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

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  • #32
    alan0387
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭alan0387


    What's the delay?


  • #33
    Axwell
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,461 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    Neither of the two lads have arrived yet.


  • #34
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    xtal191 wrote: »
    Wish people would stop going on and on about if this was a "real fight" Conor would kill him, its a ****ing boxing match get over it!

    It's 100% relevant mentally *this week*.

    Saying otherwise is foolish in my opinion. This is the first guy (ever) Floyd can look in the eye and say "I'll fight you right here, right now" and be laughed at.

    That exact thing just happened the other night and it's not good for an egomaniac, alpha male like Floyd.

    Will it matter August 26th? Probably not, no but... it might prompt him to get aggressive to try KO Conor early.


  • #35
    Axwell
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    As regards the undercard:

    Showtime boss Stephen Espinoza has said they considered doing more MMA-boxing match-ups but in the end decided against it.

    "We’re looking at Gervonta Davis defending his IBF super-featherweight title, Savannah Marshall making her professional debut, and possibly Badou Jack taking on WBA light-heavyweight world champ Nathan Cleverly."


  • #36
    Gamebred
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    wonderfullife wrote: »
    It's 100% relevant mentally *this week*.

    Saying otherwise is foolish in my opinion. This is the first guy (ever) Floyd can look in the eye and say "I'll fight you right here, right now" and be laughed at.

    That exact thing just happened the other night and it's not good for an egomaniac, alpha male like Floyd.

    Will it matter August 26th? Probably not, no but... it might prompt him to get aggressive to try KO Conor early.



    Yeah but theres massive contract clauses stopping as much as a push so its completely irrelevant.


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  • #37
    jigglypuffstuff
    Registered Users Posts: 1,236 ✭✭✭jigglypuffstuff


    xtal191 wrote: »
    Wish people would stop going on and on about if this was a "real fight" Conor would kill him, its a ****ing boxing match get over it!

    Boxing is as real a fight as you can get

    Try standing and trading with someone for a few rounds...it soon becomes clear

    The most that people spouting that crap have traded is probably their Pokemon Cards as kids

    That's not an opinion...that's a imaginary depiction of the situation


  • #38
    D.Q
    Registered Users Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭D.Q


    No conlon/Taylor then? Are they with other promotions? 4 seems like a quick night


  • #39
    sonofenoch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭sonofenoch


    I think they were always overcooking the goose with 4 nights in a row


  • #40
    D.Q
    Registered Users Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭D.Q


    No big brown breakdown?


  • #41
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,477 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Maaaan, forgot how ****ed Conor looked at the Siver weigh in.


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  • #42
    Rudy Colossal Denim
    Posts: 0 ✭ Rudy Colossal Denim


    Ah taking the piss with the hold up.


  • #43
    dave1982
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    What time brock fighting :)

    **** this having me waiting again but i will like a fool sit and wait


  • #44
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,477 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Leonard in full chat mode live backstage right now I'd say we'd be lucky if this started at 1. Think I'm gonna call it a night.


  • #45
    D.Q
    Registered Users Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭D.Q


    Zero-Cool wrote: »
    Leonard in full chat mode live backstage right now I'd say we'd be lucky if this started at 1. Think I'm gonna call it a night.

    Who you kiddin


  • #46
    livelife
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭livelife


    What's the story with the ticket sales, is it ticketmaster?


  • #47
    Axwell
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    Well that answers that..

    https://twitter.com/lthomasnews/status/885619285254692867


  • #48
    Gamebred
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    D.Q wrote: »
    No big brown breakdown?


    We can only dream


  • #49
    wonderfullife
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    Gamebred wrote: »
    Yeah but theres massive contract clauses stopping as much as a push so its completely irrelevant.

    Not irrelevant if your opponent laughs in your face because he could easily ankle pick you in a heartbeat and drill your skull through the floor with an elbow.

    It's irrelevant if they know they won't get into a scrap up on the stage. What matters is Floyd was the one starting it with the "I'll fight you right now" and Conor was the one in stitches laughing in his face.

    That's alpha-male playground-stuff 101. It's like being punked in front of your girlfriend while trying to act hard. It can sting the ego to be laughed at like that and can easily make Floyd want to put him unconscious on fight night.

    #ArmchairPsychology come on ... :)


  • #50
    Zero-Cool
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    D.Q wrote: »
    Who you kiddin

    I'm wrecked man, waiting for these 2, I feel like an eejit as Floyd would say. I'll give em til half :)


  • #51
    HattrickNZ
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭HattrickNZ


    Axwell wrote: »
    Well that answers that..

    https://twitter.com/lthomasnews/status/885619285254692867
    ye and there's that pic of conor with a stripper floyd could use and Dee. these guys will go anywhere me thinks.


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  • #52
    tinpib
    Registered Users Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭tinpib


    Axwell wrote: »
    Well that answers that..

    https://twitter.com/lthomasnews/status/885619285254692867

    Dunno if I would take that as gospel?

    But I think bringing it up would cross a line, not necessarily that Floyd would be too upset but I think it could turn the crowd on him. Joe and Jane 6-pack might find it tasteless.

    It would be bad for brand McGregor, in my expert opinion. Although I have an extensive track record in being wrong on most things.


  • #53
    Gamebred
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    wonderfullife wrote: »
    Not irrelevant if your opponent laughs in your face because he could easily ankle pick you in a heartbeat and drill your skull through the floor with an elbow.

    It's irrelevant if they know they won't get into a scrap up on the stage. What matters is Floyd was the one starting it with the "I'll fight you right now" and Conor was the one in stitches laughing in his face.

    That's alpha-male playground-stuff 101. It's like being punked in front of your girlfriend while trying to act hard. It can sting the ego to be laughed at like that and can easily make Floyd want to put him unconscious on fight night.

    #ArmchairPsychology come on ... :)



    You've swallowed the kool aid whole, they are loving the face offs pair of them wont lay a finger on each I thought they'd allow a push or two but the contract must have zero psychical contact written into it.


  • #54
    Gamebred
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    https://www.instagram.com/p/BWgSNYPD-gh/ pmsl


  • #55
    wonderfullife
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    Gamebred wrote: »
    You've swallowed the kool aid whole, they are loving the face offs pair of them wont lay a finger on each I thought they'd allow a push or two but the contract must have zero psychical contact written into it.

    I know they won't touch each other.

    It's the knowledge that if they did, Conor would mangle him. Floyd is not used to that. With every other opponent if he said "i'll fight you right now", then he'd confident of slapping the head off them.

    Not here.


  • #56
    xtal191
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    https://twitter.com/RobbieBarstool/status/885639968735064064


  • #57
    Zero-Cool
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    Lads still aren't in the building and they are due to talk to media separately before the show. Have a good night lads!


  • #58
    Django99
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    wonderfullife wrote: »
    This is the first boxing match in Floyd's career where he knows his opponent would rip his head off in an unarmed fight.

    It might count for nothing in a boxing ring but bear it in mind as the week unfolds because I expect Conor to ramp up that angle of attack.

    Travis Browne would rip Mcgregors head off in a fight.


  • #59
    Richard tea
    Registered Users Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭Richard tea


    yep im out. Cant see the action starting until 01:30 maybe.


  • #60
    Effects
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    pone2012 wrote: »
    Boxing is as real a fight as you can get

    Try standing and trading with someone for a few rounds...it soon becomes clear

    The most that people spouting that crap have traded is probably their Pokemon Cards as kids

    That's not an opinion...that's a imaginary depiction of the situation

    Gene Lebell Vs. Milo Savage
    Ali Vs. Inoki
    Gracie Vs. Jimmerson
    Randy Couture Vs. James Toney


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  • #61
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    Django99 wrote: »
    Travis Browne would rip Mcgregors head off in a fight.

    Travis Browne couldn't open a can of beans at the moment he's a completely shot fighter :pac: No idea what the relevance of that is anyway because Floyd is fighting Conor not Travis.

    The simple concept I'm getting at is fighters are alpha-males and Floyd has a big ego. Boxers like Floyd for a long time thought they were the *hardest* guys around.

    Floyd can't intimidate Conor like he could other fighters, in any setting other than a boxing ring under boxing rules on August 26th because until then, he's the first opponent he knows he can't beat in a regular fight.


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