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Official Conor McGregor Thread (READ MOD WARNING IN OP)

pablohoney87

OK guys,

The dust has cleared on the disaster that was the last thread. The biggest culprits won't be joining us here (Or anywhere else on the forum). Others have been warned in PMs.

This thread is a clean slate for everyone but there will be zero tolerance on it.

I remind all users to take a fresh look at the charter before posting here.

FIGHTER BASHING OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

It doesn't take a Masters in English to know the difference between a negative opinion of somebody and name calling.

This Thread is for all things about Connor that won't go into event threads. I.E. all speculation about opponents, his twitter posts, public appearances and media.

Once a fight has been announced and an event named all news relating to that fight can go into the event thread.

My own opinion on McGrogor vs Sanchez (Finally), this is an awful fight for sanchez I think. Especially if he loses to Connor at WW he is finished. Diego gets by with half decent striking and wrestling and the rest on athleticism and aggression.

Conors footwork is just too good to be held against the fence and isnt that much smaller than Diego. If Connor loses he'll probably get his wrist slapped by Dana and told to wise up and stick to 145, worst case scenario. Diego has much much more to lose in this fight and I think his emotions will get the best of him and we'll see something similar to Brimage.

But being honest I don't see the fight happening. Dana is probably getting a bit sick of fighters calling opponents out so publicly and he and his match makers will still want to be seen as the ones pulling the strings.

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ricero

That press conference proves why us Irish can't have good things

Lukker-

Jesus that was terrible.

cunnifferous

My god that was the one of most pathetic things I've watched. The amount of sniveling, sycophantic, loud mouth, wanna be hard men.

Guys shouting 'bitch' at Aldo from the back of the crowd with their mates slapping them on the back. lol

Etnies

I was on my way there, but instead I spent two hours on the m50. Tell me there was someone else here that got caught the same as me.

Thought it was a bit over the top the abuse, barely any worthwhile questions, probably the kid from Connors gym being the best. Glad the whole thing is over and can get the count down on for Vegas now.

Gringo180

I pray to almighty god that Aldo sparks McGregor the fcuk out! What a horrible man.

Redmen Rafalution

Foxtrol wrote: »

The same Aldo who unprovoked put his hands on an opponent during the face-off before his last fight?

The same Aldo who has consistently called McGregor a clown and belittling him getting a title shot.

The same Aldo who didn’t make any attempt to condemn his fans for their treatment of McGregor (saying that he expects to get similar in Dublin)?

The way people are talking you'd swear Aldo is beyond reproach.

There is no point raising those questions about Aldo because McGregor started all the trash talk first. McG was not even on Aldo's radar until McG started calling everyone out.

MrStuffins

Foxtrol wrote: »

People can’t laud the growth of the sport, enjoy the attention the UFC is now giving us and then get upset when new fans mimic the actions of the poster boy who caused the growth and attention. Not sure about you but I’d rather have what we have now with a few muppets thrown causing some minor embarrassment than the days when Dana would name drop Ireland every now and again to appease people on twitter with no intention of actually bringing a card here.

These two things aren't mutually exclusive. It's not a straight choice between either having idiots support the sport or having nobody support it.

Those people and questions were embarrassing!

Redmen Rafalution

Foxtrol wrote: »

I think it’s insane to have a higher expectation for Irish MMA fans than that of any other nation
.

Why?

We are not used to the scumbag element in our fan community, why would we lower our expectations now?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Well that was pretty vile.. A number of times I was tempted to switch it off, but I plugged on through hoping someone would salvage something from it.

Arse wipes.

The kid Nate Kelly done the business as did Stephen Lowery when he basically said it was a conference center full of bandwagon jumpers.

Foxtrol

Yurt! wrote: »

Absolutely yes. Any parent taking their kids to this and ecouraging them to join in slating, disrespecting and swearing at a world champ isn't worthy of the name. Teaching them ape behavior instead of instilling sportsmanship.

I'm not a father but if I was I'd be telling my kid that Aldo came from a slum, worked his ass off to become a world champion and deserves your respect, not that sh*tshow today.

The same Aldo who unprovoked put his hands on an opponent during the face-off before his last fight?

The same Aldo who has consistently called McGregor a clown and belittling him getting a title shot.

The same Aldo who didn’t make any attempt to condemn his fans for their treatment of McGregor (saying that he expects to get similar in Dublin)?

The way people are talking you'd swear Aldo is beyond reproach.

Foxtrol

MrStuffins wrote: »

Think I read somewhere about 2 wrongs equalling a right....... might've read it wrong though.

Because this isn't boards.br it's boards.ie. We are Irish MMA fans and those people at that conference today were supposed to represent Irish MMA fans and therefore us.

But the people who turned up weren't Irish MMA fans, they were Irish McGregor fans. Bandwagon jumping clowns, most of who have probably never seen Jose Aldo fight live before outside of You tube clips.

I think it’s insane to have a higher expectation for Irish MMA fans than that of any other nation, especially with how quickly the sport is growing.

People can’t laud the growth of the sport, enjoy the attention the UFC is now giving us and then get upset when new fans mimic the actions of the poster boy who caused the growth and attention. Not sure about you but I’d rather have what we have now with a few muppets thrown causing some minor embarrassment than the days when Dana would name drop Ireland every now and again to appease people on twitter with no intention of actually bringing a card here.

Redmen Rafalution

José is a humble, hardworking dude who is generally respectful of his opponents. The abuse the fans threw his way was unnecessary.

Davei141

Foxtrol wrote: »

Now an actual ‘would someone think of the children’…

Would everyone relax, Conor received worse in Brazil the two times he was down there for press Q&A and stuff thrown at him every time an Aldo fan got on the mike throughout the tour. Where are the people calling all Brazilians at the Q&As bandwagoners and scumbags? Everyone really needs to calm down.

Having said that I do however think Conor is a terrible role model for fans new to the sport. He’s done great things for MMA but given some only know him as a fighter they see his actions as normal for the sport.

A lot of Brazilian fans act like scum and get called on it all the time.

Yurt2

Foxtrol wrote: »

Now an actual ‘would someone think of the children’…

Absolutely yes. Any parent taking their kids to this and ecouraging them to join in slating, disrespecting and swearing at a world champ isn't worthy of the name. Teaching them ape behavior instead of instilling sportsmanship.

I'm not a father but if I was I'd be telling my kid that Aldo came from a slum, worked his ass off to become a world champion and deserves your respect, not that sh*tshow today.

Redmen Rafalution

The crowd today were basically Ireland's version of the 'just bleed' crowd, except they were the 'just conor' crowd.

It looks like a lot of them are more interested in Conor McGregor than MMA.

moneyman

Conor got abuse from fans in Brazil but it wasn't even close to the Irish fans today, not sure why you'd make that point given that it's blatantly not true. Scumbags talking about Aldo's scar, forehead, and then involving the translator. Let's put it bluntly, they were dumb as f**king rocks. I'd say the accumulative IQ of most of the people asking questions was in single digits.

Redmen Rafalution

Foxtrol wrote: »

Now an actual ‘would someone think of the children’…

Would everyone relax, Conor received worse in Brazil the two times he was down there for press Q&A and stuff thrown at him every time an Aldo fan got on the mike throughout the tour. Where are the people calling all Brazilians at the Q&As bandwagoners and scumbags? Everyone really needs to calm down.

What are you talking about? Brazilian fans get a lot of hate on MMA forums, and often it's justified.

The only people who need to calm down are the fans calling Aldo a bitch, etc.

MrStuffins

Foxtrol wrote: »

Would everyone relax, Conor received worse in Brazil the two times he was down there for press Q&A and stuff thrown at him every time an Aldo fan got on the mike throughout the tour.

Think I read somewhere about 2 wrongs equalling a right....... might've read it wrong though.

Where are the people calling all Brazilians at the Q&As bandwagoners and scumbags?

Because this isn't boards.br it's boards.ie. We are Irish MMA fans and those people at that conference today were supposed to represent Irish MMA fans and therefore us.

But the people who turned up weren't Irish MMA fans, they were Irish McGregor fans. Bandwagon jumping clowns, most of who have probably never seen Jose Aldo fight live before outside of You tube clips.

Foxtrol

Yurt! wrote: »

That was awful. Not sporting in the least. Whatever about Conor playing mind games, he'll actually step inside the octagon with Aldo. That crowd was terrible. Bringing kids to listen to a bunch of apes hurling insults at a world champion. This is not Irish sporting culture.

Now an actual ‘would someone think of the children’…

Would everyone relax, Conor received worse in Brazil the two times he was down there for press Q&A and stuff thrown at him every time an Aldo fan got on the mike throughout the tour. Where are the people calling all Brazilians at the Q&As bandwagoners and scumbags? Everyone really needs to calm down.

Having said that I do however think Conor is a terrible role model for fans new to the sport. He’s done great things for MMA but given some only know him as a fighter they see his actions as normal for the sport.

raymann

EuskalHerria wrote: »

Which is smart because they still largely have an empire frame of mind and probably do think he's from the UK.

eh? ah your one of them.....

this whole thing is turning pretty embarrassing now, especially if aldo wins quickly or in devastating fashion. i know its not a popular opinion around here but thats not an unlikely scenario as there are so many questions left to be answered about conor.

jobless

they would have got more sense out of junkies sitting at the back of a Dublin bus... to think that will be viewed across the world makes me sick

MoonDancer

I'm so disgusted the way some of these knackers represented Ireland today. Conor could be such a great role model for the younger generation!
Absolutely disgusted!!

JJayoo

EuskalHerria wrote: »

Aldo has only one way of grasping any dignity from this entire tour. Raise his hand to Conor. You can almost see him considering it as he sits there angry.

Your definition of dignity must be a bit off

Yurt2

That was awful. Not sporting in the least. Whatever about Conor playing mind games, he'll actually step inside the octagon with Aldo. That crowd was terrible. Bringing kids to listen to a bunch of apes hurling insults at a world champion. This is not Irish sporting culture.

ShooterSF

Axwell wrote: »

Thats Nate Kelly, chances are Dana will be giving him a cheque in a few years if he keeps going the way hes going.

Must keep an eye out so

He's definitely got the mic skills already!

Axwell

ShooterSF wrote: »

Gotta add. The little kid looking for an advance on his first pay cheque had me laughing my ass off.

Thats Nate Kelly, chances are Dana will be giving him a cheque in a few years if he keeps going the way hes going.

Awesomeness

All Q and A's are the same. Always some idiots. There was some good banter and the crowd was energetic. Most of the idiots wouldnt attend the big fights.

Some decent questions now on the other Q and A. Another UFC on the way and hopefully croker in the works. Lets not focus on the bad and let the few idiots ruin it

ShooterSF

Gotta add. The little kid looking for an advance on his first pay cheque had me laughing my ass off.

ShooterSF

Toronto was the same from both sides of fans but they didn't show the Q&A online. It's always the way. People just want their 10 seconds of fame. What kind of serious questions are you likely to get?!

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Pretty embarrassing all round il continue to support mcgregor but if he was not irish I wouldn't even consider it