Official MMA Talk Thread

[Big Bid'Ness]

McGregor wanted  10 mil for that UFC 200 fight Dana said nope.

 

[Pugz]

conor wouldnt promote.

my guesses here are, hes scared about another loss because he just could NOT be marketed the same. no movie offers, no super fights, none of that. anither lose would really hurt his brand and his championship persona. the retirement tweet has me thinking his piss may actually be dirty and this could be him saving face. its a slim chance, but its there. he pisses dirty, decides to retire, and they dont release his test. the ufc would do that. theyd pay the usada to keep the results in house.

 

[SC3]

He should go to WWE, and fight Brock at the next Mania
 
RATINGS

 

[A.E]

Conor:
 

 
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.

 

[cruzg24]

Damn Im so excited for UFC 200, Connor deserves to just focus on his craft and not have any other distractions

He definitely created a huge media firestorm with that one

 

[Pugz]

he created his beast. that was all him. cant blame the ufc for them wanting him to sell the fight. but i understand why he'd want to train more.

 

[Big Papi]

Would be interesting to see him jump to WWE. Think I saw a rumor but didn't read into it.

Also is he really done, or will he more than likely be back?

My Phone

 

[buzzy]

Read the last line in that long post

 

[Big Papi]

Hahaha oh reading skills, must have skipped right over that. Thanks!

My Phone

 

[A.E]

I'm starting to feel for Conor on this. The guy feels like he has gone way out of his way to promote his last couple of fight and b/c he did so well, the UFC further lined its pockets. Conor probably has done more than his peers to see these fights. Jose Aldo doesn't have much personality or speak English and Nate Diaz is notorious for hating press and giving interviews. Conor went above and beyond for the company and now he feels like what the UFC wants him to do is taking away from his training. Conor feels he spent too much time on press and not enough time training for Diaz and we owe him that benefit of the doubt. 
 
Dana needs to keep Conor in the UFC 200 main event. Whether Conor showed up for promotion or not, his single tweet just promoted the shit out of the event. 

 

[Pugz]

and that last line is probably exactly what they all wanted.

 

[Pugz]

cormier us calling the jones/osp fight tonight

 

[buzzy]

Diaz says he won't fight at 200. What a shit show

 

[Hurricane Season]

I didn't want to see nate/conor 2 in the first place. Idk why it is such a huge draw.

 

[buzzy]

Cause of Conor

 

[Pugz]

people still think he was gonna win too. diaz would have won.

 

[Hurricane Season]

DC/Jones 2 headlining 200, officially.
 
Good to see a fight actually worthy of the main event, although having Diaz/McGregor would have made it a pretty killer card overall.  198 and 199 both look better right now.

 

[Pugz]

i like this better than what was. i would have preferred to see conor fight edgar from the very start of this card. i really like this more, but 198 is awesome and so is 199.

great three months for fight fans if health stays good.

 

[Hurricane Season]

Does Conor get the winner of Aldo/Edgar?

 

[Pugz]

yea unless he sticks with his whole retirement shtick. i really hope we get to see edgar win and fight conor.