Conor's Upbringing?

So Fresh said:
No, good for him actually. Just saying it's nothing comparable to the situation of a lot of fighters in the US.
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To me it sounds like you are bragging about your country being fucked
 
Bogeyman said:
Crumlin is a pretty tough area but it would be a lot more built up than where Diaz is from. Like any other rough part of Dublin they're mostly hardworking blue collar people. I imagine most of the UFC roster are from areas just as rough as where Diaz is from but they just don't choose to use it as a gimmick or act like gangstas.
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As far as U.S. based fighters most seem to come from decent middle class areas. Not many people from places like Stockton go to D1 colleges. You can't really compare people from poverty in other countries because the way of acting "gangsta" is different in every culture.
 
raconnor said:
I'm sure there are some Conor historians around here who have watched more interviews and stuff that I have...

Nate mentioned in that fox sports bit yesterday that Conor was a "rich kid" growing up. How much truth is there to that?

Media has played through the stories of Conor not having any money but that was during his early adulthood and doesn't necessarily mean his parents were also poor. I've seen a video inside McGregor's parents' house and it seemed like a middle class family home but I guess I could be wrong.

I understand that "rich" to Nate's childhood standards probably doesn't mean what most people think it means but does anyone have any idea of what Conor's parents did/do when McGregor was growing up?
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Nate is just saying shit just like Conor's saying shit.

Conor was legitimately on welfare while he was training for his first UFC fight. It's well documented, he came from a lower, working middle class family. He definitely wasn't anywhere near rich, that's for sure.
 
Reading this thread, I get the impression Conor's father was a taxi driver.
 
Here is his quote from after his fight against Brimage on Fuel:

"Just last week I was collecting the social welfare, you know what I mean? I was in saying to them like, "I don't know what going to happen. I'm signed to the UFC. I don't know what....blah, blah, blah." But now I supposed I'm gonna have to tell them to f**k off!"

It's at the 5:40sec marker of the video below

 
Psychedelic said:
He was a plumber before picking up a boxing, then MMA career.

Rich kid =/= plumber.
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My plumber owns a million dollar home in an exclusive area. Plumbing pays very, very well where I live.
 
TheLuckiest said:
I've never understood bragging about having the harder time and demonizing people who's parents were responsible enough to marry someone they actually love, stayed with, and provided adequate finances for their family.

Such a bizarre world we live in.
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If you had a harder time as a kid you had to work harder to get where you are now than someone born with a silver spoon in their mouth.

Why wouldn't you brag about overcoming difficult circumstances? Seems pretty respectable to me.

Most of Nate's school friends are in jail or dead right now, or on their way there. Nate's teaching seminars and fighting for millions of dollars.

Sounds like something to brag about to me.
 
SteelHeems said:
He had the typical working class background seen across the whole of the British Isles. Not poor, but not rich either.
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All this, and may I add that he was also brought up and raised to be the GOAT.
 
The Hound said:
If you had a harder time as a kid you had to work harder to get where you are now than someone born with a silver spoon in their mouth.

Why wouldn't you brag about overcoming difficult circumstances? Seems pretty respectable to me.

Most of Nate's school friends are in jail or dead right now, or on their way there. Nate's teaching seminars and fighting for millions of dollars.

Sounds like something to brag about to me.
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Be proud of what you overcame, but that is only half of what I said.

You're saying that parents who are responsible and take care of their kids are lesser because of it?

The fact that you used the phrase "silver spoon" in regards to a working class Irish immigrant is astounding, btw. Exactly the nonsense I'm talking about.
 
LOL I guess having a dad at home with a taxi driving job is "rich" in stockton. Is it really that bad? Third world or what?
 
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