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Official Conor McGregor thread (part 5) *Read Mod Note in Post 1*

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    #2942
    kumate_champ07
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    maybe he thinks all white people look the same


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    #2943
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,078 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Outlaw Pete wrote: »
    You need to get some Q tips and watch the clip again :P

    Ariel didn't mention Roddy's name in response to Ali asking about the kickboxing coach (as you keep saying). It wasn't until Ali asked who McGregor's "striking coach" was that Roddy's name was then (naturally) brought into it but even then Ariel premised it with: "NOT Owen Roddy" and then proceeded to try and tell Ali, over and over again, that Owen was NOT the person he had seen throwing stuff but he wasn't having any of it.
    Might want to clean out your own ears first.
    Who mentioned Owen Roddy first? Ariel not Ali.
    Had he said "You mean Cian Crowley?". I'm pretty sure Ali would have jumped all over Crowley's name instead. The chaps a clown, he was regurgitating 2nd hand info and making a balls of it. A kickboxing coach is a striking coach btw.

    There were at least 10 cameras filming the incident. Do you honestly think it's more likely that he was blaming a guy who clearly wasn't there, rather than getting mixed up between two striking coaches.

    The chap is a muppet
    I never suggested otherwise. I've criticized him plenty in he past. I'm just saying in the overall scheme of this incident his faux pas is significantly overshadowed by the guys smashing up a bus.


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    #2944
    Fall_Guy
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    Mellor wrote: »
    Might want to clean out your own ears first.
    Who mentioned Owen Roddy first? Ariel not Ali.
    Had he said "You mean Cian Crowley?". I'm pretty sure Ali would have jumped all over Crowley's name instead. The chaps a clown, he was regurgitating 2nd hand info and making a balls of it. A kickboxing coach is a striking coach btw.

    There were at least 10 cameras filming the incident. Do you honestly think it's more likely that he was blaming a guy who clearly wasn't there, rather than getting mixed up between two striking coaches.



    I never suggested otherwise. I've criticized him plenty in he past. I'm just saying in the overall scheme of this incident his faux pas is significantly overshadowed by the guys smashing up a bus.

    I'm not sure if he would have jumped all over cowleys name, he claims that seeing Cowley ('Roddy') first was how he knew it was mcgregor coming. Would he really have an intimate enough knowledge of mcgregors camp to recognise cowley as being a mcgregor associate?? That sort of knowedge is reserved for us fanboys....and if he was to recognise cowley, you'd think he'd also know owen roddy!

    I think its more likely that he mistook Cowley (or someone in the entourage) for roddy and refused to accept he could have been wrong. In which case Roddy would be well within his rights to want that claim retracted / amended.

    As you've pointed out, its a nothing issue in the context of mcgregors stupidity, but I think its stretching things the on the other end of the spectrum to claim Ariel led him to the point where he would accept that no other name than owen roddy would do!


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    #2945
    John_D80
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    Later on in the pod, didn’t he say that it was the guy from the “wanted” poster??

    No doubt in my mind from listening to him that he meant Roddy and not Cowley.


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    #2946
    pudzey101
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    How much longer we got to wait to see khabib smash this fool


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    #2947
    Mellor
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    Fall_Guy wrote: »
    I'm not sure if he would have jumped all over cowleys name, he claims that seeing Cowley ('Roddy') first was how he knew it was mcgregor coming. Would he really have an intimate enough knowledge of mcgregors camp to recognise cowley as being a mcgregor associate?? That sort of knowedge is reserved for us fanboys....and if he was to recognise cowley, you'd think he'd also know owen roddy!

    I think its more likely that he mistook Cowley (or someone in the entourage) for roddy and refused to accept he could have been wrong. In which case Roddy would be well within his rights to want that claim retracted / amended.
    I think it's more likely that he he talking complete pony.
    He didn't recognize anyone or know what was happening, until somebody shouted "that's Conor, that's Conor".
    Then he heard afterwards that Conor was charged along with the kickboxing coach. And invented the entire story. The chaps a bullshitter.


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    #2948
    Doctors room ghost
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    pudzey101 wrote: »
    How much longer we got to wait to see khabib smash this fool


    Probably about 3 years.mctapper loves to draw things out and have the zombies queue up.it would also help keep his name alive until then aswell cos he does fuk all else bar dodging fights.
    And end of the day it would be a farcical disappointment like the pillow hands fight.


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    #2949
    Fall_Guy
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    Mellor wrote: »
    I think it's more likely that he he talking complete pony.
    He didn't recognize anyone or know what was happening, until somebody shouted "that's Conor, that's Conor".
    Then he heard afterwards that Conor was charged along with the kickboxing coach. And invented the entire story. The chaps a bullshitter.

    In that scenario I would also think Roddy would be fully entitled to demand the claim be retracted/amended too then, as he speaks in such definitive terms about something he had no actual knowledge of which is fairly irresponsible.

    And yes, criminal damage and putting the physical safety of multiple people at risk while injuring ar least two people is infinitely more irresponsible, I feel the incorrect naming of Roddy is a separate issue that its perfectly ok to hold Ali accountable for, as Roddy is completely unconnected to the events of last week.


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    #2950
    Mellor
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    Fall_Guy wrote: »
    In that scenario I would also think Roddy would be fully entitled to demand the claim be retracted/amended too then, as he speaks in such definitive terms about something he had no actual knowledge of which is fairly irresponsible.

    Roddy is 100% entitled to call him out on it. Or maybe he's rather sidestep the whole thing. His call.

    Worth pointing out that Ariel did his bit

    https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/983693451731578881


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    #2951
    Ultimate Seduction
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    I doubt Roddy gives a ****.


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    #2952
    LollipopJimmy
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    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    I doubt Roddy gives a ****.

    Roddy is running a business that is being built on the 'Growing Gorillas', how he is perceived by parents is hugely important to his livelihood, of course he cares.


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    #2953
    Subcomandante Marcos
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    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Roddy is running a business that is being built on the 'Growing Gorillas', how he is perceived by parents is hugely important to his livelihood, of course he cares.

    How many Irish parents are listening to Ariel Helwani's YouTube news show?

    I'd say he's more worried about when his next cup of coffee is arriving right now than he is about this non story.


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    #2954
    Effects
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    ricero wrote: »
    Conor fears Khabib and the bus incident proved it. He's all fart and no ****

    Yeah, chasing down Khabib in the stadium really shows how scared Conor is of him.


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    #2955
    sc86
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    from watching khabib fight sat night i dont think conor or any of top 3 lads have anything to worry about fighting him
    he made hard work of the fight

    ireland badly needs a new mma star because its fairly clear we have lost the one we had


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    #2956
    The Nal
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    sc86 wrote: »
    ireland badly needs a new mma star because its fairly clear we have lost the one we had

    :confused:

    Read that back to yourself when hes in Singapore with the worlds media in the palm of his hand promoting his next fight.


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    #2957
    laoch na mona
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    Effects wrote: »
    Yeah, chasing down Khabib in the stadium really shows how scared Conor is of him.

    considering they work in a business where you can fight people you don't like

    Conor could easily have looked for a fight against Kahbib long before now if he wanted

    Instead he got a pack of his mates and attacked a bus knowing he wouldn't get anywhere near Khabib


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    #2958
    Subcomandante Marcos
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    sc86 wrote: »
    from watching khabib fight sat night i dont think conor or any of top 3 lads have anything to worry about fighting him
    he made hard work of the fight

    Saturday night he dominated a late replacement, the fight before that he mauled the #4 ranked guy in the world.

    How people do against late replacements isn't a gauge of ability.

    It's not that long ago Tony struggled against Lando, Jon Jones looked ordinary against OSP or Conor got choked out by Nate Diazed with a belly full of tequila.


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    #2959
    EagererBeaver
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    The Nal wrote: »
    :confused:

    Read that back to yourself when hes in Singapore with the worlds media in the palm of his hand promoting his next fight.

    Has there been a suggestion he's going to Singapore? Would imagine he'd want to become keeping quiet.


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    #2960
    darced
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    #2961
    The Nal
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    EagererBeaver wrote: »
    Has there been a suggestion he's going to Singapore? Would imagine he'd want to become keeping quiet.

    No but they will be a world promo tour like in the Aldo fight.


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    #2962
    sc86
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    ok dana any more inside info for us? wheres the fight so i can book my tickets early

    its a year and a half since his last mma fight and not certain if next fight will even be mma , when ever that is
    he will have worlds media in his hand no matter what he does
    as a mma fan thats not much interest to me


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    #2963
    Effects
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    laoch na mona wrote: »
    Conor could easily have looked for a fight against Kahbib long before now if he wanted

    Instead he got a pack of his mates and attacked a bus knowing he wouldn't get anywhere near Khabib

    Except Khabib would have got off the bus if the driver had unlocked the doors.
    Actually, Khabib could have jumped out the window to meet Conor if he wanted to. Sounds like Khabib was afraid of Conor.
    Khabib seems to prefer ganging up on solo members of McGregor's group.


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    #2964
    The Nal
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    sc86 wrote: »
    ok dana any more inside info for us? wheres the fight so i can book my tickets early

    Im only referring to the suggestion that we've apparently "lost" out only MMA star.

    Hes more famous than ever.


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    #2965
    [Deleted User]
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    The Nal wrote: »
    Hes more famous than ever.

    Infamous


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    #2966
    Sofiztikated
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    The Nal wrote: »
    Im only referring to the suggestion that we've apparently "lost" out only MMA star.

    Hes more famous than ever.

    More famous, but not famous for MMA at the moment.


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    #2967
    Boom_Bap
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    Effects wrote: »
    Except Khabib would have got off the bus if the driver had unlocked the doors.
    Actually, Khabib could have jumped out the window to meet Conor if he wanted to. Sounds like Khabib was afraid of Conor.
    Khabib seems to prefer ganging up on solo members of McGregor's group.

    He was on the business end of his weight cut, there was no way he was getting into a brawl.
    He was days out from a title fight, there was no way he would jeopardise that with a scrap.


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    #2968
    The Nal
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Infamous

    Even better
    Sofiztikated wrote: »
    More famous, but not famous for MMA at the moment.

    After last week, my 82 year old auntie was asking me about the UFC and when is McGregor fighting next.

    Not that shes going to stay up and watch his next fight with a choice selection of craft beers and a spicebag or anything, but just that she was interested.


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    #2969
    Ush1
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    Notorious.....boom!:pac:


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    #2970
    Effects
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    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    He was on the business end of his weight cut, there was no way he was getting into a brawl.
    He was days out from a title fight, there was no way he would jeopardise that with a scrap.

    I'm just positing BS.


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    #2971
    laoch na mona
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    Effects wrote: »
    . Sounds like Khabib was afraid of Conor.
    QUOTE]

    Or maybe just maybe Khabib knows that scraping in a car park is beneath a pro fighter


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