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

I'd imagine he's ordinary resident in Ireland.

You need to be gone three years to lose ordinary status though. And he wasn’t in the US for the entire time. So wouldn’t he a US tax resident, but the US taxes sports earnings where the games take place.

You would of been tax resident in France after 6 month, and still ordinarily tax resident in Ireland also. Ireland is unique if that there is two tiers class of tax residency. When I left I was a tax resident in Australia from the first year, but also ordinarily tax resident in Ireland for 3 years. Made no difference to me, but could affect where a massive earner's tax goes.

Khabbib says he was probably drunk when he sent the tweet.

Mcgregors hungry.

Khabib was on Mike Tyson’s podcast talking about Conor. One of Tysons famous quotes was saying he wanted to eat Lennox Lewis’s children, so Conor said he wants to eat Khabib’s children.

Conor seems to stick to a fairly clean diet so I highly doubt that he would attempt to eat another human given the opportunity.

The thread needs closing? Then you go on to post in the thread, ask a question and expect an answer in a thread you want closed? Yep totally makes sense

It's all he has left, some people have all the money in the world and are still so poor. Misfortune.

What's he got against DC? Is there anyone he doesn't hate?

Another lengthy tirade at DC on Twitter last night. Great response from DC though, basically "Stop worrying about me and start worrying about the guys kicking your ass in the octagon".

Do people still like him as a person anymore? Fair enough if someone likes McGregor the fighter but I honestly dunno how anyone can like him as a person anymore, he's just embarrassing these days

I've always liked McGregor the fighter, though I never bothered watching his weigh-ins, pressers, or anything like that. Just never really cared, just as I never cared what he did in his own personal time outside the octagon either, whether good or bad. I just enjoyed watching him fight.

Lately though he's been an asswipe of unprecedented magnitude, it's impossible to seperate the fighter, from the person he pretends to be, or the person he really is. I don't know what's up with him or how much of all the recent vitriol is "real" or designed to keep him in the headlines and maintain his $$$ power despite the twin losses, but I find it hard to understand how anyone would continue to support him at any level.

There was a time when it was relatively harmless schtick for the most part, and he was good at selling it. The bus incident was obviously different, but however inexcusable or criminal that was, at least there was some sort of credible "sellable" context behind it with the whole Artem thing. With all that in mind, even with how outrageous (and no doubt calculated) it was, that would've been forgiven with time.

The last while though it's like he's completely unhinged and really going down a one way street. It's not funny, there's zero intelligence on display, just bitter, sad, kinda pathetic ramblings of someone who's not with reality - starting with the bewildering Octagon death threats, to the cringe-inducing Twitter rampages.

I would maybe understand if it's a calculated effort to maintain his star power and relevance - realistically McGregor is still making major news every other day with his tirades, so there's that.

But it's so dumb, unfunny and self-incriminating as same, I can't really buy into that theory. The nature of the messages reads more like someone attacking the keyboard at 3am after a feed of substances. If maintaining relevance and generating headlines was the plan, there are slightly smarter ways to achieve the same goal without painting yourself as a contender for the world's biggest sore loser/ass-wipe.

Dunno, rooted for him (as a fighter) in the Dustin rematch, was a bit put off by his resurgent a-hole attitude in the trilogy fight but still felt like I'd like to see him capture the magic again. In the aftermath of that fight and other recent behaviors though, honestly I just want to see him retire from the sport.