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Apr 20, 2016 11:02:19 GMT
Post by Monty on Apr 20, 2016 11:02:19 GMT
There are also reports that it's because Conor didn't want to disrupt his training in Iceland to do press training days in Vegas, even though every other fighter has to do it. Conor threatened retirement thinking he would get his own way, Dana called his bluff and pulled him from 200. If that is the case, the fair play to Dana White, and Conor can get absolutely fucked. It's difficult to know exactly what happened with so much speculation being thrown about, but one thing I'm sure of is that at least one of Dana White and Conor McGregor is an absolute cunt. Probably both. Tbh whether other fighters have to do that or not is silly. That sport is way to dependent on press conferences. He should be training and letting his fighting do the talking instead of his mouth. After his loss ge probably wants that. But it's part of the job. It's in his contract. The product will never be successful if it isn't marketed, and the fighters need to do their part. If Conor didn't want to do all the media shit, then he shouldn't have gone out of his way to get his name in the media. |
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Apr 20, 2016 19:58:16 GMT
Post by Big_Rons_Leather_Coat on Apr 20, 2016 19:58:16 GMT
He's getting out while the getting is good and hiding behind excuses. 'The loss was definitely a fluke, but now I'm burned out and will never fight again.'? Crap. He's a fraud and always has been. An utter Fraud sure now:
Championships and other accomplishments
Championships
Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC Featherweight Championship (One time, current)
UFC Interim Featherweight Championship (One time)
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship CWFC Featherweight Championship (One time)
CWFC Lightweight Championship (One time)
Other accomplishments
Ultimate Fighting Championship Knockout of the Night (One time) vs. Marcus Brimage[67]
Performance of the Night (Five times) vs. Diego Brandão, Dustin Poirier, Dennis Siver, Chad Mendes and José Aldo[43][68][69][70][71]
Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Nate Diaz
Most Performance of the Night Awards (Five)
Most consecutive Performance of the Night Awards (Five) vs. Diego Brandão, Dustin Poirier, Dennis Siver, Chad Mendes and José Aldo
Most knockouts in the Featherweight division (Six)[72]
Fastest title fight finish (13 seconds) vs. José Aldo[73]
Highest attendance in the United States (16,516) at UFC 194[74]
Highest gate in the United States ($10.1 million) at UFC 194[75]
Highest earnings-per-second ($42,307) at UFC 194[74][76]
Cover Athlete (One time) for EA Sports UFC 2[77]
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship First multi-division champion (Two) at Featherweight and Lightweight[78]
Fight Matrix Lineal Featherweight Championship (One time, current)[79]
MMA Insider 2013 Best UFC Newcomer[80]
World MMA Awards 2014 International Fighter of the Year[81]
2015 International Fighter of the Year[82]
2015 Fighter of the Year[83]
Severe MMA 2014 Irish Pro Fighter of the Year[84]
2015 Irish Pro Fighter of the Year[85]
2015 Fighter of the Year[85]
Sherdog 2014 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year[86]
2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 194[87]
2015 Knockout of the Year vs. José Aldo[88]
2015 Fighter of the Year[89]
The MMA Community 2015 Male Fighter of the Year[90]
Combat Press 2014 Breakout Fighter of the Year[91]
2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 189[92]
2015 Fighter of the Year[93]
Bleacher Report 2015 Fighter of the Year[94]
MMA Mania 2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 189[95]
2015 Fighter of the Year[96]
ESPN 2015 Fighter of the Year[97]
MMA Fighting 2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 189[98]
2015 Fighter of the Year[99]
MMA Junkie 2015 December Knockout of the Month vs. José Aldo[100]
2015 Fighter of the Year[101]
Fox Sports 2015 Fighter of the Year[102]
Rolling Stone 25 Hottest Sex Symbols of 2015 inclusion[103]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2015 Best on Interviews[104]
2015 Feud of the Year vs. José Aldo[104]
2015 Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year[104]
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Apr 20, 2016 20:50:15 GMT
Post by Big_Rons_Leather_Coat on Apr 20, 2016 20:50:15 GMT
Just on Mcgregor. The master plan is to retire and let Aldo and Edgar fight for the vacant Featherweight title. Then later in the year the returning Mcgregor will fight aldo for the featherweight title in the biggest grossing UFC fight in history. That's it lads.
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Apr 21, 2016 15:35:39 GMT
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Post by redcase on Apr 21, 2016 15:35:39 GMT
McGregor has spoken out.
As suggested , it would seem he wanted to focus on his fighting but wasn't allowed to. Fair play. He would have pocketed a huge amount for the rematch. He didn't give a fuck . He wants to win. Over making the money. Fair play .
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Apr 21, 2016 15:54:40 GMT
Post by Bestie on Apr 21, 2016 15:54:40 GMT
He's getting out while the getting is good and hiding behind excuses. 'The loss was definitely a fluke, but now I'm burned out and will never fight again.'? Crap. He's a fraud and always has been. An utter Fraud sure now:
Championships and other accomplishments
Championships
Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC Featherweight Championship (One time, current)
UFC Interim Featherweight Championship (One time)
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship CWFC Featherweight Championship (One time)
CWFC Lightweight Championship (One time)
Other accomplishments
Ultimate Fighting Championship Knockout of the Night (One time) vs. Marcus Brimage[67]
Performance of the Night (Five times) vs. Diego Brandão, Dustin Poirier, Dennis Siver, Chad Mendes and José Aldo[43][68][69][70][71]
Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Nate Diaz
Most Performance of the Night Awards (Five)
Most consecutive Performance of the Night Awards (Five) vs. Diego Brandão, Dustin Poirier, Dennis Siver, Chad Mendes and José Aldo
Most knockouts in the Featherweight division (Six)[72]
Fastest title fight finish (13 seconds) vs. José Aldo[73]
Highest attendance in the United States (16,516) at UFC 194[74]
Highest gate in the United States ($10.1 million) at UFC 194[75]
Highest earnings-per-second ($42,307) at UFC 194[74][76]
Cover Athlete (One time) for EA Sports UFC 2[77]
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship First multi-division champion (Two) at Featherweight and Lightweight[78]
Fight Matrix Lineal Featherweight Championship (One time, current)[79]
MMA Insider 2013 Best UFC Newcomer[80]
World MMA Awards 2014 International Fighter of the Year[81]
2015 International Fighter of the Year[82]
2015 Fighter of the Year[83]
Severe MMA 2014 Irish Pro Fighter of the Year[84]
2015 Irish Pro Fighter of the Year[85]
2015 Fighter of the Year[85]
Sherdog 2014 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year[86]
2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 194[87]
2015 Knockout of the Year vs. José Aldo[88]
2015 Fighter of the Year[89]
The MMA Community 2015 Male Fighter of the Year[90]
Combat Press 2014 Breakout Fighter of the Year[91]
2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 189[92]
2015 Fighter of the Year[93]
Bleacher Report 2015 Fighter of the Year[94]
MMA Mania 2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 189[95]
2015 Fighter of the Year[96]
ESPN 2015 Fighter of the Year[97]
MMA Fighting 2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 189[98]
2015 Fighter of the Year[99]
MMA Junkie 2015 December Knockout of the Month vs. José Aldo[100]
2015 Fighter of the Year[101]
Fox Sports 2015 Fighter of the Year[102]
Rolling Stone 25 Hottest Sex Symbols of 2015 inclusion[103]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2015 Best on Interviews[104]
2015 Feud of the Year vs. José Aldo[104]
2015 Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year[104]
Whoop de doo. Look how many of those were dished out for last year. He was on PR hype rampage last year. Look how many are magazine covers or 'end of season awards'. Essentially, popularity contests, and boy was that bigmouth hot shit popular last year. Four titles. One of them interim. YAY! Hype hype hype. Nate Diaz did everyone a favour. |
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Post by smithy2 on Apr 21, 2016 16:02:20 GMT
I am just trying to do my job and fight here. I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote. I have become lost in the game of promotion and forgot about the art of fighting. There comes a time when you need to stop handing out flyers and get back to the damn shop. 50 world tours, 200 press conferences, 1 million interviews, 2 million photo shoots, and at the end of it all I'm left looking down the barrel of a lens, staring defeat in the face, thinking of nothing but my incorrect fight preparation. And the many distractions that led to this. Nothing else was going through my mind. It is time to go back and live the life that got me this life. Sitting in a car on the way to some dump in Connecticut or somewhere, to speak to Tim and Suzie on the nobody gives a (expletive) morning show did not get me this life. Talking to some lady that deep down doesn't give a (expletive) about what I'm doing, but just wants some sound bites so she can maybe get her little tight (expletive) a nice raise, and I'm cool with that too, I've been giving you all raises. But I need to focus on me now. I'm coming for my revenge here. I flew an entire team to Portugal and to Iceland to make my adjustments in preparation and fix my errors I made with the weight and the cardio prep. With the right adjustments and the right focus, I will finish what I started in that last fight. I will not do this if I am back on the road handing out flyers again. I will always play the game and play it better than anybody, but just for this one, where I am coming off a loss, I asked for some leeway where I can just train and focus. I did not shut down all media requests. I simply wanted a slight adjustment. But it was denied. There had been 10 million dollars allocated for the promotion of this event is what they told me. So as a gesture of good will, I went and not only saved that 10 million dollars in promotion money, I then went and tripled it for them. And all with one tweet. Keep that 10 mill to promote the other bums that need it. My shows are good. I must isolate myself now. I am facing a taller, longer and heavier man. I need to prepare correctly this time. I can not dance for you this time. It is time for the other monkeys to dance. I've danced us all the way here. Nate's little mush head looks good up on that stage these days. Stuff him in front of the camera for it. He came in with no (expletive) to do that last one. I'd already done press conferences, interviews and shot the ads before RDA pulled out. Maybe I'll hit Cabo this time and skull some shots pre-fight with no obligation. I'm doing what I need for me now. It is time to be selfish with my training again. It is the only way. I feel the $400 million I have generated for the company in my last three events, all inside 8 months, is enough to get me this slight leeway. I am still ready to go for UFC 200. I will offer, like I already did, to fly to New York for the big press conference that was scheduled, and then I will go back into training. With no distractions. If this is not enough or they feel I have not deserved to sit this promotion run out this one time, well then I don't know what to say. For the record also - For USADA and for the UFC and my contract stipulations - I AM NOT RETIRED.”
Fair play to him and the other fighters should stand behind him
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Apr 21, 2016 16:14:50 GMT
Post by CaajScot on Apr 21, 2016 16:14:50 GMT
Conor McGregor: UFC fighter says he is 'not retired'
52 minutes ago|Sport McGregor said he was doing too much promotional work, adding it was "time for the other monkeys to danceConor McGregor says he has not retired from the Ultimate Fighting Championship - but has fallen out with the sport's bosses over promotional work.
The 27 year old triggered speculation he was quitting on Tuesday when he tweeted: "I have decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese." UFC president Dana White then revealed McGregor would not be fighting Nate Diaz on the UFC 200 card on 9 July. But in a statement issued on Thursday, McGregor said: "I am not retired." White claimed McGregor was withdrawn from the card for refusing to fly to Las Vegas for a news conference and promotional photos. In his statement, Ireland's McGregor said he was being asked to do too much promotional work by the UFC and was not able to concentrate on his training. "I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote. I have become lost in the game of promotion and forgot about the art of fighting," he said. "There comes a time when you need to stop handing out flyers and get back to the damn shop."  McGregor suffered his first UFC defeat, by Nate Diaz, last monthMcGregor also blamed his heavy promotional workload for his loss in his last fight, when Diaz became the first man to beat him in UFC. He said he had asked for leeway when promoting UFC 200 to "train and focus - but it was denied". And he explained that his "retirement" tweet from earlier in the week was his way of generating promotion. He added: "I must isolate myself now. I am facing a taller, longer and heavier man. I need to prepare correctly this time. I can not dance for you this time. It is time for the other monkeys to dance. "I am still ready to go for UFC 200. I will offer, like I already did, to fly to New York for the big press conference that was scheduled, and then I will go back into training. With no distractions. "If this is not enough or they feel I have not deserved to sit this promotion run out this one time, well then I don't know what to say." www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36105102
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Apr 21, 2016 20:46:18 GMT
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Post by Big_Rons_Leather_Coat on Apr 21, 2016 20:46:18 GMT
An utter Fraud sure now:
Championships and other accomplishments
Championships
Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC Featherweight Championship (One time, current)
UFC Interim Featherweight Championship (One time)
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship CWFC Featherweight Championship (One time)
CWFC Lightweight Championship (One time)
Other accomplishments
Ultimate Fighting Championship Knockout of the Night (One time) vs. Marcus Brimage[67]
Performance of the Night (Five times) vs. Diego Brandão, Dustin Poirier, Dennis Siver, Chad Mendes and José Aldo[43][68][69][70][71]
Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Nate Diaz
Most Performance of the Night Awards (Five)
Most consecutive Performance of the Night Awards (Five) vs. Diego Brandão, Dustin Poirier, Dennis Siver, Chad Mendes and José Aldo
Most knockouts in the Featherweight division (Six)[72]
Fastest title fight finish (13 seconds) vs. José Aldo[73]
Highest attendance in the United States (16,516) at UFC 194[74]
Highest gate in the United States ($10.1 million) at UFC 194[75]
Highest earnings-per-second ($42,307) at UFC 194[74][76]
Cover Athlete (One time) for EA Sports UFC 2[77]
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship First multi-division champion (Two) at Featherweight and Lightweight[78]
Fight Matrix Lineal Featherweight Championship (One time, current)[79]
MMA Insider 2013 Best UFC Newcomer[80]
World MMA Awards 2014 International Fighter of the Year[81]
2015 International Fighter of the Year[82]
2015 Fighter of the Year[83]
Severe MMA 2014 Irish Pro Fighter of the Year[84]
2015 Irish Pro Fighter of the Year[85]
2015 Fighter of the Year[85]
Sherdog 2014 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year[86]
2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 194[87]
2015 Knockout of the Year vs. José Aldo[88]
2015 Fighter of the Year[89]
The MMA Community 2015 Male Fighter of the Year[90]
Combat Press 2014 Breakout Fighter of the Year[91]
2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 189[92]
2015 Fighter of the Year[93]
Bleacher Report 2015 Fighter of the Year[94]
MMA Mania 2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 189[95]
2015 Fighter of the Year[96]
ESPN 2015 Fighter of the Year[97]
MMA Fighting 2015 Event of the Year headlined at UFC 189[98]
2015 Fighter of the Year[99]
MMA Junkie 2015 December Knockout of the Month vs. José Aldo[100]
2015 Fighter of the Year[101]
Fox Sports 2015 Fighter of the Year[102]
Rolling Stone 25 Hottest Sex Symbols of 2015 inclusion[103]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2015 Best on Interviews[104]
2015 Feud of the Year vs. José Aldo[104]
2015 Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year[104]
Whoop de doo. Look how many of those were dished out for last year. He was on PR hype rampage last year. Look how many are magazine covers or 'end of season awards'. Essentially, popularity contests, and boy was that bigmouth hot shit popular last year. Four titles. One of them interim. YAY! Hype hype hype. Nate Diaz did everyone a favour. The Notorious rules baby. He is the Irish legend ruling ufc. The biggest draw. For his haters it hurts. |
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Apr 23, 2016 11:30:17 GMT
Post by CaajScot on Apr 23, 2016 11:30:17 GMT
Conor McGregor: UFC 200 fight with Nate Diaz is off - president Dana White
3 hours ago|SportUFC 200 organisers have confirmed they are looking to replace Conor McGregor after giving the Irishman "every opportunity in the world" to fight.
The 27-year-old was set to face Nate Diaz at the Las Vegas event in July but refused to fulfil promotional duties and announced his retirement this week before retracting his decision.
McGregor also said he wants a rematch with Diaz, who beat him in March. But UFC president Dana White said they could not "bend" McGregor any longer. READ MORE: McGregor out of UFC 200 amid quit talk
"Anybody who has fought for the UFC over the last 16 years knows that we try to give as much leeway as we can," said White at a news conference in Las Vegas. "But you have to show up to promote the fight. You have to show up to press conferences and shoot the commercials. It's part of the job. It's what we do here. "We get criticised a lot for bending too much to Conor - and we do. I respect Conor very much as a fighter and I like him, but you have to show up and do this stuff." Asked who would replace McGregor, White added: "I don't know. We're going to figure that out. We gave Conor every opportunity in the world to get here." Diaz was in attendance in Las Vegas, along with several other competitors, while featherweight champion McGregor's chair was left empty. The Irishman wrote on Twitter during the press conference: "Everyone flew in. Respect. But not everyone up there made the company 400 million in 8 months." When asked about the event, Diaz insisted he is only interested in fighting McGregor. "I didn't ask for that fight; he asked for that fight. If we don't do that fight, I'm going on vacation," he said.  McGregor sent this tweet during the UFC 200 news conference on Friday
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/36119255
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Apr 23, 2016 17:15:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 17:15:37 GMT
It's got everyone talking about UFC 200 more than ever. Fantastic hype. Will be the most bought ever
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Apr 24, 2016 11:19:41 GMT
Post by CaajScot on Apr 24, 2016 11:19:41 GMT
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Apr 24, 2016 17:57:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2016 17:57:06 GMT
Conor constantly going on about how much money 'hes' made the company is fucking boring
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Apr 25, 2016 9:35:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 9:35:11 GMT
Well here's a shock...
Conor is back at 200
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Apr 25, 2016 14:35:56 GMT
Post by Monty on Apr 25, 2016 14:35:56 GMT
UFC is officially more like WWE than WWE is.
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Apr 25, 2016 14:44:34 GMT
Post by CaajScot on Apr 25, 2016 14:44:34 GMT
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