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1) No other fighters have been allowed to attempt this
Spot on TS. And the coddling Conor has benefitted from didn't start with the laughable LW title shot. His run at FW was built on being airlifted over every single wrestler in the top 10 ...except for late replacement Mendes.
Imagine that: a guy fighting for his second belt without having fought a single full camp wrestler to get there.
Conor's legacy so far:
- Has beaten 3 top 5 fighters.
- The only top 5 fights he's taken were Mendez (had 2 weeks to get in shape), Aldo (because belt), Nate (first because he was in Cabo 10 days out, then because Conor got humiliated and needed to salvage his brand) and now Eddy (because belt).
Conor = manufactured champion.
I just read that Rolling Stones article on Conor McGregor. How many casuals lack context after reading that?
If Conor wins It'll be everywhere. Pictures of Conor with 2 belts on his shoulders. Conor Casuals will run amok. However, i've never seen an athlete in another sport be gifted a championship game/finals matchup. He'll get credit for beating Eddie, but it wasn't earned. He skipped the "regular season and the Playoffs" in the Lightweight division.
WME-IMG needs to stop the hype machine fuckery and this ridiculous push Conor is getting to bring some legitimacy back to the UFC again. Do they want to compete with the NFL or Keeping up with the Kardashians? Are they creating athletes or diva celebrities?
Such butthurt. Much whining.
BJ was on a 2 fight losing streak at WW when he got a shot at GSP, esentially jumping to the front of the WW line. And BJ is my favorite fighter but let's not act like shit like this hasn't been going on for a while. It's just that people do not like conor.I just read that Rolling Stones article on Conor McGregor. How many casuals lack context after reading that?
If Conor wins It'll be everywhere. Pictures of Conor with 2 belts on his shoulders. Conor Casuals will run amok. However, i've never seen an athlete in another sport be gifted a championship game/finals matchup. He'll get credit for beating Eddie, but it wasn't earned. He skipped the "regular season and the Playoffs" in the Lightweight division.
WME-IMG needs to stop the hype machine fuckery and this ridiculous push Conor is getting to bring some legitimacy back to the UFC again. Do they want to compete with the NFL or Keeping up with the Kardashians? Are they creating athletes or diva celebrities?
BJ wasn't allowed to attempt winning the ww belt while holding the lw belt?1) No other fighters have been allowed to attempt this
2) Holding FW belt hostage with no desire to defend it.
Asterisk for sure.
He's still winning you big baby. Three top 5 wins is nothing to sneeze at. Aldo had every chance to use that power double that he used effectively against Hominick, but he didn't. The sooner you realize that being a prize fighter is a sales job with the goal of selling tickets and PPVs, the sooner you babies can stop crying yourselves to sleep each night and get on with your lives.Spot on TS. And the coddling Conor has benefitted from didn't start with the laughable LW title shot. His run at FW was built on being airlifted over every single wrestler in the top 10 ...except for late replacement Mendes.
Imagine that: a guy fighting for his second belt without having fought a single full camp wrestler to get there.
Conor's legacy so far:
- Has beaten 3 top 5 fighters.
- The only top 5 fights he's taken were Mendez (had 2 weeks to get in shape), Aldo (because belt), Nate (first because he was in Cabo 10 days out, then because Conor got humiliated and needed to beat him to salvage his brand) and now Eddy (because belt).
Conor = manufactured champion.
Real fans know the truth. Open your eyes lemming.
If he beats Eddie it'd be impressive.
Absolutely.
But here's the undeniable truth: the real champions beat guys like Eddie for the belt AND they beat legit top 5 threats to get there, or at the very least confirm by defending multiple times.
Conor meanwhile has beaten 2 week Mendes + Nate (because he cherry picked him on 10 days notice, got embarrassed and had no choice but to rematch). That was his route through the top 5 in both divisions.
As much as I dislike Conor's persona and a lot of his dumbass fans I hope he wins the LW strap. It will be good for MMA as far as the exposure goes.
I don't understand why people get so butthurt over these money fights. Pride did it all of the time and nobody bitched. Prize fighting is just as much a spectacle as it is a sport so non harm no fowl IMO.
Boxing does the same thing by giving their top draws so called showcase fights. They just did it with Canelo vs Smith ffs.