Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Official Conor McGregor thread (part 2). **Read warning in 1st post**

1…6970727475…328

Comments

  • #2132
    Deadst4r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Deadst4r


    I also feel like there is more to it.

    Yes, he is getting too big and UFC want to bring him back down to earth but 200 sells itself and they have plenty of time for more media.

    Feels like something has happened.


  • #2133
    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    Deadst4r wrote: »
    I also feel like there is more to it.

    Yes, he is getting too big and UFC want to bring him back down to earth but 200 sells itself and they have plenty of time for more media.

    Feels like something has happened.

    Everything was OK, he was away training, then this, so weird.


  • #2134
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    Were the contracts not signed already so the pay would've been agreed on?


  • #2135
    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    Bit unfair on people who half paid to go to see him at 200.


  • #2136
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    My guess is that McGregor failed a dr*gs test


  • Advertisement
  • #2137
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    wadacrack wrote: »
    My guess is that McGregor failed a dr*gs test


    Pretty sure recreational drugs arent tested for by Usada out of competition,if he popped for ped's it would be announced by Usada anyways not the ufc.


  • #2138
    Lukker-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,405 ✭✭✭Lukker-


    Gamebred wrote: »
    Were the contracts not signed already so the pay would've been agreed on?

    They were signed a long time ago, Conor still has a few fights left on his deal that he signed. It was agreed that he would headline 200 before he even had an opponent. He would have recently signed a contract agreeing to fight Nate but that wouldn't have had any new monetary terms though.


  • #2139
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,366 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    If GSP has not signed a contract yet for 200, he must be absolutely delighted.


  • #2140
    Lukker-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,405 ✭✭✭Lukker-


    JustTheOne wrote: »
    Bit unfair on people who half paid to go to see him at 200.

    Tickets don't go on sale til next week..


  • #2141
    darced
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    This post has been deleted.


  • Advertisement
  • #2142
    shocksy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,610 ✭✭✭shocksy


    wadacrack wrote: »
    My guess is that McGregor failed a dr*gs test

    I'd be thinking the same unfortunately. I really hope I'm wrong though. All was fine up until today. He was training in Portugal and now Iceland. The UFC would not pull him from the card just because of a press conference considering the money he would bring to the card. I'm also guessing contracts would already have been signed regarding payment so I doubt that's the problem. :confused::confused:


  • #2143
    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    Lukker- wrote: »
    Tickets don't go on sale til next week..

    Flights hotel etc?


  • #2144
    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    shocksy wrote: »
    I'd be thinking the same unfortunately. I really hope I'm wrong though. All was fine up until today. He was training in Portugal and now Iceland. The UFC would not pull him from the card just because of a press conference considering the money he would bring to the card. I'm also guessing contracts would already have been signed regarding payment so I doubt that's the problem. :confused::confused:

    Would make the whole journey of the last 3 years seem like a fraud.


  • #2145
    hefferboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭hefferboi


    I think we'll see him promoting his own fights sooner than we thought. I wonder would he go up full belt against the UFC and try get a fight at Croker in November.


  • #2146
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    He's probably in his prime too now at that age so missing fights while hes healthy and fit is pretty annoying,hes not taken a heap of damage in his career but still,this means we will see less of him fight in future I presume.


  • #2147
    Pudsy33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,878 ✭✭✭✭Pudsy33


    It's a bull**** excuse, I reckon it's a pay dispute or something of that nature. The promo thing just doesn't seem right.


  • #2148
    Depp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Depp


    https://twitter.com/John_Kavanagh/status/722581844043161602


  • #2149
    Lukker-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,405 ✭✭✭Lukker-


    JustTheOne wrote: »
    Flights hotel etc?

    You'd have to be fair soft to book flights and a hotel before secured tickets to the actual event.


  • #2150
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,951 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    If he pulled because of money, then that is truly stupid on his part.


  • #2151
    price690
    Closed Accounts Posts: 664 ✭✭✭price690


    Depp wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/John_Kavanagh/status/722581844043161602

    Kavanagh is such an attention seeker. He has a girlfriend aswell in case anyone didn't know


  • Advertisement
  • #2152
    NUTZZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭NUTZZ


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIK1RN7ZH5g


  • #2153
    martyos121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,545 ✭✭✭✭martyos121


    Lukker- wrote: »
    You'd have to be fair soft to book flights and a hotel before secured tickets to the actual event.

    I did it for 194, along with plenty others who did the same for all the previous events. Worked out great. Prices of flights and hotels usually rocket once tickets are on sale, supply and demand etc.

    Certainly doesn't make me or anyone else "fair soft" whatever the hell that means.


  • #2154
    shocksy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,610 ✭✭✭shocksy


    It just doesn't make sense, surely Conor would know that him saying I don't want to do the press conference would result in problems.


  • #2155
    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    shocksy wrote: »
    It just doesn't make sense, surely Conor would know that him saying I don't want to do the press conference would result in problems.

    Looking for an excuse to quit and make it look like it wasn't his fault?


  • #2156
    Lukker-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,405 ✭✭✭Lukker-


    martyos121 wrote: »
    I did it for 194, along with plenty others who did the same for all the previous events. Worked out great. Prices of flights and hotels usually rocket once tickets are on sale, supply and demand etc.

    Certainly doesn't make me or anyone else "fair soft" whatever the hell that means.

    Well there is no guarantee you'll get a ticket to the main event and be stuck with useless flights. You can get f*cked both ways because you are gambling on getting the tickets.


  • #2157
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    martyos121 wrote: »
    I did it for 194, along with plenty others who did the same for all the previous events. Worked out great. Prices of flights and hotels usually rocket once tickets are on sale, supply and demand etc.

    Certainly doesn't make me or anyone else "fair soft" whatever the hell that means.


    Thats the gamble,you get cheaper prices for taking the risk of booking early,cant have much sympathy for anybody ''stung'' here,they still get to see a good weekend of serious fights.


  • #2158
    Sir Gallagher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    Lukker- wrote: »
    Well there is no guarantee you'll get a ticket to the main event and be stuck with useless flights. You can get f*cked both ways.

    Yeah but your in Vegas, with the lads and having the craic.


  • #2159
    Depp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Depp


    call me deluded here but the fight is still 10+ weeks away? and this whole incident has produced ten times the publicity any press conference could have? is it all part of the plan?


  • #2160
    Deadst4r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Deadst4r


    Going to be really interesting to see where Conor's relationship with the UFC goes from here.

    I can see him being pretty stubborn about his next fight.


  • Advertisement
  • #2161
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    Depp wrote: »
    call me deluded here but the fight is still 10+ weeks away? and this whole incident has produced ten times the publicity any press conference could have? is it all part of the plan?


    Wouldnt be surprised in the slightest the WWE lately,sorry UFC.


This discussion has been closed.
Advertisement