Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather | Again?

parkthebuslads said:
How does Mayweather get the bigger slice? It seems to me Conors the bigger draw.
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Not quite. Conor biggest fight pulled in 1.6m PPV buys. Mayweather did those numbers with Cotto and Mosley.

Big fights for Mayweather will do comfortably upwards of 2m. He did 2.4m with De La Hoya ten years ago in what was Mayweathers coming out party. He did 4.6m for Pacquio.

On top of that, the UFC will always try and give a very strong main card for McGregor's fights so they can present the best possible numbers, often at the expense of making more money by splitting those fights over two cards.
 
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VP said:
Fair enough if he has fans for his style - but why go watch him at a bloody press conference?! He seems better than Mayweather but still a long way from likeable.
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I suppose the only other way to look at it is humour is subjective. For all the people that think he's unlikeable and a dick there's people who like him and think he's funny.

I'm sure there's plenty of people who like to go to stuff like this to say they were there as well. I guarantee you'll get people asking "Where you watching the McGregor fight?" over the next few weeks despite never showing an interest in boxing or MMA.

MannyB said:
Not quite. Conor biggest fight pulled in 1.6m PPV buys. Mayweather did those numbers with Cotto and Mosley.

Big fights for Mayweather will do comfortably upwards of 2m. He did 2.4m with De La Hoya ten years ago in what was Mayweathers coming out party. He did 4.6m for Pacquio.

On top of that, the UFC will always try and give a very strong undercard on McGregor fights so they can present the best possible numbers, often at the expense of making more money by splitting those fights over two cards.
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Whilst he's fought on some stacked cards there's no doubt who the biggest draw is on them. He's also fought on some pretty standard cards as well. UFC 205 was obviously the most stacked but it was their first event in New York so it was bound to be. Look at cards like 196 and 202 and they're hardly brilliant. 196 had people like Lawlor, Villante and Corey Anderson on the main card which I would hardly say is a dead strong undercard. I'm sure plenty of people want to fight on his cards to as it not only gives them exposure but some will be on PPV points which could mean a huge sum of cash for them.
 
Floyd can KO Conor fast enough, I reckon. Is this just a sort of "exhibition" fight to make easy money for both parties rather than a serious fight to determine who's better?
 
Oggmonster said:
Whilst he's fought on some stacked cards there's no doubt who the biggest draw is on them. He's also fought on some pretty standard cards as well. UFC 205 was obviously the most stacked but it was their first event in New York so it was bound to be. Look at cards like 196 and 202 and they're hardly brilliant. 196 had people like Lawlor, Villante and Corey Anderson on the main card which I would hardly say is a dead strong undercard. I'm sure plenty of people want to fight on his cards to as it not only gives them exposure but some will be on PPV points which could mean a huge sum of cash for them.
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Oops. I meant the rest of the main card, not the under card. (Edited my previous post)

Edit - Fwiw, some of the other big fights on the main card where Conor has headlined

189 - Lawler-Rory (title fight)
194 - Rockhold-Weidman (title fight) and Souza-Romero.
196 - Holm-Tate (title fight)
202 - This card was a mess to get organised but the UFC had aimed to get the McGregor/Diaz fight onto the stacked 200 card but for Conor kicking off. It still featured Rumble and Cerone on it
205 - Three title fights! - plus Romero-Weidman. Could easily have been split on to two or three UFC PPV cards.
 
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parkthebuslads said:
How does Mayweather get the bigger slice? It seems to me Conors the bigger draw.
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Yes Conor might be more popular right now but Mayweather is the bigger name overall and he holds all the cards. Mayweather has the biggest selling PPV in history with 4.6 million buys when he fought Pacquiao. The closest PPV to that is Mayweather and De La Hoya with 2.4 million buys.
 
MannyB said:
Oops. I meant the rest of the main card, not the under card.

(Edited my previous post)
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Think I've worded mine poorly to be fair mate.

The 196 stuff (Corey Anderson, Lawlor, Villante etc) were all on the main card of 196. Albeit it did have Tate vs. Holm as the co-main there's no doubt Conor is the draw on that one.

Don't get me wrong some of his cards have good fights on them to get people justifying their purchase such as Rockhold vs. Weidman at 194 but he's definitely bringing in the huge numbers by being on the card. I think he'd get big buys without most of them fights.
 
Oggmonster said:
Think I've worded mine poorly to be fair mate.

The 196 stuff (Corey Anderson, Lawlor, Villante etc) were all on the main card of 196. Albeit it did have Tate vs. Holm as the co-main there's no doubt Conor is the draw on that one.

Don't get me wrong some of his cards have good fights on them to get people justifying their purchase such as Rockhold vs. Weidman at 194 but he's definitely bringing in the huge numbers by being on the card. I think he'd get big buys without most of them fights.
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Yep. I've just further expanded my last post.

The point I was making was whilst Conor is the draw, the boat will always get pushed out to boost his numbers when really the UFC could spread some of those big fights out over more cards. Conor would probably get 1.2-1.3m PPV just on his own and they could put a second card out, with say two title fights, and draw 0.8-1m which would give them more total PPV buys.
 
I reckon it goes full 12 rounds and Floyd wins on points due to knowing the game inside out. McGregor will wobble him once or twice with the left hand but Mayweathers experience will see him through.

I reckon it's gonna be an amazing fight where the two warriors will regain any respect they lost during a dull press conference tour which wasn't really their fault. I mean how do you trash talk someone for 3 hours in front of giant crowds and world media in a non questions and answers format? Should have stuck to a simple questions and answers format. Showtime botched the press conference trying to over do it and overhype the thing putting the fighters in a very awkward gruelling situation that they still did a half decent job of getting through.
 
People scoring the press conferences over recent pages :lol:

You're all moaning about what a farce this thing is yet you're all following every second of it and I'll bet a fair few will pay for the show.
 
I can't believe some people genuinely think Conor will land any meaningful shots on Floyd. It's not going to happen. This is going to look exactly like a 40 year old with a high level amateur background and a professional record of 49-0 vs an MMA fighter with an amateur boxing record of 0-0 and a professional record of 0-0. Mayweather is going to toy with him for a few rounds then go for the stoppage.

I'm a big Conor fan btw been following his career very closely in the last few years but he doesn't stand a chance in a boxing ring against the greatest defensive boxer of this generation. The only hope Conor has is if Floyd has aged a lot in the two years he's been out of the ring but even then I don't give him any chance. I'm looking forward to seeing McGregor back in the octagon hopefully on the 30th December card.
 
Dana only loads Conor's ppv's because he knows it'll be a huge event and he needs some exposure for his top level guys.
Floyd needs Conor more than Conor needs Floyd. Mayweather has done next to nothing to promote this circus.
Imagine Conor v Canelo where he gets the entire country against him ala Aldo and Brazil, something he can't do with Floyd since nobody like him.
A pure bad guy Conor v everybody loves Canelo would be monstrous.
 
Tom Van Persie said:
I can't believe some people genuinely think Conor will land any meaningful shots on Floyd. It's not going to happen. This is going to look exactly like a 40 year old with a high level amateur background and a professional record of 49-0 vs an MMA fighter with an amateur boxing record of 0-0 and a professional record of 0-0. Mayweather is going to toy with him for a few rounds then go for the stoppage.

I'm a big Conor fan btw been following his career very closely in the last few years but he doesn't stand a chance in a boxing ring against the greatest defensive boxer of this generation. The only hope Conor has is if Floyd has aged a lot in the two years he's been out of the ring but even then I don't give him any chance. I'm looking forward to seeing McGregor back in the octagon hopefully on the 30th December card.
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Do you think Floyd will give all he has and finish Conor early or play with him for a longer time to milk as much time as possible?
 
cyberman said:
Dana only loads Conor's ppv's because he knows it'll be a huge event and he needs some exposure for his top level guys.
Floyd needs Conor more than Conor needs Floyd. Mayweather has done next to nothing to promote this circus.
Imagine Conor v Canelo where he gets the entire country against him ala Aldo and Brazil, something he can't do with Floyd since nobody like him.
A pure bad guy Conor v everybody loves Canelo would be monstrous.
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He wants to give his top level talent exposure by having them overshadowed by Conor McGregor in the lead up to the fight, on fight night and in the media?
 
Yes.
He wants the people who only pay to watch Conor to have a chance to become a fan of Lawler or Jones.
They used to stack Brocks cards for that very same reason. Conor guarantees exposure.
 
Water Melon said:
Do you think Floyd will give all he has and finish Conor early or play with him for a longer time to milk as much time as possible?
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I think he'll toy with him for the first three rounds and then lay it on him in the fourth. I can't see Floyd dragging this out he knows it would damage his legacy the more rounds Conor lasts. I can see Conor trying to box Floyd in the first round and then I think he'll realise that Floyd is way superior then he'll just try and land the left hand and miss a lot. Conor doesn't have the best gas tank too he's known to gas out easily.
 
Floyd will want to end this early, the longer it lasts the weaker he looks. I think he will end it in the third but honestly wouldn't be shocked at a first round KO.

It's car crash TV and a farce to boxing but I can't fecking wait to throw my £20 at Sky.
 
Castia said:
Floyd will want to end this early, the longer it lasts the weaker he looks. I think he will end it in the third but honestly wouldn't be shocked at a first round KO.

It's car crash TV and a farce to boxing but I can't fecking wait to throw my £20 at Sky.
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£20 ... you'll be lucky if it's £20!
 
Castia said:
I didn't think of that actually, it's usually £20 isn't it? There rumours this will be more expensive?
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One of the US-based newbies reckons it's going to cost $100 over there! Seems hellish steep.
 
Tom Van Persie said:
I can't believe some people genuinely think Conor will land any meaningful shots on Floyd. It's not going to happen. This is going to look exactly like a 40 year old with a high level amateur background and a professional record of 49-0 vs an MMA fighter with an amateur boxing record of 0-0 and a professional record of 0-0. Mayweather is going to toy with him for a few rounds then go for the stoppage.
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I agree with you but in the end, you just dont know. Mayweather has been out of the active game for 2 years which is a lot (of course he trained but it's not the same) while Connor is a great fighter in general with an immense will to win. So let's see. I wish they would just shut up and fight :)
 
The only thing I want to come from this fight is all the bleedin' dopes in this thread who can't spell CONOR MCGREGOR correctly to be capable of doing so afterwards. It's not that difficult lads.

Conor.

McGregor.
 
Zebs said:
The only thing I want to come from this fight is all the bleedin' dopes in this thread who can't spell CONOR MCGREGOR correctly to be capable of doing so afterwards. It's not that difficult lads.

Conor.

McGregor.
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Many posters spelling that wrong, Sir?
 
Zebs said:
The only thing I want to come from this fight is all the bleedin' dopes in this thread who can't spell CONOR MCGREGOR correctly to be capable of doing so afterwards. It's not that difficult lads.

Conor.

McGregor.
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Classical Mechanic said:
American boxing PPVs are always crazy expensive compared to UK prices. I doubt the Coner Mcgregor - Floyd Mayweather card will cost anywhere near as much over here
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:D
 
Conar MacGregger just needs one lucky punch, that's all it takes.
 
Dan said:
Conar MacGregger just needs one lucky punch, that's all it takes.
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I doubt this one is even worth battling to try and find a stream for. I do hope the fight is as much of a car crash as the prefight though. I can see 3 rounds of Mcgregor stumbling about punching like a fishing pole before Floyd starts knocking him around and then out. Mayweather will have all the money, and the name Colin Mcgregor will forever grace his record, reminding us all of the day he sold out the sport.
 
dumbo said:
I doubt this one is even worth battling to try and find a stream for. I do hope the fight is as much of a car crash as the prefight though. I can see 3 rounds of Mcgregor stumbling about punching like a fishing pole before Floyd starts knocking him around and then out. Mayweather will have all the money, and the name Colin Mcgregor will forever grace his record, reminding us all of the day he sold out the sport.
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Reminds me of when my mate was pissed giving it the big one before the first McGregor/Diaz fight (even though he knows feck all about MMA) and he somehow slipped out with Colin McDiaz.
 
Any news if the Colonel McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather fight is on iTV, Sky or some other PPV service in the UK?
 
I'm expecting a Mayweather dive in the 4th - setting up a rematch and another chance for them to cash in.

Given this isn't a 'real' fight and Floyd's retired I don't think he cares about anything but the money. If he loses, they will try for a trilogy - if he wins it's boring and what everyone expected.
 
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