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Official Conor McGregor thread (part 5) *Read Mod Note in Post 1*

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    #9422
    Mousewar
    Registered Users Posts: 2,741 ✭✭✭Mousewar


    What's the deal with this Khabib v Mayweather business? I presume that's never happening. Mayweather would only do a 100% boxing match and, for all this talk of Khabib outboxing Conor (which is nonsense imo), surely the idea of him in a boxing match is ludicrous.


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    #9423
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Mousewar wrote: »
    What's the deal with this Khabib v Mayweather business? I presume that's never happening. Mayweather would only do a 100% boxing match and, for all this talk of Khabib outboxing Conor (which is nonsense imo), surely the idea of him in a boxing match is ludicrous.

    Mayweather will be chomping at the bit to make this....

    Can't see it coming close to the Mayweather/McGregor numbers though...

    Floyd says it will beat it....:rolleyes:


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    #9424
    evolving tipperary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭evolving tipperary


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    I don't know shít about boxing but if the events were PPVs then it would increase the money he'd make (either through increased payment for the contract or through a PPV cut) but regardless I'd say he's pretty happy right now.

    Well, I'm going on what several posters have said that Darnz don't do PPV money and that the fee is set.


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    #9425
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,046 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    evolving tipperary wrote: »
    Well, I'm going on what several posters have said that Darnz don't do PPV money and that the fee is set.

    Yeah they are. I just meant if he really wanted more money then he could have gone with a company that would do PPVs. I'd say he's happy getting 365m and his fights being available for relatively cheap compared to the cost of PPVs.


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    #9426
    [Deleted User]
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    Mousewar wrote: »
    What's the deal with this Khabib v Mayweather business? I presume that's never happening. Mayweather would only do a 100% boxing match and, for all this talk of Khabib outboxing Conor (which is nonsense imo), surely the idea of him in a boxing match is ludicrous.
    He fought McGregor because Conor was the biggest name in MMA, a great promoter, and a striker with a (rudimentary) boxing foundation. Plus the two of them set it up via years of back and forth.

    McGregor needed UFC approval to take the fight. They gave it because they were reasonably confident he wouldn't make a fool of himself.

    None of this applies to Khabib.

    I don't see how this can happen. It's absurd...10x more absurd than the McGregor fight. My initial thought is that Floyd is just talking nonsense to keep his name out there. (of course that's what many said about the Conor rumors).

    But then when you see him pictured with Kadyrov several times incl literally the other week ... I really don't know what kind of shady stuff is going on. Would Kadyrov be willing to pay Floyd hundreds of millions of dollars to take the fight and carry Khabib? Does he have that kind of money?


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    #9427
    evolving tipperary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭evolving tipperary


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Yeah they are. I just meant if he really wanted more money then he could have gone with a company that would do PPVs. I'd say he's happy getting 365m and his fights being available for relatively cheap compared to the cost of PPVs.

    Good point.


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    #9428
    evolving tipperary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭evolving tipperary


    Deleted User wrote: »
    But then when you see him pictured with Kadyrov several times incl literally the other week ... I really don't know what kind of shady stuff is going on. Would Kadyrov be willing to pay Floyd hundreds of millions of dollars to take the fight and carry Khabib? Does he have that kind of money?

    Wow. If that happens the Russians/Chechens have not just a foothold in the White but really have a foot in American culture now.


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    #9429
    dulux99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭dulux99


    Mayweather will really make a mockery of himself if he's serious about Khabib. Atleast vs McGregor they could market McGregor as a serious standup fighter.


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    #9430
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    dulux99 wrote: »
    Mayweather will really make a mockery of himself if he's serious about Khabib. Atleast vs McGregor they could market McGregor as a serious standup fighter.

    Undefeated boxer vs Undefeated MMA star. USA vs Russia. Would make serious money. Christmas Day 2019 in Moscow.


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    #9431
    sonofenoch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭sonofenoch


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Undefeated boxer vs Undefeated MMA star. USA vs Russia. Would make serious money. Christmas Day 2019 in Moscow.

    Khabib can't box ffs ....he has no feet no timing for it, throws overhand haymakers .......a fight with Mayweather would be laughable


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    #9432
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    sonofenoch wrote: »
    Khabib can't box ffs ....he has no feet no timing for it, throws overhand haymakers .......a fight with Mayweather would be laughable

    Agreed.

    Khabib doesn’t even have enough on show boxing-wise for Floyd to be able to carry him for a few rounds.

    It’s a complete non-starter which Floyd is having a bit of craic over and enjoying the attention coming from it.


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    #9433
    pleas advice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    Heard McGregor is going to be doing a residency DJ'ing in Ibiza next summer...


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    #9434
    RoryMac
    Registered Users Posts: 5,080 ✭✭✭RoryMac


    sonofenoch wrote: »
    Khabib can't box ffs ....he has no feet no timing for it, throws overhand haymakers .......a fight with Mayweather would be laughable

    Everyone who follows MMA knows that but these type of fights aren't aimed at them, it's for Joe Public that will buy into the hype and buy the PPV off the back of some good marketing.

    It worked last year against McGregor and who knows maybe with the right marketing it could work again although not near the same numbers.

    I'm sure this is just being floated by Mayweather to see if it's a runner and what the reaction is to the idea. Can't see it happening but with both having unbeaten records & the whole US/Russia thing it could certainly make both a lot of money


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    #9435
    mangobob
    Registered Users Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭mangobob


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    According to his fan club, money is the only measure of success.

    Its not simply according to his fan club. Conor himself has always stated that money is his overriding goal. Not belts, not legacy, not even entertaining fights - these are all subservient to maximising earnings. Success is measured by the degree to which you achieve your own goal (as opposed to the goals that others project on to you or believe that you should be striving for).

    Therefore even his most strident critic has to concede that he has been stupendously successful. He made more in a single defeat than most mma fighters can dream of making in their entire careers.

    And he is not finished yet. There are several BIG paydays left for him in his UFC career, even if he never wins another belt or even another fight.


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    #9436
    Standman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Standman


    mangobob wrote: »
    Its not simply according to his fan club. Conor himself has always stated that money is his overriding goal. Not belts, not legacy, not even entertaining fights - these are all subservient to maximising earnings. Success is measured by the degree to which you achieve your own goal (as opposed to the goals that others project on to you or believe that you should be striving for).

    Therefore even his most strident critic has to concede that he has been stupendously successful. He made more in a single defeat than most mma fighters can dream of making in their entire careers.

    And he is not finished yet. There are several BIG paydays left for him in his UFC career, even if he never wins another belt or even another fight.

    Yeah, can't argue with that - he has been successful.

    My problem with some of his fans is that they will mention the amount of money he makes as if that somehow excuses some of the ridiculous stuff he does. To me it's a non-sequitur.

    He could drop trou and take a shite on the stage and you'd still have people saying "Ah yeah, but he's making millions, have to respect that."

    No, no we don't.


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    #9437
    Axwell
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,461 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    Thread approaching 10k posts so new thread opened to carry on discussion here


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