Khabib wasn't suddenly Muslim, and it's not a secret that muslims who tend to pray also don't drink. For Conor to offer a whisky and then insult him for refusing? That shit wasn't a mistake and I'm not the only Muslim who noticed or was offended.
Well people who kept mentioning it were saying his remarks were disparaging to Khabib's religion or his mental faculties etc. when the actual quote from McGregor was just about him not drinking.
It's still a bit of a generalization. I have seen plenty of his fans criticise the bus thing for example. Maybe not the Aldo one as much as that wasn't really that bad (Aldo was laughing about it)
I'm not saying it wasn't a mistake I just don't think he was intentionally saying saying stuff about his religion to stir up a fight. I think it was an honest slip up like I said.
What about at the weigh-in with Khabib? Did he have no intention of touching him either when he punched his arm and threw a kick at him?
What has this got to do with the Aldo situation?
This isn't true. He gets criticised more than anyone and, in most cases, rightfully so.
Nah these insults designed to wind people up are standard from McGregor no matter where his opponent is from. He called Poirier a backwards hillbilly from the arsehole of nowhere or something similar.
We kinda already knew that beforehand though didn't we? I mean Khabib's total dominance on the ground was the least surprising thing about the fight.
Would be great if he got beat by a real estate agent.Raging Al has been calling McGregor out on twitter maybe we'll see that next.
He called him a tapping pussy which is odd cos he has 3 submission losses in his career!Raging Al has been calling McGregor out on twitter maybe we'll see that next.
What is this 'behind on civilization' shit? Who decided that modern western civilzation is the answer to everything? You count for a small fraction of the world population, yet somehow feel you have moral authority on what is acceptable behaviour and what isn't.“A man with principles” Feck off
People are justifying his actiond cos McGregor provoked him, “insulted his religion and his country”, my goodness. Does his religion say that you should beat someone up if he criticizes said religion or what? He showed himself a classless thug just like McGregor has in the past, he’s no better going off his actions after the fight. Religion or pride doesn’t excuse shit. Looks to me like they’re a bit behind on civilization where’s he from, his gang looks like a tribe who can’t see that McGregor actually doesn’t give a shit about any of them but just wants to hype up the fight with inflammatory comments about whichever topic he can think of. If you can’t put yourself above that, you’re no better than the one making the comments.
How is that even close to being the same?
If it isn't acceptable in my part of the world to attack someone when they attack you/your religion and it is acceptable or justifiable behaviour in another part of the world, I know which part I want to live in.
He'll never learn.Check McG’s instagram, the war goes on
What did he say that is anywhere near as bad as that though?
"We lost the match but won the battle.Check McG’s instagram, the war goes on
Never said it's near as bad or not. Just wondering people's stance on "you can say whatever you want to promote a fight".
Ain't it. I was annoyed that it was locked the other day due to a couple of muppets but perhaps it needs locking again until people want to get back to talking about the sport. Who cares who the biggest twunt is. You don't agree, move on. I don't want to read another 3 pages of assorted whataboutisms.
I don't think they can say what they want no, obviously there's boundaries. Equally I think people do try and find fault in stuff where there is no malice there.
For me, the sad part is that no one speaks about the amazing fights anymore. Reyes was very good I thought, Ferguson vs. Pitti was another great great fight, and the main event was also quite impressive.
Sounded like such a little bitch when he said that. Clip of it here...
Yeah I was bit gutted that the Ferguson v Pettis fight ended Round 2 but hindsight it was most probably a great call by Rufus to take his fighter out. I don't think I've ever seen such a relentless come forward fighter as Ferguson (maybe prime Nick Diaz) and he knows that he can break 99% of guys with sheer workrate alone. People keep saying Khabib has a great gas tank but I think Ferguson has the edge on him here. Of course it would remain to be seen how much Khabibs ground game would take out of his tank which is a situation he'd inevitably find himself in at some point. I really wanna see that fight.
He called Dennis Siver a Nazi too and his comment to Aldo about riding into his favela on horseback was obviously a loaded one as well. There's no doubt that he has a history of racially loaded comments.
That last bit is key IMO. You can maybe argue that McGregor is “just selling fights” if he showed a bit of class in defeat. Without that, all the classless bollox leading up to the fight just looks like the actions of a classless twat.
If anyone is going to beat Khabib it's Ferguson. It's a cursed fight though so I ain't gonna hold my breath. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Khabib gets a 6-12 month ban and we see Tony v McGregor instead.
Post-fight interview aside, his social media stuff since the fight is pretty pathetic.
After I made that post I searched for the ufc 148 post fight press conference and so worth watching after this weekends events, especially the 4 min mark of this clip here:
Ferguson is very hittable so McGregor would have a better chance in this match. It feels like a loop. I feel:
Yeah I think a long ban is inevitable which would probably mean interim belt again and as you say potentially Ferguson vs McGregor. Not sure if Conor has the heart for it any more though because if he takes that fight I suspect he'll get his arse handed to him again.
Basically paper rock scissors with headkicks. What's not to like?
