Official Conor McGregor thread (part 6) Read Mod Note in Post 1 Revised 13-01-19

Lukker- · 27-10-2018 8:23pm

Didn't realise he was already back in Ireland :

https://www.instagram.com/p/BpccIMPHfIz/?hl=en&taken-by=coach_kavanagh

Autecher · 27-10-2018 8:58pm

Ben Askren has been having a lot of fun on Twitter the last few days

https://twitter.com/Benaskren/status/525376759941058561
https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/525388162978549761
https://twitter.com/Benaskren/status/525428634602196993
https://twitter.com/Benaskren/status/525428923858182144

Dtp1979 · 27-10-2018 9:03pm

Is there a non wrestler fight for McGregor?

Useful.Idiot · 27-10-2018 9:04pm

Those are from 2014

Autecher · 27-10-2018 9:07pm

Useful.Idiot wrote: »

Those are from 2014

Shíte your right, I fell for the clickbait like a dummy. I thought Ben was referring to Till

Ultimate Seduction · 27-10-2018 9:07pm

cliggg wrote: »

Ben Askren has been having a lot of fun on Twitter the last few days

https://twitter.com/Benaskren/status/525376759941058561
https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/525388162978549761
https://twitter.com/Benaskren/status/525428634602196993
https://twitter.com/Benaskren/status/525428923858182144

Took me a while to see they year.. pube head ha

Useful.Idiot · 27-10-2018 9:23pm

but even applying those to today's context, I'd say Poirier, Aldo and Nate are likely next matchups who aren't really wrestlers.

LollipopJimmy · 29-10-2018 3:22pm

Looking at some social media stuff it seems McGregor has spent the last week in the gym

ASOT · 29-10-2018 3:47pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Looking at some social media stuff it seems McGregor has spent the last week in the gym

He took the boxing class aswell judging by what kavanagh said in his post.

LollipopJimmy · 29-10-2018 4:10pm

ASOT wrote: »

He took the boxing class aswell judging by what kavanagh said in his post.

Spotted that alright

Smiles35 · 29-10-2018 9:52pm

When is the the next fight? 3 months? 6 months?

Pighead · 29-10-2018 10:00pm

Smiles35 wrote: »

When is the the next fight? 3 months? 6 months?

Paddy's weekend would probably be a good bet.

dulux99 · 29-10-2018 10:02pm

I think his Mrs is due to have another baby relatively soon, so I think he'll probably take a bit more time than that. But you never know.

Commanchie · 29-10-2018 10:58pm

dulux99 wrote: »

I think his Mrs is due to have another baby relatively soon, so I think he'll probably take a bit more time than that. But you never know.

Think JK has said paddys weekend could be a possibility to rock.

Fromvert · 30-10-2018 12:47am

Every year it seems Paddy's day is floated for a McGregor fight somewhere and it's never happened. I hope he's back that soon but I won't hold my breath.

Mellor · 30-10-2018 12:50am

Fromvert wrote: »

Every year it seems Paddy's day is floated for a McGregor fight somewhere and it's never happened. I hope he's back that soon but I won't hold my breath.

I don't think it's ever actually suggested by the UFC. It's just a long running gag that the UFC are coming to Dublin for paddy's day.
Can't see a PPV happening here at time soon.

jimwallace197 · 30-10-2018 12:09pm

From the early signs already, I'm liking Mcgregors new attitude, willing to fight whoever is next in order to get a title shot, back in the gym training already, cutting down on the social media posts and whiskey selling. Seems like he has got the message .

If he can continue like this and cut the outside distractions, I could see him giving Khabib a real fight next time.

Hope the rumours of a khabib and GSP fight are true. That would be a great fight, then for Mcgregor to fight Ferguson (which I dont think Ferguson would have a problem with), then the winners of those two fights to fight each other. If its Mcgregor and Khabib, that would be some build up to a rematch.

JJayoo · 30-10-2018 11:03pm

jimwallace197 wrote: »

From the early signs already, I'm liking Mcgregors new attitude, willing to fight whoever is next in order to get a title shot, back in the gym training already, cutting down on the social media posts and whiskey selling. Seems like he has got the message .

What are the early signs? One tweet?

ASOT · 30-10-2018 11:06pm

JJayoo wrote: »

What are the early signs? One tweet?

I'd assume being back in the gym and taking/running classes is what he meant

JJayoo · 30-10-2018 11:17pm

ASOT wrote: »

I'd assume being back in the gym and taking/running classes is what he meant

But how is him being in the gym any different? He's a professional athlete at the top of his game and like JK said on Rogan McG is always in the gym.

ASOT · 30-10-2018 11:20pm

JJayoo wrote: »

But how is him being in the gym any different? He's a professional athlete at the top of his game and like JK said on Rogan McG is always in the gym.

Biggest loss of his career, he could have easily went off the rails etc but he's showing the same attitude like after the Diaz fogut to get stuck back in striaght away.

dulux99 · 30-10-2018 11:23pm

To see him back in the gym immediately is definitely encouraging.

dave1982 · 30-10-2018 11:50pm

So tony is stepping in ring december charity boxing event

Ultimate Seduction · 31-10-2018 1:25am

Commanchie wrote: »

Think JK has said paddys weekend could be a possibility to rock.

He said that last year too

Mellor · 31-10-2018 1:40am

JJayoo wrote: »

But how is him being in the gym any different? He's a professional athlete at the top of his game and like JK said on Rogan McG is always in the gym.

Because people have created this idea that he wasn't training hard to the Khabib fight. And now he's back at it taking it seriously.
Both are untrue imo. But they make more sense together than either on their own

JJayoo · 31-10-2018 2:55am

Mellor wrote: »

Because people have created this idea that he wasn't training hard to the Khabib fight. And now he's back at it taking it seriously.
Both are untrue imo. But they make more sense together than either on their own

Kinda like how to justify the Diaz loss, Diaz became this 7 foot 350lb world beater instead of a guy who has fought 6 times in 5 years and lost half of those fights.

Jamiekelly · 31-10-2018 3:07am

JJayoo wrote: »

Kinda like how to justify the Diaz loss, Diaz became this 7 foot 350lb world beater instead of a guy who has fought 6 times in 5 years and lost half of those fights.

Uhm...fighting at a weight class you've never fought in against a man who is famous for having an iron chin and unbelievable cardio tends to lead to a harder fight.

And don't forget Conor demanded the rematch be at Welterweight so the circumstances were entirely the same. He could have easily asked for it to be at lightweight but didnt, he seems to never get credit for doing that. Deliberately making the fight harder for himself just to prove a point. How many athletes do that?

JJayoo · 31-10-2018 3:18am

Jamiekelly wrote: »

Uhm...fighting at a weight class you've never fought in against a man who is famous for having an iron chin and unbelievable cardio tends to lead to a harder fight.

And don't forget Conor demanded the rematch be at Welterweight so the circumstances were entirely the same. He could have easily asked for it to be at lightweight but didnt, he seems to never get credit for doing that. Deliberately making the fight harder for himself just to prove a point. How many athletes do that?

Why the excuses? McG is a far superior fighter than Diaz he lost in the first fight because he gassed, and the second fight turned from a slaughter into a close fight because his gas tank ran out.

I like Diaz he's entertaining as a fighter but he isn't close to the elite guys in the division.

Also Diaz is a lightweight, I think he fought once at welterweight and got absolutely flung around.

Mellor · 31-10-2018 7:02am

JJayoo wrote: »

Kinda like how to justify the Diaz loss, Diaz became this 7 foot 350lb world beater instead of a guy who has fought 6 times in 5 years and lost half of those fights.

Pretty much.
Although, I think it goes both ways too. People also waffled repeatedly about how Diaz was drinking tequila in Cabo. I think (although not sure) Diaz confirmed that wasn't true.

I think exaggerating to defend Conor, and exaggerating to put him down, both stem from a similar weird place.

Jamiekelly wrote: »

And don't forget Conor demanded the rematch be at Welterweight so the circumstances were entirely the same. He could have easily asked for it to be at lightweight but didnt, he seems to never get credit for doing that. Deliberately making the fight harder for himself just to prove a point. How many athletes do that?

Also don't forget that Conor was the one who made the first fight Welterweight to begin with. People seem to forget that too.

Diaz agreed to 160, Then asked to make it 165, Conor said make it 170.
That was over-confidence on his behalf. He had been cutting to 155. So should have insisted on 160 imo. Possibly would have change the a lot of events.

JJayoo wrote: »

Also Diaz is a lightweight, I think he fought once at welterweight and got absolutely flung around.

He fought 4 times at WW.
Ko'd Rory Markham, Subbed Marcus Davis, then lost decisions to Dong Hyun Kim and Rory MacDonald.

Autecher · 31-10-2018 7:35pm

Conor has settled the lawsuit with the guy from the 202 press conference.

https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2018/10/30/18044980/ufc-conor-mcgregor-settles-lawsuit-with-security-guard-injured-from-ufc-202-presser-brawl

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