Conor McGregor thread (MMA Talk Only - Read 1st Post Before Posting)

dave1982

rob316 wrote: »

It's obvious khabib is going back for more, otherwise this would already have been announced as a title fight. Mcgregor comes through Poirier he gets the rematch.

He prob wants announce live on ABC its their first event on that channel, I think.

GiftofGab

Guys anybody know the best VPN to download that can provide me a Dutch IP address?

sonofenoch

GiftofGab wrote: »

Guys anybody know the best VPN to download that can provide me a Dutch IP address?

Surfshark.............if you're after a free VPN don't waste your time

Lucas Hood

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1350541289033445380?s=19

Khabib may come back if he sees something special next week.

simongurnick

Lucas Hood wrote: »

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1350541289033445380?s=19

Khabib may come back if he sees something special next week.

Conor wins he fights khabib. Biggest ufc fight of all time

el Fenomeno

Translation - Khabib will come back if he gets paid enough.

RoryMac

Jesus all the publicity for that!!

Lucas Hood

GiftofGab wrote: »

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Whelo79

Khabib will only be back if Conor wins I reckon. He doesn't want to let Conor get that belt back so he'll fight him again to try and make sure that happens.

Mellor

Lucas Hood wrote: »

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1350541289033445380?s=19

Khabib may come back if he sees something special next week.

I’d have a bit more faith if I heard Khabib say it.
Ariel saying, Dana said, that Khabib said...:rolleyes:

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Translation - Khabib will come back if he gets paid enough.

I don’t think money would be an issue with that fight. Would do 2-3m buys easy.

US2

Funny watching people fall for the soap opera bull****. Khabib never vacated the title, never left the testing pool, never retired

ctrl-alt-delete

I've just finished watching the UFC 257 Countdown.

Rollercoaster journey for me in terms of who I think will win and how, suppose that is what these videos are there to do,

I am just hoping for a good fight, I want McGregor to win, but I'll be happy with either winning if we get a good fight.

clsmooth

US2 wrote: »

Funny watching people fall for the soap opera bull****. Khabib never vacated the title, never left the testing pool, never retired

‘But Khabib is nothing like Conor, it’s definitely not a publicity stunt, he won’t go back on his word-he doesn’t care about money, just his legacy’ :rolleyes:

Money always talks at the end of the day.

rob316

Without sounding like joe rogan, the rematch would be the biggest fight in mma history and is likely to break all records. If you want to talk about legacy, khabib would be stupid to not do it.

robwen

walshb

Guys, is it 0400-0500 Irish time for next week’s fight?

I saw 10 pm ET advertised on CBS

This would be maybe 0700 UAE time?

Whelo79

walshb wrote: »

Guys, is it 0400-0500 Irish time for next week’s fight?

I saw 10 pm ET advertised on CBS

This would be maybe 0700 UAE time?

3am main card start time. Main fight probably on just after 5pm I'd guess.

Whelo79

I watched Countdown and Ariel's interview and really enjoyed both. Looking forward to Embedded starting tomorrow too and there is a press conference planned midweek too. This fight week will fly bye.

Conor seems really relaxed and focussed on everything I've seen so far but you can see his demeanor change slightly every time discussion of Khabib comes up.

The White Feather

Important to note as well that the last fight will be over a min after it starts......:pac:

(according to Conor!)

walshb

This Chandler lad next week..

Hooker favoured here? I think Chandler wins..

Doff

I think Hooker smashes Chandler. I can't imagine Dana is going to let the opportunity slide from a marketing perspective, bringing in Askren who was highly successful in both Bellator and ONE and having him get smashed by guys lingering around the top 10. Now brings in Chandler, hypes him up as former Bellator champion, only to have him smashed by Hooker. I wouldn't be surprised to see Chandler lose and have to fight someone like Iaquinta, who I reckon would also beat him.

Neither Hooker or Chandler are near Conors level. Hooker was saying he didn't want to end up being the next "Who the fook is that guy" at Thursdays presser so he's already lost the mental battle.

hatrickpatrick

What's the story with PPV in Ireland? I've always watched UFC fights in a Dublin nightclub before the feckin' pandemic so this'll be the first time I've watched it at home, but from what I've been reading, it's very difficult to do this legitimately without being subscribed to BT and/or going through something like a Sky or BT telly box?

I'd be watching it with only internet and a laptop available, no telly or set-top box or anything like that. I always thought that you could stream BT events online, but I'm hitting a brick wall with this. How does it work in Ireland?

Message on BT's website when I follow the box office link from news websites:

"BT Sport Box Office is not available in your region. Dún Laoghaire, L, IRELAND"

The Nal

Seems like hes settled on 155 for the foreseeable.

joficeduns1

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

What's the story with PPV in Ireland? I've always watched UFC fights in a Dublin nightclub before the feckin' pandemic so this'll be the first time I've watched it at home, but from what I've been reading, it's very difficult to do this legitimately without being subscribed to BT and/or going through something like a Sky or BT telly box?

I'd be watching it with only internet and a laptop available, no telly or set-top box or anything like that. I always thought that you could stream BT events online, but I'm hitting a brick wall with this. How does it work in Ireland?

Message on BT's website when I follow the box office link from news websites:

"BT Sport Box Office is not available in your region. Dún Laoghaire, L, IRELAND"

Seems like you can only order the PPV through having Sky I think. Literally no legit way to watch without a digital TV subscription in addition to a PPV fee to BT. Guess it's to the seas to watch this.

H8GHOTI

The Nal wrote: »

Seems like hes settled on 155 for the foreseeable.

Ya it does.
Was waiting for someone in his interviews to bring up 170 with him. Why 170 against Cerrone? And Poirier was also talked about at 170 initially. Why the change?

I know he’d prefer not to cut. But was his plan to fight 155ers at 170 until the belt was on the line.

Esse85

H8GHOTI wrote: »

Ya it does.
Was waiting for someone in his interviews to bring up 170 with him. Why 170 against Cerrone? And Poirier was also talked about at 170 initially. Why the change?

I know he’d prefer not to cut. But was his plan to fight 155ers at 170 until the belt was on the line.

I think he's hoping to fight Manny at the end of the year and needs to keep his weight on the lower end as a result.

Secondly he spoke about fighting 3-4 times this year, no way that's achievable fighting in the 170 division.

The Nal

H8GHOTI wrote: »

Ya it does.
Was waiting for someone in his interviews to bring up 170 with him. Why 170 against Cerrone? And Poirier was also talked about at 170 initially. Why the change?

I guess because he reckons theres a chance of a Khabib rematch at 155 (with time running out) and if not he'll likely be champion again. Lots of good fights for him at 155. Gaethje, Ferguson, Oliveira, Hooker, Iaquinta, Lee, Dos Anjos...

170 permanently doesn't make sense. Hes too small and a lot of the top 10 guys are around 6ft and/or much more muscular. Its inevitable he'll get smashed at 170 at some stage.

yourdeadwright

H8GHOTI wrote: »

Ya it does.
Was waiting for someone in his interviews to bring up 170 with him. Why 170 against Cerrone? And Poirier was also talked about at 170 initially. Why the change?

I know he’d prefer not to cut. But was his plan to fight 155ers at 170 until the belt was on the line.

I think a lot of media and fans have missed a trick with Conor and he's been very quite on it ,

To me it seems quite obvious since the Khabib fight he has tried to become more powerful & stronger by adding more muscle ,

The whole fighting 155er's at 170 meant he was adding size over time and still getting to fight and be active but not having to cut which would have be going against what he was trying to achieve

He has also giving himself a chance to get the gas tank up to par wit the extra muscle he is carrying,

He is clearly a bigger more powerful guy than the man who fought Khabib

wilkie2006

joficeduns1 wrote: »

Seems like you can only order the PPV through having Sky I think. Literally no legit way to watch without a digital TV subscription in addition to a PPV fee to BT. Guess it's to the seas to watch this.

The Sky Boxoffice site indicates that the card can be bought (with or without a Sky subscription) and streamed on a laptop/ mobile device:
https://www.bt.com/sport/ufc/features/ufc-257-poirier-mcgregor-live-stream-bt-sport-box-office-how-to-order-watch

and

https://www.sky.com/help/diagnostics/box-office/streaming-box-office-events-on-other-devices

But I'm getting this error:

BT Sport Box Office is not available in your region.
Dublin, L, IRELAND

Any solutions to this?

hatrickpatrick

joficeduns1 wrote: »

Seems like you can only order the PPV through having Sky I think. Literally no legit way to watch without a digital TV subscription in addition to a PPV fee to BT. Guess it's to the seas to watch this.

Assuming you have it through Sky, can you then sign in to stream it on a laptop or does it have to be through the telly? My family has Sky so theoretically could get someone to buy it on their Sky subscription and borrow a login to watch it on the website?