Official Conor McGregor thread (part 2). **Read warning in 1st post**

CatFromHue

Pretty Rookie mistake from Dee taking the corn on the cob on the walking tour :pac:

newbbieb

Gamebred wrote: »

Further proof of the announcement.

Is there any chance they have heard the rumours swirling and are just having a bit of fun with people when its maybe not true?

wonderfullife

CatFromHue wrote: »

Pretty Rookie mistake from Dee taking the corn on the cob on the walking tour :pac:

Fair play to the loyalty in SBG for not running to The Sun with it a month ago. Would have been a few bob for an "inside source" to leak that. They did well to keep it an open secret away from the papers. You can tell Ariel knew weeks ago as well. I was told maybe 2 weeks ago thru' a friend of one SBG fighter that she's expecting twins 100% and just keep it under the oul' hat.

BOHtox

wonderfullife wrote: »

Fair play to the loyalty in SBG for not running to The Sun with it a month ago. Would have been a few bob for an "inside source" to leak that. They did well to keep it an open secret away from the papers. You can tell Ariel knew weeks ago as well. I was told maybe 2 weeks ago thru' a friend of one SBG fighter that she's expecting twins 100% and just keep it under the oul' hat.

"Now you can put it on Boards, but don't go around telling everyone"

wonderfullife

haha crap i just realised everyone now agrees/knows she's pregnant but not with the amount.....any chance we can both ninja delete posts

newbbieb

wonderfullife wrote: »

Fair play to the loyalty in SBG for not running to The Sun with it a month ago. Would have been a few bob for an "inside source" to leak that. They did well to keep it an open secret away from the papers. You can tell Ariel knew weeks ago as well. I was told maybe 2 weeks ago thru' a friend of one SBG fighter that she's expecting twins 100% and just keep it under the oul' hat.

When people say they heard its twins it just sounds like a classic wind up to me,i mean nobody is even sure she is pregnant but yet there is a load of people around SBG are privy to her ultrasound.

wonderfullife

newbbieb wrote: »

When people say they heard its twins it just sounds like a classic wind up to me,i mean nobody is even sure she is pregnant but yet there is a load of people around SBG are privy to her ultrasound.

Her baby bump was clearly visible on a snapchat story post earlier from one of the SBG entourage at the top overlooking Central Park.

Damn it how did we get back on to Dee is pregnant.

Quick let's switch topics - Floyd Mayweather and Conor, how realistic? lol. Please nobody answer that

newbbieb

wonderfullife wrote: »

Her baby bump was clearly visible on a snapchat story post earlier from one of the SBG entourage at the top overlooking Central Park.

Damn it how did we get back on to Dee is pregnant.

Quick let's switch topics - Floyd Mayweather and Conor, how realistic? lol. Please nobody answer that

Yeah probably,just the twins bit could easily have been a ruse by JK or Conor to expose some leaks from SBG.

wonderfullife

newbbieb wrote: »

When people say they heard its twins it just sounds like a classic wind up to me,i mean nobody is even sure she is pregnant but yet there is a load of people around SBG are privy to her ultrasound.

To be fair she could be expecting quadruplets for all i know. I'm just indulging in hearsay and speculation which, of course, is a good idea lol.

Gamebred

Nate Diaz is gonna be an interesting ringside spectator for 205.

newbbieb

RDA says he will be there too if he wins,could probably throw Aldo out there too,if Conor pulls it off the choices he has are limitless,not to mention the winner of the earlier Khabib/Johnson fight who will be hanging around too.

wonderfullife

Crap i forgot to do my Mea Culpa from last week. So after my rant about the Charlie Ward twitter account (joao carvahlo pic), who did i run into in SBG only Charlie! Kindly took time out to have a quick chat with me about the Albany card.

Valuable lesson on assumptions learned.

CatFromHue

wonderfullife wrote: »

Fair play to the loyalty in SBG for not running to The Sun with it a month ago. Would have been a few bob for an "inside source" to leak that. They did well to keep it an open secret away from the papers. You can tell Ariel knew weeks ago as well. I was told maybe 2 weeks ago thru' a friend of one SBG fighter that she's expecting twins 100% and just keep it under the oul' hat.

I was talking about corn on the cob being a two hander food so if you've also a little plate of food to carry it's a bad bad choice.

Buffet technique is a very under appreciated sort of intelligence

:pac:

wonderfullife

CatFromHue wrote: »

I was talking about corn on the cob being a two hander food so if you've also a little plate of food to carry it's a bad bad choice.

Buffet technique is a very under appreciated sort of intelligence

:pac:

haha. I must be half asleep i mixed my metaphors. I completely read that sentence as "bun in the oven" and not "corn on the cob"

On re-read and re-watch i agree. Can't beat corn-on-the-cob dosed in an unhealthy amount of butter but it's not walking food.

DrPhilG

newbbieb wrote: »

RDA says he will be there too if he wins,could probably throw Aldo out there too,if Conor pulls it off the choices he has are limitless,not to mention the winner of the earlier Khabib/Johnson fight who will be hanging around too.

It'll be like a slapstick comedy film where everybody tries to run in the cage door at the same time and gets stuck.

J Mysterio

You just know McGregor is going to be saying how he has the best sperm going now.

'Look at my sperm!' 'I make twins when I get a fookin blowjob!'

EuskalHerria

Surely this dispels the rumours of a break.

thenotoriousmma - "I break jaws and I break records and I don't take breaks"
https://instagram.com/p/BMan5HLBC_Q/

MichaelScarn

His big announcement is his "F.A.S.T" training program.

As someone said, he needs to hire new film producers. The graphic was terrible.

EuskalHerria

Just watched the latest promise for 205. Okay but nothing grabbing.

With new owners looking to cut costs, surely allowing some footage to be used by youtubers etc in the run up to events would be a good idea? Some of the fan made videos are better than the official promos.

Paully D

It has probably been posted on here over the last couple of days (I'm too lazy to scroll through the posts) but McGregor has applied for a trademark for 'MacLifeFast'.

Tazzimus

Who's the dude in the red jacket? I keep seeing him in the jits classes but never passed any remark cos thought he was just another bum like the rest of us there.

Mellor

Tazzimus wrote: »

Who's the dude in the red jacket? I keep seeing him in the jits classes but never passed any remark cos thought he was just another bum like the rest of us there.

Looks like Spider-Man

wonderfullife

Tazzimus wrote: »

Who's the dude in the red jacket? I keep seeing him in the jits classes but never passed any remark cos thought he was just another bum like the rest of us there.

Dr. Julian Dalby - 1990 Irish Road Race Champion (cycling) and former world-record holder for most weight deadlifted in one hour - 68,210kg in the hour. (2,000+ reps of 30kg, 27x 40kg, 109 x 50kg)

Tazzimus

wonderfullife wrote: »

Dr. Julian Dalby - 1990 Irish Road Race Champion (cycling) and former world-record holder for most weight deadlifted in one hour - 68,210kg in the hour. (2,000+ reps of 30kg, 27x 40kg, 109 x 50kg)

Good to know.
Actually paired up with him before for a striking class, decent chap.

Subcomandante Marcos

wonderfullife wrote: »

Dr. Julian Dalby - 1990 Irish Road Race Champion (cycling) and former world-record holder for most weight deadlifted in one hour - 68,210kg in the hour. (2,000+ reps of 30kg, 27x 40kg, 109 x 50kg)

Julian is wearing a red shirt. It's a the guy in the red bomber jackcet and dark sweater he was asking about.

wonderfullife

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Julian is wearing a red shirt. It's a the guy in the red bomber jackcet and dark sweater he was asking about.

Julian is in a red bomber jacket......

Are we talking about the same picture?

The one of the gang in NY overlooking Central Park? From left, it's Sergey Pikulskiy, Colin Byrne, Dee, Conor, Dillon, Vasile, John and then Julian Dalby in the red bomber jacket and bright red Reeboks

cloudatlas

wonderfullife wrote: »

Julian is in a red bomber jacket......

Are we talking about the same picture?

The one of the gang in NY overlooking Central Park? From left, it's Sergey Pikulskiy, Colin Byrne, Dee, Conor, Dillon, Vasile, John and then Julian Dalby in the red bomber jacket and bright red Reeboks

He is talking about the Call of Duty Maclife video. In the video there is a lad in a red bomber jacket.

Subcomandante Marcos

cloudatlas wrote: »

He is talking about the Call of Duty Maclife video. In the video there is a lad in a red bomber jacket.

Yeah. That's the one. And the picture of Dee with the headset holding her bump.

Gamebred

Lee Dunphy Conors best mate who also runs his Mac Life site for him.

wonderfullife

ahhh. They're fond of their oul' red bomber jackets :pac:

I hope this documentary tomorrow isn't just a re-hash of old footage. I know they're including some of the John Gooden interview from the preview. Should be good. Probably Anthony Bourdain narrating again.

Gamebred

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/794952923532918785


Ha

MichaelScarn

Gamebred wrote: »

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/794952923532918785


Ha

gf

califano

When you think about it this is an unbelievable journey Conor has taken us on. And hes done it taking us along with him with revealing videos and clips he doesn't have to do. And to make it better hes doing it with people hes worked with and been friends with all the way from the start. This doesn't come around often so enjoy it while you can.

D.Q

What's the context of the go long uncle Frank tweet

MichaelScarn

D.Q wrote: »

What's the context of the go long uncle Frank tweet

I asked that too.

I think it's like when you throw a football and say go long.

In this case he has kicked the head off of Brimmage (?) and is saying go long Uncle Frank. Wonder if he has mended his relationship with the Fertita's?

wonderfullife

Half 6 EirSport1 - Philly McMahon (dub GAA) interviewing John for UFC 205

martyos121

wonderfullife wrote: »

Half 6 EirSport1 - Philly McMahon (dub GAA) interviewing John for UFC 205

Himself, Cooper and Connolly wouldn't look out of place in an octagon with their carry-on in matches. :pac:

Should be a good interview though, have it on now.

wonderfullife

I'll tell you one thing - Philly McMahon is putting 99% of "MMA journalists" to shame here!! He's asking great questions and getting John to think and give detailed answers.

martyos121

That was a really solid interview, Philly knows his stuff, credit where it's due. Very good questions.

wonderfullife

martyos121 wrote: »

That was a really solid interview, Philly knows his stuff, credit where it's due. Very good questions.

Great stuff. Looked like Philly was down with a dose of man-flu but he asked some great questions. Loved the reveal that they drilled fake knockdowns ahead of Diaz 2 to simulate Conors responses to it. Also great to hear that even if pro-MMA fades away in Ireland in the future that John will stick at the martial arts coaching for the love of it.

martyos121

wonderfullife wrote: »

Great stuff. Looked like Philly was down with a dose of man-flu but he asked some great questions. Loved the reveal that they drilled fake knockdowns ahead of Diaz 2 to simulate Conors responses to it. Also great to hear that even if pro-MMA fades away in Ireland in the future that John will stick at the martial arts coaching for the love of it.

Yeah John seems to be in it for the long haul which is great to see, the true pioneer of MMA in Ireland, his fighters have created the sport's bubble in this country and I don't see it fading away when Conor retires.

If you compare it to something like club soccer in this country, it's suffering because there aren't many good coaches still here, they're all in the UK or somewhere else, so the development of talent is failing at the most fundamental level. MMA is succeeding because it's the complete opposite of that, there are genuine top class coaches like Kavanagh nurturing talent and creating UFC level fighters.

SBG does seem to have a bit of a monopoly on the very best talent in the country, but it's mainly because it's such a professional and high level team that you have guys like James Gallagher who moved to Dublin at 15 just to develop his skills there. It all goes back to the point that Kavanagh is doing things very, very well. We mightn't see another McGregor-level fighter come out of SBG again, but I'm certain there will be a few not a million miles off it.

califano

Any link to the Philip Mc Mahon interview

Jan_de_Bakker

Is McGregor playing soon ?

wonderfullife

martyos121 wrote: »

SBG does seem to have a bit of a monopoly on the very best talent in the country, but it's mainly because it's such a professional and high level team that you have guys like James Gallagher who moved to Dublin at 15 just to develop his skills there. It all goes back to the point that Kavanagh is doing things very, very well. We mightn't see another McGregor-level fighter come out of SBG again, but I'm certain there will be a few not a million miles off it.

Yep. Never say never but i imagine everybody associated with SBG Concorde knows Conor McGregor is a once-in-a-liftetime fighter. Don't get me wrong, we might see (in some ways) better fighters than Conor produced by SBG - better grapplers, better wrestlers, cleaner jiujtsu, sharper muay-thai etc.

But there really truly is only one Conor McGregor. His mix of dedication, discipline, obsession, charisma, skill and self-belief is unmatched. Many can attempt to copy but there is only one.

Same with Muhammad Ali. Many came after him just as talented, if not more so, in boxing. You can argue a case for prime Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Sugar Ray Leonard, Floyd Mayweather etc but there is only one Ali.

So i think the next 5 years we will see a steady trickle through of Irish fighters from SBG, Team Ryano and the likes making a splash on the world stage but the Conor-experience for all concerned (coaches, family, friends and fans) is a once-in-a-lifetime ride.

I'm personally excited to see what Sinead Kavanagh can do with a step-up in levels because there are so few women at the top level who possess genuine KO-power. She relies on her chin far too much but that can be tightened up and improved. It'll do female MMA in Ireland no harm to have a healthy Aisling Daly back with Sinead making it to the UFC eventually.

wonderfullife

califano wrote: »

Any link to the Philip Mc Mahon interview

Can't find any but here's a couple of the questions for you.


https://twitter.com/eirSport/status/794971316722036736

https://twitter.com/eirSport/status/794973467439460352

https://twitter.com/eirSport/status/794977026402877440

Gamebred

Phily trains some Jiu Jitsu up in Roddy's place hence his bit of knowledge in martial arts,nice lad.

Depp

Gamebred wrote: »

Phily trains some Jiu Jitsu up in Roddy's place hence his bit of knowledge in martial arts,nice lad.

Lot of GAA guys seem to be picking it up since McGeeney got into it!

ASOT

Phillys a top lad; great interview.

wonderfullife

ASOT wrote: »

Phillys a top lad; great interview.

He's also a great example to young people. Faced a lot of adversity with the death of his brother from drug addiction and does a lot in the community to raise drug awareness.

I was super impressed by his knowledge and how he crafted his questions. Most interviews John gets asked the same stuff and can rattle off the answers in his sleep. In this one, he really had to think and that's always a sign of a great interview.

Gamebred

wonderfullife wrote: »

He's also a great example to young people. Faced a lot of adversity with the death of his brother from drug addiction and does a lot in the community to raise drug awareness.

I was super impressed by his knowledge and how he crafted his questions. Most interviews John gets asked the same stuff and can rattle off the answers in his sleep. In this one, he really had to think and that's always a sign of a great interview.

Some of the ****e the ''pro's'' ask is a pisstake same question over and over again,


Generic ****e I heard that lad from severe mma on the conference ask Eddie his game plan ffs, Yeah hes really gonna blurt out his game plan a week before the fight.