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What next for McGregor?

Sure it's only a matter of time before he finds Jesus - it's the logical next step.

Ultimate Seduction

glasso wrote: »

What next for McGregor?

Sure it's only a matter of time before he finds Jesus - it's the logical next step.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvuRcuQjRyR/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=stnox1syv9si

He's launched a new Rose wine called champ champ.

decent effort for the day that is in it.

Mellor

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

He's launched a new Rose wine called champ champ.

CRAFTED WITH THE FINEST IRISH GRAPE VARIETALS

The what now?

ASOT

Mellor wrote: »

The what now?

Crafted from the finest April fool's joke.

Mellor

ASOT wrote: »

Crafted from the finest April fool's joke.

Ah right, I missed that on account of it being April 2nd here. .

ASOT

Mellor wrote: »

Ah right, I missed that on account of it being April 2nd here. .

He says it at the very end, nearly caught me out on first glance of the video because I didn't watch until the very end :pac:

Ultimate Seduction

Some effort even created little website and all 😀

Mellor

ASOT wrote: »

He says it at the very end, nearly caught me out on first glance of the video because I didn't watch until the very end :pac:

Didn't help that I didn't bother watching the video, :pac::pac::pac:

Sofiztikated

Psulie just had a lash at artem at the BKFC weigh-in.

dave1982

Conors on plane as we speak haha

Sofiztikated

dave1982 wrote: »

Conors on plane as we speak haha

I heard the plane got thrown at a dolly..

el Fenomeno

Has since deleted this, but was in response to Khabib saying Conor was like a jealous wife.

Wheeliebin30

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Has since deleted this, but was in response to Khabib saying Conor was like a jealous wife.

Sorry had to laugh!!

Won’t go down well with Muslims no doubt.

Ush1

That is funny to be fair but it's not a great look him slagging off Khabib after he got soundly beaten.

The Nal

Thats racist stuff from McGregor.

VW 1

The Nal wrote: »

Thats racist stuff from McGregor.

Against what race, muslim isnt a race?

Might well be in bad taste, it certainly isn't racist.

HappyAsLarE

Fair play to McGregor for mocking Khabib for oppressing towels.

JoeyJJ

Dana must be enjoying this, had to laugh at Danas two greatest matches he would like to make from a couple of days ago, all about the cash and Conor.

Man Vs ManUre

VW 1 wrote: »

Against what race, muslim isnt a race?

Might well be in bad taste, it certainly isn't racist.

Am a big Conor fan but this pic of Khabib wife is going too far, not surprised he took it down. You cannot insult another’s fighters wife especially Muslim wife, it’s far worse than insulting his father. Conor needs to be more careful with this Muslim insulting, sure it’s funny but he could be bringing on lot more problems for his other than a bad beating from Khabib. It doesn’t look like he is gonna tone it down from the previous fight, if the rematch is announced.

Boom_Bap

I believe that the wife post is a rebuttal for Khabib making a comment about McGregor being like a wife or something to that effect.
But a rebuttal in poor taste.

Wheeliebin30

Ah here how is this racist??????

Wheeliebin30

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Am a big Conor fan but this pic of Khabib wife is going too far, not surprised he took it down. You cannot insult another’s fighters wife especially Muslim wife, it’s far worse than insulting his father. Conor needs to be more careful with this Muslim insulting, sure it’s funny but he could be bringing on lot more problems for his other than a bad beating from Khabib. It doesn’t look like he is gonna tone it down from the previous fight, if the rematch is announced.

Especially a Muslim wife?

Muslim wives matter more......

Man Vs ManUre

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Especially a Muslim wife?

Muslim wives matter more......

Not saying they matter more, but they are clearly treated differently in public (from their own families) than non Muslim women.
Not only is Conor insulting Khabib with that post, he is insulting an entire religion and how they treat women. It’s very dodgy grounds for him to tread.
And even if Khabib made a comment about Conor being a Twitter wife or whatever he said, that was not right response.

Wheeliebin30

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Not saying they matter more, but they are clearly treated differently in public (from their own families) than non Muslim women.
Not only is Conor insulting Khabib with that post, he is insulting an entire religion and how they treat women. It’s very dodgy grounds for him to tread.
And even if Khabib made a comment about Conor being a Twitter wife or whatever he said, that was not right response.

Ah give over it was a joke.

If they take offence and have a problem then they are the ones with the problem.

World is gone mad.

We find it weird and funny they wear towels on their head.

Muslims find it offensive and weird if western women don’t cover themselves in Muslim countries.

Are Muslims racist?

MrStuffins

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Not saying they matter more, but they are clearly treated differently in public (from their own families) than non Muslim women.
Not only is Conor insulting Khabib with that post, he is insulting an entire religion and how they treat women. It’s very dodgy grounds for him to tread.
And even if Khabib made a comment about Conor being a Twitter wife or whatever he said, that was not right response.

Shows the nature of the virtue signalling nature of the internet these days when there's a clear women's rights issue, in fact downright oppression, but it's the person calling it out who has to watch what he's saying.

The Nal

Give over lads its Islamophobia which is racism.

Put it this way, you would be instantly fired from any company in the world saying that to a Muslim lad in any office. Rightly so.

Wheeliebin30

The Nal wrote: »

Give over lads its Islamophobia which is racism.

Put it this way, you would be instantly fired from any company in the world saying that to a Muslim lad in any office. Rightly so.

Blah islamophobia.

What a load of nonsense.

Peoole too easily offended.

The Nal

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Blah islamophobia.

What a load of nonsense.

Peoole too easily offended.

Do you know any Muslims? Thats very offensive to most of them yeah.

I think all religions are silly but acceptance and all that.

The Nal

Hes hardly Richard Dawkins here lads. He posted a picture of Khabibs wife on Twitter and basically called her a towel head.

clsmooth

The Nal wrote: »

Give over lads its Islamophobia which is racism.

Put it this way, you would be instantly fired from any company in the world saying that to a Muslim lad in any office. Rightly so.

It actually isn’t. Islam isn’t a race. Discriminatory might be a better word to describe it before you start accusing someone of being racist.

Duff

Moving away from his Conor Trump tweet, I'd say Paulie is visibly shaking with anger after all the pics :pac:

PokeHerKing

The Nal wrote:

Hes hardly Richard Dawkins here lads. He posted a picture of Khabibs wife on Twitter and basically called her a towel head.

I won't lie the second photo just of her, I genuinely thought mcgregor had cut in a photo of someone with a bath towel over their head.

It's like posting a picture of somebody in a purple suit and saying they look like Barney.

Effects

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

He is insulting an entire religion and how they treat women.

They should be insulted for how they treat women. Just not to sell tickets to a fight.

ASOT

Duff wrote: »

Moving away from his Conor Trump tweet, I'd say Paulie is visibly shaking with anger after all the pics :pac:

This one was the best. The one on the right.

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1113258389700796416

xtal191

Wish they'd release the video of that sparring

Tazzimus

The Nal wrote: »

Give over lads its Islamophobia which is racism.

Put it this way, you would be instantly fired from any company in the world saying that to a Muslim lad in any office. Rightly so.

You should probably learn what racism is.
Islam isn't a race
Muslim isn't a race



Anyway, am I alone in not wanting to see the Khabib rematch yet?
He was too rusty the first time, I doubt much has changed, given the whiskey tour etc.

One or two tune up fights to sharpen the skills again and then have a go at Khabib again. Result may be the same, but he'll at least have a slightly better chance this time.

pdev

McGregor mocks Flyod Mayweather = racist
McGregor mocks Khabib = Islamophobe

Damn social justice warriors!

Boom_Bap

Tazzimus wrote: »

You should probably learn what racism is.
Islam isn't a race
Muslim isn't a race



Anyway, am I alone in not wanting to see the Khabib rematch yet?
He was too rusty the first time, I doubt much has changed, given the whiskey tour etc.

One or two tune up fights to sharpen the skills again and then have a go at Khabib again. Result may be the same, but he'll at least have a slightly better chance this time.

I don't think there is any tune up fight given that he wants to be the main event.
I'd also suspect that he has looked at that Khabib fight and looked at what he could do better and focus on it quite a bit.
That means nothing do unless he can do it in the Octagon.

DEFTLEFTHAND

She does look like a towel though.

It's a pretty sad picture in fairness.

Tazzimus

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I don't think there is any tune up fight given that he wants to be the main event.
I'd also suspect that he has looked at that Khabib fight and looked at what he could do better and focus on it quite a bit.
That means nothing do unless he can do it in the Octagon.

Oh I fully expect him to attack more than the first fight.
He's still rusty though, so I don't see it going any better unless he pings the head off someone else first to get his timing etc back to where it was

pdev

He came into the Khabib fight with his hands down, walking forward with disregard for Khabib's abilities. He would approach a second fight completely differently, attacking more, but also respecting Khabib's ground game.

Mellor

Am a big Conor fan but this pic of Khabib wife is going too far, not surprised he took it down. You cannot insult another’s fighters wife especially Muslim wife, it’s far worse than insulting his father. Conor needs to be more careful with this Muslim insulting, sure it’s funny but he could be bringing on lot more problems for his other than a bad beating from Khabib. It doesn’t look like he is gonna tone it down from the previous fight, if the rematch is announced.

I know you mean well, and is absolutely the right attitude.
But saying things like "especially Muslim women" and the insinuation that he might have bigger problems (as we all know what that means), is in itself kinda prejudice.

I think prejudice is the correct word. I dunno. But people pointing out that Islam isn't technically a race is a pretty weak arguement. We all know, what people are getting at.

But then on the other hand, it's not ok to discriminate women because of religion or other cultural reasons.

blah blah blah , it's far too complex and serious for this place lads. FFS

dave1982

I dont buy into this oh he had ring rust, he was out too long before the khabib fight. If you agree sign contract walk to octagon...youre ready

MrStuffins

The Nal wrote: »

Do you know any Muslims? Thats very offensive to most of them yeah.

I think all religions are silly but acceptance and all that.

And it should be accepted that religious ideas, alongside any ideas, should be open to criticism.

Would you have been saying the same when Rubberbandits went on the Late Late Show and called communion "Haunted Bread"? Of course not. And what's the difference here?

Wheeliebin30

dave1982 wrote: »

I dont buy into this oh he had ring rust, he was out too long before the khabib fight. If you agree sign contract walk to octagon...youre ready

Well that’s just not true.

Signing a contract doesn’t equate to any way of been sharp and ready for a fight physically.

Nonsense.

Yes I agree well he shouldn’t have signed it if he wasn’t ready and that’s his fault but doesn’t mean he wasn’t rusty.

dave1982

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Well that’s just not true.

Signing a contract doesn’t equate to any way of been sharp and ready for a fight physically.

Nonsense.

Yes I agree well he shouldn’t have signed it if he wasn’t ready and that’s his fault but doesn’t mean he wasn’t rusty.

Point is dont make excuses for a loss like rusty. He knows his body how he feels. He should know and if he dont its his fault

Boom_Bap

I think that he was too distracted by the nonsense leading up to the fight and being too cocky in the ring. The retraction from being cocky to going on the defense in the Octogon probably looked like ring rust.

Tazzimus

dave1982 wrote: »

Point is dont make excuses for a loss like rusty. He knows his body how he feels. He should know and if he dont its his fault

Has he said himself that he was rusty?
I thought that was more an observation from everyone who watched it.

Absolutely didn't give full respect to Khabibs skills and paid for it, I'd hope he'd have a bit more sense for the rematch, if there is one.

Spleerbun

Have to laugh at the people claiming racism and islamaphobia. No doubt the same people who think offering a drink to someone who doesn't drink is racist as well.

Must be nice for the likes of khabib to know they can use any insult they like but should someone dare respond he'll have the protection of the professionally outraged. Talk about privilege eh