paulieeye wrote: » Rousey mentally crumbled after her first loss and was a shadow of herself in the 2 ensuing fights. Mcgregor lost early in his career, lost again to Nate, came back, beat him and then won the lightweight belt! But I suppose they do both have (had) a great fan base. But thats about where the similarity ends.
dave1982 wrote: » Ali says GSP is next forget mcgregor or ferguson
Mellor wrote: » He’s delusional to think he gets a say in it.
Man Vs ManUre wrote: » Yes but Khabib is a very different fella to other fighters. So much bad stuff went on with Conor in lead up to first fight, Khabib and his team know now the biggest punishment they can inflict on Mcgregor is to never give him the chance of redemption. If Conor was to defeat say 2 or 3 of the top lightweights or even Max at 155, and if Khabib is still champ and fighting, then yes UFC can order him to defend vs Conor. Otherwise Khabib is in the driving seat re Conor, he is now the A side as Mayweather would say. And money isn’t even Khabib main motivation tho he will still make plenty of it.
The Nal wrote: » We'll see what Dana has to say about that. Khabibs last (non McGregor) PPV headline did 350k PPV buys. If he was such a big draw now they wouldn't have him fight at 1pm Pacific time on a weak card last week. I get that they were promoting the fight in Russia and the like but if theres top level dollar to be made the UFC have the fight in Vegas or MSG.
Man Vs ManUre wrote: » I’m all for the Conor superfights especially when there’s a title on the line, I miss those crazy all night events so much!! But now I think Conor’s path is a journey of redemption. And to do that he is gonna need to fight more often, like he did on his first journey to ufc gold. I think the US fans are still mostly on board despite his fall from grace, but 2 or 3 wins against good opponents will bring him back to peak popularity, especially if he can be crazy funny like he was before Mayweather fight instead of crazy nasty. Not sure if Conor has the desire now to put in the effort for few fights streak, seems he just wants immediate title shot. Sure he know what he needs to do anyway and am sure he is planning to do it.
Jamiekelly wrote: » If Mcgregor fights again it will be Holloway at FW, because he won't really have a choice. He wants a belt and he isn't competing at LW against Khabib or Ferguson any time soon. I would say he'd never fight again but didn't he sign a six fight contract before the Khabib fight?
Man Vs ManUre wrote: » Yes but Khabib is a very different fella to other fighters. So much bad stuff went on with Conor in lead up to first fight, Khabib and his team know now the biggest punishment they can inflict on Mcgregor is to never give him the chance of redemption.
Mellor wrote: » How is punishing McGregor relevant to whether or not Khabib fights Tony next?
Man Vs ManUre wrote: » The post from Dave u replied to said GSP over Mcgregor or Ferguson. My then response was only about why Khabib would not fight Conor next or even ever again.
chopperbyrne wrote: » https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/cygum7/my_whole_country_thinks_im_a_prick/
Mellor wrote: » The post by Ali didn’t say anything about McGregor.“As far as I know, GSP is next. That is what I want. Tony doesn’t get what he wants.” I was saying Ali is delusional to think what he wants is relevant.
Mellor wrote: » Yeah that’s where the quote above is from. I seen the quote on Twitter. Of course Ali wants GSP. Nobody cares what Ali wants.
dave1982 wrote: » The Ali video to clear things up. I should have posted the video on original posthttps://youtu.be/8Rov30Q6bBc
HappyAsLarE wrote: » Khabib walks around at 190 lbs?! My bollix he does. I’m 6’1”” and walk around at 160 lbs but don’t have a 6 pack.
