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

Lukker- · 21-04-2016 04:24PM

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

As posted before, Conor was happy to do all the promo stuff in his 3 piece suits etc. Now when the UFC call the shots he throws his toys out of the pram.
n.

This has been posted so much.

Even in his first fights he said he never liked being followed around by cameras. He did it because he had to make a name for himself. The UFC wanted him to play up his character so he obliged but he's maintained throughout his entire career that he hates doing media, it's repetitive, fake and boring. Conor's fairly introverted, he doesn't like dealing with people outside his circle. For his career in the UFC he's probably spent as much time promoting as he has in camp, no other fighter can say that.

SteM · 21-04-2016 04:24PM

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

the last bastion of the vanquished fan boi. " but sure why are you posting"

Fan boi indeed.

Listen to you, you're just too cool for the room. Thankfully you're here to save us from millennials that want their big corner office. Although what that little rant had to do with a man that just wants to train hard to win a fight I don't know.

Effects · 21-04-2016 04:24PM

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

wasn't aldo standing up for fighters pay etc long before conor was?
I'm sure aldo was the problem child long before macgregor showed up?

He didn't have the same charisma or draw that Conor has though.

VisibleGorilla · 21-04-2016 04:25PM

Diaz has him completely spooked haha.

He'll quit for real after he gets choked out again.

StringerBell · 21-04-2016 04:25PM

Kavanagh should not be allowed tweet

I expected better from the statement given they had so long for his pr team to prepare one.

John_D80 · 21-04-2016 04:26PM

That_Guy wrote: »

Who needs $10m for promotional purposes when you have Conor McGregor sitting behind a keyboard.

The guy generates so much praise/hate/intrigue etc that it's now impossible for the UFC to refuse him a spot on the 200 card.

The level of intrigue and interest in the fight and the spectacle as a whole of this event because of a tweet and a Facebook post is like nothing we've ever seen before. He may not even realise how much hype he's generating despite not flying to Vegas to answer questions.

Dana and the Ferttita's will be watching a lot of dollars go down the drain if they stick to their stance of removing him from the card.

So true. I genuinely think they will back down after all this. As much as UFC 200 was gonna make before all this, can you imagine how many PPV buys it will do now!!?

Effects · 21-04-2016 04:27PM

VisibleGorilla wrote: »

Diaz has him completely spooked haha.

He'll quit for real after he gets choked out again.

And if that happens he'll know he put everything he has into the fight and be able to accept it.

Axwell · 21-04-2016 04:29PM

SteM wrote: »

Fan boi indeed.

Listen to you, you're just too cool for the room. Thankfully you're here to save us from millennials that want their big corner office. Although what that little rant had to do with a man that just wants to train hard to win a fight I don't know.

Mod note: did I not make myself clear?

CSF · 21-04-2016 04:29PM

VisibleGorilla wrote: »

Diaz has him completely spooked haha.

He'll quit for real after he gets choked out again.

Again, people are gonna take the same from what he says no matter what he says. Pre-conceived ideas are hard to shake.

That_Guy · 21-04-2016 04:29PM

John_D80 wrote: »

So true. I genuinely think they will back down after all this. As much as UFC 200 was gonna make before all this, can you imagine how many PPV buys it will do now!!?

It's going to be insane.

Ticket prices, PPV's are going to do big big numbers. You'll have people tuning in to see how he gets on, people tuning him to watch him win/lose etc.

Coupled with the build up and the nice round number that is 200, it's going to break some serious records.

You just can't buy that level of hype.

Dyr · 21-04-2016 04:30PM

tldr version:

I'll do press so long as I'm the one dishing it out, I won't do it when I'm going to be the one taking stick

Mcgregor of last year would have sneered mightily if someone tried that to him

Lukker- · 21-04-2016 04:31PM

He should go to train with Luke Skywalker on Sceilig Michael. No distractions.

HanaleiJ5N · 21-04-2016 04:31PM

I don't think the UFC will have any choice other than to stand their ground here, ballsy move by McGregor but doomed to fail, he overplayed his hand sending that tweet. That put the whole thing out in the open when this should have been trashed out behind closed doors. Now that it's become a public stand-off, the UFC are now in a position where they need to face down the perception that McGregor is bigger than the UFC.

John_D80 · 21-04-2016 04:32PM

Bambi wrote: »

tldr version:

I'll do press so long as I'm the one dishing it out, I won't do it when I'm going to be the one taking stick

Mcgregor of last year would have sneered mightily if someone tried that to him

LOL.

Not even remotely related to what he said! :-)

messinkiapina · 21-04-2016 04:32PM

Is he being cute by asking for something he knows he will not get, because he wants out of the Diaz fight? Taking that Diaz fight seems like an awful idea to me, maybe Conor is coming to that conclusion too.

ardinn · 21-04-2016 04:32PM

This is so much of a stunt by conor and dana it's frightening - You have jk in the background firing little easter eggs after every comment - Lads 200 is happening - Conor will be there - Im sceptical as to who it will be against but probably Diaz.

brevity · 21-04-2016 04:33PM

Conor on Ronda:
Have you ever seen ‘Rocky 3?’ Rocky was doing ads and doing talk shows and doing this and doing that while Clubber Lang was coming up in the shadows, hungry. I felt maybe that was a reference to that fight.

“I’m like Rocky,” he said. “I have it all, I do it all. But then I’m still training like Clubber. I’m still putting in that Clubber Lang work. I’m still grinding and still hungry. I think I’m right in a nice little balance.”

He needs to focus on that Clubber Lang work

CSF · 21-04-2016 04:33PM

Can the UFC actually back down here while saving any face? I don't think so, and therefore I think they won't.

newbbieb · 21-04-2016 04:34PM

StringerBell wrote: »

Kavanagh should not be allowed tweet

I expected better from the statement given they had so long for his pr team to prepare one.

Maybe its me but it seems a pretty stupid thing careerwise for Kavanagh to be tweeting what he just has,asking people to pressure the UFC,stupid move on his part imo.

Dial Hard · 21-04-2016 04:36PM

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Good statement, not his fault that when he says he's done promoting it sparks a ton of interest, basically negating the point he's trying to make.

I think that kind of was his point, that with one tweet he earned them three times as much publicity as they could have bought with their $10million budget for the 200 promo.

CatFromHue · 21-04-2016 04:36PM

brevity wrote: »

There was criticism alright. It became a running joke on here iirc.

I don't think he has a problem with some promotion, it's the fact that he wants to win a fight against a guy who beat him.

I have to say I don't remember any criticism for the talk shows he did. I do remember the nightclub stuff allright but that was silly and he wasn't doing promoting then either.

From my understanding it's not a huge amount of promotion he's been asked to do here either. Film ads for the event and then a 3 date press tour, with one of those being in Vegas.

Lukker- wrote: »

Yeah but why does he have to do x10 the promo of everyone else bar Ronda?

Look what happened to her, she has essentially become a recluse since, I don't think you realise how draining it is.

The UFC have no idea how to manage their superstars, they essentially just burn them out and squeeze as much PPV's out of them as they can in the shortest amount of time and then cast them aside and move onto someone bigger and better.

Fair f*cks, someone needs to stand up to the UFC at some stage and I'm glad it's Conor.

I'd imagine it is a right pain but it has to be done. Look no one wants to hear what Jim Miller talk about the event, it's the big stars that count and that's why they get paid more than everyone else.

That_Guy wrote: »

Who needs $10m for promotional purposes when you have Conor McGregor sitting behind a keyboard.

The guy generates so much praise/hate/intrigue etc that it's now impossible for the UFC to refuse him a spot on the 200 card.

The level of intrigue and interest in the fight and the spectacle as a whole of this event because of a tweet and a Facebook post is like nothing we've ever seen before. He may not even realise how much hype he's generating despite not flying to Vegas to answer questions.

Dana and the Ferttita's will be watching a lot of dollars go down the drain if they stick to their stance of removing him from the card.

I don't think he's added any intrigue or more interest in the fight at all. He's just got himself in the news and if the fight does go ahead that'll be forgotten in a few weeks.

Whereas if he does the press conferences and ads they will create more interest in the fight that people will talk about.

nehe milner skudder · 21-04-2016 04:37PM

HanaleiJ5N wrote: »

I don't think the UFC will have any choice other than to stand their ground here, ballsy move by McGregor but doomed to fail, he overplayed his hand sending that tweet. That put the whole thing out in the open when this should have been trashed out behind closed doors. Now that it's become a public stand-off, the UFC are now in a position where they need to face down the perception that McGregor is bigger than the UFC.

thats what I'm thinking. the lunatics will be running the asylum if they kowtow to his demands now.

successful men of dana white's ilk tend to have an ego of their own too and I'm sure he doesn't want to be seen to have been bested in a transaction financial ,dick measuring, or otherwise.

Axwell · 21-04-2016 04:37PM

The UFC doesnt need to back down - neither does Conor. They wanted him to do extra promotions of the event outside of the normal press conferences, he wanted to focus on training and do the standard press conferences. The UFC demanded more, he said no. They pulled him from the card and thats it, life goes on for both. They cant come back now and say ok we bow down you can have it your way and he isnt going to back down either. The solution is simple they will continue as planned and Nate will fight someone else. Conor will help Gunni train for May and will be on the New York card and will do the standard promotions, hype up the fight like he always does without any 10m promotion spend or mini tours or any of that stuff.

StringerBell · 21-04-2016 04:38PM

newbbieb wrote: »

Maybe its me but it seems a pretty stupid thing careerwise for Kavanagh to be tweeting what he just has,asking people to pressure the UFC,stupid move on his part imo.

Actively encouraging people to not buy UFC200, or to put pressure on/bully them into re-instating Conor has got to be a big no no.

Ties nicely in with Conor not believing they would actually pull him from the card though these tactics

CSF · 21-04-2016 04:39PM

Axwell wrote: »

The UFC doesnt need to back down - neither does Conor. They wanted him to do extra promotions of the event outside of the normal press conferences, he wanted to focus on training and do the standard press conferences. The UFC demanded more, he said no. They pulled him from the card and thats it, life goes on for both. They cant come back now and say ok we bow down you can have it your way and he isnt going to back down either. The solution is simple they will continue as planned and Nate will fight someone else. Conor will help Gunni train for May and will be on the New York card and will do the standard promotions, hype up the fight like he always does without any 10m promotion spend or mini tours or any of that stuff.

I imagine this will see Nate pushed down the card. He's not a headline fighter in his own right.

martyos121 · 21-04-2016 04:41PM

A pretty decent offer from the Theodorou:

https://twitter.com/eliastheodorou/status/723163758319661057

:pac:

Axwell · 21-04-2016 04:41PM

CSF wrote: »

I imagine this will see Nate pushed down the card. He's not a headline fighter in his own right.

It probably will but that isnt really an issue. They have plenty of people willing to fight Nate and fight on the card so they will be just fine.

StringerBell · 21-04-2016 04:43PM

RDA v Diaz maybe

GSP v Lawlor is one I bet they will be shooting money at, and have been for a long time. I hear it is GSP who has been holding up that fight being made, maybe now they will throw enough at him that he says yes.

VisibleGorilla · 21-04-2016 04:43PM

He is the one who demanded this rematch, no one else wanted this fight and now he is moaning about promoting it?

He can dish out but cannot take it. He'd have to sit there in Stockton, California and take it all and he is simply not strong enough for that.

Broken man.

slicus ricus · 21-04-2016 04:48PM

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