I can somewhat relate some Conor fanboys since I'm a huge Chael fan, and Sonnen paved the way for guys like Conor to walk.
But you don't choose what you find funny, and Conor never made me laugh (while Chael had me in stitches many times).
From what I've gathered, beta males on sherdog felt threatened by Chael
(good looking superman-jawed, well muscled fellow with a good sense of humor, and who could easily steal your potential GF with a slap on the ass)
but they feel safe with McGregor.
They can relate to him.
Conor is a very short dude, he isn't good looking, he dresses like shit, picks up his terrible tattoos on some male model poster
(that Conor must idolize in the same way so many fans here idolize him => "he ain't s'much different from us hillbillies!" )
and has an unfortunate musculature.
+ his sense of humor is super basic, he chews tobacco, according to a bunch of fighters he has terrible breath and BO in general, he uses tricks to look taller on pictures, etc... I bet most sherdoggers can relate to this kind of stuff.
Let's not delude ourselves, a good majority of his fans (irish farmers + the usual US WWE/Nascar trailer trash) are people who look like Conor, and consequently take it personally when someone makes fun of him because of his looks...
It was the same for Ronda and fat nerds, they and their girlfriends look similar to her so when she gets called a fat cow online, it's personal, it's on.
My honest thoughts on McGregor and his hardcore dickriders
Fin