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UFC 229 Nurmagomedov vs McGregor - Sat Oct 6th **Warning in first post!**

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  • #2652
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    Nurmagomedov by Sub
    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    Brought him back into the octagon to calm him down where Mcgregor is who was trying to jump out of the octagon get at him??

    Bringing him back in would just add fuel to the fire, there was police and all holding him back outside the octagon yet he managed to get back in??

    Surely getting him out of there as quick as possible was the best option.

    Obviously the ufc wanted the added drama.


    Outside the Octogon = thousands of drunk fans
    Inside the Octagon = about 30 security personal and cops.

    Dana said he didn't give Khabib the belt in the Octogon because he thought the crowd would explode and start throwing stuff.

    When Khabib was eventually led out he was surrounded by about 20 people and Irish fans where throwing crap at him.How would leading him straight out make sense?

    But like you said you didn't actually watch what happened, maybe you should watch it instead of making up your own scenero.


  • #2653
    dulux99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭dulux99


    The UFC didn't have a lot of time to act and make a decision. I was up high but there was commotion everywhere below. It was the right call they made.


  • #2654
    Brief_Lives
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭✭Brief_Lives


    I presume you guys have seen the news about this possible upcoming borefest...

    http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/25008117/floyd-mayweather-says-fight-khabib-nurmagomedov-happening


  • #2655
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Nurmagomedov by Sub
    Brief_Lives wrote: »
    I presume you guys have seen the news about this possible upcoming borefest...

    http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/25008117/floyd-mayweather-says-fight-khabib-nurmagomedov-happening

    Two undefeated champions from the world of combat sports. Someone 0 has got to go. Fair play to Khabib. Goes to show you don't need to be a mouthy scummer to make money, as we have previously been told.


  • #2656
    spix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭spix


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Two undefeated champions from the world of combat sports. Someone 0 has got to go. Fair play to Khabib. Goes to show you don't need to be a mouthy scummer to make money, as we have previously been told.

    You're talking like the fight is made? I highly doubt that will ever happen, it wont sell at all in us market and I'd say both khabibs management + mayweathers management know that. Most of khabibs fans are not in America, not many people in America will buy khabib vs anyone but mcgregor in the ufc, let alone boxing. The mcgregor fight happened because there was no way it wouldn't sell. If floyd is serious about it he must be really desperate for a pay day but is too scared to go into the ufc as that would sell much more.


  • #2657
    flatty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭flatty


    I personally wouldn't get up early or stay up late to watch any fight, but the big money fight here is a mcgregor khabib rematch. The ufc followers will know all the other contenders, but the 2million ppv buyers largely know conor mcgregor. Now they know khabib as well. As someone vaguely in that bracket, mcgregor fighting anyone else would sort of seem a step down from the main event. Mcgregor vs khabib is relevant now. I'd imagine the ufc will be trying to plan a rematch whilst this is still hot. It's not really the ufc fans they are after, it's the event junkies.
    You have to admire may weather. He could never have enough money. He knows khabib is first and foremost a wrestler. Taking him on in a strict Queensbury rules boxing match, just as he did with mcgregor, but even more so, pretty much completely neuters khabib. May weather is notable in not going after a top end boxer. Its a bit demeaning for the ufc fighter, but, like anyone, I'd take a fair bit of demeaning for that kind of money. The premise is farcical, akin to making the Scottish shinty lot play against limerick at croke Park at hurling.


  • #2658
    flatty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭flatty


    spix wrote: »
    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Two undefeated champions from the world of combat sports. Someone 0 has got to go. Fair play to Khabib. Goes to show you don't need to be a mouthy scummer to make money, as we have previously been told.

    You're talking like the fight is made? I highly doubt that will ever happen, it wont sell at all in us market and I'd say both khabibs management + mayweathers management know that. Most of khabibs fans are not in America, not many people in America will buy khabib vs anyone but mcgregor in the ufc, let alone boxing. The mcgregor fight happened because there was no way it wouldn't sell. If floyd is serious about it he must be really desperate for a pay day but is too scared to go into the ufc as that would sell much more.
    Mcgregor vs mayweather at ufc would last about as long as it took mcgregor to cross the octagon and get hold of him.


  • #2659
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Nurmagomedov by Sub
    spix wrote: »
    You're talking like the fight is made? I highly doubt that will ever happen, it wont sell at all in us market and I'd say both khabibs management + mayweathers management know that. Most of khabibs fans are not in America, not many people in America will buy khabib vs anyone but mcgregor in the ufc, let alone boxing. The mcgregor fight happened because there was no way it wouldn't sell. If floyd is serious about it he must be really desperate for a pay day but is too scared to go into the ufc as that would sell much more.

    As Mayweather has said, Khabib has called him out same as Mcgregor did, not the other way around so why would Mayweather want to have a UFC bout?? Of course it would be in boxing. Of course Mayweather wins, but I could see Khabib lasting the distance.

    Also with a fight against Mayweather, it would massively boost Khabibs visibility in the USA.


  • #2660
    spix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭spix


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    As Mayweather has said, Khabib has called him out same as Mcgregor did, not the other way around so why would Mayweather want to have a UFC bout?? Of course it would be in boxing. Of course Mayweather wins, but I could see Khabib lasting the distance.

    Also with a fight against Mayweather, it would massively boost Khabibs visibility in the USA.


    Khabib ran into leonard ellerbe and then leonard posted the video, its completely different. Same way 50 cent was using khabib. Khabib played along for a bit until 50 took it too far, khabib basically shut the whole thing down and 50 deleted all the posts. Its just people trying to grab attention off the hot topic. Mayweather saying he'll make more money than against mcgregor is proof enough that he doesn't actually think it will ever happen, unless he's that stupid.


  • #2661
    Fall_Guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Fall_Guy


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Two undefeated champions from the world of combat sports. Someone 0 has got to go. Fair play to Khabib. Goes to show you don't need to be a mouthy scummer to make money, as we have previously been told.

    No, you just need to fight a "mouthy scummer" as you call them and let them make all the money for you.


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  • #2662
    Lukker-
    Registered Users Posts: 9,405 ✭✭✭Lukker-


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Two undefeated champions from the world of combat sports. Someone 0 has got to go. Fair play to Khabib. Goes to show you don't need to be a mouthy scummer to make money, as we have previously been told.

    You can just make deals with Warlords instead


  • #2663
    froog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    McGregor by Sub
    not sure that fight could even get licenced. Conor at least was an amateur boxer.


  • #2664
    evolving tipperary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭evolving tipperary


    froog wrote: »
    not sure that fight could even get licenced. Conor at least was an amateur boxer.

    If Vegas and the Nevada commission thought a tag-team match between two sets of limbless crocodiles would make a lot of money, it would be on faster than a lid on a woman's drink around Bill Cosby.


  • #2665
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    dulux99 wrote: »
    I reckon all that work will be done for him. He's the face of the company, he's there for the instagram posts. He probably has some serious industry knowledge behind him doing the actual work. Look at the tour he's on now, texas, LA and so on visiting distributors. The crowd he's in with obviously know the whiskey game quite well already.

    Yeah, but he still needs to keep his reputation up to build the brand as it's still at it's early stages. It's not being sold based on it's quality!


  • #2666
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    spix wrote: »
    If floyd is serious about it he must be really desperate for a pay day but is too scared to go into the ufc as that would sell much more.

    He's too smart to go into the UFC.


  • #2667
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,706 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    McGregor by Sub
    Effects wrote: »
    He's too smart to go into the UFC.

    Smart scared.....

    Scared because he knows he'd get fooked up and hurt. Dominated.....

    That tip tap stuff he's been doing the past few years would see him having next to no chance in a cage.


  • #2668
    spix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭spix


    Effects wrote: »
    He's too smart to go into the UFC.


    He said he would do it several times and backtracked. Floyd fighting in the UFC against Conor or Khabib would be the biggest fight of all time, people want to see him get taken down, leg kicked etc. It wouldn't damage his boxing record at all so it just comes down to fear, in my opinion. The minimum 6 months usada testing probably puts him off as well, he got away with only 1 month of testing for the mcgregor fight, UFC is 6 months minimum.


  • #2669
    evolving tipperary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭evolving tipperary


    spix wrote: »
    He said he would do it several times and backtracked. Floyd fighting in the UFC against Conor or Khabib would be the biggest fight of all time, people want to see him get taken down, leg kicked etc. It wouldn't damage his boxing record at all so it just comes down to fear, in my opinion. The minimum 6 months usada testing probably puts him off as well, he got away with only 1 month of testing for the mcgregor fight, UFC is 6 months minimum.

    He controls everything in boxing through Mayweather Productions - won't happen in UFC.


  • #2670
    Paully D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    McGregor by Sub
    Floyd is far too smart to fight MMA rules.

    He knows that one leg kick will have him writhing around on the ground in agony. Literally one leg kick connecting flush and he’s not going to be able to continue (or walk).

    No matter how much money is on offer, it’s not worth it for him to lose his unbeaten tag considering he’s hardly struggling, and people would see it as a defeat when all is said and done. It won’t be Floyd Mayweather 50-0 boxer, it’ll be Floyd Mayweather who got embarrassed in the octagon.

    I genuinely think you could offer Floyd $1bn and he still wouldn’t take it.


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  • #2671
    evolving tipperary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭evolving tipperary


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBfS5OHuTVM

    Boys are laughing down the Mayweather way


  • #2672
    Axwell
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    Right folks this thread has served its purpose and has just turned into chatter about other things outside of the event itself..any further discussion is to be had in the main thread.

    /Thread Closed


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