what did the UFC do wrong in this Mcgregor debacle?

[graciefighterz]

They just learned that they can't big dick McGregor.

Quite the opposite. TMZ is reporting they officially cancelled the fight today. Mcregegor has just learned that if he ever wants to make another penny or fight again he will have to do what ever other fighter does. If no the UFC will gladly cnacel your fight and keep making millions without you.

 

[Deleted member 429453]

I'll be the first to say the UFC is a complete shit show with how they treat fighters as a company but I'm failing to see any fault with the having to deal with the Mcgregor soap opera.

They have given Mcgregor everything he ever asked for and made him the biggest star and highest paid fighter in the sport. All the asked him to do is what every other fighter was doing.

They Let mcgregor have power

Conor is like the typical diva who got out of hand

 

[Grenz]

I'll be the first to say the UFC is a complete shit show with how they treat fighters as a company but I'm failing to see any fault with the having to deal with the Mcgregor soap opera.

They have given Mcgregor everything he ever asked for and made him the biggest star and highest paid fighter in the sport. All the asked him to do is what every other fighter was doing.

Exactly, nothing. Number 1, there's no way that Conor didn't know he had to be in Vegas for promos weeks ago, if not months. So it's him who should have planned around that, not the UFC. Number 2, it's beyond naive to think that you can headline the biggest event in the company's history, but not do any promotion for the event. Let's not forget, this is sports entertainment. If you want just sports, don't go pro, stay amateur and you'll never have to do any promotional stuff at all. But if you wanna go pro, you need to accept that the reason you're getting paid a lot to throw a ball around or punch people in the face, is because the fans are paying the bill. In order for those fans to keep paying the bills, you need to do promos in order to create awareness.

This is especially applicable in Conor's case. Conor says that he is where he is now because of his fights, not because of doing media. This is of course complete BS and I don't think even the most hardcore Conor could argue that a large part of Conor's success is directly related to his public presence. You can't have it both ways. You don't get to be the highest paid fighter by talking shit and then all of a sudden, you don't want to talk shit anymore, you just want to fight, but you still want all the money that you got precisely because you talk a bunch shit.

 

[Track Jipper]

Exactly, nothing. Number 1, there's no way that Conor didn't know he had to be in Vegas for promos weeks ago, if not months. So it's him who should have planned around that, not the UFC. Number 2, it's beyond naive to think that you can headline the biggest event in the company's history, but not do any promotion for the event. Let's not forget, this is sports entertainment. If you want just sports, don't go pro, stay amateur and you'll never have to do any promotional stuff at all. But if you wanna go pro, you need to accept that the reason you're getting paid a lot to throw a ball around or punch people in the face, is because the fans are paying the bill. In order for those fans to keep paying the bills, you need to do promos in order to create awareness.

This is especially applicable in Conor's case. Conor says that he is where he is now because of his fights, not because of doing media. This is of course complete BS and I don't think even the most hardcore Conor could argue that a large part of Conor's success is directly related to his public presence. You can't have it both ways. You don't get to be the highest paid fighter by talking shit and then all of a sudden, you don't want to talk shit anymore, you just want to fight, but you still want all the money that you got precisely because you talk a bunch shit.

If I can, I would create a physical 'like', create millions of dem sumbitches, and empty a dumptruck of em onto your property.

Not a Conor hater, but goddamn is he stupid if he thinks he's bigger than UFC 200.

 

[Imalive]

Exactly, nothing. Number 1, there's no way that Conor didn't know he had to be in Vegas for promos weeks ago, if not months. So it's him who should have planned around that, not the UFC. Number 2, it's beyond naive to think that you can headline the biggest event in the company's history, but not do any promotion for the event. Let's not forget, this is sports entertainment. If you want just sports, don't go pro, stay amateur and you'll never have to do any promotional stuff at all. But if you wanna go pro, you need to accept that the reason you're getting paid a lot to throw a ball around or punch people in the face, is because the fans are paying the bill. In order for those fans to keep paying the bills, you need to do promos in order to create awareness.

This is especially applicable in Conor's case. Conor says that he is where he is now because of his fights, not because of doing media. This is of course complete BS and I don't think even the most hardcore Conor could argue that a large part of Conor's success is directly related to his public presence. You can't have it both ways. You don't get to be the highest paid fighter by talking shit and then all of a sudden, you don't want to talk shit anymore, you just want to fight, but you still want all the money that you got precisely because you talk a bunch shit.

This. It's ridiculouspeople don't understand conner gets paid the most because of his ability to promote not his fighting ability. If he doesn't want to promote mine go back to making what all the other fighters make.