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

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    #2162
    Mellor
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    dulux99 wrote: »
    He either did or didn't compete in Ireland in 2015, who cares. It's 2019. Lots of people would like to see him compete again.
    Id like to see this 2015 footage.
    But also see him go now in 2019. Everyone's happy.
    Southdubin6 wrote: »
    I'll upload footage later on
    Good stuff.
    I thought you meant it was on the internet.


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    #2163
    ASOT
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    He was going to do the ibjjf open in Rome back in 2015 but the UFC wouldn't let him iirc, that's what I want to see. Him in a grappling event these days it'd be class.


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    #2164
    Southdubin6
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    Mellor wrote: »
    Id like to see this 2015 footage.
    But also see him go now in 2019. Everyone's happy.


    Good stuff.
    I thought you meant it was on the internet.

    No mate I've it on a Memory stick I picked up of a friend in Fantom MMA. I'll upload it later tonight


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    #2165
    [Deleted User]
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    Southdubin6 wrote: »
    No mate I've it on a Memory stick I picked up of a friend in Fantom MMA. I'll upload it later tonight
    If it's footage that has not been floating around online I would definitely enjoy seeing it, no matter the year.


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    #2166
    Southdubin6
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    If it's footage that has not been floating around online I would definitely enjoy seeing it, no matter the year.

    It's not online has a few SBG lads on it. I'll fire it up will upload to hosting site


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    #2167
    Man Vs ManUre
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    I don’t think any1 wants to see Conor compete in a bjj tournament.
    He is the biggest star (still!!) in ufc so I want see see him compete in ufc. There are so many great opponents and am sure his aim is to be lightweight champ again.
    It would be great if he could fight 3, or even 2 times per year. In 5 years time he will be past it.
    I know it’s a tough business and he is the one putting his healing the line, but as an Irishman I can say I’ve never been so entertained and excited by any other Irish sports star in my life.
    At one stage it looked like he was gonna be the biggest sports star in the world, but he went too inactive after the mayweather fight. Personally I think he should have utilized his boxing training from that straight away, defended his title by that year end and been too sharp in the boxing for any of Khabib, Tony, Max to touch him.
    Am hoping he will headline Las Vegas in fight week in summer. And then back to MSG for another shot at Khabib for the title.


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    #2168
    Southdubin6
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    Man Vs ManUre wrote: »
    I don’t think any1 wants to see Conor compete in a bjj tournament.
    He is the biggest star (still!!) in ufc so I want see see him compete in ufc. There are so many great opponents and am sure his aim is to be lightweight champ again.
    It would be great if he could fight 3, or even 2 times per year. In 5 years time he will be past it.
    I know it’s a tough business and he is the one putting his healing the line, but as an Irishman I can say I’ve never been so entertained and excited by any other Irish sports star in my life.
    At one stage it looked like he was gonna be the biggest sports star in the world, but he went too inactive after the mayweather fight. Personally I think he should have utilized his boxing training from that straight away, defended his title by that year end and been too sharp in the boxing for any of Khabib, Tony, Max to touch him.
    Am hoping he will headline Las Vegas in fight week in summer. And then back to MSG for another shot at Khabib for the title.

    Nobody wants to see him compete BJJ? That's a huge statement I know of 10 or more on this thread alone who'd bite your hand off to see him. Any BJJ fan would love to see him


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    #2169
    JacksonHeightsOwn
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    Judging from his latest Instagram post. I think it looks rather clear that he's leaving sbg,

    The change of scenery is probably what he needs at this stage of his career.

    Not a dig at sbg or kavanagh as such. Perhaps he just needs a new voice to get through to him.


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    #2170
    dulux99
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    I reckon he is definitely laying the groundwork to leave SBG and I think it'll be great for him. There's no upside to him staying with SBG really. Dublin is a toxic place for him to be at the minute. John is decent lower level coach at best and his sparring partners are nowhere near the standard to be preparing you for the likes of Khabib or Ferguson. McGregor has done brilliantly to have the career he's had to date with the training partners at his disposal. I was watching the Queally vs Price fight the other night and had to take a moment to comprehend that Queally was essentially his main training partner for Khabib. The mind boggles.


    My only worry is, will he try and essentially build his own team where he captains the ship. That probably won't end well.


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    #2171
    ASOT
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    The fact he had no posts up about the lads at Bellator said it all really.

    Hopefully his heads back It, from his latest posts he seems to be going the right way anyway.


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    #2172
    Wheeliebin30
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    There is no way he’s gonna blank all his teammates and coach that easy.

    He always speaks about loyalty, he’s still close to all the sbg lads.


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    #2173
    Southdubin6
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    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    There is no way he’s gonna blank all his teammates and coach that easy.

    He always speaks about loyalty, he’s still close to all the sbg lads.

    He relocated from Concorde and I've heard he's not been in quite some time due to convenience if where he lives. I'd be confident to say his days at SBG are done.


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    #2174
    dulux99
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    Southdubin6 wrote: »
    He relocated from Concorde and I've heard he's not been in quite some time due to convenience if where he lives. I'd be confident to say his days at SBG are done.

    There's surely more to it than that? An ex world champion relocating gyms purely due to the commute.


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    #2175
    Southdubin6
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    dulux99 wrote: »
    There's surely more to it than that? An ex world champion relocating gyms purely due to the commute.

    There is yea, a guy he's in a bit of stick situation is training there.


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    #2176
    Effects
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    dulux99 wrote: »
    There's surely more to it than that? An ex world champion relocating gyms purely due to the commute.

    Was he ever really a world champ if he never defended either belt?


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    #2177
    Wheeliebin30
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    Southdubin6 wrote: »
    He relocated from Concorde and I've heard he's not been in quite some time due to convenience if where he lives. I'd be confident to say his days at SBG are done.

    I know but people suggesting he didn’t go to Bellator to support his teammates because he’s finished with sbg and has blanked them all.

    I doubt he’d do that to them.


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    #2178
    Southdubin6
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    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    I know but people suggesting he didn’t go to Bellator to support his teammates because he’s finished with sbg and has blanked them all.

    I doubt he’d do that to them.

    I don't think he's blanking anyone. I'd say he's looking at his career sliding down the ****ter


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    #2179
    Effects
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    More likely he's figuring things out rather than blanking old team mates. Taking a bit of time and space.
    He's made some really poor decisions the past couple of years.
    I wouldn't be surprised if he wants to get out of Ireland with his family to try and put a lot of stuff behind him, and concentrate on the future.


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    #2180
    bono_v
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    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    There is no way he’s gonna blank all his teammates and coach that easy.

    He always speaks about loyalty, he’s still close to all the sbg lads.
    He talks about a lot of things.
    He talks about staying ready so he doesn’t have to get ready.
    He talks about being humble.
    He talks about keeping his inner circle small.
    So just because he talks about loyalty o wouldn’t take it as gospel.


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    #2181
    Southdubin6
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    bono_v wrote: »
    He talks about a lot of things.
    He talks about staying ready so he doesn’t have to get ready.
    He talks about being humble.
    He talks about keeping his inner circle small.
    So just because he talks about loyalty o wouldn’t take it as gospel.

    AHH Humble. The SBG lads love that word


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    #2182
    dulux99
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    Effects wrote: »
    Was he ever really a world champ if he never defended either belt?

    Yes


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    #2183
    Wheeliebin30
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    Effects wrote: »
    More likely he's figuring things out rather than blanking old team mates. Taking a bit of time and space.
    He's made some really poor decisions the past couple of years.
    I wouldn't be surprised if he wants to get out of Ireland with his family to try and put a lot of stuff behind him, and concentrate on the future.

    Be delighted if that’s the story.

    Although a lot of people would love to see him fall totally over the edge and loose it altogether Tyson style, I’d like to see to see someone take a step back and get their life back on track.

    But that’s not a good news story unfortunately.


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    #2184
    Zero-Cool
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    https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1100500331740491779?s=19


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    #2185
    D'Agger
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    All I know is I'm delighted that this is the drama we're discussing - where he's training/going to train because he seems to have the bit between the teeth again although early days at the same time. Better than seeing him up a treehouse and seeing whatsapp screenshots doing the rounds.

    America would suit him for this time of his career too but reckon he'll want his kids growing up in Ireland, unless it was for a few years while he gets the most out of his career.


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    #2186
    ricero
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    I gotta say i have been a big critic of Mcgregor the past 18 months or so but seeing his renewed focus and attitude based on his training the past few months gives me some hope that he still has a lot to give to the sport.

    Lets hope its true as a motivated and hungry Mcgregor is great to watch.


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    #2187
    Pighead
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    ricero wrote: »
    I gotta say i have been a big critic of Mcgregor the past 18 months or so but seeing his renewed focus and attitude based on his training the past few months gives me some hope that he still has a lot to give to the sport.

    Lets hope its true as a motivated and hungry Mcgregor is great to watch.
    ricero's been hacked.


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    #2188
    Jamiekelly
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    He's actually making good jokes as well. For the last 2 and a half years it's been mostly "Bow to the King lowly peasants" kind of nonsense. At least he called himself the Burger King and not Champ Champ.


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    #2189
    dermob
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    Zero-Cool wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1100500331740491779?s=19


    Have Artem and Connor fallen out?


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    #2190
    Southdubin6
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    dermob wrote: »
    Have Artem and Connor fallen out?

    Artem isn't mentioned in that


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    #2191
    dermob
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    Southdubin6 wrote: »
    Artem isn't mentioned in that


    It was in Tony’s comments



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