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

dashoonage · 15-02-2017 02:20PM

Sorry...ive just worked 23hrs straight....are you DB23 ?

wonderfullife · 15-02-2017 02:22PM

dashoonage wrote: »

Sorry...ive just worked 23hrs straight....are you DB23 ?

yeah don't read my timeline though it's an anti-Trump trainwreck battling the alt-right Pepe-the-Frog types at 440am mixed in with the occasional "Conor will sleep Khabib" comment :pac:

wonderfullife · 15-02-2017 02:32PM

Twas nice of her to think of me and message me though while they spent Valentines together.

As for Dillon, I believe he owes me a pint......

EagererBeaver · 15-02-2017 04:18PM

Great profile pic - didn't take you for a shredded, tattooed MMA fighter.

riffmongous · 15-02-2017 04:30PM

I have no idea who those people are, but cool story

wonderfullife · 15-02-2017 04:40PM

Welp.

Long-form GQ Article following Conor around California for a few days.

http://www.gq.com/story/conor-mcgregor-gq-style-cover-story?mbid=social_twitter

Well worth a read but not very flattering.

1. He complains about spending $27,000 in Dolce and Gabana and they had to ring him up to re-run his card instead of giving him a freebie.

2. Wanted to see Khloe Kardashians "fat ass" but doesn't want to "put her pus*y on a pedestal".

3. Nate Diaz weighed 200lbs.

4. Bought a home in Vegas and hints at moving to America full time "(place is only a construct, anyway.) “We're just flowing. We're on the earth. We're just traveling from place to place. I'm ****ing everywhere.”

5. Wants the UFC to pay him for when he's not fighting too and wants people to quit b1tching about Trump (that's me goosed lol).

6. He feels God-like, Superhuman. Gets anything he wants.

7. Drinks a lot of tequila.

8. Floyd is too old, too slow and will KO him.

9. "If someone comes near me when I have my kid in my hands, like the way they come near me now, looking for pictures, someone's gonna be badly hurt.”"

D.Q · 15-02-2017 11:20PM

It's starting to turn a bit sour for me now. Very hard to explain, was, and suppose still am, a huge fan. But there's a different vibe about recent appearances and interviews.

Swashbuckler · 15-02-2017 11:25PM

D.Q wrote:

It's starting to turn a bit sour for me now. Very hard to explain, was, and suppose still am, a huge fan. But there's a different vibe about recent appearances and interviews.

I'm inclined to agree with you

ASOT · 15-02-2017 11:30PM

Partially sharing the same sentiment; it will go away once a fight is annouced though.

Gamebred · 15-02-2017 11:32PM

ASOT wrote: »

Partially sharing the same sentiment; it will go away once a fight is annouced though.

Thats the problem, could be a very long time away meanwhile were left with nothing but bragging bull**** Mayweather talk and pictures shopping in the Gucci shop.

The Ayatolla · 15-02-2017 11:43PM

Any time recently where he's in a period where he doesn't have a fight booked, he becomes a pain in the hole.

D.Q · 15-02-2017 11:44PM

ASOT wrote: »

Partially sharing the same sentiment; it will go away once a fight is annouced though.

Yeah I tend to rally behind him when it comes to fighting but when he's removed from fighting its an unpleasant tone.

That's just my gut reaction. Obviously more power to him, but a line seems to have been crossed for me a bit.

red ears · 15-02-2017 11:45PM

D.Q wrote: »

It's starting to turn a bit sour for me now. Very hard to explain, was, and suppose still am, a huge fan. But there's a different vibe about recent appearances and interviews.

God complex developing and its not pretty to watch. What is that old saying pride before the fall.

Mellor · 15-02-2017 11:46PM

Gamebred wrote: »

Thats the problem, could be a very long time away meanwhile were left with nothing but bragging bull**** Mayweather talk and pictures shopping in the Gucci shop.

Posted a video training in vegas today.
[insert wild speculation]

Swashbuckler · 16-02-2017 12:16AM

D.Q wrote:

Yeah I tend to rally behind him when it comes to fighting but when he's removed from fighting its an unpleasant tone.

Back in the earlier days when he signed to ufc he was a funny fella. It's different now. Hard to listen to at times.

16-02-2017 03:01AM

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Back in the earlier days when he signed to ufc he was a funny fella. It's different now. Hard to listen to at times.

Yeah what I hate is when people say anything remotely bad about Conor you are called a 'hater'. Conor is not the lovable rogue he once was imo, when he was doing the "50 Gs Dana" he was light hearted/joked a lot/ acted real. Now he seems to want to play a part and he acts up to it, its dull.

cletus · 16-02-2017 07:22AM

I think the big problem is that Conor, like most famous sports people, musicians etc, is exceptionally talented in one specific aspect of life, but fans try and extend this brilliance to every aspect of his character, when in actual fact, just like other people with an exceptional talent or skill he's probably just a fairly ordinary person in most other things, no better or worse than the rest of us.

Him being the fighter he is doesn't automatically make him a better person, more caring and considerate, a better singer, more empathetic, better at anything other than fighting.

dashoonage · 16-02-2017 08:07AM

Jesus lads. Ye can be saying **** like that around here.

omeatheopian · 16-02-2017 08:47AM

Portrayed as an affected arrogant scumbag in that piece

Spudman_20000 · 16-02-2017 10:22AM

cletus wrote: »

I think the big problem is that Conor, like most famous sports people, musicians etc, is exceptionally talented in one specific aspect of life, but fans try and extend this brilliance to every aspect of his character, when in actual fact, just like other people with an exceptional talent or skill he's probably just a fairly ordinary person in most other things, no better or worse than the rest of us.

Him being the fighter he is doesn't automatically make him a better person, more caring and considerate, a better singer, more empathetic, better at anything other than fighting.

Exactly this, we all are probably expecting too much from a young, professional athlete with the world at his feet. There seems to be no mention of Dee in that article, so I'm sure plenty of people could accuse him of being off enjoying life while she's at home knocked up.

If people want to see Conor humbled a bit, they won't have to wait long if the get the Mayweather deal done. Floyd will beat him like he was his daddy.

wonderfullife · 16-02-2017 10:53AM

D.Q wrote: »

It's starting to turn a bit sour for me now. Very hard to explain, was, and suppose still am, a huge fan. But there's a different vibe about recent appearances and interviews.

Sadly, even I agree with this.

I keep going back to the 300th episode of The MMA Hour. The one a couple of months before the Aldo fight where he said "I have not changed one bit Ariel, a lot has changed but I'm still the same guy".

I think in the beginning there was very little difference between his public and private persona. The blueberry-eating cocky fella was still the same guy we saw asking Dana for 60g's baby after he picked Brimage apart with uppercuts.

Over time the gap between his private and public persona has widened dramatically yet, at times, have also morphed into the same thing. Tom Egan hinted at it and perhaps Egan is the type of fella to just say "right, enough of this BS good luck to ya".

It's not just Conor though. There's a nasty undercurrent developing with many in SBG, from the top down.

Money and fame does change people. It changes people even on the tiniest of scales. I know most people with jobs these days don't get major pay rises but I'd argue a 25% pay rise is enough to change someones confidence, self-belief and stress-levels dramatically.

Conor is super-rich now. Kavanagh, if his contract with Conor is any way similar to a normal Coach-Fighter contract, is also a millionaire directly from Conor alone. The extent to which they both keep going down the road they're going is up to them.

Kavanagh spends most of his time lately complaining about snowflakes and entitlement & pushing far-right propaganda on Facebook or following nuts like Mike Cernovich on twitter (a lad who believes there's no such thing as rape if the woman doesn't struggle or fight back. A lad who believes that the only proven way to not catch AIDS is to not shag black sluts). SMH.

For someone who complains so much about entitlement he sure as hell spends a lot of time looking for freebies from companies online. His star pupil had a tantrum for not getting a freebie from Dolce & Gabana. Conor hinting lately that the only way people should approach him for a photo is at a paying-event like Manchester.

They are both making it very hard to like them these days.

eddie73 · 16-02-2017 11:15AM

wonderfullife wrote: »

Welp.

Long-form GQ Article following Conor around California for a few days.

http://www.gq.com/story/conor-mcgregor-gq-style-cover-story?mbid=social_twitter

Well worth a read but not very flattering.

1. He complains about spending $27,000 in Dolce and Gabana and they had to ring him up to re-run his card instead of giving him a freebie.

2. Wanted to see Khloe Kardashians "fat ass" but doesn't want to "put her pus*y on a pedestal".

3. Nate Diaz weighed 200lbs.

4. Bought a home in Vegas and hints at moving to America full time "(place is only a construct, anyway.) “We're just flowing. We're on the earth. We're just traveling from place to place. I'm ****ing everywhere.”

5. Wants the UFC to pay him for when he's not fighting too and wants people to quit b1tching about Trump (that's me goosed lol).

6. He feels God-like, Superhuman. Gets anything he wants.

7. Drinks a lot of tequila.

8. Floyd is too old, too slow and will KO him.

9. "If someone comes near me when I have my kid in my hands, like the way they come near me now, looking for pictures, someone's gonna be badly hurt.”"

There is nothing surprising on this list at all. These are the types of things that he has been saying for the past 15 months or so. I think that the last point would be appropriate if he were in some way an innocent victim of the times he lives in, but the hype and attention that he gets this way is 100% self created.

Ps, Nate was never 200 pounds in ufc 202. Yes he got hit hard, but he got up and fought to the very end. Nate and Conor are in the same weight class. People should wake up and realize this for once and for all.

ricero · 16-02-2017 11:17AM

Spudman_20000 wrote: »

Exactly this, we all are probably expecting too much from a young, professional athlete with the world at his feet. There seems to be no mention of Dee in that article, so I'm sure plenty of people could accuse him of being off enjoying life while she's at home knocked up.

If people want to see Conor humbled a bit, they won't have to wait long if the get the Mayweather deal done. Floyd will beat him like he was his daddy.

Well if rumours are true hes been off enjoying his life before dee was pregnant and during her pregnancy.

I got to agree with what most are saying here about mcgregor. Since he beat alvarez ive noticed a change in him for the worse. Gone is the cheeky witty arrogance that i loved about him and he is just becoming a worse floyd mayweather persona. Dare i even say that floyd is more likeable than mcgregor at the moment. Im a fan of him and i love watching his fights but i feel he needs to get his head straight and focus on a killer like khabib who i think is coming to hurt him.

eddie73 · 16-02-2017 11:37AM

ricero wrote: »

Well if rumours are true hes been off enjoying his life before dee was pregnant and during her pregnancy.

I got to agree with what most are saying here about mcgregor. Since he beat alvarez ive noticed a change in him for the worse. Gone is the cheeky witty arrogance that i loved about him and he is just becoming a worse floyd mayweather persona. Dare i even say that floyd is more likeable than mcgregor at the moment. Im a fan of him and i love watching his fights but i feel he needs to get his head straight and focus on a killer like khabib who i think is coming to hurt him.

The Khabib fight is less likely to happen with every week this Mayweather wagon is rolling. Assuming Khabib beats Ferguson, which is not money in the bank btw, you would expect this to be the dream UFC fixture. But its really all about money from now on.

If Mayweather refuses to fight or if the UFC are tight with their terms and conditions on releasing MCGregor, then a fight with Khabib would seem on the cards, at least hopefully anyway.

red ears · 16-02-2017 11:42AM

wonderfullife wrote: »

Sadly, even I agree with this.

I keep going back to the 300th episode of The MMA Hour. The one a couple of months before the Aldo fight where he said "I have not changed one bit Ariel, a lot has changed but I'm still the same guy".

I think in the beginning there was very little difference between his public and private persona. The blueberry-eating cocky fella was still the same guy we saw asking Dana for 60g's baby after he picked Brimage apart with uppercuts.

Over time the gap between his private and public persona has widened dramatically yet, at times, have also morphed into the same thing. Tom Egan hinted at it and perhaps Egan is the type of fella to just say "right, enough of this BS good luck to ya".

It's not just Conor though. There's a nasty undercurrent developing with many in SBG, from the top down.

Money and fame does change people. It changes people even on the tiniest of scales. I know most people with jobs these days don't get major pay rises but I'd argue a 25% pay rise is enough to change someones confidence, self-belief and stress-levels dramatically.

Conor is super-rich now. Kavanagh, if his contract with Conor is any way similar to a normal Coach-Fighter contract, is also a millionaire directly from Conor alone. The extent to which they both keep going down the road they're going is up to them.

Kavanagh spends most of his time lately complaining about snowflakes and entitlement & pushing far-right propaganda on Facebook or following nuts like Mike Cernovich on twitter (a lad who believes there's no such thing as rape if the woman doesn't struggle or fight back. A lad who believes that the only proven way to not catch AIDS is to not shag black sluts). SMH.

For someone who complains so much about entitlement he sure as hell spends a lot of time looking for freebies from companies online. His star pupil had a tantrum for not getting a freebie from Dolce & Gabana. Conor hinting lately that the only way people should approach him for a photo is at a paying-event like Manchester.

They are both making it very hard to like them these days.

I think Kavanagh is perfectly entitled to have right leaning views, although i wouldn't trust Cernovich with a ten foot poll.

As for Conor, his ego is massive now but how many of us who have been through the 5 years Conor has been through and experienced what he has experienced wound't become the same. I am in two minds about him sometimes it annoys me but i can understand it in a way. Especially the attitude to people looking for photos it had to get old eventually. Id say his space is invaded constantly. I just hope he doesn't be come too arrogant.

I liked that he didn't rubbish Donald Trump when asked about him in the interview.. that's just too conformist for Conor.

wonderfullife · 16-02-2017 11:42AM

eddie73 wrote: »

The Khabib fight is less likely to happen with every week this Mayweather wagon is rolling. Assuming Khabib beats Ferguson, which is not money in the bank btw, you would expect this to be the dream UFC fixture.

I have to wonder what a Ferguson win will do regarding his options.

I'm also wondering will Dana ask Conor nicely to show up on fight night, so that they could potentially have a similar situation to the one after the Siver fight.

I can imagine Khabib on the mic shouting to Conor at front row or something similar would generate a lot of buzz.

blue_man83 · 16-02-2017 11:52AM

That article is a little sad, as is some of McGregor's comments of late. We were all on his side even at his cockiest but this is a new level.

Before the Diaz fight I was picturing a McGregor movie in my head - when his career is over (any thoughts on who's play him??) In most fight/documentary movies there always seems to be a point when the fighter is humbled with a loss. When their feet come back to the ground and realise that fighting and family got them there. When Rocky lost to Clubber Lang. I thought the Diaz loss might be this moment...

You almost hope there is another, bigger humbling loss for him so he gets back to what we live about him.

If there is that reflection point in the movie it will be a line from McGregor like "I just wish I could go back to that cocky stupid rich kid and slap him and tell him to what I know now.".

But hey, I'm not rich, I don't have his life. You only live once and he certainly is making the most of his.

Gamebred · 16-02-2017 12:02PM

He will never ever step foot on Khalabib airlines so forget about him being humbled by him, Woodley GSP or Floyd will be next for him,

The money has changed him big time all you see is him bragging on social media and in interviews, his fanbase is probably majority working class that doesnt need or care about his rented lambos rolls royces and rolexs rubbed in their faces, I know I can unfollow him on social media but I wish he'd f off for a few months and enjoy the personal space he wants, man is an ego maniac and everyone knows im a fanboy but its tedious now.

The Ayatolla · 16-02-2017 12:35PM

You can't whore yourself on social media and to every media outlet in the world though and then not expect people to approach you for photos etc. It comes with the territory. He needs to understand that if he continues to do this, he can't stroll into McDonald's on Grafton Street for a McFlurry.

eddie73 · 16-02-2017 12:38PM

wonderfullife wrote: »

I have to wonder what a Ferguson win will do regarding his options.

I'm also wondering will Dana ask Conor nicely to show up on fight night, so that they could potentially have a similar situation to the one after the Siver fight.

I can imagine Khabib on the mic shouting to Conor at front row or something similar would generate a lot of buzz.

Agree, it would be very interesting. Not gonna happen imo. Conor would likely use the excuse of a 'bigger fight to be concerned with' (Mayweather) to avoid this. In fairness, it would be a much more relevant fight, 2 fighters in their absolute prime and in the same sport and weight division, no nonsense, a perfectly hyped fight, potentially anyway.

Money is going to steer McGregor well away from anything that is potentially damaging to his brand from now on, and fighting someone that could diminish this will not happen.

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

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