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glasso wrote: »

no way that guy who got punched is anywhere near 40 surely?

Dana says he's 40 so he's 40

cletus wrote: »

Just to be clear, are you suggesting that McGregor was in the right in punching that man in the head?

He didn't say anything remotely like that. Literally just pointed out that people throwing slaps and people being cheeky are hardly modern phenomenons, in response to what a previous poster said.

I doubt anyone thinks what McGregor did is OK or right. I think a lot of people probably think it's a bit overblown, you'd think he knocked some 90 year old man clean out and left him for dead.

Wasn't Chad Mendes also in trouble at one point for sucker punching someone at a bar?

Homelander wrote: »

He didn't say anything remotely like that. Literally just pointed out that people throwing slaps and people being cheeky are hardly modern phenomenons, in response to what a previous poster said.

I doubt anyone thinks what McGregor did is OK or right. I think a lot of people probably think it's a bit overblown, you'd think he knocked some 90 year old man clean out and left him for dead.

Wasn't Chad Mendes also in trouble at one point for sucker punching someone at a bar?

Except that he also said "Drunken man gets cheecky, gets a slap. Big fcuking deal lads"

Assaulting someone is a big deal. To suggest it's not would, to me at least, also suggest that you condone it in some fashion. That the man who was punched somehow deserved it. So again, I'd be asking does the poster feel that McGregor was in the right with his actions

Homelander wrote: »

Just because you think something isn't as big a deal as is being made out, doesn't remotely mean you condone it, and I don't think anyone whatsoever thinks he was in the right, that's just absurd.
Dana White was pretty much right when he said it happens in bars all over Ireland every day of the week, but you just can't do it when you're a professional fighter.
It was very low level assault, I'd say your average barman in a busy pub sees it 20 times a week. A dig, not a full blown punch, the guy wasn't knocked out, killed, left disfigured, whatever. Yes, it was wrong, obviously. I doubt it's the worst thing McGregor has done in recent years.

Grand, your not condoning it. Not convinced about the other poster tbh. Your also correct that there didn't seem to be any serious damage done. That shouldn't be the yardstick we measure these actions by, though.

Too many people on this forum are caught up in either defending or condemning McGregor regardless of the situation.

If you look at this objectively, I don't see how anybody can look at it and say "no big deal".

Also, this idea that this is a daily occurrence in pubs all over the country is a bit of a red herring. Granted I don't get out as often as I used to, but I honestly can't recall the last time I saw somebody punched like that in a pub

That Naas court appearance for driving offence never needed to happen!.

In the past once you didnt pay a speeding fine it goes to court summons and you had to appear. But in the last approx 18 months new laws gives the person a chance to pay the original fine even though they get a court summons.

So he was served the court summons to his house. The Guards drove up and the electric gates opened and up they drove.Theres this boom boom boom music coming from the garage when the garage door raised and out came Conor McGregor sweating from the middle of a workout. Thanked the guards for informing him and wouldnt let them go without throwing them a few cases of his whiskey. It was a very awkward exchange as the lads didnt really want to be receiving the whiskey(lets say they may or may not have accepted the whiskey!).

A while passed and he was visited again this time to actually appear in court as the fine wasnt paid and was told you better show now or the judge will put put a bench warrant out for your arrest. ''WHAT?, WHAT? he said incredulously? was that not paid?. Did 'The Dee' not pay that?. The Dee was to pay that... Exited stage left to investigate further. Followed by a court appearance.

I see Khabib has donated 100k to Dustins charity and Dana matched it.
Reddit users on r/MMA are also donating.
Lotta good can be done with that money.

dave1982 wrote: »

Ufc has filed to apply to trademark"baddest mother fcker"

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2019/09/ufc-baddest-mother****er-trademark-applications-diaz-vs-masvidal

Ugh.. Should be a cool fight and all but this BMF belt and trademark are so pathetic. WWE ****e.

BMF is a “one and done” apparently.

However if there is a perception it sells ppv then I can see scope for a whole bunch of acronyms.

How about OTB as one tough bassttard?

Anyone watch Stacey dooley sleeps over on sky. It's bout parents wanting their kids to fight mma

dave1982 wrote: »

Mcgregor in court Friday 11th for assault

Which one?

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Which one?

Fairly hilarious that this was a genuine question.

US2 wrote: »

Cain Valasquez n Tyson Fury in WWE wrestling last night?haha never see that coming

Cain pulled out of the USADA testing pool apparently too.