Conor Mcgregor arrested again

ManOfMystery · 12-03-2019 11:30am

super_furry wrote: »

Think McGregor’s biggest problem now is the fact that it was his gob and his carry-on that got him this far.

His antics and out of the octagon showmanship in the UFC saw him move up the ranks far quicker than his skill alone would have and he basically talked himself into a title shot at the stage of his career where other fighters and milling around the top ten.

He trash-talked his way into that title fight with Jose Aldo and his career shot off like a rocket from then. It was a similar situation with Mayweather – his verbals and antics convinced millions of people to pay money for a nonsense fight that he had no chance of winning.

But now that all seems to be behind him now, how does he turn that off? I don’t think he’s ever going to be a real title contender in the UFC again and he’s created a caricature for himself that he’s going to find very hard to shake off, if indeed he wants to.

He’s a man who has bought far too much into what he’s selling himself.

Totally agree. The problem with strong and memorable characters in any kind of celebrity arena is that they end up becoming a cliche of themselves. They start off with an air of mystery and pique interest because no-one knows them, but over time that fades and in the case of someone like McGregor - who resorts often to vulgarities, egotistical behaviour and full-on criminality at times - this negative behaviour can be incredibly wearing on fans and non-fans alike. In no time at all, they're such a cliche that comedians can make sketches based on them.

It used to be that you didn't really know what to expect when Conor McGregor turned up at a press conference or fight. Now we know exactly what to expect. The unpredictability which made him appealing has vanished.

The best thing McGregor could do now is to try and not be that character. That's what would take people by surprise.

sbsquarepants · 12-03-2019 11:35am

KikiLaRue wrote: »

These days he's mainly a coke addict (allegedly), a violent thug (allegedly), a cheater (allegedly) and a rapist (allegedly).

He's also well on his way to earning the title "has been".

But yes, he is still a big deal.

In short he's a knob end, who surrounds himself with other knob ends who will most likely bleed him dry. If he doesn't grow the fúck up and also lay off the Charlie he's destined for the gutter - which to be perfectly truthful is probably where he belongs.

JohnnyFlash · 12-03-2019 11:44am

I do think it's time that the RTE Sports Personality award that he won in 2016 is taken back off him. It was a disgrace that he won in the first place against far more deserving candidates such as Paul O'Donovan (rowing), or Jamie Heaslip (Rugby). Instead there was a concerted effort by his gurning fans to rig the vote so their scumbag hero would win. Then he didn't even bother to turn up to accept the award. What a despicable cretin he is.

Adamocovic · 12-03-2019 11:45am

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

America is full of snowflakes.

This is a non story, probably some idiot mouthing off and shoving a camera on his face, I’d do the same.

Went crying to the police because his phone got smashed.

Well the police reviewed the CCTV before charging him, no doubt it will somehow be eventually leaked to the internet and we will be able to judge it.

However all reports saying it was a fan wanting to take a picture of him. Was 5am with him leaving a nightclub so not crazy to think at least a bit of booze involved and McGregor notably has anger issues.

It's pretty hard to defend him....again.

Adamocovic · 12-03-2019 11:53am

biko wrote: »

Strong-armed robbery for slapping a phone out of someone's hand?
Word inflation galore.
Like when people call it "assault" to even just touch someone.

Strong-armed robbery, as it suggests is using force to commit theft.

If you were over there and someone slapped your phone out of your hand, stamped on it before picking it up and going off with it I'm pretty sure you wouldn't argue that it wasn't strong-armed robbery and that the police were just going over the top with it.

Whatever about the law and what we think of it, surely what is being reported falls under the category.

EmmetSpiceland · 12-03-2019 11:58am

super_furry wrote: »

Think McGregor’s biggest problem now is the fact that it was his gob and his carry-on that got him this far.

His erratic behaviour and vast consumption of cocaine are probably up there too.

Wheres Me Jumper? · 12-03-2019 11:58am

NEWSFLASH! Angry, aggressive cretin, gets angry and becomes aggressive.

EmmetSpiceland · 12-03-2019 12:02pm

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

NEWSFLASH! Angry, aggressive cretin, gets angry and becomes aggressive.

I’m not sure what people expected from him. His profession is a blood sport fought in cages. He’s worshiped by hordes of angry young men, most of whom look they’ve never seen the inside of a gym or too much natural sunlight.

Hopefully he’ll get his house in order but it doesn’t seem like anyone is looking out for him judging by the trail of destruction and allegations that have followed him over the last number of years.

Wheres Me Jumper? · 12-03-2019 12:06pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I’m not sure what people expected from him.

maybe to make good use of his many millions, and heaven knows try and contribute something back to the "sport" and to young people in general.

am i asking too much?

Tacklebox · 12-03-2019 12:07pm

I think he's on the rocky road to rehab and he'll join a lot of celebs and sports star's on the road to recovery....

The young man is in a lot of trouble, he needs help.

It probably boils down to his choice of living and personal influences.

Been there done that tore off the t-shirt....

biko · 12-03-2019 12:09pm

Samuel Vimes wrote: »

You are not required to touch someone to be guilty of assault.

Stop assaulting me with your internet comments

El_Bee · 12-03-2019 12:12pm

America's justice system has a soft spot for the rich and famous but not for multiple offenders, he might be in trouble here.

GiftofGab · 12-03-2019 12:14pm

biko wrote: »

Strong-armed robbery for slapping a phone out of someone's hand?
Word inflation galore.
Like when people call it "assault" to even just touch someone.

He slapped the phone out of his hand, stomped on it and took it afterwards. Some phones are worth over €1000 these days.

Noveight · 12-03-2019 12:24pm

I saw a Tweet that said he now has more arrests than wins since 2016 or 2017 or something. Lolz.

mad muffin · 12-03-2019 12:25pm

I can’t believe he stole someone’s phone like that. He must have been nostalgic for the old days.

Woke Hogan · 12-03-2019 12:27pm

McGregor's just playing the game. He's two steps ahead of everyone else. None of us could dare attempt to even try to decrypt the Machiavellian machinations of this wily fox's brain.

:D:D

Seriously though, it's clear that he has been given absolutely no real guidance from anyone close to him since his rise to the top. Obviously someone needs to step in and try to save him before he does some serious damage to himself or someone else. However it seems that he's surrounded himself with sycophants and yes men who are happy to keep the party going while their money's coming in, including his own parents and siblings.

Time will catch up with him, he will lose his fortune and the party will end. Eventually his none too plussed family will be looking on in horror as he is reduced to fighting travellers in tractor trailers behind Tesco carparks and they realise they sold out their own, only son for coinage and slim-fit, hand-fitted Hugo Boss suits.

12-03-2019 12:32pm

Bad behaviour seems to be a trend with fighters and coaches from SBG gym. One of the SBG fighter/coaches killed a retiree in a street attack in 2016.

You'd have to wonder about John Kavanagh's leadership, do they not have a code of conduct in that gym?

I can't believe parents would send their kids there, to a breeding ground for thugs.

Perifect · 12-03-2019 12:34pm

I think we should call up Khabib to teach him some manners again. McTapper smeshes a phone, Khabib will smesh his face.

KikiLaRue · 12-03-2019 12:37pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

McGregor's just playing the game. He's two steps ahead of everyone else. None of us could dare attempt to even try to decrypt the Machiavellian machinations of this wily fox's brain. :D:D

Seriously though, it's clear that he has been given absolutely no real guidance from anyone close to him since his rise to the top. Obviously someone needs to step in and try to save him before he does some serious damage to himself or someone else. However it seems that he's surrounded himself with sycophants and yes men who are happy to keep the party going while their money's coming in, including his own parents and siblings.

Time will catch up with him, he will lose his fortune and the party will end. Eventually his none too plussed family will be looking on in horror as he is reduced to fighting travellers in tractor trailers behind Tesco carparks and they realise they sold out their own, only son for coinage and slim-fit, hand-fitted Hugo Boss suits.

I dunno, you'd get a lot of coke and lamborghinis for $100m, and that was just one fights. You'd have to assume he still has a fortune coming in from merch and sponsorship deals.

Patrick2010 · 12-03-2019 12:38pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

McGregor's just playing the game. He's two steps ahead of everyone else. None of us could dare attempt to even try to decrypt the Machiavellian machinations of this wily fox's brain. :D:D

Seriously though, it's clear that he has been given absolutely no real guidance from anyone close to him since his rise to the top. Obviously someone needs to step in and try to save him before he does some serious damage to himself or someone else. However it seems that he's surrounded himself with sycophants and yes men who are happy to keep the party going while their money's coming in, including his own parents and siblings.

Time will catch up with him, he will lose his fortune and the party will end. Eventually his none too plussed family will be looking on in horror as he is reduced to fighting travellers in tractor trailers behind Tesco carparks and they realise they sold out their own, only son for coinage and slim-fit, hand-fitted Hugo Boss suits.

Wonder were the drug dealing Murray brothers on this trip, they seem to go everywhere else with him.

EmmetSpiceland · 12-03-2019 12:41pm

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

maybe to make good use of his many millions, and heaven knows try and contribute something back to the "sport" and to young people in general.

am i asking too much?

It would appear that you are. He has an entourage and a following that defend and back him up at every turn.

There’s an awkward young guy in my work who worships McGregor like a god, I’ve mentioned it to his manager that we might be better served having him working for the IT department. He was even defending him after he attacked that bus full of people. He blamed that Russian lad, said he was a coward for not stepping off the bus.

Whenever McGregor steps out of line he has a bunch of people all telling him he’s great and not the problem.

sbsquarepants · 12-03-2019 12:51pm

KikiLaRue wrote: »

I dunno, you'd get a lot of coke and lamborghinis for $100m, and that was just one fights. You'd have to assume he still has a fortune coming in from merch and sponsorship deals.

True, but you see it time and time again in the sports world. Something like 50% of premiership footballers are bankrupt within 2 or 3 years of stopping playing. Boxing is particularly notorious for it, fighters make millions and end up penniless while the agents and promoters laugh all the way to the Bahamas.

Very few people are gifted enough to be top level athletes and also financial whizz kids. McGregor certainly isn't one of them, he appears to be as thick as pig shít.

When you need to trust someone much smarter than you with your hundred million, you're in a precarious situation. Few years of partying, some dodgey financial advice and next thing you know the money has stopped coming in and the tax man says you owe him 20 or 30 million.

4 or 5 years from now McGregor won't be up to fighting a gypo in a car park for a few grand, but that financial whizz who took all his money will still be a financial whizz, and still have his money!

Wheeliebin30 · 12-03-2019 12:56pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

It would appear that you are. He has an entourage and a following that defend and back him up at every turn.

There’s an awkward young guy in my work who worships McGregor like a god, I’ve mentioned it to his manager that we might be better served having him working for the IT department. He was even defending him after he attacked that bus full of people. He blamed that Russian lad, said he was a coward for not stepping off the bus.

Whenever McGregor steps out of line he has a bunch of people all telling him he’s great and not the problem.

You went behind a guys back in work and tried to get him moved elsewhere because he like McGregor and you don’t?????

Sounds fair.

Wheres Me Jumper? · 12-03-2019 1:00pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

It would appear that you are. He has an entourage and a following that defend and back him up at every turn.

There’s an awkward young guy in my work who worships McGregor like a god, I’ve mentioned it to his manager that we might be better served having him working for the IT department. He was even defending him after he attacked that bus full of people. He blamed that Russian lad, said he was a coward for not stepping off the bus.

Whenever McGregor steps out of line he has a bunch of people all telling him he’s great and not the problem.

that is sad, worrying yet unsurprising. i remember Mike Tyson (one of the best heavyweights ever imho) going through a similar phase during his career.
he seems to have turned his life around, and i applaud him for it.

Perifect · 12-03-2019 1:02pm

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

that is sad, worrying yet unsurprising. i remember Mike Tyson (one of the best heavyweights ever imho) going through a similar phase during his career.
he seems to have turned his life around, and i applaud him for it.

You applaud convicted rapist Mike Tyson?

EmmetSpiceland · 12-03-2019 1:03pm

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

You went behind a guys back in work and tried to get him moved elsewhere because he like McGregor and you don’t?????

Sounds fair.

That’s not what happened, the two things were unrelated. The young lad talks about computers a lot so when in conversation with a fellow manager who wasn’t happy with his work I suggested talking to the IT lot about taking him on.

It had nothing to do with him “liking McGregor”. I was merely pointing out that to some people McGregor can do no wrong and isn’t at fault for his actions.

Please don’t misrepresent me again in future.

Wheres Me Jumper? · 12-03-2019 1:05pm

Perifect wrote: »

You applaud convicted rapist Mike Tyson?

yes i applaud him for turning his life around, and for being a fantastic boxer.

is_that_so · 12-03-2019 1:07pm

Perifect wrote: »

You applaud convicted rapist Mike Tyson?

Hmm, poster (wilfully?) misinterprets sentence to air their own view of it. I think most people would welcome the lack of chaos and violence in his life for everyone. One can signal honest approval of people's positive actions without ignoring their previous transgressions.

Deebles McBeebles · 12-03-2019 1:08pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Please don’t misrepresent me again in future.

I'd get your solicitor on the phone immediately.

Perifect · 12-03-2019 1:08pm

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

yes i applaud him for turning his life around, and for being a fantastic boxer.

And ignore that he's a convicted rapist?

Perifect · 12-03-2019 1:10pm

is_that_so wrote: »

Hmm, poster (wilfully?) misinterprets sentence to air their own view of it. I think most people would welcome the lack of chaos and violence in his life for everyone. One can signal honest approval of people's positive actions without ignoring their previous transgressions.

I'm sure Desiree Washington also applauds his lack of violence currently. :rolleyes:

Deebles McBeebles · 12-03-2019 1:12pm

Perifect wrote: »

And ignore that he's a convicted rapist?

That's a question that has been discussed recently on the MJ thread, can you separate the art from the artist?

YFlyer · 12-03-2019 1:13pm

GinAndBitter wrote: »

Cocaines a hell of a drug

Heard that in Mayweather's voice.

Wheeliebin30 · 12-03-2019 1:15pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

That’s not what happened, the two things were unrelated. The young lad talks about computers a lot so when in conversation with a fellow manager who wasn’t happy with his work I suggested talking to the IT lot about taking him on.

It had nothing to do with him “liking McGregor”. I was merely pointing out that to some people McGregor can do no wrong and isn’t at fault for his actions.

Please don’t misrepresent me again in future.

Yeah good one.

So you first state you asked for him
to be moved without mentioning anything about him been into computers but when get pulled up on it you try explain your point was unrelated to McGregor.

Why even mention it then?

Don’t believe you.

goat2 · 12-03-2019 1:17pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

It would appear that you are. He has an entourage and a following that defend and back him up at every turn.

There’s an awkward young guy in my work who worships McGregor like a god, I’ve mentioned it to his manager that we might be better served having him working for the IT department. He was even defending him after he attacked that bus full of people. He blamed that Russian lad, said he was a coward for not stepping off the bus.

Whenever McGregor steps out of line he has a bunch of people all telling him he’s great and not the problem.

In what way is the young guy awkward, that he has different opinion to you, he should lose his present job,

Perifect · 12-03-2019 1:18pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

That's a question that has been discussed recently on the MJ thread, can you separate the art from the artist?

He wasn't separating his art only, he was applauding him. Not much consolation for his victim!

Deebles McBeebles · 12-03-2019 1:21pm

Perifect wrote: »

He wasn't separating his art only, he was applauding him. Not much consolation for his victim!

That's not what was said though, he applauded Tyson for being a fantastic boxer, which he was and for turning his life around, which is praise-worthy with regard to anyone.

No one said Tyson should be applauded for raping.

EmmetSpiceland · 12-03-2019 1:23pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

I'd get your solicitor on the phone immediately.

I guess we could always settle it like real men, I’ll smash up a bus filled with innocent bystanders that’s he’s on.

El_Bee · 12-03-2019 1:24pm

there's literally no proof that Mcgregor is a volatile coked up thug, this was all just a misunderstanding don't be begrudgers Conor's best years are ahead of him he'll be back on top for sure.

How Soon Is Now · 12-03-2019 1:24pm

These Mcgregor threads are always great! Round and round and round we go!

is_that_so · 12-03-2019 1:26pm

El_Bee wrote: »

there's literally no proof that Mcgregor is a volatile coked up thug, this was all just a misunderstanding don't be begrudgers Conor's best years are ahead of him he'll be back on top for sure.

At 30 probably not. He seems to have elected to enjoy life to the fullest instead.

Wheres Me Jumper? · 12-03-2019 1:27pm

The rain falls hard on a humdrum town...

Perifect · 12-03-2019 1:27pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

That's not what was said though, he applauded Tyson for being a fantastic boxer, which he was and for turning his life around, which is praise-worthy with regard to anyone.

No one said Tyson should be applauded for raping.

He applauded him for turning his life around, as I said, that's not much consolation to Desiree Washington. If McGregor was convicted of rape, would he just have to wait a few years until people started applauding him again?

khaldrogo · 12-03-2019 1:29pm

Yawn.....

erica74 · 12-03-2019 1:33pm

khaldrogo wrote: »

Yawn.....

Says Khal Drogo, the fella who raped his wife on their wedding night

:pac:

Deebles McBeebles · 12-03-2019 1:36pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I guess we could always settle it like real men, I’ll smash up a bus filled with innocent bystanders that’s he’s on.

Don't forget your hand truck.

Deebles McBeebles · 12-03-2019 1:37pm

Perifect wrote: »

He applauded him for turning his life around, as I said, that's not much consolation to Desiree Washington. If McGregor was convicted of rape, would he just have to wait a few years until people started applauding him again?

I doubt she's reading this tbf.

You can't separate the art from the artist and that's fair enough but some people can and do.

goat2 · 12-03-2019 1:38pm

I see people with I Phones all the time, if we watch on telly when the stars are out, the general public are there with these things in their faces,
I think it is rather rude , if people want to just say hello, say it, but instead these things are shoved in peoples face, I guess he snapped, sick of it all of the time,

Henry Ford III · 12-03-2019 1:42pm

He'll be wrecking buses next ...

KikiLaRue · 12-03-2019 1:45pm

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Yeah good one.

So you first state you asked for him
to be moved without mentioning anything about him been into computers but when get pulled up on it you try explain your point was unrelated to McGregor.

Why even mention it then?

Don’t believe you.

Why even have discussions with people online if you're just going to say "don't believe you" every time someone says something you don't agree with?

Conor Mcgregor arrested again

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