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

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  • #4952
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    ricero wrote: »
    Just want to see mcgregor back in the ufc against tony, khabib, diaz or gsp. Lightweight division is becoming a mess we need some clarification soon on whats ahead
    What mess?
    The division has made very little progress since November imo.


  • #4953
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    Khabib is more to blame for the division being in the **** imo, I do think if he has no defence scheduled by nov he should be stripped.


  • #4954
    JohnMc1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭JohnMc1


    Gamebred wrote: »
    Khabib is more to blame for the division being in the **** imo, I do think if he has no defence scheduled by nov he should be stripped.

    I doubt they'll be quick to strip him of this belt like they were the FW. He has supposedly has 2 fights left on his contract and he says he wants to leave when they're done [most likely a negotiation tactic] they'll keep the belt on him so his contract automatically extends via Champion's clause if he gets too difficult.


  • #4955
    ooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,347 ✭✭✭ooter


    PBF just said live on boxnation that he believes the fight with Conor will go ahead.


  • #4956
    JohnMc1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭JohnMc1


    ooter wrote: »
    PBF just said live on boxnation that he believes the fight with Conor will go ahead.

    I'll believe it when they're in the ring.


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  • #4957
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    Lighttweight isn't a mess tho. There's clear cut no1 contender for him to fight

    Tony v Khabib were booked, Khabib won't fight until Autumn now.

    Alvarez fighting Porier again.

    Nate lost his last fight to Conor.

    Light weight isn't as staked as it once was or is made out to be.

    Would be nice to see Barboza get a shot at some stage.

    Conor should be stripped, he won the belt back in December and hasn't defended and its not due to injury, its due to him "taking time off for Dees pregnancy". Now taking time off for the pregnancy he probably deserves due to being so big in the UFC and bringing in $$$ but after that lay off he should be defending the belt before he goes off and does this boxing sh!t.


  • #4958
    Swashbuckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,583 ✭✭✭Swashbuckler


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Would be nice to see Barboza get a shot at some stage.

    Conor should be stripped, he won the belt back in December and hasn't defended and its not due to injury, its due to him "taking time off for Dees pregnancy". Now taking time off for the pregnancy he probably deserves due to being so big in the UFC and bringing in $$$ but after that lay off he should be defending the belt before he goes off and does this boxing sh!t.

    It's now May. On no planet should he be stripped yet as much as this Mayweather crap annoys me.


  • #4959
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,940 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Would be nice to see Barboza get a shot at some stage.

    Conor should be stripped, he won the belt back in December and hasn't defended and its not due to injury, its due to him "taking time off for Dees pregnancy". Now taking time off for the pregnancy he probably deserves due to being so big in the UFC and bringing in $$$ but after that lay off he should be defending the belt before he goes off and does this boxing sh!t.

    By that logic most of the current champions should probably be stripped as well...


  • #4960
    The Rooster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,060 ✭✭✭The Rooster


    ooter wrote: »
    PBF just said live on boxnation that he believes the fight with Conor will go ahead.
    He was even talking about fighters from his camp that would be on the undercard


  • #4961
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Bisping is the only fighter that should be stripped! What a mess that division is.


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  • #4962
    Swashbuckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,583 ✭✭✭Swashbuckler


    Ultimate Seduction wrote:
    Bisping is the only fighter that should be stripped! What a mess that division is.

    The Henderson fight and GSP booking were not Bispings fault. Blame the ufc for those.


  • #4963
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Swashbuckler wrote:
    The Henderson fight and GSP booking were not Bispings fault. Blame the ufc for those.


    So Conor fighting Nate twice while FW champion wasn't his fault either, it was the UFCs??

    I see Bisping now has a knee injury that conveniently keeps him out till October..


  • #4964
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    So Conor fighting Nate twice while FW champion wasn't his fault either, it was the UFCs??
    Conor was due to fight RDA for the LW title at 196. Nate was a late replacement. What's the issue there?

    Also, the Bisping fights refered to were actual title defences. A champ doesn't get a say in who the challenger is - or at least they shouldn't.


  • #4965
    Swashbuckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,583 ✭✭✭Swashbuckler


    Ultimate Seduction wrote:
    So Conor fighting Nate twice while FW champion wasn't his fault either, it was the UFCs??

    Ultimate Seduction wrote:
    I see Bisping now has a knee injury that conveniently keeps him out till October..

    What Mellor said.

    I don't see what McGregor has to do with you saying Bisping should be stripped anyway. I was responding to your comment about Bisping.
    Bisping defended his belt v Hendo and was booked to fight GSP. Neither bookings were his fault and in fairness at least he's active.
    An injury is an injury. Sure the timing is convenient but at least he's not saying he wants to go fight in some boxing match.


  • #4966
    Jamiekelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭Jamiekelly


    To be fair McGregor has had 10 fights in the UFC since April 2013 while Bisping has only had 9 in that time. They have also both been injured for roughly the same time. Bisping is in the conference league of money earners for the UFC while Mcgregor is in the Champions league, he's closer to a full billion in revenue while Bisping will never touch a fifth of that over the rest of his career.

    McGregor's record compared to Bispings record is much better aswell, with much more dominant wins against better opponents. Holloway, Aldo, Mendes, Diaz and Alvarez all at multiple weights. Bisping hasn't moved weight in over a decade so he's not adding any value to other weight classes in the way Conor obviously does.

    The way some people are talking about McGregor lately you would think he owes them money or something. :rolleyes:

    He owes us nothing. He said it himself "get in, get rich, get out"

    I'd rather it be from fighting in some form, boxing or MMA, than making god awful Michael Bay style movie appearances. Which he could have done if he wanted (just look at the budget of the films he was offered parts in), but the detractors choose to forget that. Kind of makes the "he's a running coward who is scared to fight" line look a little bit desperate.


  • #4967
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    wonderfullife wrote: »
    Question - if by some miracle or divine intervention Conor wins, what will you say?

    I'll say it was a fluke. But that's not gonna happen so I've nothing to worry about.


  • #4968
    moneyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,337 ✭✭✭moneyman


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    I'll say it was a fluke. But that's not gonna happen so I've nothing to worry about.


    I agree that it's not going to happen, but it's pathetic that you have a ready made excuse. I've never seen a more bizarre poster in my life - you absolutely hate Conor with every bone in your body yet you're constantly in this thread to take shots. Why do you even do it to yourself? You'd think you'd stay away from discussion about him. There are plenty of MMA fighters I dislike and it never once entered my mind to constantly seek out discussion about them. It's weird.


  • #4969
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    The Rooster wrote: »
    He was even talking about fighters from his camp that would be on the undercard

    That's a consideration many people overlook in all this. Floyd is a boxer and a promoter and there would be no bigger stage than to push his batch of talent. Would be an additional reason he would want the fight.
    weldoninhio wrote: »
    I'll say it was a fluke. But that's not gonna happen so I've nothing to worry about.

    Right so if Conor loses you'll say "I told you so" and if he wins you'll say "lucky punch".

    Everyone keeps saying the doomsday scenario for boxing that'd break the internet is Conor KO'ing Floyd.

    I disagree.

    The doomsday scenario would be Conor winning the fight on points.

    If by some miracle upon miracle, Conor wins on points after 12 rounds you'd still call that a "fluke"?


  • #4970
    dave1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    Tbf bisping mentioned his knee injury couple of months ago on his podcast, its not as if hes making it up to suit gsp and bisping deserves a big money fight hes been there a long time.

    I have no interest in seeing gsp fight, that division was a bottle neck for years when he was champion, never once was he in a exciting fight


  • #4971
    riffmongous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,933 ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    dave1982 wrote: »
    Tbf bisping mentioned his knee injury couple of months ago on his podcast, its not as if hes making it up to suit gsp and bisping deserves a big money fight hes been there a long time.

    I have no interest in seeing gsp fight, that division was a bottle neck for years when he was champion, never once was he in a exciting fight

    Some of the most boring fights I've seen


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  • #4972
    JohnMc1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭JohnMc1


    dave1982 wrote: »
    Tbf bisping mentioned his knee injury couple of months ago on his podcast, its not as if hes making it up to suit gsp and bisping deserves a big money fight hes been there a long time.

    I have no interest in seeing gsp fight, that division was a bottle neck for years when he was champion, never once was he in a exciting fight

    Bisping does not deserve money fights. Bisping is the guy who worked with the guys who drew money.


  • #4973
    scudzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,976 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    JohnMc1 wrote: »
    Bisping does not deserve money fights. Bisping is the guy who worked with the guys who drew money.

    Bollocks, as much as i don't really like him as a person if anyone deserves 'money fights' it's bisping, never shied away from a scrap, been 100% loyal to the company and he went through a run where his 3, maybe 4 losses, the opponents all failed piss tests later


  • #4974
    JohnMc1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭JohnMc1


    scudzilla wrote: »
    Bollocks, as much as i don't really like him as a person if anyone deserves 'money fights' it's bisping, never shied away from a scrap, been 100% loyal to the company and he went through a run where his 3, maybe 4 losses, the opponents all failed piss tests later

    Never shied away until now. No he doesn't deserve money fights. He was gifted more #1 Contender fights than anyone else and he always choked. All his highest grossing fights were from his opponents. Vitor,Dan,Anderson,etc.

    Bisping couldn't draw flies even if he was covered in ****.


  • #4975
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    **** Bisping and his money fight crusade hes a multi millionaire.


  • #4976
    raze_them_all_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,783 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    JohnMc1 wrote: »
    Never shied away until now. No he doesn't deserve money fights. He was gifted more #1 Contender fights than anyone else and he always choked. All his highest grossing fights were from his opponents. Vitor,Dan,Anderson,etc.

    Bisping couldn't draw flies even if he was covered in ****.

    except for the time he won the belt which is all that matters.


  • #4977
    JohnMc1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭JohnMc1


    raze_them_all_ wrote: »
    except for the time he won the belt which is all that matters.

    And then he hand picked a 48 year old guy who was not even in the top 10. Barely scraped and has been hiding in the corner since.


  • #4978
    raze_them_all_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,783 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    JohnMc1 wrote: »
    And then he hand picked a 48 year old guy who was not even in the top 10. Barely scraped and has been hiding in the corner since.

    at least he defended a belt. And he probably hand picked the 48 year old for when he decided to hendobomb his face off when he was alreaDY OUT


  • #4979
    JohnMc1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭JohnMc1


    raze_them_all_ wrote: »
    at least he defended a belt. And he probably hand picked the 48 year old for when he decided to hendobomb his face off when he was alreaDY OUT

    Bisping was a douche and deserved it. Maybe Bisping shouldn't run his mouth so much. Especially after barely squeaking by that "old and slow Dan"


  • #4980
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    I've no idea how Dan Henderson pulled off one if the scummiest moves in the octagon. And Bisping is the bad guy there.

    The only things remotely similar were Daley after the bell and Palhares holding subs. Both of those guys are considered scumbags.


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  • #4981
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    PMSL you're going on like the ref stopped him and he continued to land the elbow, was totally legal, did you see Bisping after he beat Rockhold rubbing it in?


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