KOMPAS.com - Super bintang UFC, Conor McGregor akan melakoni comeback ke oktagon kala menghadapi Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone pada UFC 246 , Minggu (19/1/2020) pagi WIB.
Conor McGregor bakal kembali menjajal kompetisi UFC untuk pertama kali sejak Oktober 2018 saat ia kalah secara submission dari rival abadinya, Khabib Nurmagomedov, pada UFC 229.
Petarung asal Irlandia tersebut tak kehilangan daya tariknya kendati telah lama absen dari oktagon karena skorsing serta berbagai masalah hukum yang menimpanya di Irlandia.
Menurut berbagai sumber, ia menerima bayaran 3 juta dolar atau sekitar 40 miliar rupiah dari Komisi Atletik Nevada untuk pertarungan di T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada ini.
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Sebagai perbandingan, Donald Cerrone hanya akan menerima 200 ribu dolar AS plus 200 ribu dolar lagi apabila bisa mengalahkan McGregor.
Apabila ditambah dengan hasil penjualan pay-per-view , Conor McGregor bisa menerilma hingga 60 juta dolar atau 800 miliar rupiah lebih.
Kendati penerimaan keduanya tak berimbang, beberapa pihak yakin kalau duel nanti tak akan mutlak menjadi milik McGregor.
Sebaliknya, situs terkemuka seperti MMA Fighting justru mengutarakan bahwa Cowboy akan keluar sebagai pemenang pada duel ini.
AFP/Steve Marcus Conor McGregor dan Donald Cerrone berhadapan pada sesi konferensi pers jelang UFC 246. Keduanya akan berduel di kelas welterweight pada main event UFC 246 di T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jurnalis Alexander Lee dari situs tersebut berargumen bahwa McGregor tak berada dalam kondisi ideal setelah absen sekian lama.
Apalagi, petarung berusia 31 tahun ini tampak tidak fokus penuh ke laga ini karena terus mengincar pertarungan balas dendam kontra Khabib.
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McGregor juga tak pernah menang di oktagon sejak November 2016. Pada laga nanti, juara dua divisi berat UFC ini pun naik ke kelas 170 pounds (80 kg).
Sebaliknya, Cerrone aktif di UFC. Bahkan, ia menorehkan 11 pertarungan sejak kemenangan terakhir Conor McGregor di UFC.
Walau Cerrone kalah kontra para petarung-petarung elite UFC seperti Tony Ferguson, Darren Till, dan Jorge Masvidal, ia tetap melatih diri kontra sosok-sosok terbaik di oktagon pada rentang waktu tersebut.
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"Sederhana sekali, Cerrone berada dalam kondisi bertarung lebih bagus dari McGregor. Apalagi, permainan submission Cowboy menakutkan serta ia terlihat sangat fit," tulis Lee di MMA Fighting .
"Kendati Cerrone lebih sering kalah saat melawan petarung kelas dunia, apakah kita masih bisa memasukkan McGregor ke kategori itu?"
Sementara, CBS Sports menulis kalau gaya kickboxing dan kekuatan Cerrone di lantai tak boleh diremehkan.
Belum lagi, lawan McGregor tersebut memenangi tiga dari lima pertarungan terakhirnya.
Selain itu, para penulis di BloodyElbow.com memang bulat menjagokan Conor McGregor untuk menang pada UFC 246.
Akan tetapi mereka juga memperingatkan bahwa "para petarung yang kami jagokan secara bulat untuk menang biasanya kalah. Oleh karena itu, McGregor harus waspada karena tak ada satu pun dari kami yang menjagokan Cerrone untuk membuat kejutan pada duel nanti."
INFOGRAFIS: Tale of The Tape McGregor vs Cerrone Cowboy
INFOGRAFIS: Tale of The Tape McGregor vs Cerrone Cowboy
FOTO: Conor McGregor Siap Kalahkan Donald Cerrone di UFC 246 16 Jan 2020, 13:15 WIB Diperbarui 16 Jan 2020, 14:00 WIB Conor McGregor dan Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone dijadwalkan bertarung dalam pertarungan kelas welter pada Minggu (19/1) siang WIB. Photographer: Liputan6.com
tirto.id - Pertarungan Holly Holm vs Raquel Pennington dalam UFC 246 bakal digelar pada Minggu (19/1/2020) di T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Amerika Serikat. Holly Holm pernah menang angka dari Raquel Pennington pada UFC 184. Duel Holly Holm melawan Raquel Pennington memang sempat terjadi pada gelaran UFC 184 pada Februari 2015 silam di Los Angeles. Saat itu, Holm menang angka dari Pennington sekaligus menandai era debut bagi petarung berjuluk The Preacher's Daughter di atas octagon. Sebelumnya, Holm memiliki rekor 77 kali pertarungan profesional. Ia selama ini sudah tampil dalam 38 laga boxing , 22 kali kickboxing , dan 17 kali mixed martial arts . Dalam 17 kali pertarungannya di MMA, Holm berhasil meraih 12 kali kemenangan dan lima kali kalah tanpa hasil seri. Menurut catatan penampilannya, ia selalu menang dalam 10 laga awal meski sempat menelan tiga kekalahan beruntun saat menghadapi Miesha Tate, Valentina Shevchenko, dan Germaine de Randamie. Pada 2015 lalu, Holly Holm juga pernah menyabet gelar UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship pada laga UFC 193 usai mengalahkan Ronda Rousey melalui kemenangan KO pada ronde kedua dengan memanfaatkan head kick -nya. Akan tetapi, pada duel berikutnya saat meladeni Tate pada UFC 196, ia harus merelakan sabuk juaranya lepas kepada sang lawan usai kalah setelah melewati lima ronde. Berkaitan dengan penampilan terakhirnya, Holly Holm juga menelan kekalahan atas Amanda Nunes pada ronde pertama saat gelaran UFC 239 di Nevada melalui head kick, Juli 2019. Akan tetapi, pelatih Holm, Mike Winkeljohn, merasa yakin anak asuhnya itu mampu bangkit meski ia mengatakan bahwa sang petarung mengakui kesalahannya sendiri ketika meladeni Nunes. "[...] Holly ingin kembali. Dia tahu dia melakukan kesalahan [saat melawan Nunes]. Ketika Anda melakukan kesalahan terhadap seseorang seperti Amanda, Amanda pun bakal memanfaatkannya. Dia belajar dari kesalahan dan bangkit dengan itu," beber Winkeljohn, dikutip BBC , Rabu (15/1). Sebagai petarung veteran dengan usia 38 tahun, Holly Holm kini bakal kembali meladeni Raquel Pennington yang masih berumur 31 tahun. Mengenai rekor pengalaman dalam pertarungan, Pennington memang kalah jauh atas Holm. Namun, Rocky, begitu julukan sang penantang, memiliki catatan yang sama dengan sang lawan di atas octagon, yakni sudah tampil dalam 17 kali di MMA. Menang 10 kali, petarung yang sempat mengawali karier di divisi amatir ini menelan tujuh kekalahan. Meski belum sempat memegang gelar sabuk juara, Pennington pun mampu meraih kemenangan dalam penampilan terakhirnya saat melawan Irene Aldana di Texas, Juli 2019, melalui pertarungan tiga ronde.
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Roxanne Modafferi def. Maycee Barber by unanimous decision (30-27 x 2, 30-26)
Veteran flyweight Roxanne Modafferi stunned previously unbeaten Maycee Barber as she scored a three-round unanimous decision victory over the highly-touted up and comer.
Scores were 30-27 twice and 30-26 for the No. 7-ranked Modafferi, who ups her record to 24-17. The No. 9-ranked Barber falls to 8-1.
Modafferi landed a couple good right hands in the opening minute that led to a takedown, and the veteran went to work, keeping Barber grounded and doing just enough to keep the fight on the mat. Barber nearly caught her foe with a choke, but Modafferi escaped and got into the mount just before the end of the frame.
Modafferi put Barber on the deck with a jab early in round two and the fight was back on the mat, where the Colorado native grabbed her knee in pain. Ninety seconds in, Modafferi got into the mount and then cut Barber with an elbow, but “The Future” was able to scramble her way into the top position. Modafferi stayed busy from the bottom and reversed position, nearly locking in an arm triangle. Barber was poised under pressure as she looked for daylight, but it was another round in the books for “The Happy Warrior.”
Between rounds, the Octagonside physician examined Barber and told referee Jason Herzog that she had a partial ACL tear, but he cleared her to continue. It was evident, though, that each shot Modafferi landed was staggering her because Barber’s leg was compromised. In the second minute, the two were back on the mat. With three minutes left, Barber reversed position and assumed control, firing off elbows until Modafferi got free and was able to take over for the rest of the bout.
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It looks like Baker Mayfield’s star has fallen.
The lightning-rod Browns quarterback is attending Saturday’s UFC 246 fight between Conor McGregor and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, but you wouldn’t know it by the pay-per-view.
When the announcer was going through the NFL luminaries in attendance, he ignored Baker Mayfield. He first mentioned Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey and Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis but then it got interesting.
“Also the former No. 1 overall pick, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett. Nice to see Myles in the building,” he said as the camera showed Garrett and Mayfield to his left in a cowboy hat. “And also with us tonight … only the greatest of all time. Six-time Super Bowl champion from your New England Patriots Tom Brady.”
Oops.
The soul of Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone, the UFC’s all-time leader in victories (23) and finishes (16)? Jerry. The total lack of B.S.? Jerry. The toughness, the steel of an MMA stalwart who was once disemboweled by an ATV and head-butted by a horse? Well, that’s grandma, too.
LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor stopped Donald Cerrone with a head kick and punches 40 seconds into the first round at UFC 246 on Saturday night, announcing his return to mixed martial arts with his first victory since 2016.
The Irish former two-division champion returned from a three-year stretch of inactivity and outside-the-cage troubles with a performance that echoed his greatest fights during his unparalleled rise.
McGregor (22-4) floored Cerrone (36-14) only 20 seconds into the bout with a perfectly placed left kick to the head, and he mercilessly finished on the ground to the delight of a sellout crowd at T-Mobile Arena.
McGregor’s hand hadn’t been raised in victory since November 2016, when he stopped lightweight Eddie Alvarez to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two championship belts simultaneously. With his fame and fortune multiplying, McGregor fought only his boxing match with Floyd Mayweather in 2017, and he lost a one-sided UFC bout to lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in late 2018.
After a year of inactivity and trouble outside the cage, McGregor vowed to return to elite form in this bout against a fellow UFC veteran and stoppage specialist. This dramatic victory over Cerrone indicated he’s on his way, and McGregor has vowed to fight multiple times in 2020.
Cerrone is the winningest fighter in UFC history with 23 victories, a mark that reflects both his durability and commitment to an uncommonly busy schedule. Cerrone, who also holds the UFC record with 16 stoppage wins, had fought a whopping 11 times since McGregor’s win over Alvarez, and he was in the cage for the 15th time since he lost his only UFC title shot in December 2015.
But Cerrone’s last two fights were stopped when he took too much damage, and he couldn’t block McGregor’s decisive kick or recover from the punishment on the ground.
McGregor believes he can recapture the fearsome form he showed during his meteoric rise to unprecedented MMA success. He won 15 consecutive fights during a five-year run from low-profile shows in Dublin to the world’s biggest MMA events, stopping five straight elite UFC opponents with punches on the way up.
McGregor walked to the cage with the Irish flag wrapped around his shoulders. The bearded fighters touched gloves beforehand in an extension of this bout’s unfailing sportsmanship — not always a hallmark of McGregor’s previous bouts.
After the referee stopped the bout, McGregor peeled away briefly to celebrate, but quickly returned to comfort his disoriented opponent. When Cerrone’s grandmother, Jerry, entered the cage after the fight to hug her grandson, McGregor also hugged Jerry and got a kiss on the cheek.
Even after his prolonged absence — or maybe because of it — McGregor’s return is expected to be a huge seller on pay-per-view. An eager sellout Vegas crowd showed up in person, with celebrities including Matthew McConaughey, Jeremy Renner and Dave Bautista, along with NFL stars Tom Brady, Christian McCaffrey, Baker Mayfield, Myles Garrett and Jon Gruden.
Former bantamweight champion Holly Holm beat Raquel Pennington by unanimous decision in the penultimate bout of UFC 246. The 38-year-old Holm (13-5) had lost five of her seven fights since she memorably knocked out Ronda Rousey in November 2015.
On the undercard, 37-year-old flyweight Roxanne Modafferi pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent UFC history with a one-sided decision victory over previously unbeaten 21-year-old Maycee Barber, the UFC’s top 125-pound prospect.
Barber (8-1) injured her left knee during the bout, but Modafferi (24-16) was already dominating with the superior jiu-jitsu she has been practicing for Barber’s entire life. Modafferi was the biggest betting underdog on the UFC 246 card, facing 10-to-1 odds at some sports books.
Aleksei Oleinik, a 42-year-old heavyweight who made his pro debut in 1996, also beat Maurice Greene by submission in the second round.
