Kevin Wilson Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 12 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: "dance for me boy" sounded like Connor went full racist. I don't think he intentionally went racist with it, I don't think its realistic to expect foreigners to know what terms in the US are racist and which are insulting without being racist. Definitely trying to be antagonistic and belittling, but I dunno if the intent went beyond that. But we still have a few more press dates to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I kind of think that McGregor said enough shit about Aldo that he doesn't get the benefit of that particular doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 12 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said: Yeah, I don't really think that suffices as evidence that he needs $100 million to break even in a year. I agree with you, but I'm still fairly certain I heard someone make that claim on tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 52 minutes ago, Horton Hears a Wooo!!! said: I agree with you, but I'm still fairly certain I heard someone make that claim on tv. I don't doubt people make those claims. Shit, he has been "Money" Mayweather for a decade and we have proof of his extravagant spending (funding the businesses of his first baby mama and his current and ex girlfriends, the parties, the cars, spending boatloads at KOD Miami, etc.). However, once we get into the talk of he has to spend X million to maintain his current lifestyle, we need more proof than what someone like Stephen A. Smith who kinda casually knows Floyd or anyone like that before we can believe that. A lot of those folks, both intentionally to get namedrop credibility or unintentionally, spread bad second and third hand information and in turn gets passed around to gossip sites who spread that shit like wildfire. Also, people really don't have to take responsibility in making those claims. I'm just trying to cut down the gossip down to a bare minimum so we don't go all the way off the rails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 It's so weird to watch a Showtime feed play HBO footage on UFC Fight Pass. I never thought we would ever get to this point, but here we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elsalvajeloco Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 If someone calls you a bitch in front of your children, you have to throw hands based on GP. We're not about to have a semi organized shouting contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Imagine being the head of a major premium cable network, being cursed out in front of thousands of people, and not being able to do shit about it. Then you would be Stephen Espinoza. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 I doubt he was personally offended, Conor is performing. Fun to watch, but I don't think anyone takes it seriously. Floyd even said after LA that they put on a performance because so many people come to watch them, they aren't even trying to make it real. Its corny as hell but as a pro wrestling fan I'm cool with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 9 minutes ago, Kevin Wilson said: I doubt he was personally offended, Conor is performing. Fun to watch, but I don't think anyone takes it seriously. Floyd even said after LA that they put on a performance because so many people come to watch them, they aren't even trying to make it real. Its corny as hell but as a pro wrestling fan I'm cool with it. There are kernels of truth in every joke though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Darius Bagfelt Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 At least Mayweather hasnt called him a little yellow chump yet like he did to Pacquiao. Maybe a little leprechaun chump and Floyd can throw Lucky Charms at him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 I saw some of the last press conference (Mayweather wearing the flag, Conor stealing his backpack and making fun of him for being illiterate, etc.), I wonder if they are showman enough that they are letting them wing it or if its all pre-planned. Like did Conor know what was in the backpack so he could plan what to say, or was it all ad-libbed. They won't lose points for lack of effort anyway on selling the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 You can't say these press conferences aren't working because more and more people think Connor has a better chance than they did a month ago. Maybe it is going from a 5% chance to a 10% chance but for some that is more than enough to fork over the $100 These conferences are a complete work though which is fine since this is a freak show event. I mean not scripted to detail but they know the bullet points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 The second one was very entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Meltzer on the Wed night/Thurs edition of WOR is already talking it potentially doing 5 million buys (though some people are saying more than that) and having a gate in the range of $72 million. Funny how people were talking about how no one would break the May/Pac records, but those records look like they may come down after two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 I watched the first two press conferences. I honestly think I've seen enough. What more could either guy possibly say? And they have a shit load more of these things. Of course, watch me fire up YouTube as soon as someone is like, "DUDE, did you see what happened this time?!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, Craig H said: I watched the first two press conferences. I honestly think I've seen enough. What more could either guy possibly say? And they have a shit load more of these things. Of course, watch me fire up YouTube as soon as someone is like, "DUDE, did you see what happened this time?!" Well, there is the NYC one this afternoon/evening and the London one and that's it until fight week. Of course, you will have a conference call probably and open workouts. However, they have to get back to training and it's hard to mobilize all this production with the schedules of the parties involved. I mean the UFC has a show in LI next Saturday and then their biggest PPV of the year the Saturday after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 46 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: Meltzer on the Wed night/Thurs edition of WOR is already talking it potentially doing 5 million buys (though some people are saying more than that) and having a gate in the range of $72 million. Funny how people were talking about how no one would break the May/Pac records, but those records look like they may come down after two years. This is why it cracks me listening to everyone talk about how they "learned their lesson" after Pacquio. Not only have you not learned your lesson, you are willing to double down on it for a more inferior fight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 17 minutes ago, hammerva said: This is why it cracks me listening to everyone talk about how they "learned their lesson" after Pacquio. Not only have you not learned your lesson, you are willing to double down on it for a more inferior fight This happens after every disappointing major boxing fight it seems like. People said they wouldn't buy anymore Tyson fights then they kept buying Tyson fights. But to be fair (even though most of these fights really shouldn't have been on PPV anyway IMO), the fans didn't buy any boxing PPV after that until Canelo/Chavez Jr. which was two years after May/Pac. Pac/Vargas did ok for a non HBO/Showtime PPV, but it wasn't Pacquiao numbers from the height of Manny Pacquiao. They were only ok because Jessie Vargas was the opponent, and it didn't have the marketing of either of the two major premium cable networks. Other than that one minor exception, everything else was a fantastic bomb on PPV in that 24 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 The press conferences are pro wrestling af so that's free entertainment there. I'll keep watching those. The actual fight I have no interest in (other than a co-worker laying down 10 to 1 bets on MacGregor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, Cristobal said: The press conferences are pro wrestling af so that's free entertainment there. I'll keep watching those. The actual fight I have no interest in (other than a co-worker laying down 10 to 1 bets on MacGregor) Bets? How many, and how much? There needs to be some documentary film maker going around finding all these McGregor betters and telling their soon to be sad ass stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 I don't think placing a medium size bet on Mcgregor is a bad thing because the reward is staggering right now. I wouldn't bet my rent money on it that's for damn sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 17 minutes ago, supremebve said: Bets? How many, and how much? There needs to be some documentary film maker going around finding all these McGregor betters and telling their soon to be sad ass stories. There was a guy I had a previous conversation with about boxing (BTW he has been following boxing at least since the Bowe/Holyfield fights because he met Holyfield at the casino the night of the fanman incident) and our next conversation around when the fight was announced was what I can only infer as Conor was going to win. So yeah, throw a rock in any crowd of white guys between the age of 21 and 45. You will find some. People associate "running" = not fighting. Going back to Unforgivable Blackness, white people thought Jack Johnson was a cowardly negro because he "ran" even though there were clear examples of his contemporaries having a similar if not the same style. Except Johnson was better at it than most. So boxing is pretty much the same fanbase wise more than a century later except it's not PC to say the racist, white supremacist rhetoric out loud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 16 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: So boxing is pretty much the same fanbase wise more than a century later except it's not PC to say the racist, white supremacist rhetoric out loud. Umm...someone needs to tell that to all the people defending Conor McGregor calling Floyd "boy" and calling black fighters "dancing monkeys." It seems to be fine and dandy to a lot of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 25 minutes ago, supremebve said: Bets? How many, and how much? There needs to be some documentary film maker going around finding all these McGregor betters and telling their soon to be sad ass stories. Oh nothing for serious money. We do dollar bets and put the dollars up on our cube walls like trophies. Dude made 5 of those, all at 10:1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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