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Conor McGregor

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  • #272
    Ian Whelan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Ian Whelan


    scudzilla wrote: »
    I'm in no doubt that both Conor and Cahal will come across well, i'm just worried about Tubridy cos he's hardly the worlds best interviewer

    I agree entirely. I find him to be very weak. You can almost guarantee that the interview will be short and trivial. I lost a lot of respect for Tubridy after Ronan Keating was on the Late Late. It's still great publicity though.


  • #273
    John_D80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    I'm hoping tubridy doesn't bring up the twitter tiff with Kenny Egan. That is just the kind of thing he'd love, the gowl.

    That aside, Conor is one of those lovable rogues that you cant help but like and I'm sure he'll give a very good account of himself. The sport he loves is coming under the Irish mainstream media spotlight for the first time and I'm quite certain the importance of such an occasion isn't lost on him.


  • #274
    dave1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    I think aisling daly was on the late late before, so it won't be the first time tubbers will be doing MMA.

    Did anyone talk to Joe? :confused::rolleyes:


  • #275
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    dave1982 wrote: »
    I think aisling daly was on the late late before, so it won't be the first time tubbers will be doing MMA.

    Did anyone talk to Joe? :confused::rolleyes:

    Dont remember her being on the Late Late. I remember her being on the Panel alright


  • #276
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,447 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    dave1982 wrote: »
    Did anyone talk to Joe? :confused::rolleyes:

    God, I hope not. I've been waiting for it to happen though.
    I don't listen to Joe but if that conversation does start, then somebody please pm me so I can ring up and get all aggro on the radio! :pac:


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  • #277
    Mr. Manager
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,139 ✭✭✭✭Mr. Manager


    dave1982 wrote: »

    Did anyone talk to Joe? :confused::rolleyes:

    Did you not hear his piece about it ages ago? He had some uneducated mong on talking about "ultimate cage warrior fighting" he was telling Joe how it was banned in most states and that people have died inside the cage.

    http://www.newstalk.ie/downloads/the-lowdown-on-cage-fighting/


  • #278
    dave1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    El Guapo! wrote: »
    God, I hope not. I've been waiting for it to happen though.
    I don't listen to Joe but if that conversation does start, then somebody please pm me so I can ring up and get all aggro on the radio! :pac:

    You never heard the Joe the time UFC came to Dublin.

    Barry McGuigan was very anti MMA

    People were claiming deaths were common in human cock fighting


    I'll try and find the audio to it.

    Anyway she was on the late late Friday, 14 September 2007

    You need real player to watch it

    link would be handy http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/20070914.html


  • #279
    dave1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    Liveline link

    http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2009/pc/pod-v-150109-46m22s-liveline.mp3


  • #280
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,447 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    dave1982 wrote: »
    You never heard the Joe the time UFC came to Dublin.

    Barry McGuigan was very anti MMA

    People were claiming deaths were common in human cock fighting


    I'll try and find the audio to it.

    Anyway she was on the late late Friday, 14 September 2007

    You need real player to watch it

    link would be handy http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/20070914.html

    Yeah I remember that guy on talking nonsense about people dying etc.
    I didn't hear it live at the time though and was raging I missed it because I would've rang up and schooled him.
    That's why I'm waiting for it to happen again. It's bound to happen soon enough.


  • #281
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    El Guapo! wrote: »
    Yeah I remember that guy on talking nonsense about people dying etc.
    I didn't hear it live at the time though and was raging I missed it because I would've rang up and schooled him.
    That's why I'm waiting for it to happen again. It's bound to happen soon enough.

    You hardly think Joe will let someone with logic that understands the sport on when his entire audience is based around miserable whingebags with nothing better to do :pac:


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  • #282
    Joe Hart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭Joe Hart


    El Guapo! wrote: »
    Yeah I remember that guy on talking nonsense about people dying etc.
    I didn't hear it live at the time though and was raging I missed it because I would've rang up and schooled him.
    That's why I'm waiting for it to happen again. It's bound to happen soon enough.

    Somebody died in the past few weeks sure.


  • #283
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,447 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Chinpool wrote: »
    You hardly think Joe will let someone with logic that understands the sport on when his entire audience is based around miserable whingebags with nothing better to do :pac:

    :D
    Yeah true. Maybe ill ring up and just join in with the whingers.
    Did you know that these cage fighters don't leave the cage until someone is either dead or maimed? And they drink all these protein shake steroid things? They also eat babies.


  • #284
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,447 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Joe Hart wrote: »
    Somebody died in the past few weeks sure.

    Yep. That's true. Very sad news indeed. It seems he just dropped dead after the bout though. Nothing untoward happened and not a result of any injuries sustained during the fight so it was just an unfortunate thing that happened.


  • #285
    reganreggie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭reganreggie


    The publicity can only be good. People who know nothing about mma are already asking me about Connor. A guy like Connor will draw more people to the sport


  • #286
    dave1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    Joe Hart wrote: »
    Somebody died in the past few weeks sure.

    Not the 1st either but AFAIK no one has actually died while the fight was on and its two early to tell if there is long term damage from MMA.

    Wandy would be a good guinea pig :D


  • #287
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,486 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Joe Hart wrote: »
    Somebody died in the past few weeks sure.

    Not as a result of the fight though.

    it would be about as relevant as saying Football killed Lionel Messi if he left the Nou Camp one night and got hit by a bus!


  • #288
    _oveless_
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 135 ✭✭_oveless_


    I remember a few years back when tubridy used to write a column for the Sunday World, he produced one of the most ignorant pieces on "cage rage", as he called mma, I have no respect for that overpaid moron.


  • #289
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,588 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    MrStuffins wrote: »
    Not as a result of the fight though.

    it would be about as relevant as saying Football killed Lionel Messi if he left the Nou Camp one night and got hit by a bus!
    El Guapo! wrote: »
    Yep. That's true. Very sad news indeed. It seems he just dropped dead after the bout though. Nothing untoward happened and not a result of any injuries sustained during the fight so it was just an unfortunate thing that happened.

    I think you guys are talking about a different fighter.
    A guy died this past weekend. After an amateur bout, autopsy results are pending. And I believe amateur MMA was unregulated in the state.


  • #290
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,447 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Mellor wrote: »
    I think you guys are talking about a different fighter.
    A guy died this past weekend. After an amateur bout, autopsy results are pending. And I believe amateur MMA was unregulated in the state.

    No I think we're talking about the same guy. The autopsy was already carried out on Monday and the results were unable to determine the cause of death.
    http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/4/9/4203762/35-year-old-canadian-man-dies-after-unregulated-event-in-michigan


  • #291
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,588 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    The pieces unread said an "autopsy was carried out, but cause of death was not yet known". Which I took to mean they were still working on it.


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  • #292
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,447 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Mellor wrote: »
    The pieces unread said an "autopsy was carried out, but cause of death was not yet known". Which I took to mean they were still working on it.


    From that article I linked to:
    Medical personnel were unable to revive him, and an autopsy, performed Monday, was unable to determine cause of death.

    There may be different info going around on other sites but that's what I've seen from a couple of different sources.


  • #293
    Kur4mA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭Kur4mA


    Any chance a mod can go through this thread and delete all the off topic posts please, including this one? What started out as a really interesting and exciting topic about Conor has turned into a crapfest the last few pages.


  • #294
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,486 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Finally got around to listening to Conor on the MMA Hour last night. It's incredible how well his personality comes across when being interviewed. He also has that particular Dublin charm where you can say things like "F*ck Steven Seagal" and it doesn't sound like he's actually saying it in a smack talk kind of way.

    If he comes across like that on Friday night on The Late Late Show, it'll be great for MMA in this country.


  • #295
    Shazbot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭Shazbot


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTT8175nX7o


    Conor's already being parodied, albeit it with a terrible irish accent.


  • #296
    Dave 101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 472 ✭✭Dave 101


    Today's metro


  • #297
    Easy Rod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭Easy Rod


    Dave 101 wrote: »
    Today's metro

    Was just about to post this, I like his articles.


  • #298
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,682 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    MrStuffins wrote: »
    Finally got around to listening to Conor on the MMA Hour last night. It's incredible how well his personality comes across when being interviewed. He also has that particular Dublin charm where you can say things like "F*ck Steven Seagal" and it doesn't sound like he's actually saying it in a smack talk kind of way.

    If he comes across like that on Friday night on The Late Late Show, it'll be great for MMA in this country.

    He'd better watch his language on the Late Late, though, haha. But apart from that, yeah, I agree.


  • #299
    T-K-O
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,309 ✭✭✭T-K-O


    He made a great point, he needs to get financial advice. I hope he follows through on that..


  • #300
    Jax Teller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭Jax Teller


    Dave 101 wrote: »
    Today's metro
    This is a bit better quality and you won't hurt your neck reading it .


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  • #301
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,366 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    Jesus, this thread was a mess in parts.

    Anyway, saw Conor on MMA Hour last night. Seems a right sound chap. Always great to see our own do well on the international stage.


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