The Conor McGregor Thread

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weldoninhio wrote: »

And the felony he's been charged with comes with a 2 year mandatory sentence if found guilty.

I knew he'd look for excuses not to get back in the UFC ring what with the €100m purse, but this is a tad extreme.

weldoninhio

Avatar MIA wrote: »

I knew he'd look for excuses not to get back in the UFC ring what with the €100m purse, but this is a tad extreme.

Theres a video on one of the other threads, I can't save and put up here because i'm in work. But Dana said he was texting Conor after if and McGregor tried to justify it to him.

"He apologized to Mike, Rose and anyone else that got hurt but said that this had to be done" - may not be verbatim, but is the gist of it.

Mutant z

And we are supposed to care why sod him he's big enough to make his own choices in life.

flatty

I cannot understand why people get so hot under the collar about him.
No one ever gave him anything. Not a single thing.
He talks the talk, but he absolutely walks the walk.
It takes courage to get into that octagon with the people he has fought. He has made a fortune entirely for himself. He's not caused any harm, and I bet he's given loads to charity.
Fair play to him I'd say.

Hector Bellend

Put a skanger on horseback and he'll ride to hell.

lawred2

flatty wrote: »

I cannot understand why people get so hot under the collar about him.
No one ever gave him anything. Not a single thing.
He talks the talk, but he absolutely walks the walk.
It takes courage to get into that octagon with the people he has fought. He has made a fortune entirely for himself. He's not caused any harm, and I bet he's given loads to charity.
Fair play to him I'd say.

lol

Trasna1

flatty wrote: »

I cannot understand why people get so hot under the collar about him.
No one ever gave him anything. Not a single thing.
He talks the talk, but he absolutely walks the walk.
It takes courage to get into that octagon with the people he has fought. He has made a fortune entirely for himself. He's not caused any harm, and I bet he's given loads to charity.
Fair play to him I'd say.

Wasn't the state funding him to become a MMA fighter before his career took off?

Anyway, it's utterly moronic to act the maggot in the US. Aren't foreign citizens usually told to f*ck off and never come back unless they commit a really serious crime? 10 year ban from the USA I imagine will be the outcome here.

weldoninhio

flatty wrote: »

I cannot understand why people get so hot under the collar about him.
No one ever gave him anything. Not a single thing.
He talks the talk, but he absolutely walks the walk.
It takes courage to get into that octagon with the people he has fought. He has made a fortune entirely for himself. He's not caused any harm, and I bet he's given loads to charity.
Fair play to him I'd say.

Tell that to the lad who's face is so cut up the doctors won't let him fight, or the lad with glass in his eye who can't fight due to doctors advice.

utyh2ikcq9z76b

weldoninhio wrote: »

Tell that to the lad who's face is so cut up the doctors won't let him fight, or the lad with glass in his eye who can't fight due to doctors advice.

I think that's the same person

weldoninhio

Amayah Bald Fatigues wrote: »

I think that's the same person

Its 2 seperate people. Michael Chiesa has his face cut up. Ray Borg has an apparent lacerated eyeball.

ancapailldorcha

flatty wrote: »

I cannot understand why people get so hot under the collar about him.
No one ever gave him anything. Not a single thing.
He talks the talk, but he absolutely walks the walk.
It takes courage to get into that octagon with the people he has fought. He has made a fortune entirely for himself. He's not caused any harm, and I bet he's given loads to charity.
Fair play to him I'd say.

I've no interest in UFC. None. I don't think about it at all. Same with McGregor. I never liked him but I've more important things to concern myself with.

However, this incident just proves that he's little more than a base thug with a smart mouth. With any luck, the NYPD and the US courts will issue a lot more than a slap on the wrist and the people he injured will receive adequate compensation.

Hercule Poirot

flatty wrote: »

I cannot understand why people get so hot under the collar about him.
No one ever gave him anything. Not a single thing.
He talks the talk, but he absolutely walks the walk.
It takes courage to get into that octagon with the people he has fought. He has made a fortune entirely for himself. He's not caused any harm, and I bet he's given loads to charity.
Fair play to him I'd say.

You cannot mean this....I mean yeah, break windows, damage peoples faces, jeopardise their careers, cause chaos for absolutely no reason - yeah, fair play to him.....

freshpopcorn

We need a hashtag movement about who we believe!

Ash.J.Williams

Lux23 wrote: »

He walks like a constipated toddler, and why does he hold his head up like that? Is it because he is so tiny?

he's tiny now?

Doctors room ghost

Autochange wrote: »

This incident involved McGregor. Im not sure who McTapper is.
You ok hun? Late night?

Hell thats some comedy gold right there.did you come up with that all by yourself?

Hector Savage

Dana White saying he's going to jail ?

Surely not ?

He will be able to pay his way out of this surely ?

For Forks Sake

freshpopcorn wrote: »

We need a hashtag movement about who we believe!

#IBelieveTheBus

Ash.J.Williams

HandsomeBob wrote: »

Seems almost a level of twisted satisfaction on the thread towards what's happening. McGregor back to where he deserves to be finally for a lot of people. Sad.

are there any positives from it?

pumpkin4life

You know, I was always fairly backing of McGregor, between Irish begrudgers and all of that, as there was a hell of a lot to admire about him. His confidence, his work ethic and his charisma and the Mayweather fight, the greatest piece of trolling in sports history.

But this is complete fùcking scumbag territory, and its a weird decision for being "staged" if that was what happened. Doubt it completely.

The rise and fall of Conor McGregor, movie some day. This ain't your typical cocaine fun either. Fùck this guy, I hope these lads sue the shìte out of him.

ROAAAR

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I've no interest in UFC. None. I don't think about it at all. Same with McGregor. I never liked him but I've more important things to concern myself with.

However, this incident just proves that he's little more than a base thug with a smart mouth. With any luck, the NYPD and the US courts will issue a lot more than a slap on the wrist and the people he injured will receive adequate compensation.

Ah now!!


A lot of outrage over this but this is making a McGregor Vs Khabib fight possibly the biggest ufc ppv of all time.

Dana saying in that video that they could have fought each other in the octagon is a bit of a tell into the mind of a promoter.

Irish Guitarist

He always seemed so polite and reserved. I never would have expected him to do something like this. If he were to get into any kind of trouble in America my money would have been on him helping old ladies across the street and being arrested for jaywalking.

Irish Guitarist

flatty wrote: »

I cannot understand why people get so hot under the collar about him.
No one ever gave him anything. Not a single thing.
He talks the talk, but he absolutely walks the walk.
It takes courage to get into that octagon with the people he has fought. He has made a fortune entirely for himself. He's not caused any harm, and I bet he's given loads to charity.
Fair play to him I'd say.

"The octagon is the harshest of all shapes" - Abraham Lincoln

Dick phelan

Once a scumbag always a scumbag, money doesn't change that. complete embaressment to the country, awful that this knuckle dragger is probably the most famous athlete we have at present. Got his arse handed to him by a practically retired 40 year old, Pity people don't support the large number of excellent fighters we have who don't resort to this scummy behavior. Compare him to the recently retired Andy Lee or Carl Frampton he's not half the man they are.

lawred2

Hector Savage wrote: »

Dana White saying he's going to jail ?

Surely not ?

He will be able to pay his way out of this surely ?

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pay your way out of jail? How does that work?

Cushie Butterfield

He has plenty of it & can afford the best legal representation. In the USA these two ingredients make a lot of things go away, or at least provide scope for charges/court decisions to be lessened. I can foresee minimum penalties for lessened criminal charges plus out of court settlements to avoid any civil actions.

ArmaniJeanss

lawred2 wrote: »

?

pay your way out of jail? How does that work?

'Jail' in America means arrest&pre-trial detention, so you pay your way out by posting bail.

TheRiverman

Hope has a more respect for the American Court than he had for ours.

cena

Hope he is sent out of the country and never allowed back in

lawred2

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

'Jail' in America means arrest&pre-trial detention, so you pay your way out by posting bail.

not entirely true... jail can be used for those convicted and serving short sentences.

either way - I see that you meant detention.

It's up to the judge to allow release on bail... maybe that's not going to happen..

Or maybe bail is going to be set at such a level that it's going to take McTosser a good while to get it all together. As such jail is inevitable for a while at least.

Wheety

Wouldn't he be a flight risk as the story is he just flew in to confront Khabib? Hopefully the judge denies bail but I'd imagine that's only for more serious crimes?

ArmaniJeanss

lawred2 wrote: »

not entirely true... jail can be used for those convicted and serving short sentences.

either way - I see that you meant detention.

It's up to the judge to allow release on bail... maybe that's not going to happen..

I think we'd agree that when Dana White said 'he's going to jail' he probably meant it as a few days in a police cell/then before a judge/possible bail hearing sense, whereas the media here and many posters have taken it to mean an actual prison sentence.

Agricola

"A fighting cock is always a fighting cock, not just in the arena"

- Old Chinese proverb

Rjd2

lawred2 wrote: »

it's almost like people don't like classless drug fueled knackbags who act like thugs... Sad alright.

I think like most people, for many years I praised him for his rise to the top. A lot of that meteoric rise was hard work and that's something to applaud and to point to people and hope they get inspired.

I don't think he is as awful as some people say, but last few years its getting harder and harder to defend the guy, last night he didn't exactly kill anyone, but he still acted like an absolute tramp.

I don't want the guy to become a bum again, as not as if any if any his money will go to me, nor do I want him to be a politically correct bore, but surely we can have a middle ground?

He can be flamboyant without been so utterly obnoxious which he was for the majority of his career.

Sleeper12

Agricola wrote:

"A fighting cock is always a fighting cock, not just in the arena"

Sometimes a fighting cock is really just a dick

aidan24326

glasso wrote: »

You're so deluded it's pitiful.

After the major suing that is going to go on here McGregor will be more likely to be plumbing jacks in ballyfermot.

The guy is a moron with a pigeon-brain who couldn't plan more than 1 move ahead to save his life and can't even manage 1 move usually.

It would be a good idea to actually comprehend a post before replying to it.

Wheety wrote: »

Wouldn't he be a flight risk as the story is he just flew in to confront Khabib? Hopefully the judge denies bail but I'd imagine that's only for more serious crimes?

I doubt he'll be denied bail, although it may depend what level of assault they charge him with. NY State has three levels of assault, 1st degree being the most serious (usually reserved for assault with a deadly weapon like a knife or something, max sentence 25 years). 2nd degree can also carry a prison sentence of up to 7 years. 3rd is more of a minor misdemeanour and doesn't usually involve any jail time unless you have previous.

eddie73

No match v Khabib so. I wonder what he was thinking of?...

irishproduce

weldoninhio wrote: »

The NY commission pulled them out on doctors advice.

The lads haven't just gone, "Yeah, can't fight now". Ludicrous to have the lack of brainpower to realise that athletes can't just pull out of events because they feel like it.

Any links to what the current status of those fighters is?
I'd be fairly confident there is fúck all wrong with those lads.

Gunmonkey

eddie73 wrote: »

No match v Khabib so. I wonder what he was thinking of?...

Probably got pissed off when he found out he was fighting some guy called Khabib and not entering a kebab eating contest.

stuff.hunter

eddie73 wrote: »

No match v Khabib so. I wonder what he was thinking of?...

he doent think, thats the problem...I'll say all of these punches taken made his brain like a jelly

flas

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

A lot of people suggesting he's on coke....just looks like a feral North Dub kid to me

He is a southsider

lorcand1990

I used to respect him because of his amazing rise to the top, even up until his Mayweather fight i found him entertaining. Now i find it very difficult to like/respect him

weldoninhio

irishproduce wrote: »

Any links to what the current status of those fighters is?
I'd be fairly confident there is fúck all wrong with those lads.

Current status is unable to compete due to medical advice.

Outlaw Pete

https://twitter.com/TrustyTransfers/status/982267451906736134

Gatling

Meanwhile McGregor is still UFC two weight champion ??
Unless someone steps in to fight at extremely short notice

lawred2

lawred2 wrote: »

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pay your way out of jail? How does that work?

Ask OJ

weldoninhio

Gatling wrote: »

Meanwhile McGregor is still UFC two weight champion ??
Unless someone steps in to fight at extremely short notice

He was stripped of the 145 belt less than 2 weeks after he won the 155 belt. Pettis has 2 hours to lose 0.2lbs. If Pettis makes it, McGregor will lose his second belt just as he steps up in front of the judge.

chrissb8

Rjd2 wrote: »

I don't think he is as awful as some people say, but last few years its getting harder and harder to defend the guy, last night he didn't exactly kill anyone, but he still acted like an absolute tramp.

Ah here. You're making out it wasn't a big deal or something. He didn't kill someone? What like if I burn a house down but no one dies there's always that and it isn't such a big of a deal?

The guy set out to incite fear in another human. Not the big "hold me back ur ded when I get you in the ring" sort. But the I will legitimately assault you and hurt others to get to you and I don't care who gets in my way.

He's a scumbag, always has been. I don't respect him because of his hard work given that plenty of people work extraordinarily hard and appreciate the opportunities they've worked for.

This guy has just s**t on all that and comes across that he thinks he's entitled to it and whatever he wants as a result of his hardwork.

I love attitude and big talk as it adds personality and an edge to a person such as a fighter. This though is just a natural progression for him and frankly a too far taken action by a man who's ego has taken over his common sense and respect to others.

He may have his millions but he doesn't have much self respect/respect of others left and that's something that in some ways is worth more than money.

Some Yoke

Amalgam wrote: »

..what is the Dalkey connection?

Fella with him at the time has a dalkey address

Stonedpilot

If he is coked up like many suspect he could be addicted to drugs.

If he is an addict he probably rationally has no idea what hes doing half the time and is living in a drug induced delusion. All the yes men around him don't help.

But many vunerable drug addicts have huge ego's, it's all defense. You can have low self esteem and a huge ego.

If he is coked out if his mind 24/7 then he hardly knows what he's doing, that thing in New York probably seems like a dream to a coked up addict like himself.

Guy needs help.

Doctors room ghost

Stonedpilot wrote: »

If he is coked up like many suspect he could be addicted to drugs.

If he is an addict he probably rationally has no idea what hes doing half the time and is living in a drug induced delusion. All the yes men around him don't help.

But many vunerable drug addicts have huge ego's, it's all defense. You can have low self esteem and a huge ego.

If he is coked out if his mind 24/7 then he hardly knows what he's doing, that thing in New York probably seems like a dream to a coked up addict like himself.

Guy needs help.

Don’t be making excuses for him being a scumbag.
“Ah the poor old divil is on the drugs.cant help it boss.needs help”.
No he’s just an ass hole and the assholeness is multiplied if he is in fact on drugs.