Meath_Villan Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Ariel Helwani ✔@arielhelwani 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted April 19, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19, 2016 lol wut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Apparently retired ........surely bullshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Amazing if true but surely can't be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Jon Jones thinks that he has been weighing in at 240lbs due to his weight lifting regime. Of course you are Jon. All down to the weights that. None of that Vitamin S involved whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Well fook that... they'd better be playing poker 'cause I was looking fwd. to a good weekend at 200! Sort your shit out Dana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Taken off of the 200 for refusing to fly to Vegas for promo according to Girlname White, some suggestion the death of Carvalho may be a factor in his decision too. What a shame if true. Edited April 20, 2016 by hogso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Sounds like he's made his money and now out of the game, no doubt influenced by the death of a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Conor ya sap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Dana & Conor ....two lads throwing the toys out of the pram obvious argument over a promo non backing down ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 20, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2016 I heard he wants to be a LUAS driver because the money's better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2016 I hope Connor is done. He swerved very fast from invigorating the UFC to becoming an irritant, and he's not that good. He can be exciting, but a fighter like Diaz has beaten him with basics and Diaz isn't a champion. I suspect he isn't though and this is all about cash. Worst comes to the worst he buggers off to one of the other franchises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 20, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2016 A completely sensible theory courtesy of Brian Stann. "Do I believe he's retiring? Absolutely not. We give Conor a lot of credit for being intelligent and I agree with all that credit. He is a very bright guy. He understands combat sports. He understands how to keep his name, his brand, as the main story." "You've got a lot of other things going on in MMA. You've got lots of guys putting forth great performances and Conor's going to do the things necessary to keep his name in the headlines. to keep people talking about him, to sell his product, to move his business 'Conor McGregor' forward. I think it's smart. I think what he's doing is really intelligent." "I've seen a lot of comments on Twitter 'Well, the UFC is probably going crazy today. It's a dumpster fire over at Zuffa headquarters.' Well, I'm not on the inside track every single day, but I know enough and have a good enough relationship with Joe Silva, Sean Shelby and some of the executives over there that this is something they deal with every day, guys." "Conor's more high profile, he's got the ability to break the internet, but you're dealing with fighters, you're dealing with athletes that are impulsive, that are emotional, that are insensitive, that are aggressive. These things happen and all this did was with whatever product they're selling with him on it, it's got them more buys." "So if anything, I'd imagine Zuffa headquarters are smiling ear-to-ear becasue of this tweet and how many people are talking about Conor McGregor." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2016 I suspect Stann is on the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The UFC has borrowed many aspects from WWE, this could be a 'work' cooked up between him and Dana. If not then it could be that Conor wants more money and power. When it's all said and done the UFC pays it's fighters extremely poorly. I've read that Conor earned between $500k-$1m guaranteed (not including PPV upside) for his fight with Aldo, supposedly one of the biggest UFC fights in history, shocking. In boxing, Roberto Guerrero (washed up) earned $1m to fight an unheard of boxer called Aaron Martinez, purely down to his contract with Al Haymon. Boxing enriches its fighters due to purse bids and promoters/managers fighting for better paydays for their fighters. This, as far as I'm aware, is prohibited in the UFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Knew it was over a promo dana & conor throwing the toys out .........watch a kiss and make up .......only thing is this whole thing would suggest conor is nervous, maybe seeds of doubt in if he can beat nate .....not good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 He has a point regarding the 1 tweet is better promotion than anything UFC could have put together but not sure he should be exempt from the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted April 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2016 Hes refuted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted April 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2016 Just saying he wants to concentrate on fighting not the media stuff .....thats a bit of a giggle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, Nigel said: Hes refuted it You dint think that tweet has been better promotion for UFC that what they had planned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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