Official Conor McGregor thread (part 2). **Read warning in 1st post**

Call Me Jimmy

fair play a pretty decent CT

hatrickpatrick

But in that scenario, what happens if OSP pulls it off and wins tonight?

EDIT: https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/723631203199279105

zpehtsfd

Cathy.C wrote: »

What if (here comes the conspiracy) a few weeks back they all decided they made a mistake, that clearly nobody cares about this fight and concocted this whole set up:

No question Conor wanted this re-match to redeem himself ASAP but i think it was a rushed decision and as time went on he realized that he wasn't physically/mentally ready for it. So instead of looking foolish, and pulling out, he devised this stunt knowing full well Dana would ban him. Not too far-fetched at all and you could be close with your CT.

John Kavanagh needs acting classes

Seriously though imagine what Conor's head must have been like in the aftermath of that defeat. As someone already said he spent the last 3 years building himself up to top earner and then Diaz happened. UFC are going to meticulously plan his fights from now on to garner the most $$$ and defending his belt is the perfect start.

Devastator

I've just wasted the last 10 mins reading back through the last couple of pages of this thread. I'm happy to know that everyone seems to be having a storming time on the yolks this weekend lol only sensible conclusion I can make to some(most) of the posts

froog

could JJ not face DC @200 regardless of tonight's results? with OSP to face the winner? I don't think too many would complain.

froog

i have to confess i've never seen st preux fight. is he any good? does he have any chance at all?

Arrow in the Knee

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

But in that scenario, what happens if OSP pulls it off and wins tonight?

EDIT: https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/723631203199279105

So most of us Conor fanboys on this forum want OSP to win tonight to stir the sh1te up!

martyos121

froog wrote: »

i have to confess i've never seen st preux fight. is he any good? does he have any chance at all?

Yes he is quite good, but no he has virtually no chance tonight against the most in-shape, focused and motivated Jon Jones we've ever seen.

XsApollo

Tom1991 wrote: »

Hate to reply to ya pal but no one can call that a lucky punch.
1) He anticipated Aldo over extending and said so beforehand
2) Can be seen practising the movement before the walkout in his dressing room.
Execution of a perfect game plan that thousands of hours of work and study went into.

To the bandwagoners and armchair MMA experts that burst out at any McGregor event theres twice as much evidence supporting the fact that McGregor got lazy in his prep against Nate (a bit like in the fighter when he fights the lad just up off the couch).But no he's a hack that fluked his way to the top of a division beating the dominant Aldo.This debacle aside he should be fighting and should of done the press in Vegas as I genuinely believe hes earned the right to be top of the 200th landmark card.
Though I'm happy to see the dedication and hard training being back on display again.In Iceland and Portugal rolling with top level guys prepping hard for the biggest fight yet.

To end this wall of text me being more a lurker around here Thanks to the folks actively involved in MMA community who post on boards and take the time to try educate the general public like myself and can only imagine how infuriating it must be reading some of the bile being spouted.

He had a lot more prep than Nate did that's for sure.
Also it's spouted out here that the fact that Mendes didn't have a camp didn't matter that much either.
But now it's OK for Mcregor to get down to a serious camp because he is facing a tough challenge.

I'm no McGregor Hater, but I also don't let my delight that we have an Irish champion get in the way of what I see.

mdwexford

weldoninhio wrote: »

Everyone else got their chance??? What top ten 145 fighters got a full camp and a chance to fight him?? Aldo and ........................ He's proven nothing at 145.

You can try and spin it whatever way you like.

Here are the facts.

The top 4 at 145 are Aldo, Frankie, Mendes and Holloway.

He has beaten 3 of them inside the octagon.

Frankie Edgar is the only man deserving of a title shot that Conor hasn't beaten.

End of the facts.

SureYWouldntYa

Cathy.C wrote: »

Nate vs Diaz

I'd pay to see that fight :pac:

finglashoop

joe rogan1 wrote: »

Yes he is quite good, but no he has virtually no chance tonight against the most in-shape, focused and motivated Jon Jones we've ever seen.

Like a copy and paste marty

*"Not an insult btw"

martyos121

finglashoop wrote: »

Like a copy and paste marty

*"Not an insult btw"

Let's not take anything away from Joe Rogan, he would try and sell sunblock to an Eskimo.

hatrickpatrick

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

So most of us Conor fanboys on this forum want OSP to win tonight to stir the sh1te up!

Pretty much yes. If you have a look around Twitter as well, lots of tweets saying they want an OSJ victory just to f*ck with Dana.

onlyme!

i'm with cathy.c, this whole thing has been contrived, should conor not have been fined for not doing the PR work?

Cathy.C

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

But in that scenario, what happens if OSP pulls it off and wins tonight?

Well, that's why I wrote that they would see how Jones gets on first, as how could they announce that Nate was going to Ireland to fight Conor (or anywhere else) if they need them for UFC 200 should Jones go pear shaped. I think if Jones gets beat, we will see Conor fight at 200 but if not, Jones does 200 and the we're all told that Nate is fighting McGregor either here or some place, but it will be before MSG, as Dana said.

It's just all too much coincidence. Conor vs Nate II gets announced and it gets a tumbleweeds reaction. Then there's mad tweets with Kavanagh breaking his hole laughing on Twitter. He's like that mate you have when trying to wind someone up and they ruin it by acting in way they never act and the person you're trying to prank susses it as a result. Then you have Dana who doesn't seem to bothered that the fighter that made the UFC 400m doesn't want to turn up? It's a rouse. The fcukers are waiting to see what happens with Jones tonight.

JustTheOne

Does conor have it in him to pull that stunt?

I wouldn't have thought so but I don't know him personally.

I'm not buying it anyway.

CSF

mdwexford wrote: »

You can try and spin it whatever way you like.

Here are the facts.

The top 4 at 145 are Aldo, Frankie, Mendes and Holloway.

He has beaten 3 of them inside the octagon.

Frankie Edgar is the only man deserving of a title shot that Conor hasn't beaten.

End of the facts.

Who needs facts when you can use extreme bias to carefully twist the narrative of an argument and make it look like you're making a point that isn't really a point at all.

loudnoises89

That CT is utter non-sense.

Depp

martyos121 wrote: »

Yes he is quite good, but no he has virtually no chance tonight against the most in-shape, focused and motivated Jon Jones we've ever seen.

he could get a lucky punch though :rolleyes:

jimmii

Depp wrote: »

he could get a lucky punch though :rolleyes:

Like that ever happens.

martyos121

Depp wrote: »

he could get a lucky punch though :rolleyes:

Sure if my auntie had balls she'd be my uncle!

jimmii

martyos121 wrote: »

Sure if my auntie had balls she'd be my uncle!

Yeh but McGregor hasn't beaten her at 145 so he's clearly not the best. Can't believe he's ducked her so much.

martyos121

jimmii wrote: »

Yeh but McGregor hasn't beaten her at 145 so he's clearly not the best. Can't believe he's ducked her so much.

He can't take that spinning heel kick, no one can.

If he can't make the flight out to the west of Ireland to promote the fight, he doesn't deserve it, sets a bad precedent.

jimmii

martyos121 wrote: »

He can't take that spinning heel kick, no one can.

If he can't make the flight out to the west of Ireland to promote the fight, he doesn't deserve it, sets a bad precedent.

You can't go springing a west of ireland media tour on him like that no wonder they've never made it happen.

Cathy.C

loudnoises89 wrote: »

That CT is utter non-sense.

Grand.

Any theories yourself so on why John Kavanagh seems to suddenly have had a personality transplant with a 15-year-old Eminem fan? Or why Dana White keeps saying Conor was removed from the card one minute and then the next minute saying he has removed himself from the card? Or why it was that Dana said Conor would fight for UFC before MSG despite Conor currently refusing to fulfill his promotional obligations for this fight? Mostly though, any theories on why Dana seems so relaxed about it all.

As for me, while my CT was somewhat tongue in cheek, I really do think that Dana has something up his sleeve. When Nate said he would go on vacation if he is not going to fight Conor at 200, something which the media all call a curve ball, Dana just smiled and after the proceedings finished, both him and Nate grinned from ear to ear, hugged and chatting as if all had gone rosily as if Dana knows full well that Conor and Nate are going to fight. That only points to one thing for me: a UFC Fight Night special and as they have both fought in the states already, Dublin is the next logical choice. The Brandao at the Point went swimmingly for UFC (as did both other events) and so why not.

As for would Conor make up that he is sick of the media, morning shows and the like. Yeah, I think he would. Why not. Lots of things are made up. Does anyone really think Conor is really as angry as he pretends to be at pressers and weigh-ins? That he feels those things he says sometimes? It's entertainment at the end of the day and nobody knows that more than Conor so yeah I think he would do it. I think he would do pretty much anything to build up anticipation of a real fight which is what MMA is, compared to WWF and the like and that includes of course... pretending to retire

Letree

onlyme! wrote: »

i'm with cathy.c, this whole thing has been contrived, should conor not have been fined for not doing the PR work?

Thats a possibility alright and i think it is a good thing too for McGregor whether he knows it or not. I do not see him beating Nate. And a 2nd defeat to Nate would be devastating for his career. Let Conor go and fight Frankie or Aldo next, move him to 55 then and see where it goes from there.

So this is kinda cool… wonder if it will get some momentum building…
Is Rory out of contract yet?

https://twitter.com/rory_macdonald/status/723958214207918081

https://twitter.com/rory_macdonald/status/723958428784312320

Professey Chin

Out of contract after the Wonderboy fight

Swashbuckler

Letree wrote: »

Thats a possibility alright and i think it is a good thing too for McGregor whether he knows it or not. I do not see him beating Nate. And a 2nd defeat to Nate would be devastating for his career. Let Conor go and fight Frankie or Aldo next, move him to 55 then and see where it goes from there.

I just don't get the theory that another loss to Diaz would be a catastrophe. Gamebred said it ages ago. He loses to Nate at 170 again, big deal. 170 isn't for him. Beaten by a bigger guy, doesnt belong at 170 etc etc. Back to 145 to fight Aldo or Frankie.