Comments Thread For: McGregor aims for record of old motherf***ers May/Pac

[SCEN3RY]

This is the same Aldo who was talking about Ronda and how women's MMA wasn't on the same level as men's lol...

Dude got KO'd in 13 seconds lol...

People act like MMA isn't like boxing..same BS..you don't get the fights you want to see: GSP-Diaz when we wanted it happened too late; Cyborg and Ronda: never happened;...

Aldo was fed a bunch of nobodies for years and got KO'd by the first legit puncher... it's the same BS as boxing but UFC used the Pacquiao-May flop as it's excuse to act like it did things differently...

The women's UFC is more exciting than the men's and they have better story lines..that would never happen in boxing..

That may be the case (I don't watch ufc), but mma is different to boxing - more factors involved, it's a stand up game and a ground game, unless you're a master of all trades, somebody can pull your number on any given night.

[mathed]

McGregor made $3 million against Mendes and over $3.5 million for last night. Flat purse doesn't really matter, he gets cuts of the PPV and other things.

He's broke every UFC record, he's making more money than any fighter in the company's history....he'll never do Mayweather/Pac numbers, but they are going to be huge.

I was watching this pre-fight hype show last night and McGregor admitted he spends way too much money and others have advised him to put some away for the future. He said well, "As long as what comes in the door swallows what is going out of the door, it doesn't matter." Dude was driving this crazy BMW with butterfly doors....I have to admit, that car was pretty impressive.





BMW i8 average selling price: $146,906

[QballLobo]

I don't see it. Floyd built himself up as a great villain ever since the ODL fight and people tuned in to see him lose. Pacquiao benefited by having an incredible 2-3 year run when people though he was the guy to take Floyd's 0.
UFC is so volatile this guy is one punch or leg kick away from taking a loss before he builds himself up to that level. Records don't matter as much in that sport but in order to build a fighter up to that level and get the casual audience invested he would have to win over a long period of time, which the sport isn't set up to have happen. UFC already peaked with Lesner and the numbers he was doing. Since then its been a slow decline with some occasional highs with a side show like Roussey.

[hectari]

Welp, that dominant ko just destroyed boxing to casuals, now pacquiaos ppv is going to do 75 k buys, casuals will be reminded about the money they wasted on may pac because mcgregor is reminding them, plus his ko made them buy into the hype, mcgrgeor was huge compared to aldo, plus his main weakness are wrestlers, mendes was tossing him around, imagine mcgregor at 155? Against men his size or bigger? Would love to see him against pettis.

[Fook That BOY]

Now he's aiming for Floyd Mayweather again, as pound for pound.

[gmc_rfc_06]

I was watching this pre-fight hype show last night and McGregor admitted he spends way too much money and others have advised him to put some away for the future. He said well, "As long as what comes in the door swallows what is going out of the door, it doesn't matter." Dude was driving this crazy BMW with butterfly doors....I have to admit, that car was pretty impressive.





BMW i8 average selling price: $146,906

Yeah, he spent $350k on cars that same day.

His view was that he earned $3million+ for the fight and spent 10% of it on cars, well within his means. I'm assuming he knows you can't live a Mayweather lifestyle on less than 10% of the income.

Saying that though, they are expecting him to sign a monster contract when he renews his deal with UFC that will see him earn crazy money that dwarfs what anyone in UFC history has made.

[Dr Rumack]

The constant crying about the UFC makes boxing fans look like insecure ******s.

[greglory]

He will never see the type of Money Floyd or Pac made. The UFC Business model is never gonna pay a fighter $300 million for one fight. He brags about the gate and pay per view but doesn't see a portion of either. I like him but he's delusional as ****.

[Johnwoo8686]

Floyd when asked what he thinks about Conor McGregor:

"I don't know who SHE is."

[Eff Pandas]

This is the same Aldo who was talking about Ronda and how women's MMA wasn't on the same level as men's lol...

LOL at you if you think womens MMA gots the depth of talent mens MMA gots. Pretty much its a universally accepted fact womens MMA has lil to no depth.

People act like MMA isn't like boxing..same BS..you don't get the fights you want to see: GSP-Diaz when we wanted it happened too late; Cyborg and Ronda: never happened;...

Stop it. Last night 2 fights occurred with the 2 best guys in their respective divisions. I can't remember the last time that happened in boxing. There was also a fight between the #3 & #4 guy in one of those same divisions that set up the next fight between arguably the new top 2 guys.

The UFC represents the most competitive combat sports entity right now. Its not even competitive between the UFC & anyone else. And this **** happens monthly more or less (maybe not top 2 x 2, but top 5 guys are always fighting, top 10 guys are always fighting, competitive fights are always happening). I'd be hard pressed to name any boxer outside of maybe 2 or 3 tip top of the elite in this era who's fought top 5 level competition fight after fight like is demanded in the UFC.