Conor McGregor

McGregor is nothing more than a performing monkey for his puppet masters. I hate hearing this nonsense that he’s a “genius” because he’s earned a few quid. He’s been manufactured by the UFC and people who build brands. McGregor is the human form of a start up business that has soared in popularity due to the idiot consumer willing to through all their money at it.

A guy I worked with is the ultimate fan boy and went to Vegas a few years ago for a fight. Himself and 5 of his buddies went over and got wind of a “McGregor special” package that was on offer once they showed their fight ticket at the hotel. They paid an arm and a leg but got a special rate on the room, a gun range experience and a VIP experience at a lap dancing club. The hotel just saw their chance to absolutely fleece these idiots that follow him.

McGregor could sell dogshit to people as long as it has his name on it. That’s the appeal of his brand now and he’s been rammed down everyone’s throats by very clever people exploiting him and his followers. He’s a tinker and he’s thick but he’s far richer than I am so what can I say?

I definitely think this latest nonsense is a PR stunt. What business had he being at the awards? All a set up I guarantee it.

So you’re telling me he got so big so fast all on his own? Nothing to do with them pushing McGregor down everyone’s throats and building him up to be the face of the brand all the while setting him up against mostly second rate fighters to kick the hype train up even further?

Absolutely he’s manufactured by the UFC. They see him as the ultimate cash cow and rightly so. People are stupid enough to cough up the money and they know that better than anyone. McGregor transformed the UFC brand and brought it even further into Europe and made it even bigger in America. It’s like Man United signing a South Korean or Japanese player and using them to market the club and the brand. Funnily enough, United did both in the last 15 years and held pre season tours in the Far East. All about growing the brand and that’s exactly what the UFC see in McGregor. He’s a tinker, they’d have no use for him if he wasn’t. If he was a UFC fighter from Foxrock who was a nice chap there’d be nothing about him. Because he’s a “bad boy” to US fans they lap it up. So do the muppets in Ireland with too much money. I’ve lost count of the amount of Americans who can’t understand how he’s hated in Ireland. They all think he’s adored here because that’s what the UFC are pushing. “Pride of Ireland or King of Ireland”. It’s a load of crap.

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