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Official Conor McGregor thread (part 4) *Updated Warning in 1st Post Re:Boxing match

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  • #9252
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    Mellor wrote: »
    Pacquiao's last fight was a PPV btw.
    And sold more than 0 obviously

    It wasn't a PPV:

    https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/7/3/15916698/manny-pacquiao-jeff-horn-peaks-at-4-4-million-viewers-averages-3-1-million-espn-boxing


  • #9253
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    dashoonage wrote: »
    Id like to see him stripped of the belt. Make Tony champ, winner of khabib vs barboza gets the next shot.

    I'm quite happy for McGregor to do money fights , gsp Diaz whatever.

    But let the divisions go on. There are some legit beasts in the top 7-8 at lw. The division doesn't need McGregor. Look at FW it's flying it without him.

    This is my take as well. He is his own division now. He doesn't need a title for his star power and unlike the rest of the roster who will only get PPV points if they're champion, Conor can dictate terms to the UFC. Just strip him and move on.

    If he decides he wants to defend it and they can get a fight scheduled in the first half of next year, fine. Otherwise, it's time to move on.


  • #9254
    ASOT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭ASOT


    Monokne wrote: »
    It wasn't a PPV:

    https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/7/3/15916698/manny-pacquiao-jeff-horn-peaks-at-4-4-million-viewers-averages-3-1-million-espn-boxing

    The article states itself that it sold over 200k ppvs in australia. Just because it wasnt a ppv in the ufc doesnt mean it wasnt a ppv.


  • #9255
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    ASOT wrote: »
    The article states itself that it sold over 200k ppvs in australia. Just because it wasnt a ppv in the ufc doesnt mean it wasnt a ppv.

    I was referring to the north American market, where the vast majority of PPV's are sold.


  • #9256
    ASOT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭ASOT


    Monokne wrote: »
    I was referring to the north American market, where the vast majority of PPV's are sold.

    Fair enough it was still a ppv though and still done over 200k.


  • #9257
    Too Tough To Die
    Registered Users Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭Too Tough To Die


    FFS lads, who cares about Australia?


  • #9258
    ASOT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭ASOT


    Too Tough To Die wrote: »
    FFS lads, who cares about Australia?

    Nobody but australians id imagine but facts are facts. AJ Klitschko wasnt ppv in the us either so by the same logic that sold no ppvs either.


  • #9259
    Too Tough To Die
    Registered Users Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭Too Tough To Die


    ASOT wrote: »
    Nobody but australians id imagine but facts are facts. AJ Klitschko wasnt ppv in the us either so by the same logic that sold no ppvs either.

    Australia is a backwater in boxing terms. The UK is anything but right now.


  • #9260
    backspin.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭backspin.


    I wouldn't look out my back window at McGregor v Pac fight.


  • #9261
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Another pic of him in a gym today, pics of him dee and junior yesterday. The party is over ☺


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  • #9262
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    backspin. wrote: »
    I wouldn't look out my back window at McGregor v Pac fight.

    Ah you would


  • #9263
    backspin.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭backspin.


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Ah you would

    Only to tell them to keep the noise down..


  • #9264
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Back training in SBG today.


  • #9265
    Never wrestle with pigs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,447 ✭✭✭Never wrestle with pigs


    Would all the snow he has seen the last few days open up his airways and get in more oxygen, making his endurance gas tank last longer? 😂

    That's what he was planning 😂


  • #9266
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,603 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Too Tough To Die wrote: »
    FFS lads, who cares about Australia?
    Too Tough To Die wrote: »
    Australia is a backwater in boxing terms. The UK is anything but right now.
    If it's backwater in boxing terms. Why were you using an australian boxing fight to try make a point about PPVs :confused:


  • #9267
    Subcomandante Marcos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,683 ✭✭✭Subcomandante Marcos


    Mellor wrote: »
    If it's backwater in boxing terms. Why were you using an australian boxing fight to try make a point about PPVs :confused:

    How much does ppv cost in Australia?

    When people talk about ppv sales in combat sports they are most likely talking about the North American market because US ppv prices are stupidly expensive.


  • #9268
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,603 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »
    How much does ppv cost in Australia?

    When people talk about ppv sales in combat sports they are most likely talking about the North American market because US ppv prices are stupidly expensive.
    A UFC PPV is $50
    Pacquiao v Horn was $60 IIRC


    The suggestion was that Pacman isn't a draw because his last fight sold zero PPVs.
    I was just pointing out that the fight was a PPV in Australia, where the fight took place, and it sold a decent amount of PPVs.
    It wasn't a PPV in the US, so saying "his last fight sold 0 PPVs [in America]" is redundant.

    As I said, I don't want to fight to happen. I think it's dumb for all involved. I just disagree with the previous PPV logic wheeled out.


  • #9269
    Too Tough To Die
    Registered Users Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭Too Tough To Die


    Mellor wrote: »
    If it's backwater in boxing terms. Why were you using an australian boxing fight to try make a point about PPVs :confused:

    Because it highlights Pacquiao's growing irrelevancy in the US. I thought that much was obvious.


  • #9270
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,603 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Too Tough To Die wrote: »
    Because it highlights Pacquiao's growing irrelevancy in the US. I thought that much was obvious.
    I got thats what you were trying to do. But it made little sense tbh.
    How could it sell any PPVs in the US when it was ESPN. Did you want people ring up and donate $50 in support of Pacquiao.

    It drew 4.4m viewers on ESPN, the highest ratings for boxing on cable since 2006. And the highest on ESPN since 1995. That's not irrelevancy. He's still a name among casuals - and that's the target of the hypothetical McGregor fight


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  • #9271
    nelly17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭nelly17


    Mellor wrote: »
    I got thats what you were trying to do. But it made little sense tbh.
    How could it sell any PPVs in the US when it was ESPN. Did you want people ring up and donate $50 in support of Pacquiao.

    It drew 4.4m viewers on ESPN, the highest ratings for boxing on cable since 2006. And the highest on ESPN since 1995. That's not irrelevancy. He's still a name among casuals - and that's the target of the hypothetical McGregor fight

    I thought Dana White already put this to bed and said under no circumstances will this fight happen.


  • #9272
    dulux99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭dulux99


    nelly17 wrote: »
    Mellor wrote: »
    I got thats what you were trying to do. But it made little sense tbh.
    How could it sell any PPVs in the US when it was ESPN. Did you want people ring up and donate $50 in support of Pacquiao.

    It drew 4.4m viewers on ESPN, the highest ratings for boxing on cable since 2006. And the highest on ESPN since 1995. That's not irrelevancy. He's still a name among casuals - and that's the target of the hypothetical McGregor fight

    I thought Dana White already put this to bed and said under no circumstances will this fight happen.
    Of course we all know Dana White is a beacon of truth and would never lie, of course not.


  • #9273
    billybonkers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    Hasn't everybody including Conor said he is going back to MMA and defending the LW belt is the top priority now?

    Would it be reasonable to expect some sort of announcement on the Dec 30th card to kick 2019 off for the UFC? They need it it seems.

    When is Tony rumored to be back, or will they wait until his is confirmed fit to put the fight together?

    LW has two big fights to make in the first quarter 2018, Tony and Conor followed immediately by the winner of Khabib and Barboza vs the winner of the former.


  • #9274
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,019 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    billybonkers wrote: »
    When is Tony rumored to be back, or will they wait until his is confirmed fit to put the fight together?

    March/April so UFC 223 at the earliest.


  • #9275
    Too Tough To Die
    Registered Users Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭Too Tough To Die


    Mellor wrote: »
    I got thats what you were trying to do. But it made little sense tbh.
    How could it sell any PPVs in the US when it was ESPN. Did you want people ring up and donate $50 in support of Pacquiao.

    It drew 4.4m viewers on ESPN, the highest ratings for boxing on cable since 2006. And the highest on ESPN since 1995. That's not irrelevancy. He's still a name among casuals - and that's the target of the hypothetical McGregor fight

    The point is very simple. If he is a ppv draw, he's not fighting on ESPN.

    Of course he's still a name and boxing fans (myself included) will watch if he's on tv, but he's not a name people (myself included) are going to fork out money for.


  • #9276
    Sofiztikated
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Sofiztikated


    billybonkers wrote: »
    Hasn't everybody including Conor said he is going back to MMA and defending the LW belt is the top priority now?

    Would it be reasonable to expect some sort of announcement on the Dec 30th card to kick 2019 off for the UFC? They need it it seems.

    When is Tony rumored to be back, or will they wait until his is confirmed fit to put the fight together?

    LW has two big fights to make in the first quarter 2019, Tony and Conor followed immediately by the winner of Khabib and Barboza vs the winner of the former.

    Jaysis, have we written off him fighting in 2018 already?


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  • #9277
    billybonkers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    Sofiztikated wrote: »
    Jaysis, have we written off him fighting in 2018 already?

    Still hopeful for a surprise at 219 :D


  • #9278
    Sofiztikated
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Sofiztikated


    billybonkers wrote: »
    Still hopeful for a surprise at 219 :D

    You mean the one that's in December 2017?


  • #9279
    billybonkers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    Sofiztikated wrote: »
    You mean the one that's in December 2017?

    Caught it, edited


  • #9280
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,603 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    nelly17 wrote: »
    I thought Dana White already put this to bed and said under no circumstances will this fight happen.
    I think it was more like under no circumstances should Pacquiao be approaching Conor directly - the implication being it's ok to go via Dana.

    He may have since put it to bed entirely. I hope so tbh.


  • #9281
    MagicIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,902 ✭✭✭MagicIRL


    I only want to watch McGregor defend his LW belt and fight more MMA. I also believe, however, that if he defends the LW and has one or two other fights, that he'll go box Pacman. It sells so much better when Conor is coming off a win streak in MMA then coming from a L against Mayweather straight in to Pacquiao.


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  • #9282
    JohnMc1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭JohnMc1


    nelly17 wrote: »
    I thought Dana White already put this to bed and said under no circumstances will this fight happen.

    Dana also said the Mayweather fight would never happen and we all know how that turned out.

    I don't know why MMA fans hold Dana on such a high pedestal.


  • #9283
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    McGregor has given you girls some of the best nights of entertainment ever and you all bitch about him daily on here, shame on ye dont deserve to see the GOAT return to mma fairweather fans.


  • #9284
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,019 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    "The GOAT"

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  • #9285
    Axwell
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    New thread time.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057819196


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