UFC 229: McGregor vs Khabib

[HSJ]

I don’t care what anyone says, you’ll never convince me that this wasn’t all a work. And if it wasn’t, everyone involved will get a nice check to change their minds that it was.

 

[909]

The part with glass going into people's eyes is pretty good evidence it wasn't.

Anyway, this was all great and the reporters need to put on a pair of pants and stop complaining.

 

[NoCalMike]

The problem with Dana is we've been down this road too many times where he pretends to be mad about something or someone, but after a few weeks go by, and his advertising department has figured out a way to put it into the next fight's promo, suddenly it's all good again.

 

[909]

https://twitter.com/MMAFighting/status/1048832144049627136

 

[Zetterberg is God]

Video too of Conor throwing punches at one of Khabib’s cornermen first. Debacle of monumental proportions.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Video too of Conor throwing punches at one of Khabib’s cornermen first. Debacle of monumental proportions.

It’s being ignored. People are literally fronting like McGregor is some innocent victim in all this shit

 

[Mickey Massuco]

https://twitter.com/shaunking/status/1048830822260899840

 

[Mickey Massuco]

https://twitter.com/NateRockQuarry/status/1048834499016982529

https://twitter.com/NateRockQuarry/status/1048833618183766017

 

[NoCalMike]

So Khabib's fight purse is in limbo. Conor, of course has his intact.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

finally found the true expert opinion

https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/status/1048802399605776385

 

[KOAB]

That was the GOAT Hammerlock

 

[JHawk]

So I was sick and stayed home instead of going out to watch the fight and I miss all this. Figures.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Conor was paid 3 million for the fight.

The Governor of Nevada was rushed from the arena during the melee.

Dana says no rematch and that he'll keep the camps apart as much as absolutely possible in the future.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

https://twitter.com/DinThomas/status/1048814342400069632

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZhduV6cRZ8

1:50 starts the real money shot.

 

[Master Thrasher]

Vince Russo is doing a great job booking.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

jesus christ that guy was talking shit and engaging for like two minutes straight with no awareness of the fact that he's a middle-aged, out-of-shape drunk guy, then gets dropped like a sack of potatoes when he finally squares up with someone for a fair fight.

kind of a microcosm of the main event.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

damn the comments on that vid are brutal.

 

[909]

Iaquinta is better than Conor

 

[Lord of The Curry]

Well that's not a true statement at all.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Iaquinta is better on the ground.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/martin-rogers/2018/10/03/conor-mcgregor-irish-fans-bailing-ex-teammate-says/1513974002/

I've been saying this for a while now.

 

[Lord of The Curry]

I'm not letting Conor off the hook for anything, you can't say and do the stuff he did and not expect retaliation, for some fighters this isn't a game and Khabib and the crew he rolls with are in that category.

Having said that, the canonization of Khabib as some sort of wronged party in the aftermath of all this is hilarious. The media, in particular the left wing SJW scene are jumping all over the comments of Conor prior to the fight and ignoring that Khabib rolls deep with Ramzan Kadryov, takes his money from Russian oligarchs and is a fan of Putin. Say what you want about Conor but the way his people and himself acted after the fight, Conor called that shit. They're thugs.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1048808740655259648

 

[Lord of The Curry]

I think Dana is secretly hoping that the NSAC suspends Khabib. That way the UFC can either strip him and market a rematch for the vacant belt or strip him and while he's suspended do Tony vs Conor for the vacant belt which Conor has a much better shot at winning. Then Khabib comes back from suspension and they can put him right into a title fight.

Also, I know they were in the conversation anyways but I'm starting to think that AKA might just be the best gym of all time despite all of their issues with injuries. In the modern era they've produced two champions at HW, then a champion at LHW, MW and LW not to mention they had Fitch and Koscheck both as top WW contenders.

 

[HSJ]

How many title defenses did those AKA guys have? They are up there in talk but injuries keep them out of GOAT gym talk to me.

 

[Lord of The Curry]

The only member of AKA who's never successfully defended a belt is Rockhold.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

I think HSJ just recognizes Tony's title, and doesn't think Khabib is the real champ just yet.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/conor-mcgregors-teammate-called-khabib-f-ing-muslim-rat-prompting-cage-hopping-melee-news.61667.html

the teammate in question is Danis btw, that's what caused Khabib to jump over.

 

[909]

He deserved it then. Zero tolerance for religious intolerance.

 

[NoCalMike]

Dana said Conor called him asking for an immediate rematch. Well duh. Of course he did. It's your job as a promoter to tell him No.