Conor McGregor thread (MMA Talk Only - Read 1st Post Before Posting)

xtal191 · 20-12-2019 12:59pm

pudzey101 wrote: »

Anyone know when the press conferences will be for this ?

Fight week

Man Vs ManUre · 20-12-2019 1:30pm

Can’t see this fight getting anywhere near the numbers of fine young Irish gentlemen travelling over to Vegas as his previous fights. But that’s fine. I see this fight only as the beginning of a 3 fight redemption story for Conor. All that matters is that he wins. Then he can headline a big summer event vs maybe Gatche, Masvidal or Diaz and the buzz will be back. Were he to win that there would be no stopping another crack at the LW belt vs Khabib at end of the year. (Khabib will definitely best Tony much easier than he beat Conor)

Whelo79 · 21-12-2019 11:26pm

He had an exhibition bout against John Joe Nevin tonight in Crumlin Boxing Club. Haven't seen any footage online yet.

MeMen2_MoRi_ · 22-12-2019 12:01am

Sold out

https://mobile.twitter.com/kevini/status/1208496657161060352?s=21

simongurnick · 22-12-2019 12:07am

MeMen2_MoRi_ wrote: »

Sold out

https://mobile.twitter.com/kevini/status/1208496657161060352?s=21

Conor who??? Lol

xtal191 · 22-12-2019 1:32pm

MeMen2_MoRi_ wrote: »

Sold out

https://mobile.twitter.com/kevini/status/1208496657161060352?s=21

Probably touts, loads available on stubhub

eagle eye · 22-12-2019 1:50pm

xtal191 wrote:

Probably touts, loads available on stubhub

And what's your point?

xtal191 · 22-12-2019 8:47pm

eagle eye wrote: »

And what's your point?

If people reading here are interested in going its still very easy to get tickets at close to face value

ASOT · 22-12-2019 11:38pm

Fights confirmed for BT Box Office (as expected)

dashoonage · 22-12-2019 11:41pm

ASOT wrote: »

Fights confirmed for BT Box Office (as expected)

my ship is beached for the xmas to scrape the barnacles off the hull but will be ready to set sail in the new year. arrrrr

simongurnick · 23-12-2019 4:16am

Any news from the bout with john joe nevin?

John_D80 · 23-12-2019 5:35am

A lot of sites reporting that the exhibition in Crumlin BC was against John Joe Nevin the Olympic Silver medalist and now pro fighter.

LollipopJimmy · 23-12-2019 9:19am

John_D80 wrote: »

A lot of sites reporting that the exhibition in Crumlin BC was against John Joe Nevin the Olympic Silver medalist and now pro fighter.

Sure he posted it up himself, cant imagine it was any way spectacular

Tazzimus · 23-12-2019 9:58am

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Sure he posted it up himself, cant imagine it was any way spectacular

It was an exhibition match so I imagine it was just glorified sparring and a bit of showboating.

John_D80 · 23-12-2019 10:12am

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Sure he posted it up himself, cant imagine it was any way spectacular

Im sure there are pictures out there but some media (even Sky sports) are reporting it as pro fighter John Joe Nevin and not the Crumlin BC amateur MW John Joe Nevin.

Two different people.

Tazzimus · 23-12-2019 10:21am

John_D80 wrote: »

Im sure there are pictures out there but some media (even Sky sports) are reporting it as pro fighter John Joe Nevin and not the Crumlin BC amateur MW John Joe Nevin.

Two different people.

Click-bait titles aren't exactly something new

John_D80 · 23-12-2019 10:38am

Tazzimus wrote: »

Click-bait titles aren't exactly something new

It’s not click bait titles. Sky actually think it was pro John Joe Nevin from Mullingar. Even used pictures of him. And started going on about his Olympic silver medal and Amateur career before going pro and how he is now 14-0.

It’s a completely different fighter that was in the exhibition with Conor McGregor.

Man Vs ManUre · 23-12-2019 11:11am

I was wondering also when I saw the opponent name, but when I saw the pics of both Nevin and Conor from the fight, I knew it wasn’t the mullingar lad from the olympics.
Anyways who cares, it’s not as if Conor is making a big deal out of it. The way I saw it reported on his Instagram it was like he was just treating it like part of his training for jan 18th, similar time any spar session be it wrestling, jujutsu, striking or kicking.

LollipopJimmy · 23-12-2019 12:34pm

CBC have an annual exhibition day every Christmas, it's usually for charity and a bit of craic

Mellor · 23-12-2019 12:58pm

John_D80 wrote: »

It’s not click bait titles. Sky actually think it was pro John Joe Nevin from Mullingar. Even used pictures of him. And started going on about his Olympic silver medal and Amateur career before going pro and how he is now 14-0.

It's an understandable mistake to be fair.

John_D80 · 23-12-2019 1:47pm

Mellor wrote: »

It's an understandable mistake to be fair.

Not from the sites that used pictures of the event showing McGregor with a fighter that was clearly not the person they claimed it was.

Man Vs ManUre · 23-12-2019 1:59pm

Sky are brutal in their coverage of MMA and UFC. They only report on Mcgregor and only really started doing that when he was fighting Mayweather. Bisping was a world champ and don’t think he got any coverage from them. Till and Edwards are top contenders and nothing about them.

Man Vs ManUre · 23-12-2019 2:06pm

Tho would like to see sky take over from BT for showing ufc. It’s gone too expensive now to pay for BT sports plus their ppv. Even sky plus ppv for the big events would be ok.

VW 1 · 23-12-2019 2:14pm

There will always be radio silence from sky on something they don't sell or plan to sell. Why would they note or promote UFC results or fighters if there is no gain?

Similar to when they lost rights to la Liga, Spanish football ceased to exist at that point.

ASOT · 23-12-2019 2:16pm

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Tho would like to see sky take over from BT for showing ufc. It’s gone too expensive now to pay for BT sports plus their ppv. Even sky plus ppv for the big events would be ok.

It would be even worse PPV wise if sky get the rights. Look at the state of boxing cards that are regularly ppv.

Mellor · 23-12-2019 6:03pm

John_D80 wrote: »

Not from the sites that used pictures of the event showing McGregor with a fighter that was clearly not the person they claimed it was.

If they had pictures of both John Joes, I'd expect them to notice.
But I'd forgive overseas journalists for not knowing an obscure local fighter with the same name as an famous pro.
Especially when when McGregor was sparring with the pro-boxer John Joe recently also

John_D80 · 24-12-2019 3:30am

Mellor wrote: »

If they had pictures of both John Joes, I'd expect them to notice.
But I'd forgive overseas journalists for not knowing an obscure local fighter with the same name as an famous pro.
Especially when when McGregor was sparring with the pro-boxer John Joe recently also

Why would they need pictures of both?? Most people wouldn’t recognise John Joe Nevin from Crumlin BC but they’d know right away that he’s not the 14-0 pro who won silver in the olympics.

Irish websites did it as well.

Mellor · 24-12-2019 4:45pm

John_D80 wrote: »

Why would they need pictures of both?? Most people wouldn’t recognise John Joe Nevin from Crumlin BC but they’d know right away that he’s not the 14-0 pro who won silver in the olympics.

Irish websites did it as well.

If they had pictures on both guys in the one article (I didn't see anythat did). It's a obvious cock up. Any editor should spot it.

But if reports were that Conor boxed John Joe Nevin. I can forgive a random journalist for assuming it was the well know boxer, using a picture of that boxer, and talking about his 14-0 pro record. As I said, it's an easy mistake.

https://twitter.com/johnjoenevin/status/1189906677769875456

Jinglejangle69 · 24-12-2019 8:42pm

He was training this evening.

Seems to be keeping it together for now which is refreshing.

TheAnalyst_ · 24-12-2019 8:51pm

Saving the heavy bag for Stephens day?

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