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lolol!! :o
http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/04/19/conor-mcgregor-really-retiring
https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/722492455732584448
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He spends money like a nfl player. He will be broke in 2 years. He will be back.
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* impatiently waiting for Venom Vince's fresh , unbiased "inside industry "insight to this breaking mma story, a kin to a breath of fresh air, a jounalistic take that is free of influence from the controlling mma intrestss, bosses and powers that be
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He wants attention
He is not retiring
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"Multiple sources are adamant at this time that McGregor's tweet isn't a joke, troll job or hoax of any kind. Reason(s) behind it is unclear." - Ariel Helwani
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/722516118267633665
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lmao if conor does this he's the biggest side dude in history. yeah, ok, bye conor.
next.
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He probably watched the last two minutes of his fight with Diaz too much.
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He probably watched the last two minutes of his fight with Diaz too much.
nate would totally out do conor in the rematch.
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yeah----terry funk retired too btw
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Damn, Joao Carvalho retired too. :-\
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He has zero ground game. He also should have never gone up in weight. Now the only fight for him is a rematch and he will get beat up worst the next time.
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cant wait till he gets his ass beat AGAIN
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"Multiple sources are adamant at this time that McGregor's tweet isn't a joke, troll job or hoax of any kind. Reason(s) behind it is unclear." - Ariel Helwani
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/722516118267633665
Ariel is a schmoe
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Nate Diaz now claims that he is going to retire as well
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:o
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would smash... raw... no pull out
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Dana just announced he is out of UFC 200. Refused to participate in any promotional events.
http://www.ufc.com/news/McGregor-Pulled-from-UFC-200
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Dana just announced he is out of UFC 200. Refused to participate in any promotional events.
Exactly
There's always been some weird back and forth between Connor and the UFC. When he beat Aldo he refused to wear the reebok t shirt Dana offered him. He also had is own color shorts which was a first. No one else had that luxury. I think he's been pushing his limits for awhile now. There's also that frank Fertita background video.
Trouble in Paradise. The weird thing is Connor seemed to always fulfill his media obligations. He brags about it constantly. Wonder why he did a 180 this time? Shaken up over an MMA fighters death? His last defeat?
The game is afoot.
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Exactly
There's always been some weird back and forth between Connor and the UFC. When he beat Aldo he refused to wear the reebok t shirt Dana offered him. He also had is own color shorts which was a first. No one else had that luxury. I think he's been pushing his limits for awhile now. There's also that frank Fertita background video.
Trouble in Paradise. The weird thing is Connor seemed to always fulfill his media obligations. He brags about it constantly. Wonder why he did a 180 this time? Shaken up over an MMA fighters death? His last defeat?
The game is afoot.
He certainly would have had trouble talking trash at this press conference. :D
Maybe he just doesn't want to fight Nate again. Nate will ride him hard after this.
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why didn't dana white push the fat slob to fight after her lose ??? she claimed to be filming ROADHOUSE, yet the movie has not shot a single scene yet
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He certainly would have had trouble talking trash at this press conference. :D
Maybe he just doesn't want to fight Nate again. Nate will ride him hard after this.
He's the one who asked for Nate rematch in the first place. Dana didn't push him to take it. He was supposed to drop down and defend his belt. He already knows how gruelling a press tour is but he always goes on about being a professional and keeping his commitments. It's a bit out of character for him given his normal work ethic. I don't think he's scared of Nate or he wouldn't have asked for the rematch. He was slated to make a lot more money than his last match so even if he lost again he'd still have a nice paycheque.
Something else is going on behind the scenes.
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why didn't dana white push the fat slob to fight after her lose ??? she claimed to be filming ROADHOUSE, yet the movie has not shot a single scene yet
holly didn't just beat her, she broke her. Rousey hasn't been cleared to fight, she is just now able to chew from her jaw after getting it broken in several places
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He's the one who asked for Nate rematch in the first place. Dana didn't push him to take it. He was supposed to drop down and defend his belt. He already knows how gruelling a press tour is but he always goes on about being a professional and keeping his commitments. It's a bit out of character for him given his normal work ethic. I don't think he's scared of Nate or he wouldn't have asked for the rematch. He was slated to make a lot more money than his last match so even if he lost again he'd still have a nice paycheque.
Something else is going on behind the scenes.
Hmm..
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my guess is that he failed a drug test and they are keeping it quiet (wouldn't be the first time from what I heard) or he is about to announce his own federation that will compete against the UFC.
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my guess is that he failed a drug test and they are keeping it quiet (wouldn't be the first time from what I heard) or he is about to announce his own federation that will compete against the UFC.
Drug test failure is a possibility. Starting his own fed is far fetched. He would need to have people with very deep pockets to compete with the UFC. If Bellator/Viacom can't attract top talent into their ranks how could a fledging startup even compete? At best he'd have a feeder organization like invicta where the top talent go to the UFC.
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Drug test failure is a possibility. Starting his own fed is far fetched. He would need to have people with very deep pockets to compete with the UFC. If Bellator/Viacom can't attract top talent into their ranks how could a fledging startup even compete? At best he'd have a feeder organization like invicta where the top talent go to the UFC.
you are right that it is unlikely. but I have heard rumblings of it for two months now.
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Heard he was at the fight the fighter died at recently and it may have shaken him up.
....or PEDs....
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two scenarios
1. money- conner wants more the ufc is refusing to budge
2. failed drug test
im going with number 1
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she is just now able to chew from her jaw after getting it broken in several places
Her jaw didn't break ::)
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my guess is that he failed a drug test and they are keeping it quiet (wouldn't be the first time from what I heard) or he is about to announce his own federation that will compete against the UFC.
Ya I agree. My guess is a failed drug test and Dana told him he would take care of it but that Conor has to give up a couple of percentage marks in Conors PPV money(millions) Conor probably freaked about that...There's no doubt Dana can make positive test disappear if he really wants to. I think Dana likes these guys testing positive so he can hold it over them which gives him leverage. Connor always seemed to have the leverage with the UFC in the past. A positive test changes that leverage...
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Heard he was at the fight the fighter died at recently and it may have shaken him up.
....or PEDs....
I had read he was very shook up after watching that kid die in the ring
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Good job of capitalization of Upright Rows Kwon_2
Team five plates a side approved.
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Whacky Leprechaun... Always after his Lucky Charms...
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He asked for ten million dollars base pay or he wouldn't show up. Ufc called his bluff.
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He is headed for the WWE...
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here's the deal guys
MMA is "booked' just like pro wrestling
this is just the old "Terry Funk retirement" angle
and I'm not being facetious here or trying to make a "joke post"
Hardcore MMA fans hate to hear this but MMA steals all there angles from pro wrestling
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here's the deal guys
MMA is "booked' just like pro wrestling
this is just the old "Terry Funk retirement" angle
and I'm not being facetious here or trying to make a "joke post"
Hardcore MMA fans hate to hear this but MMA steals all there angles from pro wrestling
is it fake blood brah :o
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here's the deal guys
MMA is "booked' just like pro wrestling
this is just the old "Terry Funk retirement" angle
and I'm not being facetious here or trying to make a "joke post"
Hardcore MMA fans hate to hear this but MMA steals all there angles from pro wrestling
So Conor is some American just putting on an accent?
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here's the deal guys
MMA is "booked' just like pro wrestling
this is just the old "Terry Funk retirement" angle
and I'm not being facetious here or trying to make a "joke post"
What's with all the "quotes"?
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He asked for ten million dollars base pay or he wouldn't show up. Ufc called his bluff.
Let's see if UFC will renegotiate after this announcement :D
We all know McG makes UFC tons of money.
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What's with all the "quotes"?
"What" do "you" "mean" Ape?
Are you "insinuating" "something"?
"Things" perchance?
Upright Rows of Peace.
http://mmafrettir.is/conor-mcgregor-decides-retire-young/ (http://mmafrettir.is/conor-mcgregor-decides-retire-young/)
John Kavanagh, Conor’s head coach, seemed to confirm the news.
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I had read he was very shook up after watching that kid die in the ring
Yes, the fighter from Portugal died... and Conor was ringside and witnessed the beating.
The UFC then wanted him to go talk shit with Nate Diaz at a press conference. They should've eased back.
But I still doubt that Conor is retiring
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Has Ron confirmed or denied this?
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Has Ron confirmed or denied this?
Ron is incommunicado.
He is on a business trip in Des Moines.
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Fighters think it's about them. It's not. Give the UFC two months with ANY fighter, they can make him a household name. McGregor thinks HE is the reason UFC200 would be so big. Nope. He works hard but he's still sparring in gyms without the decades of work that Dana White and others put into it, to make it the monster media machine that it is today.
Athletes do this... they have a very short-term skillset and want to make their money, but get greedy with "why should he make so much? I deserve ten million". Look, a million for a fight is awesome. You were in high school goofing off while Dana White was making deals and working his butt off building the UFC.
Good to see they called his bluff. He could have made a million bucks to fight for 25 minutes (or less) and ten times that in endorsements. Fame went to his head. Let him retire, everyone will talk GSP or whatever new name in a few weeks, and the UFC will go on, the machine that it is.
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Fighters think it's about them. It's not. Give the UFC two months with ANY fighter, they can make him a household name. McGregor thinks HE is the reason UFC200 would be so big. Nope. He works hard but he's still sparring in gyms without the decades of work that Dana White and others put into it, to make it the monster media machine that it is today.
Athletes do this... they have a very short-term skillset and want to make their money, but get greedy with "why should he make so much? I deserve ten million". Look, a million for a fight is awesome. You were in high school goofing off while Dana White was making deals and working his butt off building the UFC.
Good to see they called his bluff. He could have made a million bucks to fight for 25 minutes (or less) and ten times that in endorsements. Fame went to his head. Let him retire, everyone will talk GSP or whatever new name in a few weeks, and the UFC will go on, the machine that it is.
I disagree with that particular statement
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smh at all you "marks" (see what I did there)
lets go back to, I think, 1996 (or was it 95) when shawn Micheals did his infamous "I lost my smile" speech
now- at the time he LEGIT was considering hanging up his boots but in reality he knew that it was all a work that would get him off the road and lead to a "I'm coming back stronger than ever" angle
the thing is we all knew in the back of our heads that this was all a angle because pro wrestling is a work
we never questioned that he was gonna go into total retirement......"yeah- he's crying but come on---this is pro wrestling and this is so part of a storyline"
fast forward 20 some odd years later
Conor McGregor is a fighter in a REAL SPORT (a Real Sport that so doesn't borrow storylines from pro wrestling ::) )
Conor does a somewhat (again- somewhat) version of the "I lost my smile"/"I'm gonna retire while i'm in my prime like shawn did" angle
Dana even tweets out that he is off there biggest card of the year (which is still months away, mind you)....UFC 200 is far enough away that Conor can still get in shape for a fight while he's retired ;)
"Yeah- but he's really retired because MMA is a real sport not like that phony rasstling"
hmmm...yes-it's a real sport.......while some fights are suspect in recent years (shamrock vs....well, shamrock vs anyone) You're not gonna hear me spout off some shit about MMA being a work
however- they DO use Pro wrestling angles and they can get away with it because no body will ever question the use of old pro wrestling angles because MMA is real and Pro wrestling is teh fak3
long story short---this angle is all a work that Dana is even involved in and nobody will question it being a work because MMA is a "real" and MMA fans are too blinded by the realness that they don't see that this is a old pro wrestling angle
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They don't care about Conor M, they got CM PUNK
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if Pay per view still exists when Punk makes his debut then I guarantee you that it will do a million buys
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if Pay per view still exists when Punk makes his debut then I guarantee you that it will do a million buys
im guessing wrestling is till real to you damn it
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im guessing wrestling is till real to you damn it
Maybe not real to Johnny per se, but to a huge populus of peace, especially northamericans will watch Punks debut of peacefulness.
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They don't care about Conor M, they go CM PUNK
Absolutely brutal physique there. Looks like he's never seen a weight in his life.
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They don't care about Conor M, they go CM PUNK
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Truly one of the shittiest looking humans ever, looks like someone you'd find rummaging through your rubbish bins for food scraps as he comes down from his scruffy heroin aids binge.
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Chael Sonnen said that he thinks that Dana is trying to set up Nate Diaz vs GSP
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Dr Evil speaks
Dana on The Herd:
VIDEO (courtesy of /u/crispycornpops): https://streamable.com/iv9i
We try and make exceptions and work around these alpha male and female personalities, but the one thing they aren't exempt from is promoting the fight. Everybody, Ali, Tyson, everybody has to promote their fight.
Our relationship isn't damaged. Conor was making a lot of money for this fight. It's not like I'm asking him to come and do something the others aren't, it's not like it's 3 weeks before the fight, it's 3 months.
He's actually a really reasonable guy, so him freaking out, this is weird.
It's not a money issue. The hacks online make stuff up for clicks. This was never, ever about money. Conor is very happy with the money he makes. He's a stand up guy, he's never agreed a deal and then come back for more cash. He's not that type of person.
I don't think he's retiring, and I think he'll fight for us within the next year.
Conor needs to clear up the retirement decision fast, because that will make the Edgar-Aldo title match for the vacant title. Not stripping him yet.
I'm not mad, not even a little. It's UFC 200, it's a massive event. Plenty of people want to be on this card. I'm not mad at all.
Dunno when I'll talk to Conor again, we'll see how it plays out. I'm not mad at him, though. The show will roll on.
If he called me after this interview, then yeah! He can be on UFC 200. He has to be here and shoot this commercial.
We're spending $10m on promotion. You can't not do it.
The phone call wasn't combative. I was talking to his manager, and they were asking to move the promotion all back to May. We can't do it, the money is in motion.
The fans care about the fights, and thats all they should care about. But everyone knows this has happened only once before, and that was Nick Diaz, and we pulled him from that fight.
We do give Conor a lot of leeway. He delivers, but he wasn't planning on doing so this weekend, so I had to pull him.
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Not even a little mad? Interesting. The guy wreaks the 200 card and probably cost the company money in terms of promotion and he's not even a little mad?
C'mon son
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smh at all you "marks" (see what I did there)
lets go back to, I think, 1996 (or was it 95) when shawn Micheals did his infamous "I lost my smile" speech
now- at the time he LEGIT was considering hanging up his boots but in reality he knew that it was all a work that would get him off the road and lead to a "I'm coming back stronger than ever" angle
the thing is we all knew in the back of our heads that this was all a angle because pro wrestling is a work
we never questioned that he was gonna go into total retirement......"yeah- he's crying but come on---this is pro wrestling and this is so part of a storyline"
fast forward 20 some odd years later
Conor McGregor is a fighter in a REAL SPORT (a Real Sport that so doesn't borrow storylines from pro wrestling ::) )
Conor does a somewhat (again- somewhat) version of the "I lost my smile"/"I'm gonna retire while i'm in my prime like shawn did" angle
Dana even tweets out that he is off there biggest card of the year (which is still months away, mind you)....UFC 200 is far enough away that Conor can still get in shape for a fight while he's retired ;)
"Yeah- but he's really retired because MMA is a real sport not like that phony rasstling"
hmmm...yes-it's a real sport.......while some fights are suspect in recent years (shamrock vs....well, shamrock vs anyone) You're not gonna hear me spout off some shit about MMA being a work
however- they DO use Pro wrestling angles and they can get away with it because no body will ever question the use of old pro wrestling angles because MMA is real and Pro wrestling is teh fak3
long story short---this angle is all a work that Dana is even involved in and nobody will question it being a work because MMA is a "real" and MMA fans are too blinded by the realness that they don't see that this is a old pro wrestling angle
...oh, and just to add to this....
....ummm the UFC is gonna premiere at MSG in November so I get a weird, weird feeling that Conor will "find his smile" coincidentally in time for that monumental MSG show
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...oh, and just to add to this....
....ummm the UFC is gonna premiere at MSG in November so I get a weird, weird feeling that Conor will "find his smile" coincidentally in time for that monumental MSG show
i'm thinking the same thing. this is how you keep the crazies in line waiting for the next dosage of gossip
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Truly one of the shittiest looking humans ever, looks like someone you'd find rummaging through your rubbish bins for food scraps as he comes down from his scruffy heroin aids binge.
Even more amazing is the guy is supposed to be drug free and he's still that hideous! Imagine being straight edge or whatever the fuck and you still look like you've spent the last decade injecting heroin directly into your eye sockets. I hope the skanky looking cunt gets knocked spark out in brutal fashion in his first UFC fight.
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now Nate is retiring too??
something is going on
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I suspect Conor is doing because he wants to fight in Madison Square Garden, where the Fertittas don't have control of the fight business.
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now saying he is to young to retire, he is coming out of retirement ...
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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.
https://www.facebook.com/thenotoriousmma/posts/1260441947357435
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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.
haha
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McGregor speaks the truth :D
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Well said by McGregor.
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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.
https://www.facebook.com/thenotoriousmma/posts/1260441947357435
I believe this goes two ways as well. The UFC gave him everything he has asked for. No other fighter in the history of the promotion has gotten the treatment he has. The reason he has gotten the paycheques he has is due to promotion. He understands this. People tune in to watch and hear him. He has brought a number of fans that never followed the UFC or MMA because of his relentless self promotion. The media will be largely focused on him had he made his appearance to promote the fight and that's good for the PPV numbers as well as building his brand further. I get that media tours are gruelling but it can't be as bad as the worldwide tour he did to promote the Aldo fight. Yes it's a distraction but feeding the media machine and the hype train is part and parcel of the game. Actors and singers probably don't want to fly from city to city doing media tours whenever the have their movie/album coming out and talk to some random interviewer over and over again. What if Arnold said he's famous enough so there's no point in him doing late night shows because people will watch his movie anyway. He still gets out there and does his part.
It's my party and I'll cry if I want to. Sorry Connor but part of your payment is for promotion.
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Lol, so now he announces he'd not retiring. At least he lasted longer than Howard retiring getbig.
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What it all really boils down to is he's terrified to fight Nate again.
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What it all really boils down to is he's terrified to fight Nate again.
of cause, since he lost to him, sounds about right.
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The UFC won't budge on their decision to pull Conor McGregor from UFC 200 despite the Irishman's lengthy Facebook statement.
That's according to TMZ, who reported earlier today that the promotion offered to fly McGregor to every promotional location on a private jet.
"Not only did UFC offer to fly Conor to every destination on a top-of-the-line private jet ... but also offered to ship out every single piece of his gym equipment from Iceland to Vegas for this weekend's media event so there wouldn't be a kink in Conor's training. We're told McGregor was told his gym would be set up identically to his Iceland training center and it would all be ready to go the second he stepped off the plane. Still, McGregor refused to budge -- and our sources tell us Conor was "shocked" when he was told the media obligations in Vegas were mandatory."
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jeez if this is true the UFC is really going overboard for this guy's accommodations.
Shocked at his mandatory obligations? - yeah right. It's been confirmed that the contracts include the mandatory media obligations. It shouldn't be surprising to him at all. He's been doing this long enough. How many other fighters (apart from Ronda)get offers for private jets and private gyms? Contracts are signed before the fights are officially announced so everyone knows what to expect and the roles they are expected to play.
Oh..and Connor is not trying to duck Diaz. If he was he wouldn't have asked for a rematch in the first place. Again..HE asked for the rematch. The UFC didn't force it on him.
I'am relieved to learn that Getbig's own -Ron Avi will be spearheading the negotiation process between the UFC and Connor. He WILL bring balance back to the Force.
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it is not McGregor's fights that made him millions, it is his promotions. his shit talking made him popular. he is a great fighter, but look at guys like TJ and Aldo. they were champs, and no one wanted to see them. the everyday parttime fight fan never heard of these guys. they fight as good as conor, they don't promote like him. promotion is where his money comes from.
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I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote.
Maybe he feels that way, but if he's making millions of dollars and he's being asked to do a few press conferences and events, then he should do it. The FANS are the reason 25 minutes of his fighting is worth a million bucks, not his 'skill'.
Marshawn lynch did the same thing. Coudln't be bothered to do interviews, had to give disrespectful one-liner answers. And it does play well with the anti-authority fans who love to see reporters and coaches spurned.
Maybe mcgregor isn't really a prima donna douche... maybe he's just trying to tap into that fan base. Cost himself a lot of money backing out of this fight now. Sounds like he's having 2nd thoughts now.
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this being getbig few noticed how well he writes
so if he stops being a cage warrior he can become a keyboard warrior
yes, he's an excellent write the excuser
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yes, he's an excellent write the excuser
you sound vaguely jealous of him and his seeing ability to blow against the wind
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connor just pretty much buried his career
two of his past three opponents had one week fight camps
dont hear the media talking about that much. aldo was coming off a 14 month layoff as well.
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you sound vaguely jealous of him and his seeing ability to blow against the wind
I don't understand you
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Why doesn't Diaz come out and call him chicken? Diaz had like a week to train for McGregor. Diaz should be all over McGregor right now. That's the move Diaz should be making. Diaz should turn the tables on McGregor.
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Why doesn't Diaz come out and call him chicken? Diaz had like a week to train for McGregor. Diaz should be all over McGregor right now. That's the move Diaz should be making. Diaz should turn the tables on McGregor.
This. They could build and hype the rematch off this.
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I believe this goes two ways as well. The UFC gave him everything he has asked for. No other fighter in the history of the promotion has gotten the treatment he has. The reason he has gotten the paycheques he has is due to promotion. He understands this. People tune in to watch and hear him. He has brought a number of fans that never followed the UFC or MMA because of his relentless self promotion. The media will be largely focused on him had he made his appearance to promote the fight and that's good for the PPV numbers as well as building his brand further. I get that media tours are gruelling but it can't be as bad as the worldwide tour he did to promote the Aldo fight. Yes it's a distraction but feeding the media machine and the hype train is part and parcel of the game. Actors and singers probably don't want to fly from city to city doing media tours whenever the have their movie/album coming out and talk to some random interviewer over and over again. What if Arnold said he's famous enough so there's no point in him doing late night shows because people will watch his movie anyway. He still gets out there and does his part.
It's my party and I'll cry if I want to. Sorry Connor but part of your payment is for promotion.
This. He makes good points in his post but at the end of the day he's still an employee and he still has a job to do. The promotional side of things is as much a part of the job as the fight. He's used the promotional phase himself to get inside his opponent's heads - he can't just divorce it now and say he needs to prepare and doesn't want to be distracted.
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This. He makes good points in his post but at the end of the day he's still an employee and he still has a job to do. The promotional side of things is as much a part of the job as the fight. He's used the promotional phase himself to get inside his opponent's heads - he can't just divorce it now and say he needs to prepare and doesn't want to be distracted.
he had no problem with obnoxious press conferences and other tv work when he was winning.
this new magical excuse of "I cannot train AND talk to the media" is pure bunk. You make millions BECAUSE of your personality and entertainment for the fans. You're not paid to be a great fighter... you're paid because your presence/personality/show draws in millions of PPV buys. And he had no problem with all that pre-game media stuff AND training when he was kicking everyone's asses.
UFC offered to move his entire gym + rebuild it identically so he could train uninterrupted. How many hours a day is he seriously training that he cannot take a few hours daily to do press events? He wants back in the fight but I bet Dana White keeps him out so the next fighter doesn't pull this bullshit. Fake retirement, "thanks for the cheese"... he's coming across as a real douche.
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he had no problem with obnoxious press conferences and other tv work when he was winning.
this new magical excuse of "I cannot train AND talk to the media" is pure bunk. You make millions BECAUSE of your personality and entertainment for the fans. You're not paid to be a great fighter... you're paid because your presence/personality/show draws in millions of PPV buys. And he had no problem with all that pre-game media stuff AND training when he was kicking everyone's asses.
UFC offered to move his entire gym + rebuild it identically so he could train uninterrupted. How many hours a day is he seriously training that he cannot take a few hours daily to do press events? He wants back in the fight but I bet Dana White keeps him out so the next fighter doesn't pull this bullshit. Fake retirement, "thanks for the cheese"... he's coming across as a real douche.
Good points but at some point too much press commitments WILL take away from your training.
And him being Conor McGregor the company is going to lean more on him to promote the fight than anyone else, including the guy who just beat him.
If the UFC is grinding him to the level to where it's a distraction then it is an issue.
Now if he's complaining about going to the occasional press conference or having to put in a weekly phone call to Joe Asshole on the Morning Zoo in Bumfuck Nebraska then he doesn't really have a leg to stand on.
I think Joe Rogan nails it at 2:30
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This. They could build and hype the rematch off this.
Diaz could sucker him in to the rematch just by calling him a pussy. Say that he's no different than the guys who bow out a couple of weeks before a fight for a phantom injury. Use all the shit McGregor has said in the past and use it against him. If I'm in Diaz camp I do this every day. I get on ESPN and call him out etc. That's a massive payday Diaz will miss out on...Diaz should say that he's thinking about starving himself to get down to 145 with the midges and take the belt away from this chump. lol
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Nate responds to Connors latest tweet
https://streamable.com/l6aa
Dana starts getting flustered at the pre -fight conference when asked "why not let him fight"?
http://stationfy.com/watch/571a9d7ea80ab0596ce4907c
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I respect the company he works for sacrificing money to make sure that they don't set a precedent where an individual has more power than the organisation. It's the right decision. It's a no brainer and it happens a lot in sport.
I respect Conor's position but the moment the individual makes the dispute public, he has to lose, though. I'm guessing he had already lost, of course - but you cannot wilt when he takes it to the public domain.
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Conor is acting like a little diva bitch. Just spend 2 fucking hours and do the press junk.
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That long winded Facebook post probably took him and hour to write.
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Just fly Diaz to Iceland. Problem solved.
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Just fly Diaz to Iceland. Problem solved.
because that diva pussy conor would do press there?
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;D
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because that diva pussy conor would do press there?
No, because Conor generated 400 million dollars for the UFC.
Nate was getting paid 20k/20k before..
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He still kicked Conor's ass. Conor is scared or a little bitch diva.
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He still kicked Conor's ass. Conor is scared or a little bitch diva.
Yeah because last time Nate fought someone his own size he got his ass whooped badly by a passive Canadian dude:
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5fdCJjoqAM/Tb0DR0VzCnI/AAAAAAAABj8/3mimFynzGxU/s1600/ufc-129-Rory-MacDonald-vs-Nate+Diaz.gif)
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;D
mr white that is beautiful i admire your sense of humor and artistic talent
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mcgregor is scared of diaz
he lost to a guy who had a 1 week training camp
you can never live that down in your head no matter what you do
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mcgregor is scared of diaz
he lost to a guy who had a 1 week training camp
you can never live that down in your head no matter what you do
At least Conor fought Diaz.
He easily could've waited for Dos Anjos to heal up (if he was even hurt)
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At least Conor fought Diaz.
He easily could've waited for Dos Anjos to heal up (if he was even hurt)
if he had fought dos anjos he would have been beaten down alot worst than what diaz gave him
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mcgregor is scared of diaz
A 145lbs vs a 170lbs guy and that 1 week preparation is all bullshit. The Diaz brothers train year around, either for a fight or a Triathlon. There are just saying that just to tease Conor even more.
I KNOW you're a fat permabulker bodybuilder, because if you knew anything about fighting 'being scared' off another(ANY) man will be gone after training 1-2 year MMA/boxing/MuayThai/BJJ/etc...
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A 145lbs vs a 170lbs guy and that 1 week preparation is all bullshit. The Diaz brothers train year around, either for a fight or a Triathlon. There are just saying that just to tease Conor even more.
I KNOW you're a fat permabulker bodybuilder, because if you knew anything about fighting 'being scared' off another(ANY) man will be gone after training 1-2 year MMA/boxing/MuayThai/BJJ/etc...
Conor doesn't fight at 145 - he weighs in at that weight but when he steps into he ring he's probably 15lbs heavier. Its a clever strategy that has given him a huge advantage in the featherweight division.
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Conor doesn't fight at 145 - he weighs in at that weight but when he steps into he ring he's probably 15lbs heavier. Its a clever strategy that has given him a huge advantage in the featherweight division.
great post , all connor does is cut a bunch of water weight to make 145, he cant beat guys his own size, he is lucky dos anjos got hurt
dos would have killed him of course i would like to have seen his fans excuses then
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Conor doesn't fight at 145 - he weighs in at that weight but when he steps into he ring he's probably 15lbs heavier. Its a clever strategy that has given him a huge advantage in the featherweight division.
*flashnews* almost Nobody(besides HW) fights in their own weightclass.. Nate had to cut to make the 170lbs mark.. and conor isn't the biggest Featherweight in that weightclass.
Mind you that Conor gained weight to make 168lbs..
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great post , all connor does is cut a bunch of water weight to make 145, he cant beat guys his own size
That's exactly what Jon Jones does, he cuts to 205 so he doesn't have to fight heavyweights.
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That's exactly what Jon Jones does, he cuts to 205 so he doesn't have to fight heavyweights.
u got that right supposbibly he is going to hw in two more fights.
randy couture is the only person in mma history to win both the lhw and hw titles
something the ufc does not acknowledge anymore randy was not a big hw either maybe 230 tops
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http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/conor-mcgregor-doing-a-greta-garbo-would-have-been-truly-audacious-1.2621338 (http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/conor-mcgregor-doing-a-greta-garbo-would-have-been-truly-audacious-1.2621338)
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*flashnews* almost Nobody(besides HW) fights in their own weightclass.. Nate had to cut to make the 170lbs mark.. and conor isn't the biggest Featherweight in that weightclass.
Mind you that Conor gained weight to make 168lbs..
As there was no requirement for Conor to weigh-in at 145 he didn't have to gain any weight!
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Update: Conor McGregor tweets that he is now back on UFC 200..
"1"
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if he had fought dos anjos he would have been beaten down alot worst than what diaz gave him
This.
Dos Anjos kicked Nate's ass, McGregor would have been thoroughly destroyed.
I can't imagine what damage dos Anjos's nasty kicks would have done to McGregor's legs.
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As there was no requirement for Conor to weigh-in at 145 he didn't have to gain any weight!
actually it does.. the commission won't let you fight if you weight 125lbs vs a HW 205+..
Nate couldn't make 155lbs, so they agreed 170lbs.. it meant mcgregor had to be over the 156lbs+, and size does matter therefore the gained weight!
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actually it does.. the commission won't let you fight if you weight 125lbs vs a HW 205+..
Nate couldn't make 155lbs, so they agreed 170lbs.. it meant mcgregor had to be over the 156lbs+, and size does matter therefore the gained weight!
Conor didn't have to gain weight for the fight, all he had to do was lose less. If you've ever met Conor - I have - you would know that he is not a small guy. I agree that size matters which is why Conor cuts to make 145 but fights at closer to 165.
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I don't understand you
;D made me laugh..