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

El Guapo!

The last thread was nearing the 10k post limit so here's part 2.

The same rules as the last thread apply here. People seem to have strong opinions either way when it comes to McGregor and threads here tend to get a bit heated from time to time. Please keep it civil and discuss all things Conor in a mature way.
Any name-calling, trolling, baiting, or being a general ass-hat will earn you a ban from the thread and possibly the forum.
If you have an issue with a post, please use the report post function. Any off topic posts will be deleted.
Any "Do you even train Bro?" or "I'm an mma fan longer than you" type posts are not permitted either. They only make you look like a fool and as a result, everyone hates you. Yes everyone.

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harney

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

All over the net where people would / should have been talking about this fight, a lot of the talk is now about if, when, why Conor is taking a break and for how long.

Shame Dana didn't keep his lip buttoned.

In fairness, how many extra eyeballs are going to be on the fight if they think he is taking time out.

Outlaw Pete

All over the net where people would / should have been talking about this fight, a lot of the talk is now about if, when, why Conor is taking a break and for how long.

Shame Dana didn't keep his lip buttoned.

nomadchocolate

It's a shame that Conor has got bogged down into having kids at this stage of his career.

John_D80

BOHtox wrote: »

If it's twins will he be allowed to keep both or will he have to vacate one?

BOHtox

If it's twins will he be allowed to keep both or will he have to vacate one?

hatrickpatrick

JustTheOne wrote: »

Am i alone in thinkin him coming back and fighting for the belt again is more exciting than defending it?

A new challenge for him and that's when he's at his best just look at nate first fight to see that.

This.

I said all along that vacating the FW belt, winning the LW belt at 205 and then reclaiming the FW belt in the new year would have been more exciting even than fighting for two belts in NY as he now is. But obviously if the latest rumours are true and he'd already told Dana that he'd be taking a lot of next year off, that would explain why Dana went for this option instead.

Mean Laqueefa

Ulysses Frankin Conor McGregor

Swashbuckler

Jose McGregor has a nice ring to it.

JustTheOne

Awesomeness wrote: »

Whats conor doing taking photos with people this close to the fight.

He should be in the gym preparing

It was 3 months ago.

DeVore

No announcement afaik.

McGregor isn't motivated by belt-defences, he's motivated by challenge. Why climb a hill you have climbed before? Thats his mentality. I cant see him ever defending the 145 belt apart from maybe Aldo (and I said that 6 months ago too

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Dtp1979

So was there an announcement made or what?

Saipanne

When are we gonna have an argument about what they should name the baby?

StringerBell

He could do with some time off for his own sake in all honesty, his body has been through an awful lot over the past few years and fighting so much has got to take its toll, always little niggling injuries that are not getting proper time to rest and heal. He has made a lot of money the past couple of years and put in a lot of work. It must be feeling like time for him to relax for a little bit, enjoy the fruits of his work. Recharge the batteries and see how he feels a few months down the line without having any fight on the horizon.

It will raise more questions about his mentality alright, in terms of his motivation to win a belt and seeming lack of ability to motivate himself to make title defenses, it has been suggested as a sign of mental fragility in him, and though I don't think that is the case I do think its interesting that he seems unable to motivate himself beyond the initial hunt for a belt.

The announcement may not even be time out, but it would make sense and it would make for a great "He's back" moment in a year or so and it writes its own narrative for him to talk about how he is going to come and claim what is his while dismembering whoever the "fake" champion is etc

Would it surprise you for the UFC to let him keep the belts and have interim champs though? Wouldn't be a big shock to me, they shouldn't if he is taking an official career break but its possible. Taking the belts back and him coming back to regain them is a better story long run though.

Dtp1979

Haven't really been tuned in the last week. Did Conor make the announcement yet that everyone was guessing about last week??

JustTheOne

Am i alone in thinkin him coming back and fighting for the belt again is more exciting than defending it?

A new challenge for him and that's when he's at his best just look at nate first fight to see that.

Wrongway1985

JJayoo wrote: »

So when Dillashaw won the title and defended the title and while Cruz was rehabbing injury after injury and unable to train never mind fight, you think Cruz was still actually champ?

Well Dillashaw was the official champ same goes for Barao who eventually dropped the interim part along the way and rightly so.

Dillashaws first defense albeit on short notice wasn't a million miles away from Doms "tune up" fight.

There's two sides to this and I really think neither is incorrect...The man to beat was Dillashaw he was top of the pile and a legit champ no denying that but at the same time Cruz was the man to beat as he lost the belt outside the octagon not in it.

darced

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Awesomeness

Whats conor doing taking photos with people this close to the fight.

He should be in the gym preparing

El Guapo!

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Axwell, you might want to get your facts right before accusing someone of being a troll. I made an innocuous post and all the McGregor fan boys went nuts (which I acknowledged in another post), some creep even went trawling through some woman's twitter posts. If I realised the McGregor fan boys were so highly strung and the type of people who get easily 'offended' then I wouldn't have posted that.

Eventually their emotions will settle and they can go back to the important debate of "who's more famous".

Listen, of you want to derail the thread any further...go ahead. You'll only get yourself banned.
If you have a problem with the decision of a mod then pm that mod about it and don't post on thread and annoy everyone else here. Have a bit of cop on.

Everyone else......I've been away for a while. Good to be back in the madness and good to see all the regulars still around!

JJayoo

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

JJayoo wrote: »

Dominick Cruz was offered an instant title shot and he was out for over 2years due to injury, now Cruz opted to take a 'tune up' fight and fought a guy outside the top 10.

But this is also the UFC and this is McG, if he takes some time out the red carpet and cheque book will be out for his return

Dom is a phenomenal fighter he never lost the belt I always saw him as champ as he overcame his injury I presume I'm not alone hardly a push to suggest Dillashaw wasnt the undisputed champion with Cruz floating around the division.

So when Dillashaw won the title and defended the title and while Cruz was rehabbing injury after injury and unable to train never mind fight, you think Cruz was still actually champ?

Wrongway1985

JJayoo wrote: »

Dominick Cruz was offered an instant title shot and he was out for over 2years due to injury, now Cruz opted to take a 'tune up' fight and fought a guy outside the top 10.

But this is also the UFC and this is McG, if he takes some time out the red carpet and cheque book will be out for his return

Dom is a phenomenal fighter he never lost the belt I always saw him as champ as he overcame his injury I presume I'm not alone hardly a push to suggest Dillashaw wasnt the undisputed champion with Cruz floating around the division.

deadanonymau5

Axwell wrote: »

Folks cut out the nonsense, when there is a troll don't feed them..just report and move on.

As for discussions keep it civilised and lets remember this is an MMA forum not after hours. A few of you will be find yourselves going on a break from the forum if you don't start to have a bit of cop on.

Axwell, you might want to get your facts right before accusing someone of being a troll. I made an innocuous post and all the McGregor fan boys went nuts (which I acknowledged in another post), some creep even went trawling through some woman's twitter posts. If I realised the McGregor fan boys were so highly strung and the type of people who get easily 'offended' then I wouldn't have posted that.

Eventually their emotions will settle and they can go back to the important debate of "who's more famous".

Tigger

JJayoo wrote: »

Dominick Cruz was offered an instant title shot and he was out for over 2years due to injury, now Cruz opted to take a 'tune up' fight and fought a guy outside the top 10.

But this is also the UFC and this is McG, if he takes some time out the red carpet and cheque book will be out for his return

Gsp is another example

[Deleted User]

BOHtox wrote: »

Can we go back to talking about how big he is in terms of stardom in Ireland?

Who cares about Ireland, the real question is if he is as well known as Soo Chul Kim?

JJayoo

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

t Can a champion take an extended break of that order, and then come back and fight for titles straight away like the gap never happened?

Dominick Cruz was offered an instant title shot and he was out for over 2years due to injury, now Cruz opted to take a 'tune up' fight and fought a guy outside the top 10.

But this is also the UFC and this is McG, if he takes some time out the red carpet and cheque book will be out for his return

AlmightyCushion

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

"A year-ish off". I wonder if the "ish" implies more or less than a year? I'd be very surprised if he let an entire calendar year (Jan-Dec) go by without a fight, so I would reckon if this rumour is true, it'll mean that his next fight will be in Autumn/Winter 2017 rather than early 2018.

Now here's a question: Suppose he does take a year off and either vacates or is stripped of both belts so as not to hold up a division for that long - when he returns after a hiatus like that, would his record before the break allow him to immediately challenge whoever the current belt holder in either division is, or would he have to work his way up to it by doing some non-title fights first?

I don't think he'd particularly mind either way - he's shown a consistent willingness to fight in non title fights when it comes to it, and I'm sure he'd still be making just as much money given he'd probably be an even bigger draw if it was billed as "the triumphant comeback", but I'm just wondering what the rules are in the UFC for this kind of scenario. Can a champion take an extended break of that order, and then come back and fight for titles straight away like the gap never happened?

In that situation i think he'd get a straight title shot. As long as the break was only for a year or so. His return would be huge so he could probably press the UFC to give it to him even if they didn't want to.

hatrickpatrick

"A year-ish off". I wonder if the "ish" implies more or less than a year? I'd be very surprised if he let an entire calendar year (Jan-Dec) go by without a fight, so I would reckon if this rumour is true, it'll mean that his next fight will be in Autumn/Winter 2017 rather than early 2018.

Now here's a question: Suppose he does take a year off and either vacates or is stripped of both belts so as not to hold up a division for that long - when he returns after a hiatus like that, would his record before the break allow him to immediately challenge whoever the current belt holder in either division is, or would he have to work his way up to it by doing some non-title fights first?

I don't think he'd particularly mind either way - he's shown a consistent willingness to fight in non title fights when it comes to it, and I'm sure he'd still be making just as much money given he'd probably be an even bigger draw if it was billed as "the triumphant comeback", but I'm just wondering what the rules are in the UFC for this kind of scenario. Can a champion take an extended break of that order, and then come back and fight for titles straight away like the gap never happened?

Axwell

Folks cut out the nonsense, when there is a troll don't feed them..just report and move on.

As for discussions keep it civilised and lets remember this is an MMA forum not after hours. A few of you will be find yourselves going on a break from the forum if you don't start to have a bit of cop on.

Swashbuckler

EagererBeaver wrote:

What people were acting like idiots that speed when Kavanagh showed up? This isn't the dogmatically praise Conor McGregor thread.

Did I say it was? Not everyone fits into the "hates McGregor" or "McGregor fanboy" categories. I'm merely pointing out that this thread is an absolute trainwreck and for a brief period people start actually talking about McG in relation to MMA and not stupid pointless who's more famous debates.

MrStuffins

JJayoo wrote: »

But no one is actually knocking him, they know how you will react and watch you take the bait.

I mean one person posts "PR Stunt" and it's all systems go, it's as bad as man united vs man city fans

Isn't that the nature of conversation? it's a discussion forum. If we all had the same opinion, what would be the point?

If he's getting stick for throwing bottles, he should be praised for being a nice guy. What's the issue?