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

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The last thread was nearing the 10k post limit so here's part 3.

The same rules as the last thread apply here. People seem to have strong opinions either way when it comes to McGregor and threads here tend to get a bit heated from time to time. Please keep it civil and discuss all things Conor in a mature way.

Any name-calling, trolling, baiting, or being a general ass-hat will earn you a ban from the thread and possibly the forum.
If you have an issue with a post, please use the report post function.

Any off topic posts will be deleted.
Any "Do you even train Bro?" or "I'm an mma fan longer than you" type posts are not permitted either. They only make you look like a fool and as a result, everyone hates you. Yes everyone.

**Upate with Mayweather vs McGregor announced**

Lads consider this the one and only warning - big fight with a lot of hype around it. It brings new fans to the forum as well as the regulars so try and get along. Any trolling or nonsense and people will find themselves on a break from the forum and that applies to everyone.

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chips1234

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

I'm looking forward to Froch and Bellew etc. having to pretend to the casuals that this is a competitive fight.

i actually spoke with froch last month and asked him about this, he just said something along the lines of that it was a farce and an insult to boxing for the fight to go ahead. cant remember his exact words due to being pissed but it was along those lines :pac::pac:

Mellor

Chael Sonnen beong painted as a voice of reason is a new low.

D'Agger

wonderfullife wrote: »

Remember Chael Sonnen devoting 5 minutes of his podcast to have a right go at JK for this very reason? ("You're a coach, leave this stuff to fighters").

He's a coach but he's also an individual, expressing opinions on twitter hurts nobody unless people get touchy about it - like Ferguson did (stupidly). He should hold back because he's a coach? Fúck that, if he sees something, let him call it - all of this is entertaining anyway, has us all talking, that's the name of the game.

Swashbuckler

Half the time I reckon Kavanagh gets called out so much on this thread because people know he follows (used to follow) it.

Mellor

wonderfullife wrote: »

They're not the same thing and you know it :pac:

Nate's reasons for not signing a fight on 3 months notice was he wanted high 7-figures.

Tony's reasons for not signing on 24 hours notice was that the UFC wanted to cut his pay in half.

Nobody said they were the exact same?
It's poking fun at the parallel , it doesn't need to be exact same. It's a joke on twitter, not technical analysis.

wonderfullife wrote: »

Fighter
Fighter
Fighter
Coach

By that logic, we shouldn't be anything here as we aren't UFC fighters (or coaches for that matter).

wonderfullife

bmcc10 wrote: »

Maybe i'm in the minority here but i actually found it quite good and this is from someone who personally doesn't give a flying f**k what JK tweets or doesn't.

Safe to say Ferguson didn't find it funny with a hashtag of #SitDownBeHumble and saying "Maintain your lane b1tch".

Anyway, it worked with articles such as this written about it:

http://www.punditarena.com/mmaufc/sraftery/john-kavanagh-tony-ferguson-twitter/

bmcc10

wonderfullife wrote: »

Fighter
Fighter
Fighter
Coach

Remember Chael Sonnen devoting 5 minutes of his podcast to have a right go at JK for this very reason? ("You're a coach, leave this stuff to fighters").

You don't see Eddie Bravo tweeting pithy sarcastic jabs at Conor...

Maybe i'm in the minority here but i actually found it quite good and this is from someone who personally doesn't give a flying f**k what JK tweets or doesn't.

wonderfullife

Mellor wrote: »

Jesus lads, yous are going out of your way make a big deal out of nothing.

Nate refusing to sign a fight for financial reasons
Tony: "maybe MMA isn't for you, try tennis"
...
Tony then refuses to sign a fight for financial reasons
JK: "maybe MMA isn't for you, try tennis"

Fighter
Fighter
Fighter
Coach

Remember Chael Sonnen devoting 5 minutes of his podcast to have a right go at JK for this very reason? ("You're a coach, leave this stuff to fighters").

You don't see Eddie Bravo tweeting pithy sarcastic jabs at Conor...

wonderfullife

Mellor wrote: »

Jesus lads, yous are going out of your way make a big deal out of nothing.

Nate refusing to sign a fight for financial reasons
Tony: "maybe MMA isn't for you, try tennis"
...
Tony then refuses to sign a fight for financial reasons
JK: "maybe MMA isn't for you, try tennis"

It's a joke, Tony brought it on himself by taking that stance with Nate.

They're not the same thing and you know it :pac:

Nate's reasons for not signing a fight on 3 months notice was he wanted high 7-figures.

Tony's reasons for not signing on 24 hours notice was that the UFC wanted to cut his pay in half.

dashoonage

Mellor wrote: »

Jesus lads, yous are going out of your way make a big deal out of nothing.

Nate refusing to sign a fight for financial reasons
Tony: "maybe MMA isn't for you, try tennis"
...
Tony then refuses to sign a fight for financial reasons
JK: "maybe MMA isn't for you, try tennis"

It's a joke, Tony brought it on himself by taking that stance with Nate.

Sense of humor, this thread has none.

Mellor

Jesus lads, yous are going out of your way make a big deal out of nothing.

Nate refusing to sign a fight for financial reasons
Tony: "maybe MMA isn't for you, try tennis"
...
Tony then refuses to sign a fight for financial reasons
JK: "maybe MMA isn't for you, try tennis"

It's a joke, Tony brought it on himself by taking that stance with Nate.

wonderfullife

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Shame on JK for spouting such bollocks....

He'll say "It's just like my opinion man".

Which is fair enough but I don't see the point in deliberately provoking other fighters - Conor is well capable of fighting his own battles.

I much prefer Roddy's style of handling things, he just keeps his head down with a smile on his face and does his bit. Playing devils advocate, if you write a book then I suppose you do need to get involved in this type of controversy to sell more copies. So from that perspective it's probably a good move prodding the likes of Ferguson and Woodley on twitter.

Just feels a bit like someone poking the bear knowing they'll never have to actually fight the bear.

Wrongway1985

It was a clear reference to Tony who a few weeks ago told Nate that he was in the wrong sport he should go try Tennis. (Complained about him not taking fights)

Tony wanted to avenge that defeat to Johnson rematch was scheduled but fell apart he fought Lando at short notice an unknown at the time who well we all know started to make his name on almost taking Tony out.

He has since beat the former champ who Conor never faced in the end, he was Scheduled to fight #1 Khabib for interim but now have the Johnson fight back in the meantime just on the off chance a legit outspoken contender can be potentially shut down oh and guess what if he wants to risk it we'll offer no incentive on par with the Khabib fight.

Shame on JK for spouting such bollocks, Tonys record is practically identical to Conors (1 better in fact) so maybe he belongs in MMA, Conor is the one hunting down different sports last time we checked.

wonderfullife

CatFromHue wrote: »

I'm not sure what's happening there, did JK tweet that to TF?

Of is TF just having a go at something JK tweeted to no one?

#Idon'tUnderstandTheTweeterBusiness

John didn't tag Ferguson in the post but it was directed at him.

Basically it stems from the Dana White interview on Snoop Dogg's show where he revealed Conor texted him telling him "not to pay that bum Ferguson a cent" after Ferguson refused the short notice Johnson fight.

So John weighed in on it on Twitter.

It's extremely disingenuous. Yes, Conor has stepped up and accepted short notice replacements many times but the difference here is they offered Ferguson half the money to fight someone else.

I've a hard time believing he'd criticize his own fighters if they refused a short-notice replacement for financial reasons.

CatFromHue

I'm not sure what's happening there, did JK tweet that to TF?

Of is TF just having a go at something JK tweeted to no one?

#Idon'tUnderstandTheTweeterBusiness

Jamiekelly

Gamebred wrote: »

https://twitter.com/TonyFergusonXT/status/869686441894330368

Kavangh at it again, got a rise from Tony whose worse for responding to the jab..

Hate People That Capatalize Every Word.

Gamebred

https://twitter.com/TonyFergusonXT/status/869686441894330368

Kavangh at it again, got a rise from Tony whose worse for responding to the jab..

EagererBeaver

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

How do you determine Rooney is more popular?

Fame and popularity are different.

Ultimate Seduction

Too Tough To Die wrote:

How do they determine fame? He's ahead of Rooney who would be much more well known worldwide.

How do you determine Rooney is more popular?

Too Tough To Die

wonderfullife wrote: »

Conor jumped 12 spots in the annual ESPN Top 100 List of Most Famous Athletes released today:

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/worldfame100/espn-world-fame-100-top-ranking-athletes#R25__ConorMcGregor

Up to number 25 now.

Ronaldo, LeBron and Messi still remain top 3.

How do they determine fame? He's ahead of Rooney who would be much more well known worldwide.

Too Tough To Die

The Ayatolla wrote: »

No chance in hell this will be shown "free" on BT as part of the BT Sports package.

BT are doing boxing now with a view to getting into the ppv market, so there's a chance they'll do it on their own ppv platform.

wonderfullife

Conor jumped 12 spots in the annual ESPN Top 100 List of Most Famous Athletes released today:

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/worldfame100/espn-world-fame-100-top-ranking-athletes#R25__ConorMcGregor

Up to number 25 now.

Ronaldo, LeBron and Messi still remain top 3.

wonderfullife

jcd5971 wrote: »

I've had some friends asking me will it happen as they know I watch MMA and several of them called over to my house to see the klitchko Joshua fight.

These people who are as casual as casual can be about boxing let alone MMA are going to buy it because of the hype.

I reckon it will do monstrous figures if it happens farce or not.

Yeah, I don't mind sticking my neck out saying it'll beat the 4.6m buys Floyd v Manny did but will fall short of the Gate Record (seriously how on earth did they do $72.1m at the gate). I could see them hitting $60 million tops on the Gate.

It's going to be massive, like a Thanksgiving or Cinco de Mayo type night where there will be watching-parties in every town in America. People who haven't watched a boxing fight since Tyson's prime will be tuning in just because literally everyone in the country is talking about it.

It'll be wall-to-wall build-up on all the major sports channels, documentaries going out, press conferences with ridiculous viewing figures etc.

The Ayatolla

No chance in hell this will be shown "free" on BT as part of the BT Sports package.

Ultimate Seduction

Too Tough To Die wrote:

I'm looking forward to Froch and Bellew etc. having to pretend to the casuals that this is a competitive fight.

Conor will take care of that when he sleeps Floyd in round 4.

martyos121

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

I'm looking forward to Froch and Bellew etc. having to pretend to the casuals that this is a competitive fight.

Rogan in particular will be great craic to listen to on fight week;

"Floyd is unquestionably one of the greatest boxers of all time who rarely gets tagged, but you gotta remember, the canvas can get real slippery from all the sweat McGregor will exude from chasing after Floyd, and if Mayweather slips on that, this could get real interesting. I can't call this one, honestly."

Too Tough To Die

I'm looking forward to Froch and Bellew etc. having to pretend to the casuals that this is a competitive fight.

EagererBeaver

VW 1 wrote: »

It's being facilitated by Dana and the UFC who have a contract with BT.

I'd imagine they'd have a pretty big say in where it ends up.

Is it? Nobody has a clue what the intricacies of the deal are out what arrangement there will be been Mayweather, McGregor and the UFC.

Even if Dana has an element of say in the matter, it would surely be in his interest to have it on Sky PPV rather than have it covered by the BT/UFC contract.

skallywag

VW 1 wrote: »

I'd imagine they'd have a pretty big say in where it ends up.

Hope it's on BT, will save me shelling out more cash to Sky.

VW 1

skallywag wrote:

I imagine Sky PPV.

It's being facilitated by Dana and the UFC who have a contract with BT.

I'd imagine they'd have a pretty big say in where it ends up.