Conor McGregor the most Googled athlete of 2017

[EmEmEh?]

That was 90% of Floyd's fans trying to figure out who the Fuck that loud mouth little leprechaun was.

 

[n.diazismylife1999]

Here is the problem though: his popularity does not affect MMA at all:
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You mean it doesn't affect the search term "mma." That's completely different.

 

[AimedWithV]

You mean it doesn't affect the search term "mma." That's completely different.

Search item = interest.
In other words, Conor's popularity did not trigger MMA's popularity.

 

[Shaddows]

https://www.mmamania.com/2018/2/2/1...st-searched-athlete-on-google-in-2017-ufc-mma

{<Mcgoat}

That's not a good thing.
it just means too many people google to know who the fook was this guy,
They probably saw and immediately disliked what they saw.

 

[n.diazismylife1999]

Search item = interest.
In other words, Conor's popularity did not trigger MMA's popularity.

Nope, that's not how it works. Not in the slightest. And you're using wrong terms, as well. Casuals don't google for "MMA." They google for "UFC."

 

[ImmigrantMentality]

He's probably a top 5 athlete in terms of popularity, but not even top 100 in terms of pay. Well maybe that will change now with his contract renegotiated

 

[Credo]

That's not a good thing.
it just means too many people google to know who the fook was this guy,
They probably saw and immediately disliked what they saw.

 

[HectorG]

This list is fake news. Google didn’t list Conor in its top ten athletes searched on google in 2017. It had Floyd as number 1

 

[Jackonfire]

And now, in 2018 no one cares about him. With his biggest fight less than a month away he's already a has been.

 

[Sjb1888]

That was 90% of Floyd's fans trying to figure out who the Fuck that loud mouth little leprechaun was.

Yeah, all those 400k fans that bought his last ppv before Conor rolled up...

Make no mistake that 4m+ ppv was 80% Conor.

 

[PeterGriffin]

Yeah, all those 400k fans that bought his last ppv before Conor rolled up...

Make no mistake that 4m+ ppv was 80% Conor.

Floyd already did a 4+m PPV with 0% Conor.

 

[Sjb1888]

Floyd already did a 4+m PPV with 0% Conor.

Yeah, he was the b-side popularity wise in that one too, and against Canelo.

 

[PeterGriffin]

Yeah, he was the b-side popularity wise in that one too, and against Canelo.

Conor's never done a 4+m PPV without Floyd. Safe to say it's pretty easy to figure out who the real A-side is.

 

[n.diazismylife1999]

He's probably a top 5 athlete in terms of popularity, but not even top 100 in terms of pay. Well maybe that will change now with his contract renegotiated

https://www.forbes.com/athletes/#6edf066b55ae
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...rlds-highest-paid-athletes-2017/#703e62c2d583

#4 this year, #24 last year...

 

[soulsstealer]

Search item = interest.
In other words, Conor's popularity did not trigger MMA's popularity.

Well to be fair. Ufc doesnt promote mma either only ufc.

 

[frye666]

The amazing thing about that is, 90% of those searches are from the 50 conor nuthuggers on here.

 

[Melas Chasma]

Here is the problem though: his popularity does not affect MMA at all:
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It does, you can clearly see that red line correlates with Conor's line.

And the majority of the people who hear about Conor the first time and google's him, already have heard about MMA and have no reason to search MMA.

 

[WinZip]

Here is the problem though: his popularity does not affect MMA at all:
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Why does it have to? He had the fight with Floyd last year, which is where most of those searches come from

 

[AnotherOldGuy]

https://www.mmamania.com/2018/2/2/1...st-searched-athlete-on-google-in-2017-ufc-mma

{<Mcgoat}

That suggests a lot of people didn't know who he is. No one has to Google say Lebron James or Tiger Woods, because most people who follow sports know who they is. Google is for looking up names you hear about in passing.

 

[Tramero]

Fake news, Floyd is not even on that list and he was even with Conor in 2017