First Take praises Conor McGregor for fight against Floyd Mayweather | First Take | ESPN 

How do you think Conor McGregor performed against Floyd Mayweather?

At least Max was able to man up and accept what he said was wrong. Props to him

Falcons still blew a 28-3 lead.

Conor is still one of my favorite fighters of all time. They both gave a great show!

I always agree with everything Max Kellerman says in boxing.

Any idiot in these comments saying "rematch in the octagon" needs to realize that no one claimed that Floyd could beat him in an octagon. On the other hand, Conor and his drones were talking shit, saying that he could beat Floyd in a boxing match, which as we just saw, didn't work out. So please don't make a fool out of yourself with asinine suggestions such as telling a 40 yo Floyd to fight in an octagon.

*Floyd waited till Conor started to slow down and then beat em up shit was smart*

"McGregor WILL NOT LAND A SINGLE PUNCH against MAYWEATHER!!!" -Max Kellerman

My child just died of cancer today. I spent all day comforting her and making sure she goes peacefully. She was a beautiful girl at 10 years of age, but she was always so full of joy and lived a beautiful life. Btw: 50-0

Conor surprised me. This kind of reminds me of Rocky, because conor didn't have to win the fight to "win" it for himself. He walked away with pride and joy, knowing he went 10 rounds with the champ. He may have not gone the distance like Rocky, but the vibe is similar

Mayweather had no respect for McGregor's power.

McGregor got a 10 but DAMN. only got a 7? wtf Fantan- oh wait wrong channel

y'all should link to the full episode on the first line of the description of these portion clips

Connor tried his best, but his defense and conditioning were god awful tho.

Fixed or not it was a good show. Too bad people make shit about race over the entertainment aspect. Although, Fights like these have too much money on the line to be real.

I love the irishman and I hope he continues to kick ass in the ufc but c'mon, let's be honest, floyd was toying with him for most of the fight.

HE DID WELL MUCH RESPECT TO BOTH FIGHTERS

connor fought a 40 year old undefeated veteran ..Bum

That literally was the easiest fight of Floyds career. He took full advantage of everyone who didn't respect his skills and he trolled you for it.

does anyone know if First Take (and Max in particular) have done a breakdown/discussion of the Pacuqiao-Horn fight?? Can't seem to find any video on it, and would love to know who Max thought won

Im so happy Kellerman came out and said this.

When Max said Mcgregor wouldn't land a punch he wasn't wrong, if Mayweather boxed the way he boxed against Canelo or Pacquiao then max would have been right, but clearly floyd wanted to clown Connor's "thunderous power" so he just walked in.....hell if Stephen A was in there w/ floyd he would have landed a couple cause Floyd walked straight in

This is going to make a great movie one day. Mark my words!

Your podcast for the August 28th is playing the August 24th.... Can you guys fix this please.

Spot on (as always) from Kellerman.

GAWWD DAMN! Molly fine as hell.

Conner has an amazing fighting IQ in truth. He did a great job. Floyd is still the greatest. 50 - 0.

360 of Kellerman is hilarious and priceless

Do they actually have a portrait TV in there?

"He won't land a single punch "

dont give conor too much credit man. floyd had full control of the match and decided how long he wanted the match to go. dont believe for a second conor went the distance because he was controlling things. it was all a show to please the masses to paid a ton to watch the fight.

Guys I was looking at old Bruce Lee training videos and I couldn't find the one in which he gassed and blocked punches with his face. Anyone tell me what style that is?

this fight is growing on me over time

Shit reminds me of the wwe we know who's gone win but they just play around and put on a good show

He did amazing

Tremendous respect to both men.

Does anyone know why it said fight is official after 4 rounds when they were showing the rules?

3:15 is so satisfying

How come before the fight McGregor fans actually thought their man would win, but now they act like they knew he would lose to one of the greatest boxers of all time? And stop saying there should be a fight in the octagon. McGregor would win easily plus Mayweather is retired

@2:06-2:20 sums up the fight pretty spot on.

First take needs there own channel

They just don't get it, Floyd feared pacauiao's power that's why he was evading him and was WAY more defensive, because he knew manny could knock him out. But with mcgregor he had no respect for his power which is why he was walking him down and as a result was taking more punches than he did in the pacquiao fight. He became the chaser instead of being chased. TBE.50-0

of course Conor landed punches, Floyd kept walking forward encouraging him to punch to wear him out. Floyd said that he would land punches b/c he would dangle that bait as a strategy, it was all Floyd. Mayweather always takes something away from his opponents, and from McGregor, he took his youth, his legs, then knocked him out...frikkin' brilliant!

what about Julio Cesar Chaves senior 87 fights without a loss had one draw against Whitaker finished his career 89-0 and 1

I praise both of these guys for success...not many have achieved as much as mcgregor did in such short time. good job

Hey UFC Fighters -- boxing is where the money is at!!

Respect to max after this, this is why he's one of the best boxing analysts in the game, and his honesty here after his predictions are very respectable

Huge respect for both guys.

This guy goes back and forth

Connor lasted 10 rounds in boxing. I don't think Floyd could last half that in mma so give McGregor some credit

First off, First Take are retaded for underestimating Conor and overestimating Floyd. Secondly, Conors success is getting getting exggerated and Floyds performance isnt getting the credit it deserves. McGregor only won 3 rounds convincingly and thats because Mayweather literally handed him those rounds because he knew Mcgregor would punch himself out so he can knock him out in later rounds. Thats why Floyd barely threw anything, it was very obvious what he was doing. I give Conor a lot of credit, he showed a lot of heart but take away the illegal back of the head shots, the rabbit punching, and all the gloves/arms he hit and he didnt do much. He landed some good punches but hes longer, younger, and more active, that was expected. The reason why Floyds performance isnt getting the credit it deserves is because this guy is literally 40, had a 2 year lay off, barely any sparring, and still managed to walk down athe bigger, longer, younger,knockout artist with 8oz gloves until he knocked him out. I mean whos really done that to Conor? Even Nate had to finish him on the ground. Lets stop acting like Conor is some bum off the street and give Mayweather his full credit...Thank you

I woke up blessed...have a blessed day you guys

Nobody heard Coners corner after round 9? they said you need to take a break this round.

I swear to god if anyone brings race into the comments

Any other younger boxer would have knocked McGregor out long time before the 10th round.

The thing I noticed was Mayweather laughing and having a good time in there. He didnt even have to take it seriously. Just breezing though it, and eating a hamburger after the fight.

When Stephen A interviewed Floyd recently, Floyd told him 'I'm going to get hit, cos I'm coming straight ahead. I gotta go to him'

Yeah if Floyd would of fought Keith Thurman or Crawford he would of got fucked up

I give Connor the respect he deserves for this fight people that are trashing him stfu like u could have done better but people that think McGregor is a boxer ur also wrong triple g would beat the crap out of both of them he puts people to sleep.

really appreciate max's insight and willingness to admit when he as wrong just like i will admit that i was wrong i thought conor could transcend sports and take the win but Floyd showed you why its two different sports props to Floyd the greatest to ever do it

Honestly it never once looked to me that Floyd was in trouble. It just looked like he was messing around. It felt like a charity fight. Plus, both of them had their reputations intact afterwards. It was like both of them won. Lastly, it was hella entertaining.

Mcgregor deserves a lot of respect. Fighting against arguably the best ever in his first pro boxing fight. And then even be the guy that puts the pressure on him too, we all know Floyd also a great Counter Puncher. So respect for him to go out there and have the balls to do that. People said this will be a joke, Mcgregor will not even land a Punch and bs like that. Yet he made more punches than Pacquiao lmao. Floyd deserves respect too for going 50-0. Legend. At the end of the day they both are winners who finessed us all.

I would go 1v1 with Floyd in Octagon!

Dez caught it.

Respect to Kellerman for this! Not easy to say this after all he had previously claimed.

Conor never put his hands up, you can tell he was inexperienced. You have to give him tons of credit. Mayweather would have never lasted one round in the octagon.

Bullshit, Connor talked all that bs. He had all the facts about Mayweather. Give him credit? I wouldn't get in the ring with him but I'm not talkn shit either. Y'all trippn about giving him credit. Floyd TK'd him. At 40. Stop trippn. Good job Floyd.

Great breakdown by Kellerman

Has Craig Ehlo recovered from that game-winning shot that Michael Jordan shot over him in Cleveland back in 1989?

A guy that claimed he would beat the shit out of another guy gets praised when he did no such a thing?? Gotta love this world

mayweather shouldn't have carried that boy , because that's what he did lol. now everybody is out here trying to give moral victories.

really cool to see Connor earned big respect from the first take squad

Max Kellerman, the only honest boxing guy willing to speak objectively and unbiased. The boxing world can learn a lot from him.

I would argue that Floyd started "fighting" in the 3rd round and I believe the statistics supports that. And Conor won it. I would also reiterate what Max said about Conor's power. I see a lot of pro-Floyd people saying Conor has no power. Conor didn't load up as Max stated because he knew he would likely miss and get countered. Conor can punch hard. The hype on his power is probably too high, but the idea he can't hit hard at all as some say is ridiculous.

Conor easily won the first 3 rounds, but looking back at it, Floyd used those rounds to figure out Conor. He knew Conor would have some funky techniques, stances and movements. 4th and 5th, Floyd and Conor both went at it but Floyd's experience shone through in the end. You can tell McGregors body is too conditioned to 25-minute max UFC fights, because he gassed in the 8th (24th-27th minutes).

Spot on.

Waiting for the slow motion jogging session on the beach with McGregor and Floyd. It.Is.Destiny.

Boxing is so damn limited. This is why MMA is better. MMA is the closest sport to a real fight. Very few restrictions which are reasonable such as eye gouging, groin attacks, etc

I don't think he deserves ENORMOUS credit, I give him credit but not too much only because Floyd is *40 YEARS OLD* he definitely showed his age. He was much slower and was inaccurate in his punches. And if Floyd lost we'd never hear the end of it Mcgregor fans would be talking so much shit the internet would explode. Also Mcgregor got into boxing at 12 years old, so stop saying he isn't a boxer.

Where's Max Kellerman?

5:55 may be because Conor made it difficult for Floyd to put on a dominant performance like he normally does with others. I was watching another video where another reporter said Floyd said he was surprised how strong Conor's boxing ability was which is the reason he could not bring it to Conor in the first part of the fight.

His courage? What courage? He did this for the pay day.

If you saw the diaz fight you knew what was going to happen.

Why they use that thumbnail tho😂😂😂

I don't think people are considering the size/ weight difference. If you fight/ box you would know how much this makes a difference in how people fight. If you fight and you're a counter puncher, you'll know how hard it is to learn the timing and distance of a guy who has a reach and in this case maybe even a speed advantage, people don't understand, smaller fighters need to get on the inside and press the issue if they can't outbox from a distance which is literally what happened...

Floyd for sure carried him.. but still props to McGregor

Mayweather wasn't trying in the beginning though

Props to Max Kellerman showing Conor love he could have been dismissive since he said Conor wouldn't land a punch, but he showed him love.

after watching the fight again without the announcers i can see why 2 judges only gave connor 1 round personally i gave him the first 2, but the second round mayweather was placing clean bodyshots,,,

Damn, Molly is looking YUMMY as usual right now!!

Im baffled that this trained world class elite fighter is getting the benefit of the doubt. He doesn't get any credit. That's whats wrong with this generation, you want to teach kids it's ok to lose. You say you dont like mayweather because he's loud, well mcgregor is louder. If you're american and cheered against an american you need your love for the country questioned.

A rematch should definitely happen. Queensberry rules next .

Floyd gave Connor his four round chance to knock him out. After four rounds Floyd opened up

Conor McGregor folded like an old dirty lawn chain

Dana called it. Max saying it was age that made it a close fight

"HE WON'T LAND A SINGLE SHOT" KELLERMAN LOL

*Conor Fans: " If they were in the Octagon Mayweather would lose in 10 seconds "* Okay, how about this. What if a 29 year old Floyd Mayweather who had 3 months of training for this fight was put up against a 41 year old McGregor in an MMA match? Answer: McGregor would still win but it would be longer than anticipated.

I expected more from Conor... at least finish the 12 rounds, fatigue has been a huge problem for Conor in his career

Why does first take have that Conor picture on their video 😂😂

You're right crawford and spence.