Stephen A. & Max react to Conor McGregor’s KO loss at UFC 257 | First Take
Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman react to Conor McGregor getting knocked out by Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 and discuss where “The Notorious” goes from here.
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Hahahaha they're still taking about khabib
Wisely said Stephen !! Glad he got over the mcgregor hype train
He has no clue about MMA
This dude has absolutely no knowledge of fighting. The only fight this dickhead has probably been in was with his sister....and he lost
Yes because Israel Adesanya been losing to all the wrestlers
God that white guys such a tool lol
Jon Jones has a wrestling background Max.
Lady in the middle back ground ask who Conor fights now she gets know responds, conversation continues as if she don't matters lol😂😂😂😂
Stephen A Lol why
Is stephen really still taking bout fights ? Lol
Inactivity didn't bother gsp when he came back after four years and won the middle weight title. Conor just isn't good.
Why is Stephen A still making a fool out of all things UFC inc himself while kellerman can only think boxing during a UFC segment. This is getting crazy on ESPN
ESPN FIRE THESE CLOWNS!!!
STFU! Don’t talk MMA! You guys don’t know ish about MMA!!!! Stephen Smith should get fired! YOU GUYS ARE PATHETIC!!
Hes not good anymore...im not shock...open ur eyes Conor fans...his primed is past...hes washed up,hes a scrub..he just lookin for paydays,not lookin to fight from your heart..Conor is more of an entertainment boxer
Stephen A don't know anything about MMA...
Stephen A Smith listening to mma analysts and trying to make a story. He has no clue about about MMA. Please stop.
I wish these guys never talked about mma
Its Stephen A.. Deal with it💯😏..ps: Jon Jones is the best ever
right now even I don't wanna talk about this sheeet...
No mention of the calf kicks smh
Maybe we can get Conor to fight Cowboy again? Make it at 155 so Conor can even up that 1-2 record? Conor is washed. The most fight Conor showed was when the reporter told him after the fight what Khabib had said. Conor is simply collecting a check at this point. Guy gassed out in 1 round. We saw the same thing happen to Ronda. Not sure why we're all surprised. Like Khabib pointed out, Conor stopped working on his craft. Doesnt seem like winning is his #1 priority anymore.
Conor has had the same camp his entire career dafuq are they talking about. Also “to lose the way he’s been losing” he won his last fight before Dustin. Stephen A needs to stop covering MMA
S.A. Smith's takes are usually bad, but he has some good points in this one. He's right about Conor not deserving a title shot and some of his other takes represent the opinions of casual fans. I don't think Dustin is the pure striker that most people think he is. He's a balanced MMA fighter with striking as his base. His innovative take on the philly shell along with being able to mix in kicks and wrestling won him the fight.
Dumb
People talking smack about Sas because of previous issues but just give the dude a chance lol, his analysis isn’t even that bad in this take, just stop over exaggerating.
3:49
This commentary about Stephen A. apparently not knowing what he’s talking about has to end. He said we didn’t learn anything about Conor after Cerrone, he was clearly right. He said that Cowboy didn’t wanna be there and the lights were too bright and then Cowboy came out and confirmed it. He was 100% right about Poirier-Conor fight too.
3:40 Conor vs Ferguson
Stephen A needs to stop “differing to maxes expertise”. All it dose is give an excuse to anyone who disagrees with his opinion. It’s weak
McGregor has become an Instagram model.
None of these ppl who say he can’t speak on this actually fight either lol. These are sports analysts
Jon Jones was a wrestler
What do these suits know about MMa
Stephen A. doesn't deserve to be able to talk about MMA or combat sports in general. Any time he talks I just shake my head cause this guy does not know what he's talking about...
So true!!! Conor needs 2 stop now!! He loses every fight he gets!!
Are they conor fan boys? No analysis on Dustin what so ever. This is an insult to the winner, nonsense.
Does Stephen A not know that Poirier is a striker too? He’s out of his element
UFC fans are annoying. I hate all the gate keeping. The analysis by Max and Stephen A is spot on, you just dislike the messenger
Stephen 🤣😂😂
SAS was right about Cowboy and the mma community got pissed
👎 Stephen a Smith is nothing more than a Black Racist 👎
Why is Stephen A still talking about fighting. No one respects your opinion in anything got to do about fighting. We all respect Max’s because he understands it more then any other reporter. Stick to what you know Stephen A🤦🏾♂️
They know nothing about mma lol
Stephen is a biased A. F.
Stephen A. Smith please just shut tf up when it comes to mma. You sound like an idiot.
Great analysis SAS :). A lot of haters in this comment section.
These guys have no idea what they are talking about.
Dustin took him down changing levels to avoid a strike w no effort. Khabib worked hard for his takedowns to some degree. Not sure what Steven meant when he compared Dustin and Khabib.
Max looking fat these days.
He is rich and over 50 🤷♂️
The truth is McGregor did not look in fighting shape and if your not getting it done in the gym your not going to get it done in a the fight. These guys are elite and and Dustin is in his prime Conner will be back but hes got to get into the best shape of his life to take Dustin out in the trilogy. Poirer has been into some wars of late and it looked like it he had the eye of a killer in there.
Nobody talks about the fact that Khabib killed Connor’s career
Floyd
these guys are idiots wrestlers are not better than strikers khabib is simply the best wrestler and hasnt faced the best striker israel trained with khabib and khabib could barely get him down israel has veen mauling wrestlers the way anderson did for 10 years undefeated funny you didbt mention him
Love to hear from the pro himself 😂
Stephen A still don't really know what he talkin about but he seems to be getting a bit more knowledgeable on mma
Mcgregor has pretty good defensive grappling
They're getting a little better, but these ESPN guys are still a little out of their element when talking mma
I definitely feel like Conor's lost a little bit of that hunger, hopefully he can get it back
No. It had nothing to do with either of those things. It had everything to do with poirier and his gameplan. Conor has fought 1 southpaw in the ufc other then dustin, nate diaz who throws kicks to distract people not to hurt. Conors lead leg has never been hit like that before, yoy take away his lead leg, you take away his mobility, you simplify his attack. Dustin and his game plan was why he got a tko over conor.
Solid analysis by Stephen A, dope to see him gain more knowledge about our sport
2:22 FACTS!!! I LOVE CONOR HE NEEDS RETIRE HE HAS NO HUNGER
I hate Connor bit SAS is a joke
Dude done...all bark no bite👎
Portia only fought 1 match as well in 2020 that's no execuse
Stephen A name drops Khabib to make himself sound like he knows the sport 😂
Stephen A DOESNT HAVE A CLUE ABOUT OTHER SPORTS, ALL HE KNOWS IS FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL 🏈🏀 BUT LETS JUST KEEP IT OUR LITTLE SECRET🤫. EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYONE BENEFITS WHEN CONNOR WIN THIS INCLUDES THE BROADCAST STEAMS, PPV, ESPN, THE UFC AND LETS NOT FORGET THE FIGHTERS PAY GOES UP A LITTLE 🥜🥜 EXCEPT HIS OPPONENT. LOL ESPN DO YOUR JOB 😡😡😡AND TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT FIGHTERS PAY NOT JUST IN THE UFC BUT All MMA ORGANISATIONS🥜🥜🥜 AND THERE IS NO PENSION SCHEME WHEN U HANG UP THE GLOVES , EVEN BOXING HAS THIS, AND LETS BE REAL STEPHEN AND MAX HAVE THE POWER TO DO THIS BUT WONT AS THEY BOTH MAKE 10+ MILLION A YEAR EACH, SCARED OF LOSING THEIR JOBS EVEN KNOW THEY MAKE MORE MONEY THAN 95% OF ALMOST ALL THE ROSTER . GOOD BYE FOR NOW 👋
Grappling is how you beat McGregor? He clearly dont watch, McGregor is great with takedowns. Watch Mendes. Watch Khabib, yeah he got him down but look what khabib did to everyone else compared. He did amazing with poirier taking him down. Thats just the rumor, so Stephen goes with it. He listens to others and then repeats when it comes to MMA.
Stephen A. should be banned from speaking on MMA. I cringe every time I listen.
It's hard to listen to these guys talk ufc
Back to basketball guys