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Conor McGregor thread (MMA Talk Only - Read 1st Post Before Posting)

Axwell

With the recent addition of the Off-topic discussion thread, I am closing the current McGregor thread so that chat going forward can be located in the correct threads. This thread is for MMA related discussion only - any other gossip/showbiz type stories are to be discussed in the off topic thread.

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Naked Lepper

both fighters want it
just down to dana to sign it
check out chaels video , silva sent him a video msg saying the same

Podge2k7

H8GHOTI wrote: »

Just looked it up and see it did 1M buys.
That’s poor for him, no?

I wouldn’t have thought the rest of the card mattered much.
Khabib was 2.4M, Diaz fights were 1.6M and 1.3M.

Seems the comeback wasn’t that successful. Wasn’t expecting 2M+ but maybe around 1.5M.

I think the fact you now need to be subscibed to espn+ to purchase the PPV has affected overall sales also? Could be wrong on that though

Still Ill

Oh no.. McGregor has retired again. Whatever shall we do? :rolleyes:

dashoonage

Still Ill wrote: »

Oh no.. McGregor has retired again. Whatever shall we do? :rolleyes:

Jaysus thank **** things are getting back to normal after COVID-19

dave1982

Is his season cancelled now?

CBear1993

Good to see it, hopefully it stays that way. He had lost the support of a lot of Irish people. (Who would still watch his fights but hoping he gets beat)

begbysback

I blame MJ and The Last Dance, everybody is going to be retiring all the time now

billybonkers

More retirements than wins in the last 5 years....

rob316

Uncle Dana ain't paying anyone at the moment, they all are retiring

Sweet.Science

Apparently this year will be quite hectic outside of MMA for him

BSK

CBear1993 wrote: »

Good to see it, hopefully it stays that way. He had lost the support of a lot of Irish people. (Who would still watch his fights but hoping he gets beat)

Win or lose you’ll pay to see him

BSK

billybonkers wrote: »

More retirements than wins in the last 5 years....

Masvidal, Cejudo, Jones, McGregor. Now O Malley piping up about money too

ricero

Khabib took his manhood.

I hope he stays retired. He can only beat up tin cans these days like Cowboy.

The Nal

He'll look back at the last few years with a bit of regret later in life. About 12 minutes spent in the Octagon across his prime, ages 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31.

Stephen A Smith

BSK wrote: »

Win or lose you’ll pay to see him

Exactly.

Cant beat good aul Irish begrudgery.

Stephen A Smith

The Nal wrote: »

He'll look back at the last few years with a bit of regret later in life. About 12 minutes spent in the Octagon across his prime, ages 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31.

Doubt it. He's always stated he was in it for the money, if anything he'll look back happy that he accomplished what he set out to do before he hit his prime.

Thelonious Monk

Stephen A Smith wrote: »

Exactly.

Cant beat good aul Irish begrudgery.

Hardly begrudgery, he behaved like a thug and was an embarrassment to Ireland at times. I hate how criticising anyone famous in Ireland means some people think I'm jealous of them or something.

derfderf

If he wants to retire, good luck to him. He said he was in it for the money, and he's made lt.
I just hope he stops ****e talking at other fighters he has no intention of fighting now.

callaway92

Is this another USADA retirement to get out of the testing pool?

When I say ‘another’ I’m not saying that’s the reason he’s done it in the past for definite. Just spitballing.

Obviously it’s more likely he’s just being Conor, but still.

ASOT

Time to unfollow this thread for a while, have fun gents.

Stephen A Smith

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Hardly begrudgery, he behaved like a thug and was an embarrassment to Ireland at times. I hate how criticising anyone famous in Ireland means some people think I'm jealous of them or something.

Not accusing you of jealousy at all, its ingrained in our culture is all im saying. He might of been an embarrassment at times but he also brought a lot of joy and raised spirits hugely in this country too which often gets overlooked. Not to mention the donations he's made to numerous organisations also.

There has been a hell of a lot worse embarrassing moments for this country since he has been on the scene not to mention embarrassing moments in sport also.

Thelonious Monk

Stephen A Smith wrote: »

Not accusing you of jealousy at all, its ingrained in our culture is all im saying. He might of been an embarrassment at times but he also brought a lot of joy and raised spirits hugely in this country too which often gets overlooked. Not to mention the donations he's made to numerous organisations also.

There has been a hell of a lot worse embarrassing moments for this country since he has been on the scene not to mention embarrassing moments in sport also.

When it comes to sports, all our champions have been heroes that people would look up to, except this fella.

sonofenoch

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

When it comes to sports, all our champions have been heroes that people would look up to, except this fella.

Load of cobblers .......mma by it's very nature is a completely different level to other sports, who were you cheering on last night to beat someone into a bloody pulp ?

behaved like a thug a times

........you'd think the entire roster of UFC were fking saints compared to McGregor

Mr. Karate

callaway92 wrote: »

Is this another USADA retirement to get out of the testing pool?

When I say ‘another’ I’m not saying that’s the reason he’s done it in the past for definite. Just spitballing.

Obviously it’s more likely he’s just being Conor, but still.

More likely he felt that Dana lowballed him and he decided to pull the "I'm retiring again" card to force a higher purse.

xtal191

Sweet.Science wrote: »

Apparently this year will be quite hectic outside of MMA for him

Movies?

ricero

By the sounds of it from an interview he did with Helwani he got his knickers in a twist because they wouldn't give him an interim title shot against Gaethje.

BSK

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

When it comes to sports, all our champions have been heroes that people would look up to, except this fella.

MMA gyms opening up everywhere, constantly full, his clothes selling out, one of the best selling whiskeys in the world. If you think somebody is a bad influence and you let yourself kids watch his life, you’re the problem too

Mr.Crinklewood

ASOT wrote: »

Time to unfollow this thread for a while, have fun gents.

If you've unfollowed this thread before,I'm guessing you'll be back and are only looking for attention.

Mr. Karate

ricero wrote: »

By the sounds of it from an interview he did with Helwani he got his knickers in a twist because they wouldn't give him an interim title shot against Gaethje.

He should have to fight a contender to get a title shot. He hasn't had a win at 155 in years and his fight with Cowboy in Jan was at 170 so that shouldn't count.

eagle eye

Mr.Crinklewood wrote:

If you've unfollowed this thread before,I'm guessing you'll be back and are only looking for attention.

I think you haven't a clue what he'll do. I think you'd not know anything about a major problem in the UFC either which is quite evident based on the recent moves by Cejudo, Jones, Masvidal and now McGregor. Even Sean O'Malley talking about how unhappy he is with his contract last night.
The thing with McGregor joining the ranks is the power is no longer with the UFC as regards the future, their sponsors and ESPN will be who decides what happens next.