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

Conor setting a deadline for when he goes off the drink, this fella isn't for real at all. He'll spend most the camp drying out.

Yeah that was one of the reasons he 'retired' so he could fully recover 100%

High profile fighters, champions, etc are always tested more. As are fighters returning to the pool.

The two most tested fighters right now are Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo.

Nobody knows what he was taking for recovery, or even if he was taking anything. It’s just speculation, it may be correct, but nobody can say it was HGH, peptides, sarms, etc.

HGH is banned due to is anabolic effects, rather than athletic effects. It’s banned out of comp, so if It turned up in any test he’d be banned. He’s been back tested since end of 2023.

Paulie is now employed by Cpnor , I bet he'll love that ,

If anyone has two tickets spare for the press conference I'd like them.

Interested in going just to experience the sheer carnage it will probably be.

Well moot topic now as it has been postponed!

Following on from the news of Tyson having to withdraw from his fight I think it is safe to assume McGregor is going to fight Jake Paul.

On a serious note though, one would imagine it won't be long until the actual fight is postponed/cancelled.

They've already smashed the gate. 20 million plus from ticket sales alone never mind the PPV.

There will be a lot of pressure on him to show up. Good thing this was a free ticket event.

Would he be a billionaire yet? The whiskey business seemed extremely profitable

i knew that, I had seen it reported he received approx 600 million for it.

McGregor released a very generic statement about the cancellation.

https://x.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1797715477923348940

Has to be an injury , Explains why he went on the piss the other night he knew he isn't making the fight date ,

what ever came from the time Artem was looking for a cut from the whiskey? Seems to have disappeared

sounds like it’s being pulled, any fight video with McGregor for this fight went private on YouTube as well.

I find this stage of the story to be most interesting, Conor developed a persona that paid dividends, enhanced it and expanded on it along the way, one could argue that where the persona ends and Conor starts is not clear, but retirement in theory should start the process to set the 2 apart if there is no further need for it, maybe the 2 have merged and this is what we are left with, but at some stage he has to mature and grow out of it, I know many men including myself to not start the maturing process until in their 30's and this could still happen, but I think he does have to officially retire first before maturing starts.

Dana said there was an accident in sparring. If you believe that, you will believe anything.

There was something on Reddit (I know, I know) about him advising that he would fail a drugs test. That honestly sounds more to be the case if anything.

Or, as I have always believed, he was never going to fight. He does this for attention to sell something or for theatrical gain, he will never win again, hold a belt, none of that. It is more likely that he will fight Jake Paul at this rate.

I'm not sure his brand needs him to pretend to be fighting. He's making a lot more money from non-fight aspect. Seems likely that moving into a promotor role will be the plan post-fighter career

I doubt that would have any impact on anything.

Reddit is a mixed bag. Lots of wafflers who don't know how drugs/testing works. I highly doubt he's fail a drug test seeing as he's been tested all year for PEDs.

It would seem, it has been.

Yup, better fight anyway.

McGregor officially pulls out, predictable.

Injuries happen and even more so as you age & have haven't had a proper fight camp in a number of years

I hear Conor is willing to fight in July if a date is possible, but looking like August or September