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

dave1982 wrote: »

Reports mcgregor mayweather is done deal.. no reliable sources reporting it yet though

The Irish Sun are reporting this as a done-deal and it's Barry Moran (again) on the headline.

This is the same guy who quoted Dizz as a source for McGregor taking time off - because we all know Dizz has Conor on speed-dial :rolleyes:. The same guy who reported the FBI were investigating a fan for a "death threat" (which incidentally was a stupid twitter joke by a Diaz fan). Same guy who wrote an entire article citing sources that a murderer was singing Westlife songs in prison .

Let's be real here - the number of people close enough to Conor to have inside info is a handful. Lee and Derek Dunphy, Audie Attar, John Kavanagh, Charlie Ward, Dee Devlin. That's pretty much it in terms of his everyday circle. I can't see any of them being a "source" for The Sun.

Plus the article itself claims "it's a done deal, with stumbling block being a 3rd party". Sounds like the definition of a paradox to me. Done Deal and stumbling block lol. If by some miracle he is right up to a point then yeah, that whole thing about Conor being under a UFC contract is a pretty big hurdle.

It's just a no-lose clickbait article. He might be proven right eventually and he can claim the scoop. If proven wrong, nobody remembers (except me lol) or cares :rolleyes:

Spudman_20000 wrote: »

Is there really anything stopping them making this fight though in reality? They can just take a similar approach to how the Mayweather Pacquaio "fight" was agreed. That involved 2 different promoters, different TV networks etc. and they got it done, with Pacquaio taking less money.

When Dana came out saying there's more chance of him being back-up quarter-back to Tom Brady at Superbowl 51, that was as good as saying this fight is a certainty to happen :pac:. He made similar comments denying a potential sale of the UFC last year and less than a month later it was sold. He made similar analogies over a Brock Lesnar return and weeks later it was done.

However, there's still a lot to block it in reality. It's not just 2 different promoters in this instance. It's promoters from different sports. It's not like the Premier League and La Liga coming together. It's like the ATP and PGA Tour coming together. So, not only do they have to resolve the massive conflicts (purse, tv networks, PPV split etc) they'd then have a lot of small issues to iron out in terms of the event itself.

The fight card is one of the smaller issues that could be hard to resolve.

Dana is on record as saying the UFC would want MMA fights on the undercard, probably to appease their fan base and not look like they are selling out. Floyd & Showtime are on record wanting a boxing undercard, probably to promote his stable of boxing stars and hit their own demographics.

Dana will want big names on the card from the UFC's end. I'm talking as many from this list as possible: Jon Jones, GSP, Nick and Nate, possibly Brock and, probably, Ronda. He would need at least 3 from that list and it makes perfect financial sense to do so.

Go big or go home on this one. A stellar MMA undercard will do wonders for the UFC fanbase and I genuinely believe the right undercard could add up to a million buys, a lot of whom might not be willing to part with $100 for the PPV to watch Floyd "school" Conor. If it means giving Brock, Ronda and Nate $10 million each then so be it.

Put it another way, there's not a hope we're gonna get Yair Rodriguez v Max Holloway on an undercard. It's got to be the biggest stars available to the UFC.

Floyd fights twice a year, we all know that, and this year the only option remaining is September 17th. It's pure fantasy to think they can get this fight arranged in the next few weeks with all the hurdles left to clear.

Sure, Conor is meeting Bob Bennett to do his anti-bullying commercial and to do a private sparring session for Bennett to "prove" he has legitimate boxing skills to a) deserve a license and b) deserve a hypothetical bout being sanctioned.

That's a mere formality. Bennett isn't an idiot and the fight will bring enormous money to Vegas.

What is not a formality is getting Dana White, Ari Emmanuel and Patrick Whitesell together in a room with Audie Attar, Leonard Ellerbe, Al Haymon, not to mention Conor and Floyd and lawyers on all sides, to get this done.

That's a lot of egos for one room. Getting them in the room is the first challenge. Getting them to stay in the room talking is another challenge.

Conor can try go the Ali Act route but I guarantee win, lose or draw that'll take years and is not worth the hassle. The UFC will bring an army of lawyers and make Conor's life miserable trying to win that battle.

The only way this gets done anytime soon is if Floyd is secretly hard up for cash. If he is, then he might cave on some of the terms relating to the fight card. If he isn't then this is going to be a long, drawn-out process.

I'd be very surprised if this fight is announced before summer.