Opinion: Conor McGregor Not a Trustworthy Commodity for UFC White House Show

[loisestrad]

you have to admit it's pretty funny that every single UFC employee at management level or higher is completely unwilling to admit that conor has a serious drug problem

Drug problem, rape problem. Who cares?

 

[JBJ was here]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if calling Conor "reliable" turns out to be a half-assed negotiating tactic to sign Jon Jones for the White House card. It's so clearly nonsense and on the heels of "ruling out" Jones as unreliable that it really reads like negging Jones, saying that even Conor is more reliable than he is, and if Jones wants Dana to love him again he'll have to adjust his expectations and financial demands. If Dana were serious about having Conor on the White House card he wouldn't be trying to drive up Conor's price, but using lame PUA tactics to try to drive down Jones's price is entirely within expectations for Dana.

 

[SuperNerd]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if calling Conor "reliable" turns out to be a half-assed negotiating tactic to sign Jon Jones for the White House card. It's so clearly nonsense and on the heels of "ruling out" Jones as unreliable that it really reads like negging Jones, saying that even Conor is more reliable than he is, and if Jones wants Dana to love him again he'll have to adjust his expectations and financial demands. If Dana were serious about having Conor on the White House card he wouldn't be trying to drive up Conor's price, but using lame PUA tactics to try to drive down Jones's price is entirely within expectations for Dana.

Tom has become a real problem, for everyone. Dana wants Jon on the show.

I think Jon and Dana would have agreed on a number for the white house, months ago- If Tom wasn't around.

The situation has created a lot of hurdles. A lot of promises and egos are going to be broken if Jon gets a bout against anyone but Tom.

 

[nonoob]

This entire thing is going to be garbage. Jones will fight Arlovski for the HW title. Conor will fight that tiny Dagestani that became an Internet meme, also for the HW title.

Jones wins, Arlovski gets paid.

Little Conor versus that little Hassenfeffer dude ? THAT just sold out all of the WH seats !

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Drug problem, rape problem. Who cares?

Crazy that the closest Conor’s ever come to getting fired was tweeting Ronda and Miesha should be riding his dick instead of fighting

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Trump will fight CM Punk for the HW title.

Trump could PowerSlap Putin. He’s tree times the size

 

[Neck&Neck]

They should do Rhonda vs Miesha 3 instead

 

[cmw43]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if calling Conor "reliable" turns out to be a half-assed negotiating tactic to sign Jon Jones for the White House card. It's so clearly nonsense and on the heels of "ruling out" Jones as unreliable that it really reads like negging Jones, saying that even Conor is more reliable than he is, and if Jones wants Dana to love him again he'll have to adjust his expectations and financial demands. If Dana were serious about having Conor on the White House card he wouldn't be trying to drive up Conor's price, but using lame PUA tactics to try to drive down Jones's price is entirely within expectations for Dana.

To be fair I just looked it up and Conor has one pull out for an injury.

Jones has five pull outs for failed drug tests, injuries and arrests.

 

[Crash Lance]

The only thing that I trust McGregor with is McGregor abusing alcohol.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Conor has been claiming a comeback for 5 years now and has yet to make the walk.
That's the definition of unreliable.


Also, fuck that guy anyway.

 

[Söze Aldo]

It is a pretty silly thing, abstractly, to hype a major sporting event before any of the participants have even been named. I can’t picture this happening in any other sport.

The UFC has gotten drunk on its own Kool-Aid, and this may backfire if they can’t get any good matchups and it just becomes a glorified Trump rally with Dana as the main cheerleader.

 

[CroCopsLHK]

The way I see it UFC dont have time to shape it into an idealistic "american" card

Theres one american champ and it's Kayla Harrisson. Who may be the least popular or active champ. Nobody knows if she can still make weight. So hold off her vs Nunes after all this time for it... cool. Maybe somehow time Gaethje vs Topuria? LOL

American GOAT Jones is gone and unreliable. Hid from Aspinall for a few years as reigning champ

Most popular fighter McGregor got rich, crippled, addicted to drugs and old. Also unreliable

You have some american fighters that could be on the card... MAGA sweetheart Covington who is very inactive and hasn't won for a while. Maybe shoehorn Brady into a title fight?

The sport and its champions are more international than ever before. And perhaps obscure by american standards. This reminds me of The Sphere all over again. The UFC has a once in a lifetime opportunity of an event and even so the card is pretty damn ugly and doesnt deliver

So Trump and Dana want to do the Whitehouse... sadly I just dont see it beong the best circumstances but I suppose you got to seize the opportunity regardless

 

[CasualBot]

 

[dogsdonutsdragons]

conor knows how much advertising and marketing push this card will have. i could totally see him pulling out last minute after he does the media tour

 

[SuspectChin]

He'll drop out at the last minute via broken pinkie nail.

 

[gotBooched]

I could see the UFC booking mcGregor v Chandler only because mcgregor (except for Nate) has never beat anyone his size and it will be a guaranteed win. He loves calling out considerably smaller opponents. He likes the limelight, this one will be as big as it gets and when he destroys chandler he will have attention again as well as the opportunity to fight again if he so pleases

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

The comments on this post are [chef's kiss].


Best start to a thread in a while.

 

[Tweak896]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if calling Conor "reliable" turns out to be a half-assed negotiating tactic to sign Jon Jones for the White House card. It's so clearly nonsense and on the heels of "ruling out" Jones as unreliable that it really reads like negging Jones, saying that even Conor is more reliable than he is, and if Jones wants Dana to love him again he'll have to adjust his expectations and financial demands. If Dana were serious about having Conor on the White House card he wouldn't be trying to drive up Conor's price, but using lame PUA tactics to try to drive down Jones's price is entirely within expectations for Dana.

Yep, I wouldn't be surprised with some of the bullshit that gets peddled around like it's happening in the UFC is just smoke and mirrors for negotiations. UFC already has plenty of leverage on Jones after he gave up title and backed out of the Aspinall fight before, that was the one time he had all the cards. Whether it's Jones or Conor, there needs to be a proportionate penalty if anything prevents them from backing out.

All this does for me as a fan is disappoint me when we eventually lose the mega fights we wanted and end up getting Nunes/Kayla with a couple more championship fights underneath and the UFC calls it a day.

 

[Cooliox]

I’m just glad that Kowboy is back tagging us and creating his usual super informative threads.

Was lowkey feeling a bit blank without the notifications

 

[Graceland]

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While many, myself included, thought an Ultimate Fighting Championship show at the White House was a pipe dream when President Trump first put forth the idea, it’s looking more like a reality all the time. There’s a day reserved, and UFC brass has been figuring out the logistics of the event, with UFC CEO Dana White recently stating that he anticipates 90,000 fans in attendance. Of course, not all would be on the White House grounds, but the event looks like it’s going to happen.

To no one’s surprise, the competition to secure a spot on the card has been fierce. It has even been alluring enough to bring Jon Jones out of his short retirement, which came about after he couldn’t come to terms with the UFC on a fight with Tom Aspinall. If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. Regardless of why Jones opted to give up the heavyweight title, he immediately made it known he wanted to participate at the event.


White’s reaction to Jones has been less than warm. In fact, he has flat out said he has no intention of offering Jones a spot on the card. Given Jones’ history, it’s hard to blame White for not even considering him. Including his interim championship, Jones has been stripped of a title in three of his five reigns due to either PED testing failures or legal issues. While the other two occasions may have been voluntary, it still doesn’t reflect well on someone many consider to be the greatest mixed martial artist of all-time. Given that Jones refused to give the UFC—and the fans—the fight they most wanted, why should the UFC give him a fight on the White House card?


The other name that has been highly connected to the White House show is Conor McGregor. Given that McGregor is the most recognizable MMA fighter in the history of the sport, it only makes sense there would be talks about his being on the card. White has even been open to McGregor being included, saying he believes he can trust the Irishman. I don’t know what planet White is living on, but while McGregor may be more trustworthy than Jones, that isn’t a high bar to clear. For such a high-profile show—potentially the most significant event in MMA history—McGregor is another name that can’t be trusted.

First, there’s the potential for a PED failure. McGregor hasn’t fought since he broke his leg in his second loss to Dustin Poirier four years ago. While I haven’t seen a drug test, McGregor’s appearance underwent a massive change in that time away, leading many to speculate he was taking a heavy dose of PEDs. Perhaps that isn’t an issue. For one, McGregor is supposedly back in the testing pool, but there’s also the fact that the UFC hasn’t had nearly as many drug test failures since it severed ties with United States Anti-Doping Agency. Perhaps there isn’t as much concern that McGregor won’t pass a drug test when the UFC has greater sway over the testing organization. Regardless, remember how unimpressive Vitor Belfort was when he had to come off testosterone replacement therapy? McGregor will be just short of 38 by the time the White House event rolls around, with just a single victory since November 2016. Does anyone expect the magic to return if he’s legitimately off PEDs?

Of course, part of the reason McGregor has only a single win in that time is that he’s more interested in being a celebrity than he is in being a fighter. That was always the case, but McGregor recognized that fighting was his road to becoming a celebrity, and he expertly managed to take that route. He broke the bank when he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. and only showed back up when the situation interested him. Forget about what the UFC or the fans want; it was only about McGregor. He was scheduled for a bout in June 2024 and never bothered to attempt to rebook it. To a degree, I don’t blame him. He had made enough money by then that he could stop fighting if he wanted to. However, now the UFC wants to reward him with a prominent spot on the White House card when he will have been absent from the cage for five years?

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Opinion: Conor McGregor Not a Trustworthy Commodity for UFC White House Show

Sherdog columnist Dayne Fox outlines why the polarizing former two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder does not deserve to be considered for perhaps the most significant MMA event in history.

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Uhm McGregor and Jones cannot be trusted, no argument there. But the self-tanned idiot with the hairpiece who puts on this gladiatorshow to make his weak ass look strong, is the person I’d be most concerned with when speaking about trust