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

ardinn

He is the most marketable, next in line is Katie Taylor then saoirse ronan

callaway92

MrStuffins wrote: »

Ah yeah, forgot about Niall Horan. he wins hands down!



Nope. Conor is a pretty big celebrity in Ireland now. Apart from your evergreens like yer Bonos and yer whoever elses, i'm not sure there are too many Irish people who are more famous that him in Ireland right now.

I'm open for correction (again)

He isn't even top 20 I'd say.

deadanonymau5

ardinn wrote: »

He is the most marketable, next in line is Katie Taylor then saoirse ronan

Ahhh heeeereeee!!!

Useful.Idiot

callaway92 wrote: »

He isn't even top 20 I'd say.

He's probably one of the biggest if not the biggest household Irish name in Ireland right now. Who else are you thinking of?

Mean Laqueefa

callaway92 wrote: »

He isn't even top 20 I'd say.

Bull****

MrStuffins

callaway92 wrote: »

He isn't even top 20 I'd say.

Feel free to fire off a few names there!

JustTheOne

nomadchocolate wrote: »

Cerrone running his mouth again:


‘I just tune him out, because behind the scenes he is like a scared little kid.
‘He hides from us. When they line us all up they take Conor and put him in another room because he can’t be around other fighters because we don’t play that s***.


‘(He is disliked) by all. By all. He’s not one of the fellas, he’s not a good dude.
‘But it is what it is, he’s done a good job promoting the sport.

Pretty sure he's not in it to make friends.

dashoonage

MrStuffins wrote: »

Feel free to fire off a few names there!

Daniel O'Donnell

/thread

TimRiggins

MrStuffins wrote: »

Ah yeah, forgot about Niall Horan. he wins hands down!



Nope. Conor is a pretty big celebrity in Ireland now. Apart from your evergreens like yer Bonos and yer whoever elses, i'm not sure there are too many Irish people who are more famous that him in Ireland right now.

I'm open for correction (again)

Have you seen how big he is in North America?

John_D80

nomadchocolate wrote: »

Cerrone running his mouth again:


‘I just tune him out, because behind the scenes he is like a scared little kid.
‘He hides from us. When they line us all up they take Conor and put him in another room because he can’t be around other fighters because we don’t play that s***.


‘(He is disliked) by all. By all. He’s not one of the fellas, he’s not a good dude.
‘But it is what it is, he’s done a good job promoting the sport.

Was this in an interview? Do you have a link?

Call Me Jimmy

dashoonage wrote: »

Daniel O'Donnell

/thread

Mickey from Boyzone

finglashoop

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Mickey from Boyzone

There was five mickeys in boyzone

Call Me Jimmy

finglashoop wrote: »

There was five mickeys in boyzone

WAHEY

hardCopy

finglashoop wrote: »

There was five mickeys in boyzone

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

WAHEY

Did anybody ever check?

deadanonymau5

callaway92 wrote: »

He isn't even top 20 I'd say.

Useful.Idiot wrote: »

He's probably one of the biggest if not the biggest household Irish name in Ireland right now. Who else are you thinking of?

Mean Laqueefa wrote: »

Bull****

MrStuffins wrote: »

Feel free to fire off a few names there!

Looks like Callaway has been challenged....

Ill get the ball rolling for ya Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Rory McIlroy (Not sure what he's claiming to be these days)...

deadanonymau5

nomadchocolate wrote: »

Cerrone running his mouth again:


‘I just tune him out, because behind the scenes he is like a scared little kid.
‘He hides from us. When they line us all up they take Conor and put him in another room because he can’t be around other fighters because we don’t play that s***.


‘(He is disliked) by all. By all. He’s not one of the fellas, he’s not a good dude.
‘But it is what it is, he’s done a good job promoting the sport.

Cerrone's a bitter prick. Hearing him at press conferences, doing media and podcasts you can hear how sour he is about McGregor. Always seems to lap up the attention he gets about his "wild" life out of the cage and how much of a 'bad ass' he is taking short notice fights.

wonderfullife

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Cerrone's a bitter prick. Hearing him at press conferences, doing media and podcasts you can hear how sour he is about McGregor. Always seems to lap up the attention he gets about his "wild" life out of the cage and how much of a 'bad ass' he is taking short notice fights.

Let's put it this way ....for all the media for UFC 137 Donald was more than happy to do every interview without his Cowboy Hat. Why? Full head of hair.

For a grown man to walk around with a cowboy hat on non-stop to hide receding hair and baldness, it takes a lot of ego.

His ego is obviously hurt by the emergence of Conor. He gets paid way less than Conor, gets way less attention and comes across as a parody of Stone Cold. Before the rise of McGregor there was a case that Cowboy was one of the top 3 or 4 draws/characters in the UFC. Now, he's just another dude.

Don't get me wrong, i think he's a brilliant fighter to watch and his fights are always entertaining but he's clearly affected by jealousy.

Swashbuckler

I think , like every other fighter, he's just trying to talk his way into a fight with McGregor.

CurryFlavoured

wonderfullife wrote: »

Let's put it this way ....for all the media for UFC 137 Donald was more than happy to do every interview without his Cowboy Hat. Why? Full head of hair.

For a grown man to walk around with a cowboy hat on non-stop to hide receding hair and baldness, it takes a lot of ego.

His ego is obviously hurt by the emergence of Conor. He gets paid way less than Conor, gets way less attention and comes across as a parody of Stone Cold. Before the rise of McGregor there was a case that Cowboy was one of the top 3 or 4 draws/characters in the UFC. Now, he's just another dude.

Don't get me wrong, i think he's a brilliant fighter to watch and his fights are always entertaining but he's clearly affected by jealousy.

Here come the psychologists...his ****ing hat.

JJayoo

wonderfullife wrote: »

Let's put it this way ....for all the media for UFC 137 Donald was more than happy to do every interview without his Cowboy Hat. Why? Full head of hair.

For a grown man to walk around with a cowboy hat on non-stop to hide receding hair and baldness, it takes a lot of ego.

.

One of the stupidest things I have ever read on boards.

DrPhilG

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Ill get the ball rolling for ya Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Rory McIlroy (Not sure what he's claiming to be these days)...

Saoirse Ronan
Colin Farrell
Cillian Murphy
Michael Fassbender
Domhnall Gleeson

A few more for you!

weldoninhio

DrPhilG wrote: »

Saoirse Ronan
Colin Farrell
Cillian Murphy
Michael Fassbender
Domhnall Gleeson

A few more for you!

Gerry Adams
Enda Kenny
Michael Higgins
Robbie Brady
Robbie Keane
Roy Keane
Paul McGrath

deadanonymau5

DrPhilG wrote: »

Saoirse Ronan
Colin Farrell
Cillian Murphy
Michael Fassbender
Domhnall Gleeson

A few more for you!

Ahh jaysus, I was only trying to get Callaway started. Conor McGregor is better known than all of them anyway

weldoninhio wrote: »

Gerry Adams
Enda Kenny
Michael Higgins
Robbie Brady
Robbie Keane
Roy Keane
Paul McGrath

LOL:pac::pac::pac:

weldoninhio

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

LOL:pac::pac::pac:

He was asked for a list of people more famous than McGregor in Ireland. If you showed the blue rinse brigade and housewives, as well as a lot of older men who have no interest in MMA pics of McGregor and pics of the people I listed, everyone I listed would be more famous. Most of the younger generation who would recognise McGregor would also recognise the people I named. It's not rocket science.

Dtp1979

Above are stars. McG at present is a superstar A lister. He's a global star. Very few people would know anybody from the above lists outside of Ireland

DeVore

Conor isn't in the game to make friends. He isn't there to be liked. If I was him, I'd do exactly the same ie: get the UFC to give me my own room, walk out do the show-and-tell and then leave them behind talking about me.

He's absolutely right, winners talk about winning. Losers talk about winners.

Cerone is a nice guy and that's great and all. Conor is there to do business and make money. If Cerone wants to put a value on being "one of the guys" and that people like him, that's admirable but it speaks volumes about where his head is at.



“I look into their eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, 'I am going to bury you.” - Seve Ballesteros

callaway92

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Above are stars. McG at present is a superstar A lister. He's a global star. Very few people would know anybody from the above lists outside of Ireland

His statement was 'the most famous in Ireland'

I would be surprised if anybody over 60 knows who McGregor is.

cletus

Its funny that Cerrone talks about being liked. The last time he was on the Joe Rogan podcast, he said he thought it was strange that fans identified with him, thinking of him as a good guy, because if he wasn't fighting professionally, he'd be the guy in the bar starting fights and taking your girlfriend

deadanonymau5

weldoninhio wrote: »

He was asked for a list of people more famous than McGregor in Ireland. If you showed the blue rinse brigade and housewives, as well as a lot of older men who have no interest in MMA pics of McGregor and pics of the people I listed, everyone I listed would be more famous. Most of the younger generation who would recognise McGregor would also recognise the people I named. It's not rocket science.

LOL :pac::pac::pac:

When you were a kid, I bet you threw the toys out of the pram a lot.... :rolleyes:

Don't get your knickers in a twist, it's not exactly a serious debate!

Saipanne

callaway92 wrote: »

His statement was 'the most famous in Ireland'

I would be surprised if anybody over 60 knows who McGregor is.

My mum does.