Conor McGregor

thebison

Any one know what (approx) time Conor is fighting at on August 17th? Also can we expect to see the weigh-ins live?

MrStuffins

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Doubt Aldo would come over here to fight him. Brazil's market is 100x bigger than here.

Aldo might be a Lightweight by then. His plan was to move up to LW if he beat Pettis, a fight that didn't happen. There could be a vacant title fight with Connor being one of the participants

dave1982

That was some interview probably one of the best I've heard and thats come from me Connor doubter!

Fly Steve Collins out Boston corner Connor, Steve calling out Roy Jones "I'll fight him MMA"

FCUK!!!!! that was something else

Only annoying bit was Steve and Connor talking over each other:D

dave1982

RTE are doing a fly on the type documentary on Connor, thats huge imo fair dues to RTE for getting behind Connor where most of the country think its human "cock fighting"

cowzerp

That interview was class, Conors reaction to steve was brilliant too

Mr. CooL ICE

"I'm putting MMA in the spotlight by strangling the director live on air"

:pac:

liverbear

scudzilla wrote: »

IF all goes to plan we could be seeing a McGregor title fight in Dublin next year some time, now wouldn't that be the dogs bollox

We would all love it, but there is no way will he get a title shot that quickly, there are too many other guys in line before him.

Zero-Cool

LordChessington wrote: »

"I'm putting MMA in the spotlight by strangling the director live on air"

:pac:

Yeah that was gas, I thought fighters get advised not to perform moves on mere mortals. Didn't Chuck get in trouble for putting a fan in a choke hold on request and then the guy sued?

Ian Whelan

Deleted User wrote: »

Doubt Aldo would come over here to fight him. Brazil's market is 100x bigger than here.

Yes, no chance of a title fight in Dublin I would think, doubt that the UFC or Aldo would agree to it. Has there ever been any title fight held in Europe? I can't remember one.

Easy Rod

Ian Whelan wrote: »

Yes, no chance of a title fight in Dublin I would think, doubt that the UFC or Aldo would agree to it. Has there ever been any title fight held in Europe? I can't remember one.

Rampage vs. Hendo

Professey Chin

Ian Whelan wrote: »

Yes, no chance of a title fight in Dublin I would think, doubt that the UFC or Aldo would agree to it. Has there ever been any title fight held in Europe? I can't remember one.

BJ & Stevenson

p to the e

Ian Whelan wrote: »

Yes, no chance of a title fight in Dublin I would think, doubt that the UFC or Aldo would agree to it. Has there ever been any title fight held in Europe? I can't remember one.

• Renan Barao vs Michael McDonald although it was for intercontinental championship
• BJ Penn vs. Joe Stevenson
• Rampage Jackson vs. Dan Henderson
• Matt Hughes vs. Carlos Newton

Professey Chin

p to the e wrote: »

• Renan Barao vs Michael McDonald although it was for intercontinental championship
• BJ Penn vs. Joe Stevenson
• Rampage Jackson vs. Dan Henderson
• Matt Hughes vs. Carlos Newton

Table match? :pac:

p to the e

I saw IC beside Barao's name and automatically thought Intercontinental. Sorry I meant European championship;)

Morph the Cat

liverbear wrote: »

We would all love it, but there is no way will he get a title shot that quickly, there are too many other guys in line before him.

Like who? Aldo has beaten everyone. The only options left are probably Swanson & Mendes... again.

Mr. Manager

p to the e wrote: »

I saw IC beside Barao's name and automatically thought Intercontinental. Sorry I meant European championship;)

Interim championship?

Jizzear

http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/8/9/4602928/the-mma-beat-on-rampage-vs-tito-mcgregor-overeem-fox-sports-1? they have a segment on him on the mma beat about 10 min long....Looks like alot of people buying into the hype. Nice to see in a way but scary as hell aswell! Cant wait for saturday now.....

On a sidenote they have a full media day just for him next tuesday, pretty ****ing huge!

El Guapo!

The whole mma world is really getting behind him. Everyone is excited to see him fight next.
Hopefully he can keep the momentum going and get a few solid wins behind him. He could be a superstar within the next year.
I remember John Kavanagh on here about a year ago saying he predicts Conor will be a UFC champ by the end of 2014. If things keep moving at this pace, he could well be right.

Mr. Manager

If he loses next week it'll be such a kick in the gut. Would seriously put a halt to the hype train.

Be like Nutella

That interview just leaves you with a smile on your face...even more stupidly excited about the fight now! Me mate said he's on round 11:20.. we're all stallin over to his gaf for cans for his birthday to watch McGregor knock Holloway out what a buzz we'll be headin out on after the fight on Sat night!!

Can't fukin wait!

DrPhilG

sheehy83 wrote: »

Yeah that was gas, I thought fighters get advised not to perform moves on mere mortals. Didn't Chuck get in trouble for putting a fan in a choke hold on request and then the guy sued?

That was Matt Hughes.

Gilbert Grape

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califano

Be like Nutella wrote: »

That interview just leaves you with a smile on your face...even more stupidly excited about the fight now! Me mate said he's on round 11:20.. we're all stallin over to his gaf for cans for his birthday to watch McGregor knock Holloway out what a buzz we'll be headin out on after the fight on Sat night!!

Can't fukin wait!

More like 1.20am

SDTimeout

Jizzear wrote: »

http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/8/9/4602928/the-mma-beat-on-rampage-vs-tito-mcgregor-overeem-fox-sports-1? they have a segment on him on the mma beat about 10 min long....Looks like alot of people buying into the hype. Nice to see in a way but scary as hell aswell! Cant wait for saturday now.....

On a sidenote they have a full media day just for him next tuesday, pretty ****ing huge!

This is big. My flight gets in two hours before this starts thankfully. The rest of the open workout guys are on the Wednesday.

Lenin Skynard

SDTimeout wrote: »

This is big. My flight gets in two hours before this starts thankfully. The rest of the open workout guys are on the Wednesday.

Better dress snappy!

Tinie

Be like Nutella wrote: »

That interview just leaves you with a smile on your face...even more stupidly excited about the fight now! Me mate said he's on round 11:20.. we're all stallin over to his gaf for cans for his birthday to watch McGregor knock Holloway out what a buzz we'll be headin out on after the fight on Sat night!!

Can't fukin wait!

He wont be fighting until after 1am.

welchy

Tinie wrote: »

He wont be fighting until after 1am.

You think they'll be delaying showing his fight on BT Sport to air it as an extra main card fight? Should be fighting live around 7pm ET (Prelims start 6pm ET) which is 12am here. Be a bit of a balls since twitter and the likes will have all the results and reactions immediately.

liverbear

Morph the Cat wrote: »

Like who? Aldo has beaten everyone. The only options left are probably Swanson & Mendes... again.

1. How many title fights will occur before then? Max 4.
2. Ahead would have to be: Swanson, Mendes, Lamas, Possible re-match with the Zombie, Then you have Frankie Edgar.
So there will not be enough title fights before then for it to be possible.

Hope he gets one, but it is not realistic at this stage.

He needs to impress vs holloway and then beat 2 or 3 more. Maybe Guida, Porier and Siver/ any on the list above that I put ahead of him.

Just managing expectations based on the timeframe.

Joe24

welchy wrote: »

You think they'll be delaying showing his fight on BT Sport to air it as an extra main card fight? Should be fighting live around 7pm ET (Prelims start 6pm ET) which is 12am here. Be a bit of a balls since twitter and the likes will have all the results and reactions immediately.

That would be annoying. Hopefully they won't do that. For UFC 163 BT just seemed to take the UFC feed and didn't add anything to it (except the ads) or take anything from it. I'm open to correction on that though as it was late and I might have nodded off a few times

If they do go butchering the broadcast, there's always ufc.tv which shows the prelims live.

scudzilla

liverbear wrote: »

1. How many title fights will occur before then? Max 4.
2. Ahead would have to be: Swanson, Mendes, Lamas, Possible re-match with the Zombie, Then you have Frankie Edgar.
So there will not be enough title fights before then for it to be possible.

Hope he gets one, but it is not realistic at this stage.

He needs to impress vs holloway and then beat 2 or 3 more. Maybe Guida, Porier and Siver/ any on the list above that I put ahead of him.

Just managing expectations based on the timeframe.

Who deserves a shot and who gets a shot are 2 entirely different things when it comes to Zuffa/Dana White

Did Dan Hardy deserve a shot at Georgie? Did he hell, he got the shot cos he was the flavour of the month, a young fighter, British, Red Mohawk and the girls loved him. He got the shot IMO purely because of his marketability for Zuffa.

Conor is in this same boat, 99% of Americans claim to be of Irish Descent, everyone loves the Irish, that's why i think it's totally feasable to see Conor getting a shot very early next year if he wins his next 2 fights