degsie wrote: » Didn't he just walk away from a guaranteed $10M?
finglashoop wrote: » No. The ufc took that ten mil away because they called his bluff. He played the game , imo , was actually right, and he lost. He will make the money on his next fight. I think his draw just got bigger over all this
degsie wrote: » Didn't think messing his fans around with nonsense tweets would make him more endearing. I suppose the proof of the pudding will be his next fight and the amount of 'draw' this will have.
Saipanne wrote: » The amount is 'huge'. A few heartbroken fans won't make a dent in his rise.
degsie wrote: » So, in short, he can do no wrong.
Carroller wrote: » Someone needs to take Conors phone off of him...
Zero-Cool wrote: » Good to hear Conor's thoughts on twitter interacting with fans and haters alike.
When the tank goes, no amount of skill can save you.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » You wouldn't see Brian o Driscoll or Rory Mcilroy carrying on like this.
Lukker- wrote: » https://www.instagram.com/p/BE5K8vmpXbC/ Nate's looking like a Welter Weight these days. He looks as heavy as Nick, and a few inches taller too. UFC have them both down as 6"0 on their website but Nate is at least 6"2.
finglashoop wrote: » He has a say. He doesn't make the decisions though.
Subcomandante Marcos wrote: » Nate is nowhere near 6'2". He was not anything like 5+ inches taller than Conor in their fight, Conor is a generous 5'9".
Subcomandante Marcos wrote: » Conor's latest tweets seen desperate. Your tank didn't go dude, you got rocked with a combo and were on wobble street until you shot a double out of desperation because you knew the end of the round was too far away.
Lukker- wrote: » He gassed in the first round. He was pale as a ghost on the stool in corner. He is a 1 or 2 round fighter normally, he threw everything he had in that first round looking for a KO and punched himself out.
Subcomandante Marcos wrote: » He was sucking in air but that's not why he lost the fight. He lost the fight because he was leaving his chin hanging out and Diaz started teeing off on him with combos from about 2.53 left in the wound onwards and McGregor knew he couldn't take it anymore and shot a double.
Cathy.C wrote: » You're backtracking. You said it was the UFC that "decide who and when" McGregor fights and now you're admitting that he 'has a say'. Grand, not sure what took you so long though, as it's quite obvious that the UFC doesn't always get their own way when it comes to them choosing who a fighter's opponents will be. I'm sure they would have loved if Nate had fought whoever the hell Dana had chosen for him to fight at 200 but he is not going to, is he? Which, incidentally, I would say annoyed Lorenzo as had Nate fought another fighter at 200 then that really would have been showing Conor but Nate didn't and so that he/they didn't have it all their own way at all. As for it all being about money and power... of course it is but there was only ever going to be one winner when a millionaire goes toe to toe with a billionaire (Lorenzo). Doesn't make Conor totally powerless though. Has to rankle with Lorenzo that someone he is having a power struggle with is still the biggest PPV draw for his company and that fighters are turning down slots on the biggest night in UFC history just to fight that fighter on another card. UFC don't exactly come away from this smelling of roses either. Reprimanding Conor so publicly, in such a disproportionate way, they might very well have won the battle, but they have far from won the war and are also far from unscathed, in an overall sense at least. Yes, they will lose out on $40m or so but more than that, they have also come across as quite amateurish in how they have dealt with this situation. There is a reason that most professional sports fine their stars for missing certain events, not meeting their obligations etc and that is because it works and also because there is little consequence the for the sport or its fans when they do that. What the UFC did however was grossly cut off their own nose to spite their own face. They publicly deflated one of their most vocal stars, in a way which would be akin to a circus showing a video each night of how they inject sedation into their man eating lions before each show. McGregor's bark won't seem as fierce now when they wheel him out on Conan and Kimmel. End result being that they saw to that their main star would miss their main event and quite simply, it would not happen in any other sport, be that a heavyweight boxing champion getting pulled from a world title bout, or a football star being pulled from a European Cup Final. Baby, bath water and all that.
finglashoop wrote: » He has a say. Especially where an opponent drops out and they need a replacement.They cant force anyone into a fight. A say that ufc can take on board or ignore but ultimately they make a decision. You are overestimating how much sway he holds. Ufc were there before conor and they'll be there after him. Ans along they way they will have no problem putting him or anyone in their place as that is how they do business. Ufc is the attraction not the fighters
darced wrote: » Its on Fox has its own streaming service and sells out everywhere they go. No its not in decline or anything like it.
hatrickpatrick wrote: » Dafuq @ today's Twitter O_o
