I know he has been pretty inescapable in the media lately, but I find him a lot more likeable and interesting than someone like Tyson Fury. He does come across as a humble guy who just happens to know how to make a good living.
This thread already demonstrates how people love to pick holes and celebrate a successful person being beaten though.
McGregor busted Diaz open and looked good for half of the fight. Certainly wasn't as one sided as some are making out.
When Diaz started landed in was one way traffic. Why did McGreggor go for a take-down? To avoid a lost by KO? He rolled to his front and tapped pretty quickly.
If you trash talk as much as McGreggor does people will celebrate them recieving their comeuppance.
At the time I also thought it was odd that he was going to ground, but I suspected it was because he knew he was coming off worse very quickly once the blows started coming in.
McGregor trash talks no more or less than any other big name fighter. He also shows a lot more respect and honesty than most other big name fighters. For me he is the sort of guy who I want to listen to when they start talking, yet I can't say the same about Fury, Mayweather and most certainly not Diaz who comes across with about as much intelligence as a plank of wood.
McGreggor is a master of the mind games. Aldo was beaten before the fight started. They're have been few as good as him. It will be interesting to see how he does on that front now his winning streak has been ended. He'll still maintain the Ricky Hatton level support and still be as approachable.
Diaz can be quite funny, yes doesn't come across too bright, especially when McGreggor with lines Ali would be proud off is the other side of the table. A reported asked Nate what's next for him and he said to defend his 145lbs title!
As for stepping up 2 weight classes, RIP Amir Khan!
People get so carried away thinking a fighter is unbeatable but the UFC is like the Premier League. Anyone can win on the day. So don't believe the hype.
McGregor especially. He was battered round the cage by someone who rolled off the couch and not even talking about this fight. Unconvincing mouthy psycho.
People get so carried away thinking a fighter is unbeatable but the UFC is like the Premier League. Anyone can win on the day. So don't believe the hype.
McGregor especially. He was battered round the cage by someone who rolled off the couch and not even talking about this fight. Unconvincing mouthy psycho.
Cmon, Diaz has been training for a triathlon. It's not like he gets in Ricky Hatton shape between fights.
Seems pretty pointless to me, especially as it's been announced at 170 and not 155 even though Diaz said he was happy to fight at 155. McGregor is obviously trying to prove a point, and i'm not sure he will.
Frankie Edgar v Aldo on the same card should be pretty decent though, especially as their first fight was superb.
It'll be quite a win if CM can pull it off, but He lost to Nate at 170 when Nate had 11 days notice and not a full camp, should be interesting to see what happens.
Diaz smashed McGreggor without a full training camp, this is close to career suicide (he'll still be one of there biggest draws but won't generate the same numbers) for McGreggor, very strange.
Pretty sure Edgar beats Aldo, but it will be interesting to see how Aldo does. I think Edgar beats McGreggor but McGreggor has already beaten Aldo before the bell had rung.
Taking of CM, isn't CM Punk due to make his debut at 200?!
Absolute joke of a decision from the UFC. I can perhaps just about understand why the rematch but to allow him to keep the FW belt and not surrender it makes everything a farce.
Assuming it still goes ahead after Bones' latest escapade.
For me it's difficult. Love Jones as a fighter but he keeps showing what a cretin he is away from the octagon. Cormier I quite like, he can be quite entertaining as a pundit.
Assuming it still goes ahead after Bones' latest escapade.
For me it's difficult. Love Jones as a fighter but he keeps showing what a cretin he is away from the octagon. Cormier I quite like, he can be quite entertaining as a pundit.
I found it strange how Jon Jones got cheered in the press conference and Cormier booed!
Jon Jones all day. He does really need to get a chauffeur though!
UFC 200 looks weak to me with its stupid main event, if it was at 155 I would be slightly more interested. Need to add either Lawler v Condit 2/ GSP or Tate vs Holm/ Rousey to the card.
There was talk of GSP v Lawler for UFC 200 as well, which would be incredible. Guessing it didn't go through as I think Mcgregor v Diaz 2 is positioned as the main event.
Been training in Iceland and refused to travel to Vegas for a press conference, which he's contractually obliged to attend. So Dana White pulled him from the event and as a result he's said he's retiring.
Can't believe he'll actually retire though. The guy loves money and he must be turning down a good $10m by not fighting at UFC 200.
Hard to know what to think about this without knowing all the facts. If he has made a reasonable request as he tries to make out in amongst that whole rant then I can support what he did. However, this would be the first time he hasn't demanded something from the UFC so I have my doubts.
He also has made a complete U turn about the whole "business" side of things. Before the Nate fight he was all willing to tell us how much he loved this business and what a great business man he is, now all of a sudden it's too much, he doesn't like it and it gets in the way of his real love of just fighting.
Bottom line ufc created mcgregor and his huge ego, giving him everything he wanted and now finally Dana has stood his ground a bit he spits his dummy out and retires. Wish you the best mcgregor but you are not bigger than the company.
Before the Nate fight he was all willing to tell us how much he loved this business and what a great business man he is, now all of a sudden it's too much, he doesn't like it and it gets in the way of his real love of just fighting.
Well if you read his statement he alludes to the suggestion that it was all of those business related duties that made him lose sight of his preparation, and therefore he lost that fight. Now his mindset has changed.
Before the Nate fight he was all willing to tell us how much he loved this business and what a great business man he is, now all of a sudden it's too much, he doesn't like it and it gets in the way of his real love of just fighting.
Well if you read his statement he alludes to the suggestion that it was all of those business related duties that made him lose sight of his preparation, and therefore he lost that fight. Now his mindset has changed.
He lost because he went to the the floor with a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt.
I don't like Conor McGregor but I thought this statement he posted on Facebook was very good:
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 Conneticut or somewhere, to speak to Tim and Suzie on the nobody gives a fuck morning show did not get me this life. Talking to some lady that deep down doesn't give a fuck about what I'm doing, but just wants some sound bites so she can maybe get her little tight ass 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 shit 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 $400million 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.
Thanks for posting it CA, couldn't do it on my phone. I think he made a lot of valid points, but he is a victim of his own self promotion.
No doubt he has put UFC on the mainstream map more than most through his personality.
He may be a victim of his own self promotion, however if it wasn't for him, a lot of people wouldn't have seen a UFC fight. UFC needs him as much as he needs UFC.
I think he has a fair point with regard to the PR tours they do, for the Aldo fight he basically did a non-stop global PR tour for months before the fight, it adds a huge burden to the fighter.
I had no interest in MMA before McGregor came along - and may well have none when he leaves - the guy is a superb athlete and salesman and gets them more coverage than any other fighter.
Most fans don't pay to see fighters fight, they pay to see people fight - people they are emotionally invested in - that's the advantage McGregor holds.
It is just a shakedown for more money. Mcgregor played his hand then UFC called his bluff. Now he is using his own promo skills to try get himself back on the card by using his fan power.
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McGregor trash talks no more or less than any other big name fighter. He also shows a lot more respect and honesty than most other big name fighters. For me he is the sort of guy who I want to listen to when they start talking, yet I can't say the same about Fury, Mayweather and most certainly not Diaz who comes across with about as much intelligence as a plank of wood.
Diaz can be quite funny, yes doesn't come across too bright, especially when McGreggor with lines Ali would be proud off is the other side of the table. A reported asked Nate what's next for him and he said to defend his 145lbs title!
As for stepping up 2 weight classes, RIP Amir Khan!
McGregor especially. He was battered round the cage by someone who rolled off the couch and not even talking about this fight. Unconvincing mouthy psycho.
Cmon, Diaz has been training for a triathlon. It's not like he gets in Ricky Hatton shape between fights.
McGregor v Diaz at UFC 200.
Seems pretty pointless to me, especially as it's been announced at 170 and not 155 even though Diaz said he was happy to fight at 155. McGregor is obviously trying to prove a point, and i'm not sure he will.
Frankie Edgar v Aldo on the same card should be pretty decent though, especially as their first fight was superb.
Diaz will win again in my opinion, Conor was rocked last time and I can't see that changing this time when a big shot lands.
Pretty sure Edgar beats Aldo, but it will be interesting to see how Aldo does. I think Edgar beats McGreggor but McGreggor has already beaten Aldo before the bell had rung.
Taking of CM, isn't CM Punk due to make his debut at 200?!
with 197 fast approaching, do you want Jon Jones or Daniel Cormier to win?
For me it's difficult. Love Jones as a fighter but he keeps showing what a cretin he is away from the octagon. Cormier I quite like, he can be quite entertaining as a pundit.
Shouldn't of got the rematch Diaz will knock him out in the first round
UFC 200 looks weak to me with its stupid main event, if it was at 155 I would be slightly more interested. Need to add either Lawler v Condit 2/ GSP or Tate vs Holm/ Rousey to the card.
Can't believe he'll actually retire though. The guy loves money and he must be turning down a good $10m by not fighting at UFC 200.
Gracious in defeat.
I am just trying to do my job and fight here. I get paid to fight ... facebook.com/thenotoriousmm…
He also has made a complete U turn about the whole "business" side of things. Before the Nate fight he was all willing to tell us how much he loved this business and what a great business man he is, now all of a sudden it's too much, he doesn't like it and it gets in the way of his real love of just fighting.
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 Conneticut or somewhere, to speak to Tim and Suzie on the nobody gives a fuck morning show did not get me this life.
Talking to some lady that deep down doesn't give a fuck about what I'm doing, but just wants some sound bites so she can maybe get her little tight ass 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 shit 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 $400million 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.
No doubt he has put UFC on the mainstream map more than most through his personality.
I had no interest in MMA before McGregor came along - and may well have none when he leaves - the guy is a superb athlete and salesman and gets them more coverage than any other fighter.
Most fans don't pay to see fighters fight, they pay to see people fight - people they are emotionally invested in - that's the advantage McGregor holds.