{"id":247841,"date":"2017-08-27T07:16:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T14:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=247841"},"modified":"2017-08-27T07:16:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T14:16:57","slug":"conor-mcgregor-stoppage-early-floyd-mayweather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-stoppage-early-floyd-mayweather\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor says stoppage was early, Floyd Mayweather responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, UFC lightweight champ\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>\u00a0bravely stepped into the boxing ring with undefeated boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. While McGregor had some real success early on, he ultimately <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-addresses-fatigue-mayweather-bout\/\">fatigued<\/a> in the second half of the fight, at which point Mayweather turned up the heat to capture a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/mayweather-vs-mcgregor\/mayweather-vs-mcgregor-results-floyd-stops-conor-round-10\/\">10th-round win<\/a>. It was not, however, a clean KO. McGregor, was never out cold.<\/p>\n<p>In the moments after this massive fight, McGregor suggested that the stoppage might have been a bit early, and that he might have able to bounce back if he&#8217;d been given more time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI thought it was a little early on the stoppage,\u201d McGregor said post-fight (h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/08\/conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather-early-stoppage-knockout-boxing-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>). \u201cI get a little wobbly when I\u2019m tired. But get me in the corner and I\u2019ll recover and I\u2019ll come back. There\u2019s a lot on the line here \u2013 he should have let me keep going until I hit the floor. I was just a little fatigued. He was a lot more composed, especially in the later parts of the fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, Mayweather didn&#8217;t agree with these claims. He defended the stoppage post-fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI hear him talk about, \u2018Oh, he should have let me go out on my back or go out on my face,&#8217;\u201d Mayweather said. \u201cNo. The referee saved you because the referee is thinking about your future. You\u2019re still young and we want you to be able to fight again someday.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What did you think of the stoppage in last night&#8217;s blockbuster Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor showdown?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/27\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, UFC lightweight champ\u00a0Conor McGregor\u00a0bravely stepped into the boxing ring with undefeated boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. While McGregor had some real success early on, he ultimately fatigued in the second half of the fight, at which point Mayweather turned up the heat to capture a\u00a010th-round win. It was not, however, a clean KO. 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