Official Conor McGregor thread (part 3) *Updated Warning in 1st Post Re:Boxing match

Eatmore · 27-11-2016 12:04AM

The UFC are weird. No 2nd belt in the octagon for McGregor's historic win.

immediately stripping him of featherweight. If I were McGregor I would never fight in UFC again. Fight with Rizin.

Gamebred · 27-11-2016 12:07AM

You gotta feel signing the 8 fight contract 3 or 4 fights ago was an awful idea in hindsight by Conor can you imagine he had 1 fight left now on his contract.

Depp · 27-11-2016 12:09AM

Gamebred wrote: »

You gotta feel signing the 8 fight contract 3 or 4 fights ago was an awful idea in hindsight by Conor can you imagine he had 1 fight left now on his contract.

can a guy fight out his contract and leave as champ though? doesnt the champions clause kick in then?

Dtp1979 · 27-11-2016 12:09AM

So is it official or what? Is he stripped?

Depp · 27-11-2016 12:11AM

Dtp1979 wrote: »

So is it official or what? Is he stripped?

haven't seen anything official yet but helwani tweeting it is as good as at this stage!

Gamebred · 27-11-2016 12:15AM

Depp wrote: »

can a guy fight out his contract and leave as champ though? doesnt the champions clause kick in then?

we will soon find out with GSP currently going through that situation.

Depp · 27-11-2016 12:22AM

Gamebred wrote: »

we will soon find out with GSP currently going through that situation.

I thought the champions clause stopped when they stripped him, didn't realise he was still under it, doubt he'll leave now though, if they go ahead with stripping mcgregor I can see them throwing money at gsp to come back

Chris. · 27-11-2016 01:18AM

Depp wrote: »

I thought the champions clause stopped when they stripped him, didn't realise he was still under it, doubt he'll leave now though, if they go ahead with stripping mcgregor I can see them throwing money at gsp to come back

They can throw as much money at gsp as they like. The only people interested in seeing gsp back at it are like ourselves. Sadly for the ufc that makes up a very small % of ppv.

winston82 · 27-11-2016 05:04AM

Good to see the belt being relinquished. Now for McGregor/khabib

Gamebred · 27-11-2016 05:06AM

winston82 wrote: »

Good to see the belt being relinquished. Now for McGregor/khabib

More chance of Elvis appearing cageside at 206 than Conor fighting Khabib especially after them stripping him of a belt he will dig his heels in now and make them do an interim 155 fight.

ASOT · 27-11-2016 05:12AM

Its now official as per Jon Anik. Aldo now champion again.

ASOT · 27-11-2016 05:25AM

Paper Champion

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNTJCrLBXFU/

Faugheen · 27-11-2016 05:30AM

To people saying the FW title fights will go on Fight Night cards again, I don't think so.

McGregor brought a lot of exposure to the guys in that division. People will tune in and hope whoever wins between Max and Pettis beats Aldo. Max, Frankie and Aldo have huge exposure now.

The fact they've stripped him will grab headlines, people will be interested to see how this fight goes and the subsequent fight with Aldo. It's a good move from the UFC, because to be fair, there was less value in having Conor not defending it than not having Conor in the division at all.

scudzilla · 27-11-2016 05:32AM

Be quite funny if over the next 12 months the FW's scrap it out for the belt a few times, then Conor drops back down, destroys the champ again in less than 30 seconds

Gamebred · 27-11-2016 05:35AM

Aldo has said hes retired or did i miss an announcement?

scudzilla · 27-11-2016 05:46AM

Gamebred wrote: »

Aldo has said hes retired or did i miss an announcement?

yeah, Conor's been stripped and Aldo has been given the belt

Gamebred · 27-11-2016 05:54AM

scudzilla wrote: »

yeah, Conor's been stripped and Aldo has been given the belt

I know that but has Aldo publically reversed his retirement decision?

Mellor · 27-11-2016 06:35AM

Gamebred wrote: »

I know that but has Aldo publically reversed his retirement decision?

Yeah, almost instantly
He was never actually retired.

Gamebred · 27-11-2016 06:37AM

Mellor wrote: »

Yeah, almost instantly
He was never actually retired.

Ah I know im just wondering if he put out a tail between the legs embarrassment statement.

Mellor · 27-11-2016 06:55AM

Gamebred wrote: »

Ah I know im just wondering if he put out a tail between the legs embarrassment statement.

I thought he did, but I might be imagining it.

TimRiggins · 27-11-2016 06:57AM

Mellor wrote: »

I thought he did, but I might be imagining it.

He did retire, said he wanted to peruse other sports but backtracked about 2 weeks later.

moneyman · 27-11-2016 07:16AM

finglashoop wrote: »

Yep. Im sure both men would like a rematch same as mcgregor got when he was decisively beaten.

You should @ SubMarcos so he can rewrite history and tell us how Nate lit Conor up on the feet in the first fight one more time. The casual lies never get old.

Mellor · 27-11-2016 07:20AM

TimRiggins wrote: »

He did retire, said he wanted to peruse other sports but backtracked about 2 weeks later.

I was refer to that statement. I thought he released a backtracking, but couldn't find it (difficult with his docisl media being mostly Portuguese).

The "retirement" was about as real as Conor's "thanks for the cheese". Mention USADA and he dropped it pretty quick I'd guess.

TimRiggins · 27-11-2016 07:33AM

Mellor wrote: »

I was refer to that statement. I thought he released a backtracking, but couldn't find it (difficult with his docisl media being mostly Portuguese).

The "retirement" was about as real as Conor's "thanks for the cheese". Mention USADA and he dropped it pretty quick I'd guess.

Ah I see, think it was this tweet

https://twitter.com/josealdojunior/status/789651189684137984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Rethinking retirement in MMA, I talked to my family and seeing the requests of my fans, good things shall come to you. Thanks Russia

Conor's response should be interesting.

laugh · 27-11-2016 10:25AM

Does anyone really want to see Conor come out to a weigh in looking very unwell again?

CurryFlavoured · 27-11-2016 10:34AM

I've said a few times that Conor could be stripped because I don't think it's right that he's fought numerous times outside 145, but the circumstances here are a joke. It's all because they need a main event.

CurryFlavoured · 27-11-2016 10:42AM

In the end though, I think it's a fair call. The way it's come about is annoying.

He's fought 3 times without defending the belt so I'd consider that fair, I'm not sure he has any intention of going back to 145 so you could say it was inevitable. The 145 division should still be super exciting for fight fans, circus or no circus. Loads of good matchups between Aldo, Holloway, Pettis, Frankie. Doo Ho Choi is a quality prospect, Ortega, Bektic, Yair etc. Still one of the deepest divisions in the UFC. Loads of nice fights for Conor to focus on at 155 now.

PhilipsR · 27-11-2016 11:18AM

Why does Holloway Pettis even need to be for an interim belt at all?! Weird decision.

ASOT · 27-11-2016 11:20AM

PhilipsR wrote: »

Why does Holloway Pettis even need to be for an interim belt at all?! Weird decision.

Because 206 lost its main event and they need a title fight. Same way when Aldo dropped out Mendes stepped in, it didnt have to be an interim title on the line but they need a title fight for numbered events!

Mellor · 27-11-2016 11:45AM

ASOT wrote: »

Because 206 lost its main event and they need a title fight. Same way when Aldo dropped out Mendes stepped in, it didnt have to be an interim title on the line but they need a title fight for numbered events!

When Mendes stepped in, there was already a FW title booked for the spot, and the champ was now gonna be out for 6 months.
This is nothing like that imo.

Most numbered events have title fights, but it's not a rule that it needs it to be PPV. Whether they made it an interim title or not, the card is the same. So I wonder does it actually affect the buys?

Official Conor McGregor thread (part 3) *Updated Warning in 1st Post Re:Boxing match

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