I think most of us here know this. But in case anyone is legit caught up in all the TMZ-style drama over the last few weeks. I think it's just all smoke and mirrors.
Conor lost the first fight in embarrassing fashion. Wanted to get in there again and "get it back" for his ego / brand.
Dana & co. were like nooo Conor don't. He didn't want to listen and pushed for it.
Dana & co. accept it reluctantly, but sometime during his training camp Conor (or Dana flies over to Ireland to convince him of this) realizes he is in over his head and that he would likely lose again.
Together they fabricate this smoke and mirrors drama over Twitter for the world to eat it up and conveniently promotes UFC 200 while simultaneously allowing Conor to step off the stage and save himself from another beat down.
They create some more aftermath drama like Dana "meeting" with Conor and then "meeting" with Diaz and acting "frustrated" that the fight agreement "fell through" in front of the media. I mean, really, they would really make all this information public?
Anybody who's even remotely familiar with WWE should know that if they didn't want you to know what was going on they would have never publicized anything, unless you had moles inside the company like that Vitor / Jones email leakage about TRT.
I don't buy it personally. At the end of the day Dana and co. will get what they want, Conor takes a temporary pay cut and saves himself from a beating and new fights will get booked and all will be right with the world.
Conor lost the first fight in embarrassing fashion. Wanted to get in there again and "get it back" for his ego / brand.
Dana & co. were like nooo Conor don't. He didn't want to listen and pushed for it.
Dana & co. accept it reluctantly, but sometime during his training camp Conor (or Dana flies over to Ireland to convince him of this) realizes he is in over his head and that he would likely lose again.
Together they fabricate this smoke and mirrors drama over Twitter for the world to eat it up and conveniently promotes UFC 200 while simultaneously allowing Conor to step off the stage and save himself from another beat down.
They create some more aftermath drama like Dana "meeting" with Conor and then "meeting" with Diaz and acting "frustrated" that the fight agreement "fell through" in front of the media. I mean, really, they would really make all this information public?
Anybody who's even remotely familiar with WWE should know that if they didn't want you to know what was going on they would have never publicized anything, unless you had moles inside the company like that Vitor / Jones email leakage about TRT.
I don't buy it personally. At the end of the day Dana and co. will get what they want, Conor takes a temporary pay cut and saves himself from a beating and new fights will get booked and all will be right with the world.