JGP Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Hell, that's almost impressive looking... yet find I'm curiously surprised to see anyone even capable of walking with calf muscles like those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Dos Santos just put on a boxing clinic against Big Ben. Jabs and tons of movement, very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Saw that as well. Dos Santos much better in that fight. Rothwell did what he could but looked so clumsy compared to Dos Santos. well deserved win and they both knew it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Glover just nailed Rashad right on the button. CT represent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Glover's looking good but Rashad is definitely done, looked awesome against Sonnen and then had that tough injury which I believe put him out for like 2 years, it's a tough sport. I'm just glad to see Khabib back, I wonder if they'll give him the title shot after Ramadan, Eddie Alvarez is fighting RDA for the belt on fight pass (!?) in a few months so we'll see what happens. edit: also Glover's a madman for calling out Rumble, if I were him I'd call out Gus. Either way, awesome fights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Teixeira was very impressive but that was an easy win. Likewise Khabib was amazing, definitely want to see more of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Conor has retired, he's officially been pulled from UFC 200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quijote Light Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Do you have a link? I haven't seen anything official yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 8 minutes ago, Quijote Light said: Do you have a link? I haven't seen anything official yet. Here. I didn't give a link because it was being announced on Sports Center live. edit: it's important to note that Conor may or may not have actually retired, from the UFC's careful wording it sounds like a contract dispute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Weird and very disappointing if true :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Pesci Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 He's a hell of a fighter, but this smacks of an ego trip. Can't wait for his response to White, should be entertaining at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castel Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Dana has a massive ego. Conor has a massive ego. This is like that Godzilla gif. "Let them fight" 2 hours ago, Gears of the Beast said: Here. I didn't give a link because it was being announced on Sports Center live. edit: it's important to note that Conor may or may not have actually retired, from the UFC's careful wording it sounds like a contract dispute. Retirement just seems like him going over the top to win the standoff. Dana could have thought he'd come to his senses after being pulled or would show up for another fight. Conor can't go fight for someone else so he "retires" to force Dana's had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 "Conor these demands are ridiculous, if you can't be reasonable then we're gonna pull you from UFC 200" "Hahahaha no you won't" "Yes we will" "Fine I'll retire" "No you won't" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Hopefully this can all be reversed somehow, because otherwise the only thing that's happened is huge disappointment. Seems like White is serious about finding a different opponent for Diaz though. All because McGregor didn't want to do press conferences and promotion. What an asshole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 21 minutes ago, Calibandar said: Seems like White is serious about finding a different opponent for Diaz though. All because McGregor didn't want to do press conferences and promotion. What an asshole. That is absolutely not what caused this and the fact that they came up with such a flagrant lie is pretty telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 It is what I've been reading all over. What is it that you've been hearing is the reason? White has come out and said it had to do with promotion and press conferences. McGregor's camp has not yet countered this as far as I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 2 minutes ago, Calibandar said: It is what I've been reading all over. What is it that you've been hearing is the reason? White has come out and said it had to do with promotion and press conferences. McGregor's camp has not yet countered this as far as I have seen. So there's a few reasons why this is clearly a lie. 1. The fight is 3 months away, you don't cancel any fight because a guy can't show up to a press conference 3 months out let alone one of the biggest fights in the history of the promotion 2. Conor is literally the best self promoter in the sport's history, Dana going around saying shit like "well you gotta promote yourself" is hilarious, considering who he's talking about 3. The UFC has been bending over backwards for Conor since he became a thing, the idea that he can't go to a press conference and suddenly 'sorry man, rules are rules can't fight at UFC 200 anymore' is absurd. 4. Hours before any of this even happens Conor tweets that he's retiring, without any reference to this the UFC comes out and says that they've pulled him from the card because he didn't show up to a press conference....this is obviously a game of chicken 5. MMA media have been prancing around floating rumours of a 'rift' between UFC and Conor for months now. The idea being that they've created a promotional monster that knows his worth and can leverage the company to get pretty much anything he wants. And the UFC obviously aren't happy about that, and this is the result. Big squabble most likely over Conor's payout for UFC 200, neither of them backs down and suddenly Conor "retires" and the UFC "pulls him from the card for not going to a press conference". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Pesci Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Didn't take too long for the first pay dispute report to come out. http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mma/report-conor-mcgregor-in-pay-dispute-with-ufc-wants-dollar10-million/ar-BBs07pF?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castel Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 If Conor maintains his stance that absurd Aldo-Edgar interim fight suddenly starts to look like a great back up for Dana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooog Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Hope this is just hardballing, McGregor is ridiculously entertaining and pretty much the only mma fighter with the pull to bring MMA into the main stream. Have read several things on it but what strikes me is that we've only heard Dana White's story, and he's notorious for being selective with the truth and generally being full of shit. Apart from a couple of puzzling tweets, Conor's side haven't said anything so it's all just speculation flying around that the moment. Only thing I know for certain is both sides will lose out on a crap tonne load of money if they don't resolve it, so i'd be very surprised if he doesn't fight before year end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.