darced wrote: » This post has been deleted.
Steve wrote: » All it takes is a bit of respect for the mods.. works both ways :
Gavinz wrote: » The bold text makes you scary.
Axwell wrote: » Keep up the smart comments and you wont have to worry about it anymore as you will be out of here on a long break
Gavinz wrote: » Haha
Steve wrote: » Haha, hahaha.... If you keep prodding the bear, it will bite you . Have a month off to think about why you shouldn't ignore mod warnings.
Deleted User wrote: » haha A month is steep he will be gone for 208 :eek:
jcd5971 wrote: » To be fair saying haha to a mod warning about ignoring a previous mod warning what did he expect.. Anyway slightly off topic but anyone see the chael tito fight I felt a bit bad for chael, which leads me back to Connor I often wonder does all the bravado the likes of Sonnen and mcgregor use before a fight make it harder to come back from after taking a loss. With Conor and Diaz 2 you could easily say not really, just something I was thinking about and said I'd throw it out to try to get this thread back into mma territory
Steve wrote: » Haha, funny. Yea.
wonderfullife wrote: » ...and he looks like he has put on a stone in the last month.
Mellor wrote: » Thinly veiled attempted by me to segway in a new direction. But my sources (;)) tell me that Conor is back in the gym. At what sort of frequency remains to be seen. But he's there...doing more than just boxing too.
wonderfullife wrote: » Mod entrance: As for Conor, at least it's not Russian hookers and watersports. That'd be a whole other level of grief. I don't particularly like athletes doing cocaine (even out of competition), purely because it has played a role in shortening the careers of many stellar athletes. Martina Hingis was hardly past her prime at 27 when she was busted but it effectively ended her career. Later reports from ex-boyfriends claimed she was a coke-fiend. Diego Maradona likewise, had his career absolutely fall short of its full potential by coke. It's actually a long list of top notch athletes who had lots of money yet could have lasted longer at the top of their game if they weren't mad for the white stuff. Granted, Conor doesn't sound like he's sticking around fighting into his mid-30's but I don't think it's going to do him much good to keep partying like he is. The timing is also not great really. The Sunday World ran an article exposing his sister Aoife's new husband, Mark Elliot, with the flattering headline: "Sister of UFC star Conor McGregor weds ex-con in lavish ceremony". It goes on to detail him getting 6 years in Wheatfield for being busted with 2 kilos of cannabis and 40 grand cash. He landed on his feet when he got out recently. I just don't see many upsides for Conor to be doing it at all (if all reports and photos are true, which they seem to be). It simply can't be conferring any benefits to him or his career and he looks like he has put on a stone in the last month. I might sound boring but a professional athlete can party all they want when they retire. He did a lot of partying through his ACL rehab and it didn't do him a whole lot of good. I thought this "Win or Learn" malarkey was a mantra that might apply to shoving stuff up your nose too.
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » Martina hingis is still winning finals and as of yesterday is into another one:) But your post does make a lot of sense in fairness.
wonderfullife wrote: » It'd be really cool to see Conor enter some BJJ events this year if he truly is taking time off. He did say in the Polaris promo video that he'd like to enter a few events and prove he can compete.
wonderfullife wrote: » Is your source an Olympic gold medalist wrestler? Would have loved to see Helen train to be fair she was an animal in Rio. Ah I'm not the moral police on what Conor wants to shove up his nose or not...just don't see the upside for any athlete. It's a short career in sports and they have many years to party like it's 1999 afterwards. It'd be really cool to see Conor enter some BJJ events this year if he truly is taking time off. He did say in the Polaris promo video that he'd like to enter a few events and prove he can compete.
Gamebred wrote: » Not in a million years would the UFC allow him do any grappling competitions, mainly because of image rights and injury risks.
Lukker- wrote: » A Polaris match up against a similar level brown belt would be feasible imo
Subcomandante Marcos wrote: » Lukker- wrote: » A Polaris match up against a similar level brown belt would be feasible imo A brown belt from any top academy who focuses specifically on bjj would dominate him. They'd be better off picking another MMA fighter who also happens to be a purple/brown/black belt.
Gamebred wrote: » I think even if they allowed him you'd have to carefully match him up, big target on his head one of them leg lock wizards of Danahers would take his acl home.
The Ayatolla wrote: » Conor McGregor is not going to roll around with some schmuck for little to no money. Simple as that.
everlast75 wrote: » Shane Coleman on Newstalk this morning mentioned that McGregor is the most coveted irish sports star at the moment. Collette replies with "well so is Paul O'Connell - he is everywhere, doing ads for Aldi and all" Shane says - I don't know about McGregor. Collette - Well you've a few suits like him. Coleman - He has a few suits like me (cringe) Coleman - I don't know. Have a listen to this (plays clip of McGregor after he beats Alverez and says he apologises to absolutely nobody with some beeps at the end) Coleman - Class eh? We get it Coleman. You don't like MMA. You don't like that he talks trash. Get the **** over it. the guy had just won a second world title for the first time in the sport. His adrenaline was through the roof. It was a life long dream. And if you cared to notice, anyone who goes about MMA with a quiet demeanour doesn't pull in the crowds or the money. Ali did the same pre and post fights. It is about whipping up the crowds, getting publicity. It is how he made so much money in such a short period of time. How about playing a clip of him having an interview with Conan O'Brien, or with a proper journalist outside an arena. He is known to be an intelligent, funny, composed man who looks after and has a lot of time for his friends and family. I'm sure McGregor is sitting at home worrying about what a limp wristed psuedo-journalist thinks of him and his double world titles, mansion and legions of fans.
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