Official Conor McGregor thread (part 3) *Updated Warning in 1st Post Re:Boxing match

Swashbuckler

Deedsie wrote:

The begrudger element. We are all familiar with these odious types in all aspects of Irish sport. An admitted initial fan who became disillusioned when McGregor got a little too successful for their own pathetic insecurities. Embarrassing listening to them and reading this rubbish.

Its not begrudgery. In fairness Conor has become less and less likable over time. And that's coming from a fan.

Inviere

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Its not begrudgery. In fairness Conor has become less and less likable over time. And that's coming from a fan.

I know this is a bit simplistic, but I avoid his social media and just watch the stuff that matters. Maybe I'm blissfully unaware, but I haven't found him any different than he always was...short of being a bit more sure of his abilities. Getting tangled up in anyones social media is enough to turn you off most people.

rob316

One things for sure Vince will be throwing buckets of cash at McGregor for next years WrestleMania. These promo's he's cutting are perfect for WWE minus the cursing.

hewhoscares

Do we really think domestic violence isn't allowed to be talked about? Presume McGregor is just holding back on it for now rather than blow his beans early doors. 
If Kavanagh is posting on social media about it, I'd guess he's under the same restraints no? he's got his own presser on Friday with Floyd Snr

Is he serious? Doesn't McGregor say that to everyone? I swore he said this to Nate Diaz too.
Ridiculous. Nothing in it.

GerryDerpy

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Is he serious? Doesn't McGregor say that to everyone? I swore he said this to Nate Diaz too.
Ridiculous. Nothing in it.

TMZ have a bone to pick with McGregor. Trying to stir it up.

billybonkers

As long as it drives up PPV buys I doubt they care.

This is all about the money let's be honest here

Sweet Science

You think what he said damaged their brand ?

raze_them_all_

Deedsie wrote: »

The begrudger element. We are all familiar with these odious types in all aspects of Irish sport. An admitted initial fan who became disillusioned when McGregor got a little too successful for their own pathetic insecurities. Embarrassing listening to them and reading this rubbish.

The typical if you don't nuthug you are a vegetarian element. Some of us since don't like his carry on. Doesnt matter if he's rich or not. Look at dillan danis and James Gallagher. If he wasn't Irish you wouldn't love him

billybonkers

What Conor said in no way damaged their brand, he was calling them weasels because they turned off his mic the day before, which was a bad idea, did you see how much better the second event was when Conor had his own mic.

He is making them money...

tedpan

Will Rick Flair and Hulk Hogan be there too?

Gamebred

I would bet on Conor doing WWE before going back to mma given the choice, hes cut out for it.

everlast75

Gamebred wrote: »

I would bet on Conor doing WWE before going back to mma given the choice, hes cut out for it.

If it's good enough for Floyd...

billybonkers

Conor does not work for Showtime though, they probably said say whatever the hell you want to sell the fight, just don't bring up the fact that Flyod beats women!

I didn't say Showtime told Conor to say **** you?

But if I were Conor and they cut my mic the day before I probably would.

Outlaw Pete

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Is he serious? Doesn't McGregor say that to everyone? I swore he said this to Nate Diaz too.
Ridiculous. Nothing in it.

So that's Floyd buried in the desert so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX1bDJbno4s

Gamebred

Gamebred wrote: »

I would bet on Conor doing WWE before going back to mma given the choice, hes cut out for it.

Dana White- "Conor is going to defend the lightweight belt. Conor has promised after his upcoming fight with John Cena for the WWE title he will fight Khabib in russia"v:pac::pac:

Sweet Science

https://twitter.com/BSO/status/885541201520320513

Jesus

Frank Bullitt

Sweet Science wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BSO/status/885541201520320513

Jesus

Ah here, thats edited. He might be hard to handle but I don't think he is like he is made out to be in this.

hewhoscares

Sweet Science wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BSO/status/885541201520320513

Jesus

The boy stuff is not meant with the same malace as its taken in the US. But you have to respect how other cultures and the words in them have different meaning, he did it again yesterday when he'll have been aware of the fall out. The word paki is almost friendly in Australia I believe, not quite in the here and the UK. 

That clip above is pretty cut and shut though. Dancing monkeys in the gym is a horrible thing to say and most certainly racist.

Sofiztikated

I always took dancing monkeys to mean lackeys, someone who does your bidding, puppets kinda thing.

Frank Bullitt

Sofiztikated wrote: »

I always took dancing monkeys to mean lackeys, someone who does your bidding, puppets kinda thing.

Same, I don't think he is saying it in the racist manner.

Sweet Science

Sorry but you don't use the term monkey when talking about a black person

I don't think he is actually racist but I genuinely don't think he is the brightest

Frank Bullitt

Sweet Science wrote: »

Sorry but you don't use the term monkey when talking about a black person

I don't think he is actually racist but I genuinely don't think he is the brightest

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt here on this one.

I don't think he'll do well in this fight, but I don't think he is racist.

I hope I am not wrong as well on this.

CatFromHue

Gintonious wrote: »

Same, I don't think he is saying it in the racist manner.

Hopefully he isn't but in case anyone didn't know race relations in America are little bit tense, especially at the moment. So saying that in that context is very dumb.

Frank Bullitt

Ah Conor, prove me wrong on this one at least! Don't turn to this kind of crap.

Outlaw Pete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfihsmiN4yo

LMAO.

Dana to Drake: "Later Homie"

:P

Paully D

A sure sign McGregor destroyed Floyd last night when the only rubbutal is for the race card to come out. It's moving from a clear 10-7 to McGregor to a 10-6 at this rate.

This is the same man who has an Iraqi born Muslim as his manager FFS.

Clowns.

Outlaw Pete

Sweet Science wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BSO/status/885541201520320513

Jesus

LOL at that link:

"If I was to go to Ireland and start calling people a Coal-Cracker and tried to brush it off because I am an American, I doubt they would give me the same benefit of the doubt."

If an American came here and called me a coal cracker I break me hole laughing ffs :pac:

Frank Bullitt

Paully D wrote: »

A sure sign McGregor destroyed Floyd last night when the only rubbutal is for the race card to come out. It's moving from a clear 10-7 to McGregor to a 10-6 at this rate.

This is the same man who has an Iraqi born Muslim as his manager FFS.

Clowns.

When the hell did people start scoring ****in press conferences.

Jesus wept.

hewhoscares

https://twitter.com/Fight_Ghost/status/885565297092067333

Have to think this is optimistic but come fight week and the final presser anf weigh in, add a dollop of drama and it wouldn't surprise.

Sofiztikated

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

LOL at that link:



If an American came here and called me a coal cracker I break me hole laughing ffs :pac:

If an American came here and called most people a coal cracker, most people wouldn't have a ****s notion what he meant.

Outlaw Pete

Sofiztikated wrote: »

If an American came here and called most people a coal cracker, most people wouldn't have a ****s notion what he meant.

That's what I mean. I would laugh cause it sounds so mad and I wouldn't have a clue what it meant anyway. Coal mine jibe I guess.

Anyway, the first thing I watched this morning when I woke up was that Kimmel clip as it was a YT recommendation and when I heard him refer to the scene with the 'Dancing Monkeys' I actually thought I had just forgotten about a scene where Clubber Lang must have had a 'Dancing Monkey' ......... been years since I seen it.

Damn so, I can see this snowballing unfortunately....... America is uber sensitive to stuff like that.

Inviere

I really don't think he's racist in any way shape or form, but that's the kinda thing that's gonna get your name in the news....hmm.

As an aside, I think it's the Aldo fight, just before the round begins & he's down on his hunkers, I'm certain you can see him mouthing "C'mon boy", or "Let's go boy".

Sofiztikated

Yeah, it's a ****ing reach.



And he said about the "celebrity gym," obviously meaning

Outlaw Pete

Nah, I don't think he's racist in the slightest either.... sure if anything he is always trying to emulate black culture. On his way to LA he said "Goin back to Cali" in a tweet which is a Biggie Smalls song and of course he used Hypnotize as his walk out music for years. I know people will say you can still be racist and do all that, but I just don't get that vibe form him at all.

There was also a black fighter staying at the mansion for the Diaz II camp, he was in a bunch of Embeddeds I think, anyone know who that was?

God I hope this doesn't gather momentum, be a shame to sour it all, even if it is essentially a money grab.

D.Q

Be a real shame if race starts being dragged into it.

"boy" was definitely meant disrespectfully, but I think that's where it ends.

That said, maybe avoid it tonight. Obviously there are undertones there, especially in America.

Outlaw Pete

Sofiztikated wrote: »

And he said about the "celebrity gym," obviously meaning

Well, the only people dancing in that were three white girls... thank fcuk for that.

You just know if that scene had three black women there would have been screen caps flying about twitter saying he was calling the women in it monkeys.

markc91

Time is tonight's sh1tshow on at?

Zero-Cool

Gintonious wrote: »

When the hell did people start scoring ****in press conferences.

Jesus wept.

It's good enough for Big John

https://twitter.com/JohnMcCarthyMMA/status/885294983451885572

Outlaw Pete

markc91 wrote: »

Time is tonight's sh1tshow on at?

11:30pm.

Which means 1am I guess. You'd think it'd be early given it's New York.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktUGNEyW7To

Sofiztikated

Is it tonight or tomorrow that Conor will be the one that's late?

redarmy

markc91 wrote: »

Time is tonight's sh1tshow on at?

that u will watch..:pac:

Zero-Cool

I can't stay up if they are gonna be an hour and a half late tonight.

Have to say, I know nothing about Leonard, CEO of mayweather promotions, but I'm becoming a fan, he has done infectious smile and just looks so happy at the pressers.

wonderfullife

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I can't stay up if they are gonna be an hour and a half late tonight.

Have to say, I know nothing about Leonard, CEO of mayweather promotions, but I'm becoming a fan, he has done infectious smile and just looks so happy at the pressers.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

threeball

He seems to be getting the better of the verbal exchanges even if he is sailing a little close to the wind with some of his comments.

What I'd like to know is wtf did he think he was at chucking his own countrys flag on the ground. Mayweather showed more respect for the flag than McGregor did.
I thought it showed an inability to control himself and hes definitely taking it all more personally that Floyd

Too Tough To Die

wonderfullife wrote: »

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I think he hears the sound of Sonic the hedgehog running through a shitload of rings every time Conor gets on the mic.

Sweet Science

I've never followed John kavanagh on Twitter before . I've seen some tweets the last week or so though . Has he always come across that way ?

wonderfullife

Just FYI the "dancing monkeys" thing isn't edited and there's worse to come because the segment is from Jimmy Kimmel which will air to a big audience...

Full segment below.

To be fair, I've no idea what he's referring to so I'll go watch Rocky 3 again and see what the craic is. I do know Conor has referred to himself as a monkey on at least 4 separate occasions (twice in the lead-up to the Aldo fight, twice after the UFC 200 debacle) but I also think he has a tendency to say things he thinks are harmless that others might not find harmless.

https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/885525050950000640

Whelo79

Sweet Science wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BSO/status/885541201520320513

Jesus

It's unbelievable the amount of people who see something like this and take it as gospel. It's a large part of what is wrong with the world today and why the media get away with making scandalous headlines with little to no proof.

Go and do your own research/investigation to decide if something like this is true or not before jumping in with both feet by commenting on it and showing yourself up. A simple 5 minute bit of work shows the real scene McGregor was talking about.

Sofiztikated

threeball wrote: »

He seems to be getting the better of the verbal exchanges even if he is sailing a little close to the wind with some of his comments.

What I'd like to know is wtf did he think he was at chucking his own countrys flag on the ground. Mayweather showed more respect for the flag than McGregor did.
I thought it showed an inability to control himself and hes definitely taking it all more personally that Floyd

Don't look at it as a flag, rather an item which Floyd was mocking him with, and then handed to him. He would have ****ed it back at him, no matter what it was.

There's been nowt of any substance said. That's why people are reaching for the racism angle.

This is fluff, just take it as so.