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

darced · 09-01-2017 10:17PM

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John_D80 · 09-01-2017 10:18PM

Tripp Modern Self-sacrifice wrote: »

I honestly think the current trend of "superfights" is only going to last so long. People are going to lose interest in seeing pointless, irrelevant fight quite quickly, give it two years and I'm fairly confident the UFC will be back to how it was in the past.

TO be fair I dont see how the so called ''superfights'' are pointeless and irrelevant. They put an entirely new dimension on a division. I love the notion of champions from different weight classes fighting each other.

McGregor/Woodley
Woodley/Bisping
Cormier/Miocic
Cody/Aldo
DJ/Cody

All fights I would love love love to see.

John_D80 · 09-01-2017 10:20PM

darced wrote: »

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Wow that is shocking bad in fairness. I wasn't expecting any more than half a mil, 650,000 tops, but thats very bad.

Gamebred · 09-01-2017 10:22PM

Was the replay on Christmas eve or day I was thinking about, they replayed 206 and the numbers were crazy I remember reading, different thing that ppv buy but a lot seen Holloway then can only be positive.

wonderfullife · 09-01-2017 10:27PM

Gamebred wrote: »

Was the replay on Christmas eve or day I was thinking about, they replayed 206 and the numbers were crazy I remember reading, different thing that ppv buy but a lot seen Holloway then can only be positive.

peaked at 5.1 million. Crazy good numbers but as Dana said there's literally fcuk all to watch on Christmas Eve. Same old Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Home Alone etc.

What do we make of Meryl Streep? I see JK is having a pop at her on Twitter calling her a multi-millionaire celebrity with no humility. Which, of course, is drawing some ironic replies.

Lukker- · 10-01-2017 08:12PM

wonderfullife wrote: »

peaked at 5.1 million. Crazy good numbers but as Dana said there's literally fcuk all to watch on Christmas Eve. Same old Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Home Alone etc.

What do we make of Meryl Streep? I see JK is having a pop at her on Twitter calling her a multi-millionaire celebrity with no humility. Which, of course, is drawing some ironic replies.

Take the high road. Getting into sh*t throwing fights with celebrities isn't going to do the sport any good, other than gratifying the hardcore fans.

wonderfullife · 10-01-2017 11:24PM

Lukker- wrote: »

Take the high road. Getting into sh*t throwing fights with celebrities isn't going to do the sport any good, other than gratifying the hardcore fans.

I honestly think she just used MMA because it ends in "Arts" and transitioned into her next point. If the last word in GAA was "Arts" she'd probably have googled it and used that lol.

Doubt she has anything against football or MMA to be fair.

CatFromHue · 10-01-2017 11:55PM

I think it just reinforces how thin skinned some in the MMA community are about MMA.

Saipanne · 11-01-2017 12:06AM

CatFromHue wrote: »

I think it just reinforces how thin skinned some in the MMA community are about MMA.

Im not in the MMA community myself, but I'd imagine it gets very tiresome to constantly be told:

"It's not a real sport"

"Little more than dog fighting"

"There's no skill"

And so on. If I trained in MMA and had a real passion for it, those constant flow of comments would get on my nerves.

Buffalobill29 · 11-01-2017 12:09AM

Saipanne wrote: »

Im not in the MMA community myself, but I'd imagine it gets very tiresome to constantly be told:

"It's not a real sport"

"Little more than dog fighting"

"There's no skill"

And so on. If I trained in MMA and had a real passion for it, those constant flow of comments would get on my nerves.

MMA will soon pass out other combat sports in Europe.

wonderfullife · 11-01-2017 12:12AM

CatFromHue wrote: »

I think it just reinforces how thin skinned some in the MMA community are about MMA.

Dana White calling Streep "an uppity 80 year-old" (she's 67) isn't exactly an inspiring response.

Sure, the demographic who look up to Streep are likely not what the UFC are aiming at but they equally could be mothers, grandmothers, fathers, grandfathers of kids the UFC will actually be aiming at and it's hardly going to make them want to splash out $60 for their teenager on the next PPV.

Meh. Negligible impact when all is said and done but just all seems so childish. Then again, he did stump for a man-child at the Republican Convention who is now the next President. :rolleyes:

Mellor · 11-01-2017 05:02AM

Buffalobill29 wrote: »

MMA will soon pass out other combat sports in Europe.

Pass out how? By what metric?
In terms of spectators it might be close out side of an Olympic year. Not remotely close in terms of participants, at a guess.

EagererBeaver · 11-01-2017 08:10AM

Mellor wrote: »

Pass out how? By what metric?
In terms of spectators it might be close out side of an Olympic year. Not remotely close in terms of participants, at a guess.

Precisely. This is one of the things a lot of MMA fans throw out there and accept as gospel. "Fastest growing sport in the world" etc. What evidence is there for any of it?!

Mellor · 11-01-2017 09:27AM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Precisely. This is one of the things a lot of MMA fans throw out there and accept as gospel. "Fastest growing sport in the world" etc. What evidence is there for any of it?!

It was at one point, probably.
But not a hope anymore.

Then again, what's the metric for fastest growing?

Tinie · 11-01-2017 01:40PM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Precisely. This is one of the things a lot of MMA fans throw out there and accept as gospel. "Fastest growing sport in the world" etc. What evidence is there for any of it?!

Cos Dana White said so.

rob316 · 11-01-2017 01:45PM

darced wrote: »

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On paper it was a bad card and the main event changed at the last minute. Some great fights though, the Cub and Choi fight was worth it alone. At what $70 a buy many fans probably kept their money for 207 so gave this one a miss.

1.1m buys for UFC 207 but Ronda gone now too, the only chance they will be bringing in big numbers is with Conor.

BOHtox · 11-01-2017 02:20PM

Is there no UFC 205 ppv numbers?

xtal191 · 11-01-2017 03:45PM

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/819186178041577472

Useful.Idiot · 11-01-2017 03:48PM

BOHtox wrote: »

Is there no UFC 205 ppv numbers?

A lot of outlets said it was roughly 1.3 million

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 11-01-2017 05:01PM

Tripp Modern Self-sacrifice wrote: »

I honestly think the current trend of "superfights" is only going to last so long. People are going to lose interest in seeing pointless, irrelevant fight quite quickly, give it two years and I'm fairly confident the UFC will be back to how it was in the past.

Honestly, the Woodley and Bisping super fight has me completely stumped...

Woodley needs to fight Wonderboy or Maia and there's no amount of talent lining up for Bisping. I'm glad McGregor went for the LW belt, as I don't think FW held much more for him at the time. Woodly and Bisping need to defend their titles before trying to arrange a "super fight" that no one is calling for.

Depp · 11-01-2017 05:04PM

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

Honestly, the Woodley and Bisping super fight has me completely stumped...

Woodley needs to fight Wonderboy or Maia and there's no amount of talent lining up for Bisping. I'm glad McGregor went for the LW belt, as I don't think FW held much more for him at the time. Woodly and Bisping need to defend their titles before trying to arrange a "super fight" that no one is calling for.

woodley-wonderboy 2 has been signed for 209, the whole bisping thing was the two lads messing most likely

The Rooster · 11-01-2017 06:39PM

According to Newstalk, Mayweather said in a radio interview today that he tried to make the McGregor fight with purse of 100m for him and 15m for McGregor. But McGregor wanted closer to 100m so it didn't get much further.

Gas the legs the story gets

JokerD · 11-01-2017 09:31PM

The Rooster wrote: »

According to Newstalk, Mayweather said in a radio interview today that he tried to make the McGregor fight with purse of 100m for him and 15m for McGregor. But McGregor wanted closer to 100m so it didn't get much further.

Gas the legs the story gets

Helwani tweeted tonight in regards to the latest news, he said:
"I don't think we should be as quick to dismiss this so quickly anymore. It's def. not close at all, but it's def. a story worth monitoring"

That's interesting to me as Ariel has been quick to shoot down these rumours before. I got the impression he barely wanted to make reference to it.

Boom_Bap · 11-01-2017 09:44PM

JokerD wrote: »

Helwani tweeted tonight in regards to the latest news, he said:
"I don't think we should be as quick to dismiss this so quickly anymore. It's def. not close at all, but it's def. a story worth monitoring"

That's interesting to me as Ariel has been quick to shoot down these rumours before. I got the impression he barely wanted to make reference to it.

Is this the first time that Mayweather has said they have spoken? I recall Conor saying that Floyd needs to up the money a few times. So having the other party actually speak about it gives it some legs now.

Outlaw Pete · 11-01-2017 11:47PM

The Rooster wrote: »

According to Newstalk, Mayweather said in a radio interview today that he tried to make the McGregor fight with purse of 100m for him and 15m for McGregor. But McGregor wanted closer to 100m so it didn't get much further.

Gas the legs the story gets

Wasn't a radio interview, he said in this interview on ESPN's First Take (8 mins in) that he would be willing to give Conor twice what he has made so far from a single bout.

He seems to think he has made only 7m or so and I think is ignoring how much Conor has made from fights after his PPV cut is taken into account (which I would imagine is $20m+) .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3TGGEt-m-E

Subcomandante Marcos · 11-01-2017 11:50PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Wasn't a radio interview, he said in this interview on ESPN's First Take (8 mins in) that he would be willing to give Conor twice what he has made so far from a single bout.

He seems to think he has made only 7m or so and I think is ignoring how much Conor has made after his PPV cut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3TGGEt-m-E

It's irrelevant. Compared to Floyd Conor is a bum. Thinking he should make the same money is hilarious.

AlmightyCushion · 11-01-2017 11:52PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Wasn't a radio interview, he said in this interview on ESPN's First Take (8 mins in) that he would be willing to give Conor twice what he has made so far from a single bout.

He seems to think he has made only 7m or so and I think is ignoring how much Conor has made after his PPV cut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3TGGEt-m-E

The 15m would only be his purse. Mayweather said they would sort out the PPV split separately.

ardinn · 12-01-2017 12:00AM

100m is mayweathers fight money - then he gets add ons after that!

Isnt conors biggest purse 3m?

Subcomandante Marcos · 12-01-2017 12:01AM

ardinn wrote: »

100m is mayweathers fight money - then he gets add ons after that!

Isnt conors biggest purse 3m?

Conor should thank Floyd for giving him 15 million for getting the face jabbed off him.

cloudatlas · 12-01-2017 12:09AM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Conor should thank Floyd for giving him 15 million for getting the face jabbed off him.

When he can get much much more, don't be ridiculous.

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

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