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Official Conor McGregor thread (part 6) *Read Mod Note in Post 1* Revised 13-01-19

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  • #2672
    jammiedodgers
    Registered Users Posts: 1,402 ✭✭✭jammiedodgers


    Stuxnet wrote: »

    UFC flexing it's muscle now and McTapper having his toddler tantrum.

    Anyone who uses the name "McTapper" really sounds like a 12 year old.


  • #2673
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,933 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    CQD wrote: »
    Well he's not the sharpest tool in the shed in fairness..
    His fairly hefty bank account suggests otherwise.

    Patiently waiting for the fight announcement now that he's said he's retired.
    Few casuals I'm friends with reckon he retired as he didn't want a rematch with Khabib..


  • #2674
    Pussyhands
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    Time to close the thread considering we can't discuss anything non MMA fight related.


  • #2675
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Pussyhands wrote: »
    Time to close the thread considering we can't discuss anything non MMA fight related.

    Yeah..


  • #2676
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,506 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    His gimmick is based of Money Mayweather,
    Who you guessed it also retired multiple times to return to a bigger fan fair,


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  • #2677
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    His gimmick is based of Money Mayweather,
    Who you guessed it also retired multiple times to return to a bigger fan fair,
    Doesn't work quite as well when you announce your retirement after going on TV and saying you want to fight in July :pac:


  • #2678
    Axwell
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,461 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    Pussyhands wrote: »
    Time to close the thread considering we can't discuss anything non MMA fight related.

    How about you let the mods worry about the thread and whether it should be closed or not? If you have nothing of value to add to the discussion then it would be better to not post at all..


  • #2679
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,735 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    jammiedodgers wrote: »
    Anyone who uses the name "McTapper" really sounds like a 12 year old.
    Hi you must be new, if I joined when I was born as per my join date, Id be 14


  • #2680
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,727 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    He probably has retired. Rematch with Khabib is most likely another defeat. Rematch with Diaz is not a gimme either.

    He has barely fought over the last few years. He would realistically need to have a few easier fights to get back to a high level.

    I don’t think he’s motivated to put in the work.
    He wants the money and he has plenty of other ways of getting it.


  • #2681
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,417 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    This was only last week. Doesn't look someone whos about to retire.



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  • #2682
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,924 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    I'm convinced he only came back for the Khabib fight to promote his whiskey. Every promo piece was him drinking it, the logo on the apron. All his interviews I've seen since are all about Proper 12 and AM, fighting is always the last thing he talks about or is asked about. His heart wasn't in that camp, he came in 6-8 weeks before in **** shape I'm told. He hadn't fought in 2 years or trained for a camp, anyone talking it serious would of done atleast 12 weeks.

    People aren't going to buy a whiskey of a retired fighter, so he has stayed as active as little possible, while keeping in the headlines.

    He got his token title shot now the UFC don't know how to use him as his name is still too big for a co main.


  • #2683
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,417 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    With the brawl after and the fact McGregor is the only person to take a round from Khabib in UFC theres plenty of money there for a rematch. More than the first. It would be the biggest fight in MMA history.


  • #2684
    Captain Red Beard
    Registered Users Posts: 871 ✭✭✭Captain Red Beard


    <SNIP>

    Mod: No discussion of ongoing legal issues/court cases or anything related - this has been said multiple times


  • #2685
    TomasMacR
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 262 ✭✭TomasMacR


    rob316 wrote: »
    I'm convinced he only came back for the Khabib fight to promote his whiskey. Every promo piece was him drinking it, the logo on the apron. All his interviews I've seen since are all about Proper 12 and AM, fighting is always the last thing he talks about or is asked about.

    I wouldn't say 'only came back' but I would say definitely motivated and totally distracted by it.

    He hopped into the octagon and started pointing (or slapping, can't remember) to the branded logo. When would you ever see the likes of that in the highest level of any sport, particularly when it is a full contact 1 vs 1.


  • #2686
    dave1982
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    Ariel reporting its over the diaz trilogy more or less. Ufc says they have no interest in it and conor wants it. Ariel more or less calling dana a liar cause dana implying they dont need conor. Ariels balls have dropped asume its cause espn is king now and dana cant ban him


  • #2687
    goon_magee
    Registered Users Posts: 709 ✭✭✭goon_magee


    The Nal wrote: »
    With the brawl after and the fact McGregor is the only person to take a round from Khabib in UFC theres plenty of money there for a rematch. More than the first. It would be the biggest fight in MMA history.

    I dont think there is any hope of a rematch pulling the same numbers. It might hit 2m, but I would imagine a lot of casual fans who bought into the hype the first time got their fill of Khabib dominating Conor first time round. A lot of people see a rematch as a forgone conclusion given the nature of the last fight.


  • #2688
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Honestly, you'd be mad to think McG v Khabib 2 wouldn't do insane numbers.

    At this stage Conor could fight his local binman over a grudge and do major PPV. People underestimate his draw, the genuine MMA fans are only a small piece of that particular jigsaw, and always were in his later fights.


  • #2689
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,858 ✭✭✭cletus


    Stuxnet wrote: »
    Hi you must be new, if I joined when I was born as per my join date, Id be 14

    Ah, it's definitely possible for a fully grown man to sound like a 12 year old


  • #2690
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,924 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    Honestly, you'd be mad to think McG v Khabib 2 wouldn't do insane numbers.

    At this stage Conor could fight his local binman over a grudge and do major PPV. People underestimate his draw, the genuine MMA fans are only a small piece of that particular jigsaw, and always were in his later fights.

    Americans absolutely love him.


  • #2691
    Effects
    Registered Users Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭Effects


    rob316 wrote: »
    Americans absolutely love him.

    And they are pretty forgiving of scum bag behaviour from their sports stars.


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  • #2692
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    His spokesman published a statement, I cant/wont post it in its entirety as it relates to something else, however a small portion of it is relevant to the current topic (retirement) as we can read between the lines and take this as Conor's explanation for why negotiations broke down and he announced his retirement.

    476390.jpg

    To me thats Conor saying the UFC are not giving him enough respect for what he's done for them.


  • #2693
    Raekwondo
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭Raekwondo


    dave1982 wrote: »
    Ariel reporting its over the diaz trilogy more or less. Ufc says they have no interest in it and conor wants it. Ariel more or less calling dana a liar cause dana implying they dont need conor. Ariels balls have dropped asume its cause espn is king now and dana cant ban him

    They already kinda have though, UFC get to pick who does events like Brett Okamoto doing octagon walks on broadcast and stuff. Ariel said it himself. He'll never be doing that stuff.


  • #2694
    Axwell
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,461 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    Lads some posts deleted..do not attempt to derail the thread and go towards a topic you are fully aware is not to be discussed.


  • #2695
    Pussyhands
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    <snip>


    Mod: Already multiple warnings..


  • #2696
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2019/03/26/mcgregor-announces-ufc-retirement-ahead-of-ufc-comeback/

    The Dublin man’s announcement has had a knock on effect elsewhere as Joe.ie has sadly ceased trading and fired its 400 journalists as its business model was heavily reliant on the 60-Conor-McGregor-articles-a-day industry.


    :pac:


  • #2697
    mdwexford
    Registered Users Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Definitely another faux retirement.

    Must be crazy to stick out one strangely worded tweet and see it make world news and social media go into meltdown. Between that and all the Mayweather cash is it any wonder it went to his head.


  • #2698
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    mdwexford wrote: »
    Definitely another faux retirement.

    Must be crazy to stick out one strangely worded tweet and see it make world news and social media go into meltdown. Between that and all the Mayweather cash is it any wonder it went to his head.

    Imagine chilling at home with your friends having a laugh and saying “watch how I can cause a meltdown with this one tweet”, then 15 minutes later seeing not only every sports outlet but also the likes of Sky News and the BBC etc covering it.

    Madness :pac:


  • #2699
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Confirmation fron Dana that he was trying to put Conor as co-main to possibly a HW title fight. (Cormier vs Lesnar)
    And Conor was having none of it.

    https://www.mmanews.com/dana-white-explains-why-conor-mcgregor-was-offered-a-co-main-event-fight/


  • #2700
    Axwell
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,461 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    Thread Closed.

    New thread open here

    Make sure to read the first post in relation to the new thread and the updated charter.

    Axwell


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