"It'll be Mcgregor's last fight also" - Floyd Mayweather

[Fluffernutter]

 

[Death By Samson]

I don't know him, not from USA also you can find an example for anything nut reality is 99.9% it goes the way I said earlier.

Barry Sanders.

He could have been the GOAT running back but he retired in his prime completely out of the blue.

 

[613]

Yea right.. lines.

Don't be naive.

After making 100 million in one night, its gonna be hard to go back to making 10 million.

 

[613]

Barry Sanders.

He could have been the GOAT running back but he retired in his prime completely out of the blue.

Yeah but he would be 31 if he kept playing. RBs always drastically decline when they hit their 30s. Even Barry's dropped a good chunk in his last season. I like that he went out still dominating

 

[One MMA Fan]

Barry Sanders.

He could have been the GOAT running back but he retired in his prime completely out of the blue.

Medical reasons ? or he never said anything concrete on it ?

 

[Death By Samson]

Yeah but he would be 31 if he kept playing. RBs always drastically decline when they hit their 30s. Even Barry's dropped a good chunk in his last season. I like that he went out still dominating

30 is a wall for a lot of running backs but Sanders was a freak of nature. He had virtually no injury history and was coming off a 1500 yard rushing season. He retired one year removed from being the NFLs MVP and only 1500 yards from breaking the career rushing record. I would have liked to see him play a few more years and I am a Vikings fan.

 

[Death By Samson]

Medical reasons ? or he never said anything concrete on it ?

No medical reasons. He just walked away and left a giant contract on the table.

 

[7th]

He'll have to come back to MMA the same way Michael Jordan had to come back to basketball after making a fool of himself in baseball. You can't let yourself be remembered as a failure.

 

[One MMA Fan]

After making 100 million in one night, its gonna be hard to go back to making 10 million.

I think he made more in the UFC then 10 maybe like 16-18 mill for his last big PPVs.

Chael claimed he made 8.1 mill for a 925k PPVs the second Anderson fight.

If he does good he can do more boxing matches and get more maybe not 100-150 mill but like 50 mill maybe. Same deal share stuff with the UFC and start Zuffa Boxing.

Even if he comes back to MMA he will want to renegotiate his deal and he will still pull big numbers he will have a better pay, Floyd also never made that much all the time, he made 100+ mill a fight and he came back for less, you can't always expect the omfg pay day this are rare and special.

 

[soulsstealer]

I'm thinking Money's gonna seriously embarrass Conor and Fuck him so bad mentally so he can't fight anymore in the future. What are your thoughts on Floyd sayin that?

maybe in boxing

 

[One MMA Fan]

No medical reasons. He just walked away and left a giant contract on the table.

That's strange, no theories on it or anything ?

 

[Titleboxe]

The only winner in a McGregor loss will be Dana White, as he can now lowball him for a return to the UFC with 0% ownership stake and bad match-ups. McGregor winning means he gets to keep getting his way with WME (talk of ownership or more money, more boxing fights, doing whatever the hell he wants) and therefor gets to keep being Dana's boss.

 

[Soul On Ice]

After making 100 million in one night, its gonna be hard to go back to making 10 million.

He'll be back with a big pay increase

Just because you make 100mil doesn't mean you don't wanna make another 30 or 40 million in a few months.

 

[Death By Samson]

That's strange, no theories on it or anything ?

Sanders was a bit of an oddball. While a whole lot of football players are cocky and boisterous Sanders was very quiet and humble. He didn't even spike the ball when he scored, he just handed the ball to the ref.

He never outright said why he retired. The only theory was that he wanted to leave the team for another, but that is just a theory. If he had kept playing then he would have been the leagues all-time leading rusher. That is a very, very big deal in the NFL.

 

[One MMA Fan]

Sanders was a bit of an oddball. While a whole lot of football players are cocky and boisterous Sanders was very quiet and humble. He didn't even spike the ball when he scored, he just handed the ball to the ref.

He never outright said why he retired. The only theory was that he wanted to leave the team for another, but that is just a theory. If he had kept playing then he would have been the leagues all-time leading rusher. That is a very, very big deal in the NFL.

So a bit of a mental case ? and some hard hits to the head makes for a dangerous combination.

What's the age a top level NFL guy is considered out of prime ready for retirement ? (well no with PEDs and modern medicine I bet those limits are extended a tad)

 

[209 Life]

Conor isnt coming back to UFC after this, he will conquer WWE next. Brock vs Conor wrestlemania, Vince will makr it happen

 

[613]

30 is a wall for a lot of running backs but Sanders was a freak of nature. He had virtually no injury history and was coming off a 1500 yard rushing season. He retired one year removed from being the NFLs MVP and only 1500 yards from breaking the career rushing record. I would have liked to see him play a few more years and I am a Vikings fan.

Maybe. But his stats were down a good chunk from when he was 29. His average was down to a career low 4.3. It was freaking Barry though, so if anyone could still dominate into their 30s it would be him

 

[613]

So a bit of a mental case ? and some hard hits to the head makes for a dangerous combination.

What's the age a top level NFL guy is considered out of prime ready for retirement ? (well no with PEDs and modern medicine I bet those limits are extended a tad)

For a RB (Barry's position) they always drastically drop off early 30s. There has never really been an elite RB that is older then 32

 

[Death By Samson]

So a bit of a mental case ? and some hard hits to the head makes for a dangerous combination.

What's the age a top level NFL guy is considered out of prime ready for retirement ? (well no with PEDs and modern medicine I bet those limits are extended a tad)

Not really a mental case he was just very different from your average NFL player. And he didn't really absorb a whole lot of hard hits for a running back because of his running style. He was hard to get a clean shot on.

30 is considered the wall for most NFL running backs but Sanders was a different animal. He had been pretty much injury free for his whole career and he was coming off of a very good season. He was one year removed from being the leagues MVP.

 

[Death By Samson]

Maybe. But his stats were down a good chunk from when he was 29. His average was down to a career low 4.3. It was freaking Barry though, so if anyone could still dominate into their 30s it would be him

This discussion has made me go to youtube and watch Barry Sanders highlights. I really miss that freaking guy. He was one of a kind. But I am done hijacking this thread and turning it into a Barry Sanders thread. Cheers.