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

Has McGregor got daughters? At least in time, when they are young women, they'll get to read about what kind of man he was.

It'd be an interesting father daughter lecture, 'Watch out for men who ply you with drugs and alcohol and leave their partners to meet randomers at ten in the morning....oh hang on..'

I don't think MMA has a governing body that gives a **** about this. In rugby you're gone til the trial is done and finished if gone against. MMA? Dana White I'm sure doesn't care once dollars can still generate.

All I can say is you have no clue about how big he is. Just because he hasn't fought for a couple of years doesn't mean he's forgotten about.

The only thing he is in the news for lately is his binging on drink and drugs and being roided up to the teeth. I never said he was forgotten about, he is in the news all the time, but he isn't in it for his sporting achievements, is he?

He transcended the sport of MMA/UFC. He's Conor McGregor, not a UFC fighter, he's his own brand. He started a whiskey company and sold it for $600 million.

That is great, doesn't mean people will pay to watch him in an exhibition boxing match, and if they did then they deserve to be parted with their money.

His stardom made it a huge seller.

Good use of the past tense there. You are right.

I still believe if he loses this case it severely hurts him financially because he's such big news it'll be reported in media all over the world. You'd have to imagine that it will turn millions of his fans against him.

Pretty sure he has lost plenty of fans as it is, this isn't the first accusation against him, and his general behaviour alone will have lost him fans. If anyone were to still support him, you'd have to question their ethics.

If your argument is that McGregor is a scumbag, then absolutely fair enough.

But if your argument is that no-one wants to see him fight and he's no longer a draw, then that is just not realisic.

Yeah all those horrible fans he gained with the attack on the bus will remain loyal to him. There a lot more fans he has who love him because he's Irish and he'll lose millions of them.

He really isn't pal, I think you have the blinkers on here. You are conflating him being in the news with him being relevant somehow. He isn't, he is using it all for marketing with saying he will fight XYZ in a fight, when he wouldn't last 30 seconds with pretty much anyone in the UFC at this stage.

If he fights Crawford, my arse it will be a top 5. Not a chance, MAYBE a few years ago, but not now.

And that's fair enough but only time can tell that. People said similar about his fights with Porier and they were global PPV gold.

Has there been evidence submitted in court that she decline a settlement? I didn't think that was allowed.

Reminder, I'm referred to the "actions" as presented in court, that the jury are asked to decide upon. Not the settlement deals pre-court

I think it’s fairly clear from McGregor’s own defence that they are not disputing that McGregor and the woman had intercourse

Well, yes. If you read the evidence presented…

The friend alleges he too had intercourse, a claim the woman has “denied,” as she says she cannot remember this. She says it’s a made up story

Is McGregor expected to give evidence do we know?

Also, with a jury of 12, will the verdict need to be majority or unanimous to convict?

Thanks

I read all the evidence from day 1 and won't be reading through another day's because I find these descriptions too distressing. That's why I'm asking.

What I'm asking is there solid evidence ie. DNA or an admission from McGregor that he had sex with her? Because if not and his side claims it was the friend who did then it's his word against hers right?

Just on your post above can the jury deem something incriminating based off their opinion or is it strictly based off law? I can't see how legally not giving evidence personally can incriminate you. If you were to stand depending how it went it could help or go against you but legally letting your representatives handle the defence should be ok.

Thanks for the reply.

So his defence doesn't specify who had sex. I'm assuming they'll be using the friend as evidence that it was Indeed him who did it and as you say they claim any sex was consensual.

I wouldn't be too confident her winning this case based off some of the details.

Sorry I misunderstood your other post. It's mad that Dee puts up with all the cheating but then again it happens in a lot of relationships and break ups don't happen especially if there's kids involved.

But back to the case so as you say there's no dispute over the sex just whether it was consensual. And I'm guessing McGregors defence will try and suggest any rough play didn't occur during his encounter and assume it was his friend.

From what I have read it doesn’t appear that McGregor’s defender is trying to imply the rough sex was more related to Lawrence.

I haven’t read any details yet from McGregor’s defence to try explain the bruisings and markings and medical details relating to the woman.

The evidence presented from a medical side and a psychiatric side, etc is fairly compelling.

The allegation about Ms. Hand biting McGregor on the face I found a bit odd.

Something like that would be very painful, and very likely to illicit it a strong physical reaction. And Ms. Hand implied the bite was in a defence type mode, which likely was forceful, and not in a gentle/playful type way.

Danielle Kealy says she didn’t see any bite mark on McGregor’s face.