MMA Thread

What a shitshow. For the first time in many years i'm more looking forward to boxing than anything the UFC has to put out.

Maybe it was supposed to be some Vince McMahon bullshit originally, but even if it was I doubt their plan included one of their biggest names charged with multiple felonies and getting photographed being escorted out of the police station still in cuffs.

Jayrebb, your my guy, so let me break this shit down for you.

My information came from Dana White. White is the one who said he COULD come out of this a convicted felon. Now, the injuries suffered by the fighters don't seem that serious, but it's the ACT, and then the resulting fallout that will determine how this plays out.

He COULD have seriously injured someone on the bus the judge/prosecutors will say, and then the UFC is NOT going to help Conor, 2 of their fighters were injured to the point where fights had to be cancled.

Those fighters are still going to get their purse, but the UFC and Dana aren't happy, and don't care if Conor ends up a felon. So they aren't going to try and mitigate the damages for Conor, their going to try and make them and keep them as serious as possible.

The only thing Conor has going for him is that 20 million dollars in his bank account. Money talks bullshit walks, so maybe he walks away from this with no convictions or felonies but boy it's going to cost him.

And the UFC WANTS to cost Conor money, as the more endorsements and capital he loses, the less leverage he has in negotiations, which is better for the UFC.

And this shit was NOT a stunt. Conor flew him and like 20 of his bros on a private jet from Ireland, and timed it so they would arrive at the right time. The UFC didn't want Conor there nor planned on him coming.

It ended in cancled fights and their biggest star doing a perp walk. Give me a break.

Edit: or maybe the UFC is playing 4d chess and DID orchestrate this, but unknown to Conor, in order to bait him into this, which will now cost him a small fortune, cause him to lose face and prestige, which results in the UFC gaining power back.

in my understanding
even if he had felony battery, would have to get sentenced to 5+ years before loosing his visa

like i said he is rich, most he is going to get out of it is some community service and fines
would be great fun to hear him speak at a grade school

I'm not trying to inflate the possibility or impact of him being a felon, like I said Floyd Mayweather wears it like a military badge of honor as he travels the globe in lavish luxury with hundreds of millions of legal dollars in his accounts.

In no way is this going to affect Conor outside of endorsements and capital.

You will never see Floyd on a Gatorade commercial, and you will most likely never see McGregor on one going forward either.

Either way it doesn't matter if they can generate huge incomes from purses and sales profits generated from fighting. Being a felon is kind of cool for a cage fighter!

So I went to order the fights cause I still really wanna see JJ vs Rose and noticed that it is 65 bucks compared to the normal 59.99. Is this a screw up or did they up the price and I just never noticed?

it went up $5 starting with 220

Gotcha, guess I never noticed. They should bump it back down for this card considering what a shit show it has been.

Holy fuck people victim blaming Borg on Twitter are the worse. It's pretty sad people call him a pussy when he literally fights at the highest level for a living. Can we nuke all social media? I feel bad for these guys.

If the dolly went through the window, it would have been REALLY bad. Conor got lucky the dolly only broke the window. His "100 million" can only go so far... my bet is it won't even last him until 40.

Jozu said:

The UFC didn't want Conor there nor planned on him coming.

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This just isn't true. Dana has said in an interview that the UFC knew he was going to be in New York and they hoped to negotiate a new deal with him, announcing his return at the 25 year presser.

They have been talking to him all week, but I dont think you can say they knew he was going to storm the Barclays Center during a press event. Maybe they knew he would meet Dana face to face, and would maybe show up to watch the fight but they didnt KNOW he was going to be there that specific night. Dana is a liar he so maybe him telling ESPN he had no idea he would be there was just bullshit.

think this is going to end up with conor cashing a huge check from ufc.
like in the $25+ mil range

Who pays for ppvs?

I pay for my PPVs by way of using my time to sift through shifty streams thanks to reddit.

Khabib Nurmagomedovvs.Al Iaquinta
Rose Namajunas (c)vs.Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Renato Moicanovs.Calvin Kattar
Zabit Magomedsharipovvs.Kyle Bochniak
Joe Lauzonvs.Chris Gruetzemacher

I'm going for the ultimate underdog pics tonight.

Raging Al ftw because he is the best
Rose because she is better looking
Calvin because everyone knows Brazilian's are filthy animals
Kyle because the other guy has lice and is probably a terrorist
**** I have to pick Joe Lauzon**** although he might be the favorite. I'm old school and can't bet against my boy Joe from Bowston