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.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » the last bastion of the vanquished fan boi. " but sure why are you posting"
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?
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.
VisibleGorilla wrote: » Diaz has him completely spooked haha. He'll quit for real after he gets choked out again.
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.
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!!?
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CSF wrote: » I imagine this will see Nate pushed down the card. He's not a headline fighter in his own right.
