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Snowman_McK posted:At the small cost of the legitimacy of the lightweight division and actual lightweight title fights. He knows his actual value and tries to get paid that much. He's valuable to the sport as kind of an anti-union. The union will raise the minimum and average wages, Conor will try and set it up so the true superstars are rewarded for their ability to shift business. SamuraiFoochs posted:I know approximately gently caress all about legit punchsports but Conor doesn't REALLY think he has a chance, does he? Does anyone think that? With each passing year, Floyd becomes more beatable. Conor won't beat him, however. Jerusalem posted:Conor's chief strategy will be to make as much money as possible. He's from Ireland, all about that green. TwoDogs1Cup posted:Is Conor ever going to defend his UFC titles I believe he's trying to get paid what he's worth, and UFC wants to instead pay him a measly $4-6 million. Until they properly agree, unlikely to see defences. This stunt will make Conor loads of money and provide serious negotiating power to the UFC - he doesn't need them, they need him. Looten Plunder posted:Not only does he seem to have a massive speed disadvantage, he also appears to have no defence apart from a couple of smartass head bobs. Eh, I wouldn't look at this too seriously. They're just playing with distance and angles more than trying to punch each other, even looks like Conor is allowing the slow punches towards him to see what it will look like.
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Gay Horney posted:I don't think anyone is convinced or at least I'm not. But this isn't the sure thing for Floyd that everyone is falling all over themselves to make it out to be. Floyd's last fight was 2015 I'm not sure what that other idiot was talking about. Two years is a hell of a long time to think you're retired and we've all seen what being 40 does to dudes. Nothing in combat sports is a sure thing, but Floyd would be heavily favored over any boxer from 154 down so he should be really really heavily favored against a non-boxer who was recently fighting at 145 pounds.
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The only active boxers near welterweight I would even consider saying have a chance to beat Mayweather are Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. who have dominant wins over top 5 fighters at 140 and 147 as well as being generational talents. Just lol at anyone entertaining the idea of a 0-0 MMA fighter even coming close. The press conferences and talking heads segments alone will be worth the price of a ringside seat at T-Mobile Arena in terms of trainwreck entertainment value though.
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I can confidently say that COnor "Kid Notorious" McGregor is better than fictional background character from a period movie, Errol Spence Junior.
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Looten Plunder posted:Not only does he seem to have a massive speed disadvantage, he also appears to have no defence apart from a couple of smartass head bobs. This is pretty consistent for conor. I remember wondering how Chad Mendes was going to close the gap, but it turned out that just jumping at Conor with a big punch was more than enough. Dude has a good chin and relies on it. Wazzu posted:He knows his actual value and tries to get paid that much. He's valuable to the sport as kind of an anti-union. The union will raise the minimum and average wages, Conor will try and set it up so the true superstars are rewarded for their ability to shift business. How the gently caress is that valuable to the sport? Or even any kind of shift? The big stars have never had trouble getting paid. GSP, Ronda, Rampage, Chuck, Randy, Tito and Wanderlei all made an absolute fortune off the UFC.
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Snowman_McK posted:A reminder that traditionally, Godzilla is a couple hundred feet tall, while King Kong is 25. I guess it is a pretty apt metaphor. The aforementioned movie consists of Godzilla repeatedly going 'who is this rear end in a top hat?' and easily kicking his rear end with nuclear breath until Kong is randomly struck by lightning and turned into a supermonster, which is probably also Conor's primary path to victory.
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Every time I watch Vasyl Lomachencko spar with TJ Dillashaw I feel like I get a glimpse of what Mayweather/McGregor would look like. TJ hits him clean like one time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxbRy_PO0vU
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Work Friend Keven posted:I can confidently say that COnor "Kid Notorious" McGregor is better than fictional background character from a period movie, Errol Spence Junior. lol
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Wazzu posted:Eh, I wouldn't look at this too seriously. They're just playing with distance and angles more than trying to punch each other, even looks like Conor is allowing the slow punches towards him to see what it will look like. One thing that stood out to me is that when he can't kick, Conor's footwork gets exposed. Well, not exposed, but shown as not adapted for boxing. If he could throw kicks, all the constant stepping around and putting feet close together would give him some options instead of just making him hittable.
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JaySB posted:Every time I watch Vasyl Lomachencko spar with TJ Dillashaw I feel like I get a glimpse of what Mayweather/McGregor would look like. TJ hits him clean like one time. my god. vasyl is a savant but this is just obscene.
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Lol TJ's weird stance really don't work in that environment. He just leads with his face and looks likes a chump
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Jun 14, 2017 16:36
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That video is sick.
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What are the odds that the fight itself and the surrounding card wouldn't completely suck rear end?
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RacistGuidingLight posted:What are the odds that the fight itself and the surrounding card wouldn't completely suck rear end? nonzero
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1st AD posted:Lol TJ's weird stance really don't work in that environment. He just leads with his face and looks likes a chump Yes but that's an elite boxer schooling a top level MMA fighter
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i thought tj did pretty well considering that is lomachenko
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JaySB posted:Yes but that's an elite boxer schooling a top level MMA fighter They should do James Toney v Randy again except with two real fighters.
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its funny because tj seems like he's going a bit harder than lomachenko and when he finally lands a good shot lomachenko starts turning it up and takin it to him
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In a real fight though you know TJ would blast him with one of his famous completely innefectual headkicks that don't hurt so yea... enjoy playing in the kiddie pool boxers lol.
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https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/875043193171173376
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I mean, sure they're going to approve the request. But is there a fight signed yet? No.
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It's the right marketing play, right? This far out, they can fill the date with whatever they want if the McGregor fight doesn't materialize.
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It's not even that far out. I know Mayweather Promotions has been actively pushing their fighters too. Just going off the nightmare that was May/Pac I think it's going to be really hard to make this fight happen on 10 weeks notice. The PPV rights alone took months with May/Pac and then there was the ticketing fiasco. Holy poo poo.
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JaySB posted:It's not even that far out. I know Mayweather Promotions has been actively pushing their fighters too. I think all of that negotiation has been going on already. Once the fight is signed, the negotiations are done. They've been talking behind the scenes for a long time on this already.
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Kevin Iole is reporting that the fight is on https://twitter.com/KevinI/status/875093658919247872
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Rigel posted:Kevin Iole is reporting that the fight is on loving 
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Mr. Nice! posted:I think all of that negotiation has been going on already. Once the fight is signed, the negotiations are done. They've been talking behind the scenes for a long time on this already. Maybe, maybe not. The Mayweather/Pacquiao fight was signed but then each camp fought over tickets up until basically fight week.
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JaySB posted:Maybe, maybe not. The Mayweather/Pacquiao fight was signed but then each camp fought over tickets up until basically fight week. And there was so much money on the line, that they figured it out. Same thing here, this fight obviously makes no loving sense whatsoever, but there is so much money on the table that they shrugged and went "ok, gently caress it, if the public is really going to pay us stupid money to put on this freakshow, then lets work it out"
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JaySB posted:Maybe, maybe not. The Mayweather/Pacquiao fight was signed but then each camp fought over tickets up until basically fight week. Well, look above. The fight is official. It's going down August 26th.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Well, look above. The fight is official. It's going down August 26th. The fight is official because Kevin Iole says so? I'll wait until Mayweather, Conor, or Dana announces it.
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JaySB posted:The fight is official because Kevin Iole says so? Yes. If Kevin Iole says something, then it is true. The man is arguably the single most credible and respected journalist for both Boxing and MMA in the world. Thats probably the reason why Mayweather's team decided to give him the scoop.
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Rigel posted:Yes. If Kevin Iole says something, then it is true. The man is arguably the single most credible and respected journalist for both Boxing and MMA in the world. Thats probably the reason why Mayweather's team decided to give him the scoop. Also Conor said a big announcement's coming this week. Wouldn't be shocked if his statement on the fight is tonight or Friday Chris James 2 fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Jun 14, 2017 |
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https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/875101558584856578 Welp here goes nothing
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Benne posted:https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/875101558584856578 lol
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Welp indeed. Guess I need to get all my money together again.
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Benne posted:https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/875101558584856578 okay this was worth it
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