Mellor wrote: » It's 11 weeks away now. A full camp is 6-12 weeks. If he is taking Nate seriously, as he obviously should, he's need a look towards the longer side of camp. Putting on mass, focusing on cardio, these considerations add time to his camp. Maybe he'll change gears in a few weeks. But he absolute needs to training towards the fight now.
zpehtsfd wrote: » McGregor willingly promoted himself into being the UFCs #1 draw and now he wants to scale back on promoting and concentrate on fighting. Someone needs to tell him it doesn't work like that. No one is bigger then the sport. Period.
Swashbuckler wrote: » It could easily be argued that even as it is, 12 weeks is probably not even enough time to get to where he needs to be.
Lucas Hood wrote: » Even for someone who stays ready so he doesn't have to get ready?
Spudman_20000 wrote: »
Swashbuckler wrote: » He has done more for the sport than anyone in the last few years. At what point does he get a break from all the promotion? (Remembering he didn't say he would do no promotion). He's doing the right thing and has the right attitude. Only a stupid man would come off a loss as bad as the one to Diaz and go straight ahead and make the same mistakes again.
price690 wrote: » I have to hand it to McGregor, he really has caught the attention of bandwagon jumping Irish sports fans in fairness. The lad is clearly good at what he does, both in and out of the octagon. What I find amusing is that there is very little middle ground between his "haters" and his "fans". The Haters have him up against the shooting gallery the minute he loses and get overtly offended by anything he said prior to his defeat. His fans will hear no criticism of him whatsoever, i've never seen anyone build such a loyal fanbase of soldiers who will go out to bat for him 24/7. I'm not sure if most of these are actually MMA fans or people who like his style/wealth/man bun/status or all of the above. McGregor could roll up and take a massive sh*te on their doorstep and they would take something from it along the lines of: "I like what he is doing here, I hate my neighbours and this will keep them from ringing my doorbell, the guy is a pioneer, a bloody genius" Equally its hilarious to read the over the top criticism aswell. The guy deserves credit for creating such a divisive persona for him. I honestly don't think its any part of a grand plan, his quick wit and ability to sh*te talk has got him to where he is today, both in a sense its given him great wealth and exposure, but also to a place where its now expected of him and to simply fail to show is bad form, given he'd signed a contract to do just that. You reap what you sow and all that, he seems to be moving the goalposts. He'd have gained a hell of alot of respect if he had rolled into stockton cocky as ever talking about how Nate got lucky "the sun always shines on a dogs arse every now and again" or something of that ilk during the press conferences. He'll be back though no doubt, but this no show has shown a chink in the armour no matter how people want to spin it. For what its worth i'd be one of those people in the middle who just enjoy watching his fights and can be objective. Hs coach comes across as a little embarrassing sometimes though. He seems to be following the Freddie Roach/Roger Mayweather school of hype. You really get the impression he is enjoying his 20 minutes of fame. For a bloke who is extremely awkward and defensive in his dealings with the media he seems to talk an awful lot.
paulieeye wrote: » no bro..he's scared of the trash talk!!! he lost so he can never trash talk again, he can only sit there and take it /s
glasso wrote: » well expressed. If McGregor flew to Turkey, crossed over the border to Syria and joined ISIS it would be rationalised as a publicity masterstroke... somehow.
jcsoulinger wrote: » Good point, given the manner of Diaz victory he would give him some rippin in the press conference and Conor would just have to sit there and take it. I reckon Conor realised he can't win and is trying to blame the UFC to save face, given all his trash talk about his opponents pulling out cause of injury, this is way worse reason not to fight.
JohnMc1 wrote: » Just NY. It was only 3 cities iirc.[Stockton, Vegas and NYC] Nothing like the one for the Aldo fight. He had no problem doing long media stretches when he was undefeated and in his "Mystic Mac" phase. Conor is still embarrassed about the fight. I think anybody with a full camp goes out there and gets beat by a guy with literally no camp [Nate was on vacation when they called him for the fight] would be. Conor doesn't want to do it because he knows he can't do his usual shtick. He can't do his "I'll KO him in less than a minute" here because Nate took his best shots last time and didn't phase him.
weldoninhio wrote: » Sorry but that second line is the most nonsensical in this entire thread. UFC 200 will go ahead without McGregor, the company will make millions, maybe not as many as if McGregor had fought, but millions nonetheless. McGregor will make €0, £0, $0 from it. Same with the next event, McGregor does what he's told or at UFC 201/2/3/4/5 he makes squat. He's contracted to them so he can't fight elsewhere, if he doesn't play ball he'll lose millions.
CSF wrote: » What's nonsensical? Weird to dismiss something flippantly without even a supporting argument. UFC 200 makes significantly more money with Conor than without him right?
jcsoulinger wrote: » Maybe in the long term they think it makes more sense that McGregor sits this fight out, should he get humiliated again by Diaz which is very lightly imo, how would that effect his marketability going forward, You don't kill a cash cow ya milk it for as long as possible.
glasso wrote: » If McGregor flew to Turkey, crossed over the border to Syria and joined ISIS it would be rationalised as a publicity masterstroke... somehow.
J Mysterio wrote: » Wheres the North ffs.
CSF wrote: » They booked this fight in the first place. It would have been much easier for them to say 'no you have to defend your featherweight title, you haven't defended it once' if that was their standpoint. People are rife with their conspiracy theories but chances are the issues are what both parties say they are.
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