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

JohnMc1 wrote:

Definitely a PR stunt. Whenever you see couple in matching outfits in articles like this its a dead giveaway that its a publicity stunt. He's turned into a desperate attention seeker like Alex Reid. Next thing we know Conor will also have a cross dressing alter ego.

Ultimate Seduction wrote:

Which one would be the multigender though.

Tommo3434343 wrote: »

Prediction: McGregor's next fight will be announced on Friday. Ariel Helwani has posted that they're having a big press conference on Friday to showcase the first quarter of next year. They usually announce new fights at those events. And today, McGregor's girlfriend posted a picture of the two of them getting ready to travel. Could be to Vegas. McGregor/Ferguson for March is my guess. Could be totally wrong but I have a good feeling about it. MMA Gods be good.

wonderfullife wrote: »

It'd be great if Conor does show up that he's in the form he was for the Go Big Presser. That remains my favourite press conference when Conor was at his most natural, partially because he wasn't expected to live up to anything.

The expectations for him to deliver craziness grew as time went by. The "animal balloons" line at the UFC 196 presser felt rehearsed. The late arrivals grew even later. The water bottle throwing incident wasn't planned but it heightened expectations. Then he took things to new levels showing up in crazy outfits, saying crazy stuff.

Conor is at risk of not just becoming the character he created for himself but a caricature of it. He's constantly trying to say/do/wear crazier sh1t. I hope he doesn't completely jump the shark and, if he is attending this presser, that he just turns up, be himself and I'm sure he'll make plenty of headlines either way.

Right, on a personal level the Xmas period has been a difficult one and I'm working through some crisis issues. I consider all of you friends and a lot of you have my email address or phone number, so feel free to use it. If you don't have it and want it, I'm sure Axwell can give it via PM. Giving the chop to Twitter & Boards so I can focus on finding stability with my mental & physical health.

2018 Predictions:

* Conor to announce himself as a) co-owner of the UFC (Probably just shares in the company but morphing towards a Vince McMahon style gimmick) and b) co-owner of the new Paradigm-McGregor Management company.

* Conor v Nate 3 with a co-headline of GSP vs Woodley (win for GSP) on the August 18th Vegas card for the UFC to make a huge final push to attract higher bids before the current tv-rights deal expires November 2018.

* Conor fights three times in total (all MMA), with one appearance in WWE - Ferguson in March, Nate in August, GSP (welterweight title shot) in November at MSG. In that sequence regardless of wins/losses but I think he wins them all for an historic year.

* Conor to end the year P4P #1 and the only SBG fighter remaining in the UFC.

* DC to lose the title to Oezdemir via 1st round KO and retires in the cage. Alexander Gustafsson to end the year as champion.

* Brock vs Ngannou to headline International fight week for the heavyweight title with Brock winning with GNP via wrestle-fcuk. Brock's comeback approved in a deal between Dana and Vince, after Conor granted permission to appear at Wrestlemania 34.

* DC un-retires to fight Werdum for the heavyweight title after Brock vacates.

* CM Punk to fight twice in MMA (0-2 but competitive) and appear in WWE.

* Ronda vs Cyborg to headline the end-of-year show, December 29th, 2018, breaking the new PPV record set the month previous by Conor. Ronda also to pull off a Rocky-style upset win in the fight (judo + armbar = win) before delivering a speech about adversity.

* Holloway, TJ, Nunes and Rockhold to go undefeated in 2018.

* JJ to win her title back in dominant fashion. Shevchenko to become women's flyweight champion. JJ beats Shevchenko to become 2-division champion on the Rousey-Cyborg card.

* Mighty Mouse does not fight TJ and becomes as popular as a mini-Woodley, despite extending the title defence record by 3, beating Cejudo and Benavidez again.

* Gunni to retire following another KO defeat citing his health, Artem to sign with Bellator, Charlie Ward and John Phillips cut, Dillon Danis and James Gallagher both to submit 2 tomato cans in impressive fashion.

* Chael to reach the final of the Bellator tournament (wrestling I guess) before a "super-fight" with a returning Chuck Liddell at the end of the year.

If you're gonna make predictions, might as well go as specific as possible I guess Ok that's me done.

I'll be back. Happy new year in advance

JohnMc1 wrote: »

dulux99 wrote: »

So it turns out Fridays press conference isn't a big one any longer, it's just a 220 presser instead. Ah well!

Is this really a surprise? How many times has Dana promised a "Game changing" announcement that will "Change the sport for years to come." only for it to turn out to be something stupid or trivial?