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xtal191 · 20-12-2014 3:04pm

I dont think its a given at all, if the fight happens it could easily happen in a stadium in Brazil.

ASOT · 20-12-2014 3:11pm

xtal191 wrote: »

I dont think its a given at all, if the fight happens it could easily happen in a stadium in Brazil.

Id say they would have an easier time selling out a stadium in Dublin than in Brazil for various reasons, one of the main ones imo is how easily accessible for cheap Dublin is. Flights from most European cities would be around 1/4 of the price of a flight to Brazil from the US, You can also get a flight cheaper from the US at a rough glance but obviously until theres a date i cant compare it as accurately as id like to.

I could be completely wrong though.

CurryFlavoured · 20-12-2014 3:12pm

It'd be a very weird for the title holder to travel to the challengers home town, not that I'd complain if it happened.

MrStuffins · 20-12-2014 3:21pm

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

It'd be a very weird for the title holder to travel to the challengers home town, not that I'd complain if it happened.

Matt Serra had to do it for the second GSP fight

CurryFlavoured · 20-12-2014 3:25pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

Matt Serra had to do it for the second GSP fight

Not saying that's not weird or wrong either, but the situations are very different.

yipeeeee · 20-12-2014 3:27pm

Just doesn't fill me with confidence giving him a title shot in May in Ireland.

ASOT · 20-12-2014 3:43pm

Also Hendricks would have had to go to Canada to face Rory if he beat Lawlor, its very unusual though but when theres big money to be made then its fairly simple.

Zero-Cool · 20-12-2014 4:22pm

Yupp not a given at all as Jose can do what he wants, he could get injured, people who live by could protest when they hear about an extremely voilent human cage cock fighting with hand wraps dipped in glue dipped in broken glass event will be taking place, can they roof Croke Park?, Siver might actually land a devastating spinning kick for the KO

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A lot of things could happen that would stop this. I also read Aldo's camp reporting he wants Edgar instead.

Personally, id love a PPV in croke park between conor and aldo on the 30th may starting at 2am. Head to the pub after foo fighters and then into croke park for the most anticipated fight of the year. Would be an epic night.

EuskalHerria · 20-12-2014 4:55pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

Personally, id love a PPV in croke park between conor and aldo on the 30th may starting at 2am. Head to the pub after foo fighters and then into croke park for the most anticipated fight of the year. Would be an epic night.

It seems increasingly likely that it will be on the 30th of May, if it does go ahead. Almost no chance of them allowing a 2am event here though. I also will be at Slane and do not want to miss this.

xtal191 · 20-12-2014 4:56pm

ASOT wrote: »

Id say they would have an easier time selling out a stadium in Dublin than in Brazil for various reasons, one of the main ones imo is how easily accessible for cheap Dublin is. Flights from most European cities would be around 1/4 of the price of a flight to Brazil from the US, You can also get a flight cheaper from the US at a rough glance but obviously until theres a date i cant compare it as accurately as id like to.

I could be completely wrong though.

I dont think they'd have a problem selling out a stadium in Brazil and I doubt the UFC give a toss if its more expensive for people to get there. Also having it in Brazil suits the ppv times in America etc.

Gumbi · 20-12-2014 5:58pm

xtal191 wrote: »

I dont think they'd have a problem selling out a stadium in Brazil and I doubt the UFC give a toss if its more expensive for people to get there. Also having it in Brazil suits the ppv times in America etc.

If it's more expensive less people will go. Fans from the UK, Sweden, the rrst of Europe are within spitting distance of Dublin flights wise and ut would be much easier to fill a large stadium thusly.

John_D80 · 20-12-2014 6:01pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

Yupp not a given at all as Jose can do what he wants......

Can he really though?? To what degree can a fighter, especially a champion, veto the promotions choice of opponent/venue/date??

I would have been under the impression that the promotion ( UFC) will consider the fighters requests but basically the fighters (even champs) have zero say at the end of the day. Is this way off??

xtal191 · 20-12-2014 6:31pm

Gumbi wrote: »

If it's more expensive less people will go. Fans from the UK, Sweden, the rrst of Europe are within spitting distance of Dublin flights wise and ut would be much easier to fill a large stadium thusly.

It doesnt matter how expensive it is, people will still go. Conor will hype the fight, talk trash and the Brazilians would flock to a stadium in the hope of seeing him get kod by Aldo. Throw on another Brazilian star, Anderson Silvas second fight back for example. And as I said the biggest factor is the time would suit the American audience.

I hope the fight is here if it happens but I def don't think its a given and I wouldn't be surprised if it happened in Brazil or even in Vegas.

MrStuffins · 20-12-2014 8:37pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

......an extremely voilent human cage cock fighting with hand wraps dipped in glue dipped in broken glass event will be taking place.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj5sDKNvJgc

Mellor · 20-12-2014 10:55pm

Gumbi wrote: »

If it's more expensive less people will go. Fans from the UK, Sweden, the rrst of Europe are within spitting distance of Dublin flights wise and ut would be much easier to fill a large stadium thusly.

Brazilains have little trouble filling big venues on their own, add te McGregor factor and 50k would be easy in either Rio or Dublin.
I'd even say Etihad stadium in Melbourne is an option too.

JJayoo · 20-12-2014 11:08pm

How would they set up in Croke Park? Build a small roof over the octagon? and if this was to happen would the current stands/seats be safe for an event such as the UFC?

spongebob89 · 20-12-2014 11:11pm

Judging by mods warning he must be hated around here haha alot love him, alot hate him. Personally I like to follow an Irish fighter but he makes me cringe sometimes. Anyway when are they gonna stop giving him bums to fight and someone decent like aldooooo

scudzilla · 20-12-2014 11:17pm

JJayoo wrote: »

How would they set up in Croke Park? Build a small roof over the octagon? and if this was to happen would the current stands/seats be safe for an event such as the UFC?

It's worked countless times at Wembley for 70-80k sell outs for boxing, never a problem, would be the same set up here, sure the hill would be great craic for it , it has a capacity of 10,000 standing!!

yipeeeee · 21-12-2014 1:19am

It's just a bad choice to have it in Dublin.
Bernard Dunne just keeps going through my head.

csallmighty · 21-12-2014 7:49am

spongebob89 wrote: »

Judging by mods warning he must be hated around here haha alot love him, alot hate him. Personally I like to follow an Irish fighter but he makes me cringe sometimes. Anyway when are they gonna stop giving him bums to fight and someone decent like aldooooo

None of them are bums though, just not on the same level

TimRiggins · 21-12-2014 8:42am

yipeeeee wrote: »

It's just a bad choice to have it in Dublin.
Bernard Dunne just keeps going through my head.

Bernand Dunne won a World Title in Dublin though.

John_D80 · 21-12-2014 9:25am

yipeeeee wrote: »

It's just a bad choice to have it in Dublin.
Bernard Dunne just keeps going through my head.

You mean when Bernard Dunne topped off possibly the greatest single day ever in Irish sporting history? By beating a quality fighter in a world title fight that was considered by many to be the best fight of that year? At home in front of a crowd of real Irish boxing fans?

Is that why Bernard Dunne keeps going through your head? Because I one for one hope that Conor McGregor is as successful as Bernard Dunne when it comes to his turn to welcoming a visiting champion.

nxbyveromdwjpg · 21-12-2014 12:04pm

scudzilla wrote: »

It's worked countless times at Wembley for 70-80k sell outs for boxing, never a problem, would be the same set up here, sure the hill would be great craic for it , it has a capacity of 10,000 standing!!

Absolutely miles away though, with the pitch size in CP from any of the tiers your basically watching the screens. Nosebleeds and forget it. Just have to hope the atmosphere makes up for the gigantic distance.

yipeeeee · 21-12-2014 1:38pm

John_D80 wrote: »

You mean when Bernard Dunne topped off possibly the greatest single day ever in Irish sporting history? By beating a quality fighter in a world title fight that was considered by many to be the best fight of that year? At home in front of a crowd of real Irish boxing fans?

Is that why Bernard Dunne keeps going through your head? Because I one for one hope that Conor McGregor is as successful as Bernard Dunne when it comes to his turn to welcoming a visiting champion.

Sorry I'm thinking when he got knocked out after 20 seconds.

I want Conor to do it just as much as anyone else.

I think he has a good chance if he is the underdog with no home crowd pressure.

I could be wrong.

Saipanne · 21-12-2014 1:42pm

Read that Aldo Q&A, he says McGregor never fought top five... Poirier?

riffmongous · 21-12-2014 2:51pm

John_D80 wrote: »

You mean when Bernard Dunne topped off possibly the greatest single day ever in Irish sporting history? By beating a quality fighter in a world title fight that was considered by many to be the best fight of that year? At home in front of a crowd of real Irish boxing fans?

Is that why Bernard Dunne keeps going through your head? Because I one for one hope that Conor McGregor is as successful as Bernard Dunne when it comes to his turn to welcoming a visiting champion.

That was a great night!

John_D80 · 21-12-2014 3:07pm

yipeeeee wrote: »

Sorry I'm thinking when he got knocked out after 20 seconds.

Never happened. Unless your referring to his loss to Martinez which was about 90 seconds, if memory serves.

But by all means do focus on what was basically a blip in an amazing career. And forget all about the fact that the man basically lifted the spirits of an entire nation.

Like I said, Conor would do amazingly well to replicate Bernard Dunnes success.

yipeeeee · 21-12-2014 3:29pm

John_D80 wrote: »

Never happened. Unless your referring to his loss to Martinez which was about 90 seconds, if memory serves.

But by all means do focus on what was basically a blip in an amazing career. And forget all about the fact that the man basically lifted the spirits of an entire nation.

Like I said, Conor would do amazingly well to replicate Bernard Dunnes success.

Hold on, you're totally taking this the wrong way.

I am not slating Bernard at all, I am just talking about the pressure and hype that comes with fighting in your own town.

It's only my opinion, Chill out.

Mellor · 21-12-2014 3:30pm

Saipanne wrote: »

Read that Aldo Q&A, he says McGregor never fought top five... Poirier?

Well he right tbf. Porrier was never in the top 5, he was #5 in the rankings which is actually the 6th person on the list as the champ sits above them all.

So, the Top 3 in a division are the champ, #1 ranked fighter, and the #2 fighter, etc.

John_D80 · 21-12-2014 5:50pm

yipeeeee wrote: »

Hold on, you're totally taking this the wrong way.

I am not slating Bernard at all, I am just talking about the pressure and hype that comes with fighting in your own town.

It's only my opinion, Chill out.

Totally chilled out here pal. You said that you thought it was a bad idea to have a title fight in Dublin and in the next sentence said that you keep being reminded of Beenard Dunne.

The logical conclusion being that you see this as a bad thing. Was merely pointing out that when it came to the pressure of a hometown title shot, Bernard Dunne answered the call and fought out of his skin and left nothing in the ring that night.

Don't see how Bernard Dunne even comes into an analogy about pressure and hype of a big fight. Why bring him up at all if you think Aldo/Mcgregor should not happen in Dublin? If anything he is a prime example of why it SHOULD happen here.

Hoki · 21-12-2014 9:05pm

John_D80 wrote: »

Totally chilled out here pal. You said that you thought it was a bad idea to have a title fight in Dublin and in the next sentence said that you keep being reminded of Beenard Dunne.

The logical conclusion being that you see this as a bad thing. Was merely pointing out that when it came to the pressure of a hometown title shot, Bernard Dunne answered the call and fought out of his skin and left nothing in the ring that night.

Don't see how Bernard Dunne even comes into an analogy about pressure and hype of a big fight. Why bring him up at all if you think Aldo/Mcgregor should not happen in Dublin? If anything he is a prime example of why it SHOULD happen here.

I think you're overreacting a bit . He already admitted to have gotten the night Bernard won mixed up with the night he got knocked out by Kiko. That would explain his worry over the possibility of Conor fighting here.

John_D80 · 21-12-2014 10:29pm

Hoki wrote: »

He already admitted to have gotten the night Bernard won mixed up with the night he got knocked out by Kiko.

He did?

By my reading of his posts, he basically disregarded the fact that Bernard Dunne won an oustanding world title fight in Dublin and instead chose to bring up the one speed-bump of his pro career, to back up his opinion that the McGregor/Aldo fight should not happen in Ireland.

How can you possibly mix up a world title winning fight of the year with a first round knockout loss?

Hoki · 22-12-2014 3:04am

John_D80 wrote: »

He did?

By my reading of his posts, he basically disregarded the fact that Bernard Dunne won an oustanding world title fight in Dublin and instead chose to bring up the one speed-bump of his pro career, to back up his opinion that the McGregor/Aldo fight should not happen in Ireland.

How can you possibly mix up a world title winning fight of the year with a first round knockout loss?

You quoted him 5 posts up where he said he got them mixed up. I think what he was trying to say is that he has a bad feeling about a home fight based on what he thought happened to dunne (which he's admitted to getting mixed up ) I didn't see him disregard Dunne winning a title fight, you're coming across as being extremely defensive of Dunne here when I really don't think there is a need to be.

John_D80 · 22-12-2014 9:03am

Hoki wrote: »

You quoted him 5 posts up where he said he got them mixed up. I think what he was trying to say is that he has a bad feeling about a home fight based on what he thought happened to dunne (which he's admitted to getting mixed up ) I didn't see him disregard Dunne winning a title fight, you're coming across as being extremely defensive of Dunne here when I really don't think there is a need to be.

Just to clarify, seeing as you're basically putting words in his mouth, he never once said he got them mixed up or confused between two fights mate. He said he was "thinking" of the time that Bernard Dunne got knocked out in 20 seconds and that's why Bernard Dunne was going through his head when he didn't feel that the Aldo McGregor fight should happen here. That doesn't sound like getting them mixed up to me.

Sounds to me like he focused on one bad night for a good fighter when he should be holding Bernard Dunne up as an example of why the fight should happen here.

It might be possible to confuse two fights with similar outcomes but there's no way on earth anyone could confuse either of those two of Dunnes fights with the other. He basically either forgot or disregarded the fact that Bernard Dunne won a world title in Dublin.

John_D80 · 22-12-2014 9:44am

http://balls.ie/media/conor-mcgregor-has-released-a-statement-regarding-his-absence-for-the-rte-sports-awards/

Sorry, not the best source for analytical content.

If he didn't get a nomination for sportsperson of the year, that's understandable to a point but I heard he was not even invited to attend. Major snub if this is true.

22-12-2014 10:15am

Well he is the lineal shooto champion.
LINK

MrStuffins · 22-12-2014 10:58am

John_D80 wrote: »

http://balls.ie/media/conor-mcgregor-has-released-a-statement-regarding-his-absence-for-the-rte-sports-awards/

Sorry, not the best source for analytical content.

If he didn't get a nomination for sportsperson of the year, that's understandable to a point but I heard he was not even invited to attend. Major snub if this is true.

He won two fights in a niche sport, one against an unranked opponent. He didn't really do much to warrant any sort of bad feeling that he wasn't nominated to be honest.

Saipanne · 22-12-2014 11:03am

Catch ‘UFC Fight Night Boston: McGregor – Vs – Who gives a **** we are still watching.’

Hahaha

John_D80 · 22-12-2014 12:00pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

He won two fights in a niche sport, one against an unranked opponent. He didn't really do much to warrant any sort of bad feeling that he wasn't nominated to be honest.

Yeah which is basically what I was getting at. I was more surprised really at the rumor that he wasn't even invited. Bad form on behalf of RTE considering their recent collaboration if it's true.

MagicIRL · 22-12-2014 2:30pm

I'm sure Conor took some time off training to console himself over this nasty RTE snub.

Axwell · 22-12-2014 2:34pm

John_D80 wrote: »

Yeah which is basically what I was getting at. I was more surprised really at the rumor that he wasn't even invited. Bad form on behalf of RTE considering their recent collaboration if it's true.

Considering his mention of being paid and preferring cash over credit I doubt he would have went even if he was invited. Had they paid for him to make an appearance it might have been a different case. Either way I doubt hes losing any sleep over it.

John_D80 · 22-12-2014 3:59pm

Axwell wrote: »

Considering his mention of being paid and preferring cash over credit I doubt he would have went even if he was invited. Had they paid for him to make an appearance it might have been a different case. Either way I doubt hes losing any sleep over it.

I wouldn't expect him to be in the slightest bit bothered. Surely though it's bad form out of RTE to not even invite him when they're happy to make money and get ratings off the back of his success.

Axwell · 22-12-2014 5:14pm

Why is it? He clearly would only turn up if they paid him to go. Why would they invite him if thats the case, to pay him to sit there with plenty of other sports professionals who are glad to be a part of the awards and not expect a handout. He is talking about Sport, the original sport and all this other nonsense which pretty much demeans anyone else at the awards and comes across like his only interest in sport is for money with his comments.

RTE making money off the back of his success? Im sure he got paid for his visits on to the Late Late Show and I am sure he got paid for the rights to show this tv series so I think if anyone should be happy with the money being made its Conor McGregor not RTE. Whatever about him as a fighter and his ability inside the cage outside of it his ego seems to be getting bigger and bigger and stuff like this just makes him come across a bit of a twat imo.

Putinovsky · 22-12-2014 5:29pm

I have to say, McGregor is coming across very smug these days. And the stories i've been hearing from outside the cage (ie how him and his friends carry themselves on nights out) is less than endearing.

Saipanne · 22-12-2014 5:32pm

Putinovsky wrote: »

I have to say, McGregor is coming across very smug these days. And the stories i've been hearing from outside the cage (ie how him and his friends carry themselves on nights out) is less than endearing.

What happens on nights out?

I always thought the showboating was just an act to wind up opponents.

yourdeadwright · 22-12-2014 5:39pm

It will be very intresting to see how he acts after his first loss in the UFC,
Things could change very quickly if he drops 2 in a row,
Very unclassy for a guy whos basically been around for a year to be talking crap about the RTE awards when seasoned pro's from main stream sports turn out every year for free,

yourdeadwright · 22-12-2014 5:43pm

I seen him once in Lillies and even thought he had a few beers he seemed sound and a decent normal bloke,
Heard a few stories from Taxi drivers but personally wouldn't believe them as there second hand stories ,

EuskalHerria · 22-12-2014 5:45pm

From reading Conor's comments, I took it as he was happy enough to be getting paid by RTE and a snub was water off a ducks back for him. Rather than him feeling above the awards or having a go, he was indifferent.

Ash.J.Williams · 22-12-2014 5:46pm

Putinovsky wrote: »

I have to say, McGregor is coming across very smug these days. And the stories i've been hearing from outside the cage (ie how him and his friends carry themselves on nights out) is less than endearing.

WHAT STORIES?

Putinovsky · 22-12-2014 5:50pm

I'm not going to start dishing out stories on a public forum. I've just heard a few first hand negative experiences involving McGregor and his mates on nights out.

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