He's facing Khabib in Russia in December. He's going to break records with that fight. He'll be fine.
Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather | Again?
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That fight won't happen, 100%
Khabibs body can't make weight anymore and if Conor wins it'll be by knockout. That negates the dodgey judges so it's only a huge risk in theory.
Khabib is a bit of a myth.
We have Dana and Kavanagh confirming it tonight while Khabibs camp have claimed that Conor has reached out so they're not preparing for anybody else but Conor.
It's all about the payday after Floyd and this is the biggest fight he can have. It is Rocky 4
It doesn't matter what they say now, when it gets down to it khabib will find a way to not show up, which is a shame because if he did and he avoided mcgregors striking and took it to the ground he'd probably end up winning in a one sided boring affair.
I was at the London event today. What a waste of time.
Mayweather constantly saying "yeah" pissed me off.
And people were deafening. I wonder if there are more McGregor fans than MMA fans.
Mayweather constantly saying "yeah" pissed me off.
And people were deafening. I wonder if there are more McGregor fans than MMA fans.
Why do people attend press conferences? It seems a bizarre sporting ritual to be part of like going to footballer unveiling ceremonies.
You'r a proper scumbag, ya know that? Completely taking what he said out of context. cnut. I bet you voted for that scummer Theresa May.
I got the impression neither have a brain cell between them.
I might not be a black man but on a personal level I do feel I'm in a position to air an opinion. So, abiding by the rules of Redcafe.net I'll say what I want, when I want on the subject at hand here.
I didn't edit the video, nor utter the blatant ignorant views in said video, you clown.
My assertions earlier that McGregor can do no wrong - ever - in the eyes of his cult followers is being proved right here, post by post. Thank you.
Well put it in context.
It's been a while since I've seen any Rocky movie, but I don't remember any actual dancing monkeys.
The more they talk the more WWE it becomes.
I think it's from Rocky 3 but it was bear suits rather than monkeys but that's clearly what he meant rather than any racist undertones. He just called Floyd's two white bodyguards monkeys FFS. A performing monkey is literally a saying.
He didn't mean it in a fecking racist way.
Another thing, isn't dance for me boy a western trope? When the bad guy shoots in and around someone's feet? Maybe Conor and I simply caught the same western on TG 4 one night!
People are reaching with this IMO.
Normally I never would but got 4 tickets for free, thought it is a once in a lifetime thing so had to go.
The atmosphere was electric.
More or less same crowd that don't seem to be that upset at Mayweather's homophobic remark.
Exactly.
There was that cringe bit:
Your a microwave meal. I'm home cooked meal. Mayweather ghost writing team must consist of Pitbull and Florida
Your a microwave meal. I'm home cooked meal. Mayweather ghost writing team must consist of Pitbull and Florida
The dancing monkeys thing is definitely bullshit given that's an actual turn of phrase anyway.
Calling Mayweather "boy" is a bit worse given it's more prominently known in a racist context rather than the western one you mentioned. Someone suggested earlier that McGregor may have copped that himself though given he then called him "sir" afterwards? I doubt it was deliberate on his part and probably something an American would be more aware of than an Irishman anyway.
His line about being half-black was the most stupid and problematic thing he said given the context it came in. That's not how you respond to racism accusations unless you're an absolute tool.
Frankly none of this stuff is as bad as comment he made about riding into the favela prior to the Aldo fight. Add in the Nazi comments about Siver......
I don't think McGregor is racist. However, if he doesn't learn to stop saying this sort of stupid shit then it's only going to get harder to defend him. At best he's being ignorant as feck.
Yo be fair, he came out and said those jokes didn't land. At least he's being aware.
Mayweather calling McGregor a faggot though... No excuse, was direct and wrong.
Mayweather calling McGregor a faggot though... No excuse, was direct and wrong.
Well said. He's classless but I don't think he's racist. Or at least he wasn't being with that comment.
They're just as bad as each other. Mayweather is no stranger to racist and misogynistic comments either.
Mayweather is quite a bit worse than McGregor given his history of domestic violence. Awful scumbag of a man.
Everyone basically accepts that though so him being racist and misogynistic just confirms what people already know to be true, not exactly a newsworthy event. Whereas McGregor actually has a reputation to damage given so many people think he's basically a decent person behind the trash talk persona.
It's also a bit different given that McGregor represents Ireland in a way that Mayweather doesn't with America. That's something McGregor has actively courted with his constant reference to his country and countrymen throughout his career. Which is fine, except that means his fights (and his behaviour) get a different type of reaction in his own country. For example:
http://www.independent.ie/sport/oth...reland-during-this-weeks-circus-35931273.html
http://www.independent.ie/sport/oth...ter-and-no-one-batted-an-eyelid-35928001.html
Again, that isn't something Mayweather has to deal with when he behaves like a prick.
Good post. They both are making it difficult to root for either of them.
Is calling a black man 'boy' seen as racist? Sorry for the ignorance but I don't get it
Bottom line, you can't say anything anymore in 2017, without the masses having their knickers in a twist.
They are both turning into Trump vs Clinton MK2 making it very difficult for anyone to support either of them but I guess the only way to get under Mayweather skin is to beat him at his own game. I'm no fan of McGregor but I dislike Mayweather and find it amusing that he's getting a taste of his own medicine for once. McGregor is fecking savage.
This guy should seriously consider a career in WWE if he decides to leave UFC one day.
This guy should seriously consider a career in WWE if he decides to leave UFC one day.
Don't know about that. I know it was certainly taught it in England as part of English literature/language (Roll of Thunder, Kill a Mockingbird), meanwhile Arial Helwani, Luke Thomas and the other two on MMA Beat were completely unaware, and they are supposed to be journalists.
I actually think its hard to defend to him now.
He's made a few distasteful comments about race over the years but I don't recall him ever referring to white fighters like Mendes, Diaz, Poirior or Alvarez as 'boy', so it's not language he has used up until this tour.
'Dance for me boy, do as you're told' is certainly how we would imagine a slave owner talking to his slave.
Like CM said above, it harks back to slavery in America - and even after.
White Americans ordering African slaves to do all manner of derogatory things and calling black men who are older than themselves 'boy', which itself carries various suggestions of racial supremacy.
McGregor has said to Mayweather at least two of the event 'dance for me, boy'.
That's not racist.
Or a pimp talking to his hookers, which I'm pretty is what Connor had in mind.
But at the same time American history isn't world history. Calling someone boy is belittling and bullying and has been used in many different ways in entertainment other than black slavery. I can only excuse him for his initial use of the words but when he's told that a lot of people are sensitive over it then he should have knocked it on the head.
Instead it's more of a 'I do what I want' rather than being racist.
Imagine Floyd started calling Conor a blight on boxing and some busy body calls it insensitive because of the potato blight in Ireland during the famine.
It's Weak comparison but to be racist you have to mean the words you say. You can't attach meanings behind them. He even said it with a cowboy twang, a yeeehaw wouldn't have sounded out of place at the end of his nonsense.
Hmm, maybe. I would have assumed that Americans would be more aware of the racist use of the word "boy" given it's something from their own culture, as opposed to a guy from a country without that same history. Or at least they should be more aware of it.
Is that not racist as well though? It is a dodgy thing to say IMO.
I don't think it's racist unless you link pimps with a particular ethnicity but in that case Connor isn't the racist...
And they both are a bit dodgy, they are play acting and trying to hurt each others feelings.
The use of the word boy has a different connotation in America than it does in Ireland. McGregor clearly isn't racist, but has been stupid.
McGreggor in a few days
I recall an interview with mayweather when he was fighting corralles I think, who had beaten up his pregnant wife and mayweather was gonna beat him for all the battered women across America.
Ill take pleasure in gutting you boy.
If you get this reference then we can be friends
If you get this reference then we can be friends