Which Move Took More Arrogance & Delusions....?

[BoD 2.0]

These were both incredibly arrogant and/or delusional moves. Both of which backed up by Dana White to make money. One paid off way more than the other, but both ended up in one-sided failed efforts in the event itself.

But money aside. Which attempt was more arrogant and/or delusional?

CM Punk thinking that he could walk into the UFC, with no athleticism and no combat sports experience, and win an MMA Fight:

Or

Conor McGregor thinking he could walk into a Boxing Ring, with no Professional Boxing experience, and beat Floyd Mayweather:

 

[Reach4theSky]

Cm Punk

 

[SeattleFightFan]

put James Toney in there too.

my answer: it was more about money than delusion.

look, i get the anger/frustration around CM Punk. but if DW offered me half a million to fight in 18 months, i'd take it too. obviously he wouldn't, because no one has ever heard of SeattleFightFan, but if he did, i'd do it. and i'd probably lose worse.

Same with Toney. Butterbean offered Toney MMA fights too, but he offered to let him work his way up (and i suppose with lots of hard work and many fights, may make a few dozen thousand dollars). but Dana swooped in and offered him half a mil, and Toney accepted. hard to blame him for taking $500k instead of $5k. source.

but anyone who's blaming Toney and/or Punk for accepting half a million dollars from Dana to get in there....really isn't thinking about this whole thing very carefully.

Conor was a money grab, pure and simple. it worked. capitalism worked. especially for Conor.

 

[Pitier of Fools]

McGregor.

Punk/Jackson was a closer matchup than Conrad/Floyd.

 

[Sapp]

McGregor was a lot more of both. I really feel as though CM Punk was misled by his team as to his level, and the way he conducted himself wasn't at all arrogant. Definitely some delusion there though.

 

[Sterling]

Conor and it's not close, the shit he was saying in the lead up was absolutely laughable

 

[Reach4theSky]

McGregor.

Punk/Jackson was a closer matchup than Conrad/Floyd.

At least Conor can throw/take a punch. CM had no business stepping into a ufc cage at his age and skill level..

 

[TheChance]

Mcgregor

 

[Rvd Slmr]

Conor did it for the biggest purse in the history of sports, Punk did it because of his middle life crisis.

 

[Koro_11]

Colin was more arrogant.

Neither guy had any chance of winning a decision so both depended on some kind of fluke finish.

Punk had a puncher's chance to land a big haymaker and get a finish with follow up striker if he stuns his opponent. Also land a guillotine or some type of choke in a scramble, many ways to finish a fight in mma.

Colin had virtually zero chance since in boxing even if he somehow miraculously did land a big one, Floyd would just get a ten count and they'd start again.

But both were equally mismatched and both had to be carried by their opponents.

 

[moreorless87]

Punk was the longest shot but I suspect he knew that, he probably did it for the lighter schedule compared to the WWE.

 

[Gilday]

Lol McGregor and it's not even close

Thinking you can compete in a sport you've never fought in and win against a pro fighter is dumb, but not impossible

Thinking you can compete in a sport you've never fought in and win against arguably the greatest boxer ever is flat out retarded, still can't believe people on here legit thought he would win ffs

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

Conor never really thought he could win.

 

[surgeyou1]

 

[bluecocky00]

Floyd almost won that fight at least

 

[jeff7b9]

I really don't think Conor ever thought he would win, he did it for the money.

(Regardless of what he said to promote the fight.)

 

[iwhoopedbatman]

CM Punk seemed to really think he could compete in the UFC. Conor was just hyping up a money grab.

 

[JT RIPPER]

Punk was more delusional, at least Conor is a real fighter who’s trained boxing

But at least Punk was more humble about it

 

[rerard]

Conor/Floyd was a brilliant money move, that's it. CM Punk I think actually thought he would win.

 

[linvillegorge]

Punk. He walked away from a lucrative pro wrasslin’ gig to suck horribly at MMA and get rekt by low level guys while McGregor made shit tons of money to get tooled by Mayweather.