. Conor catches the infamously slow-starting Cowboy flush with a left and knocks him out in the first 1 or 2 rounds. Queue the Khabib megafight.
— Why Conor Vs Cowboy May Be More Competitive Than You Think
Conor pressured Cowboy from the get-go, hurting him with shoulder strikes in the clinch before…
