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de_Selby wrote:Well whatever else you might say about him, Dana White is a man of his word
The rumour is that Khabib planned to retire after this fight. Defeat the UFC's "greatest" and walk away undefeated with a legacy as the GOAT in his division, if not the sport.Anonymous. wrote:Dana White said those guys who punched McGregor are never going to fight in the UFC again and Kebab says if that is true neither is he. I believe at least one of them will keep their word
It has been pretty out of character for him. He's never came across like he cares what other people think, his opponents or anyone else, so he doesn't go out of his way to be nice and likeable. But he's usually relatively respectful and quietly spoken. I was pretty disappointed at this. Not so much what he did, but definitely what his team-mates did. I was also disappointed that he wasn't the the stone-cold, unemotional terminator that he had been in the past. He clearly let it all get to him and reacted even in victory, with outraged and over-the-top violent retribution, when it should have all ended as soon as Conor tapped. That was disappointing, but it has, so far at-least, been relatively out of character for him.Turbogoat wrote:Is this the first time Khabib has been involved in off the ball incidents or does he have form?
yeah, nah.Mog The Almighty wrote:The rumour is that Khabib planned to retire after this fight. Defeat the UFC's "greatest" and walk away undefeated with a legacy as the GOAT in his division, if not the sport.Anonymous. wrote:Dana White said those guys who punched McGregor are never going to fight in the UFC again and Kebab says if that is true neither is he. I believe at least one of them will keep their word
Unfortunately that legacy would now be very tarnished but I still doubt he cares that much. It's still not certain he'll ever be able to get a VISA to fight in the US again, and even if he did, he might be banned for so long by Nevada that the UFC are forced to strip him.
It might be a good choice for him to just follow through on the alleged initial plan and just eat the tarnished exit.
I see I'm going to have to seek expert advice on this: my UFC-mad son and mixed martial art practising nephew.Mog The Almighty wrote:It has been pretty out of character for him. He's never came across like he cares what other people think, his opponents or anyone else, so he doesn't go out of his way to be nice and likeable. But he's usually relatively respectful and quietly spoken. I was pretty disappointed at this. Not so much what he did, but definitely what his team-mates did. I was also disappointed that he wasn't the the stone-cold, unemotional terminator that he had been in the past. He clearly let it all get to him and reacted even in victory, with outraged and over-the-top violent retribution, when it should have all ended as soon as Conor tapped. That was disappointing, but it has, so far at-least, been relatively out of character for him.Turbogoat wrote:Is this the first time Khabib has been involved in off the ball incidents or does he have form?
Blind Khabib fanboys are just as bad as blind Conor fanboys.Dryden wrote:yeah, nah.Mog The Almighty wrote:The rumour is that Khabib planned to retire after this fight. Defeat the UFC's "greatest" and walk away undefeated with a legacy as the GOAT in his division, if not the sport.Anonymous. wrote:Dana White said those guys who punched McGregor are never going to fight in the UFC again and Kebab says if that is true neither is he. I believe at least one of them will keep their word
Unfortunately that legacy would now be very tarnished but I still doubt he cares that much. It's still not certain he'll ever be able to get a VISA to fight in the US again, and even if he did, he might be banned for so long by Nevada that the UFC are forced to strip him.
It might be a good choice for him to just follow through on the alleged initial plan and just eat the tarnished exit.
Loads of fights unbeaten. ashed the fark out of McGregor. I'm not a fanboy but I think you are way off the mark. If he doesn't fight again he is going down as a UFC legendMog The Almighty wrote:Blind Khabib fanboys are just as bad as blind Conor fanboys.Dryden wrote:yeah, nah.Mog The Almighty wrote:The rumour is that Khabib planned to retire after this fight. Defeat the UFC's "greatest" and walk away undefeated with a legacy as the GOAT in his division, if not the sport.Anonymous. wrote:Dana White said those guys who punched McGregor are never going to fight in the UFC again and Kebab says if that is true neither is he. I believe at least one of them will keep their word
Unfortunately that legacy would now be very tarnished but I still doubt he cares that much. It's still not certain he'll ever be able to get a VISA to fight in the US again, and even if he did, he might be banned for so long by Nevada that the UFC are forced to strip him.
It might be a good choice for him to just follow through on the alleged initial plan and just eat the tarnished exit.
McGregor got in his head, a lot of that political and family stuff McGregor was saying was much more sensitive than Westerners realise.Mog The Almighty wrote:It has been pretty out of character for him. He's never came across like he cares what other people think, his opponents or anyone else, so he doesn't go out of his way to be nice and likeable. But he's usually relatively respectful and quietly spoken. I was pretty disappointed at this. Not so much what he did, but definitely what his team-mates did. I was also disappointed that he wasn't the the stone-cold, unemotional terminator that he had been in the past. He clearly let it all get to him and reacted even in victory, with outraged and over-the-top violent retribution, when it should have all ended as soon as Conor tapped. That was disappointing, but it has, so far at-least, been relatively out of character for him.Turbogoat wrote:Is this the first time Khabib has been involved in off the ball incidents or does he have form?
sewa wrote:https://www.bbc.com/sport/mixed-martial-arts/45818304
This story is glorious. Putin asking his dad to take it easy on him
Later, Khabib apologised for his actions in post-fight press conference, but reiterated that he was provoked by McGregor’s verbal jabs against his family, father and religion.The entire event has, however, not pleased the senior Nurmagomedov. Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, who probably is the most important man in Dagestan’s combat world, showed anger and regret over what Khabib did. “You can do whatever you want inside an octagon, but outside, there are children, women and random people. You just can not do that.” Abdulmanap added that he will punish his son harder than the UFC ever will because discipline is his number one priority and by doing what Khabib did, he has disappointed him.
Mog I'm high so this is going to be a bit of a ramble...Mog The Almighty wrote:Blind Khabib fanboys are just as bad as blind Conor fanboys.Dryden wrote:yeah, nah.Mog The Almighty wrote:The rumour is that Khabib planned to retire after this fight. Defeat the UFC's "greatest" and walk away undefeated with a legacy as the GOAT in his division, if not the sport.Anonymous. wrote:Dana White said those guys who punched McGregor are never going to fight in the UFC again and Kebab says if that is true neither is he. I believe at least one of them will keep their word
Unfortunately that legacy would now be very tarnished but I still doubt he cares that much. It's still not certain he'll ever be able to get a VISA to fight in the US again, and even if he did, he might be banned for so long by Nevada that the UFC are forced to strip him.
It might be a good choice for him to just follow through on the alleged initial plan and just eat the tarnished exit.
Of course he doesn't want to exit the UFC on that note. If he stuck his Dagestani sheep hat on, took the microphone from Joe Rogan and said, "that's what happens when you talk shit about Dagestan", gave the thumbs up to the crowd and rode off into the sunset, now that would be an exit.
Going out after leaping into the crowd like a moron, your team starting brawls with the defeated opponent, being suspended and stripped of your title (if that happens), or having your VISA cancelled, etc. Any of that would severely scrub some of the polish off on otherwise glorious exit, let alone all of it (depending on how much of it happens). No fighter wants to retire on that note mate. Let alone one as proud as him. So sorry but, "nah, yeah".
In fact, I think the rumours were probably true, he probably did plan to retire. But he can't now, he doesn't want to go out as a villain and a thug. Maybe a new goal is 30-0, then retire, and keep it clean and under-control until then, and all this shit will blow over and won't be the note he retires on.
It is the truth.Anonymous. wrote:McGregor says he was beaten fair and square BUT only because he didn't prepare properly.
Yes it's the same truth every time he looses. I will just have to take his and you word for it. Unlike you two I wasn't there to see him fail to take kebab seriously in his training. Obviously had he taken him seriously he would have won. Just like all the other fights he lost.Uthikoloshe wrote:It is the truth.Anonymous. wrote:McGregor says he was beaten fair and square BUT only because he didn't prepare properly.
YOYO wrote:Just because a fighter bests you once doesn’t mean he’ll beat you again. We need a rematch.Anonymous. wrote:Yes it's the same truth every time he looses. I will just have to take his and you word for it. Unlike you two I wasn't there to see him fail to take kebab seriously in his training. Obviously had he taken him seriously he would have won. Just like all the other fights he lost.Uthikoloshe wrote:It is the truth.Anonymous. wrote:McGregor says he was beaten fair and square BUT only because he didn't prepare properly.
I was thinking more along the lines of growing up in Chechnya with a dad who made you wrestle bears.Anonymous. wrote:Yes it's the same truth every time he looses. I will just have to take his and you word for it. Unlike you two I wasn't there to see him fail to take kebab seriously in his training. Obviously had he taken him seriously he would have won. Just like all the other fights he lost.Uthikoloshe wrote:It is the truth.Anonymous. wrote:McGregor says he was beaten fair and square BUT only because he didn't prepare properly.
Nobody really takes Khabib's stand-up seriously. Although Khabib's stand up has definitely improved, it's gone from amateurish to only average. And that overhand right definitely changed the fight. It was the defining moment.Flametop wrote:He said that he didn’t take Khabib’s stand up fighting seriously and that the overhand right he got hit with changed the fight.
He’s right and it was obvious at the time, just like the time he got hit hard by Nate Diaz.
A Conor v Khabib rematch would definitely be interesting, just to see how Conor responds both in and out of the octagon. Does he keep going with the shit talk pre-fight? What does he do differently strategically during the fight? Even if it was exactly the same, Conor is always a threat standing and no matter what the Conor-haters want to believe, Conor could have ended that fight with one left at any stage, and the same would be true in a rematch.Conor McGregor wrote:Round 2 he is running away around the cage before being blessed with a right hand that changed the course of the round, and the fight.
It was a nice shot. ...<snip> ... Well played. If I stay switched on and give his stand up even a little more respect, that right hand never gets close and we are talking completely different now. I gave his upright fighting no respect in preparation. No specific stand up spars whatsoever. Attacking grapplers/wrestlers only. That won’t happen again.
Thought Adesanya was great.The Native wrote:Israel Adesanya just dismantled Derek Brunson at UFC 230 with some surgical striking. He stuffed all takedown attempts and made Brunson look as bad as he said he was in the pre-fight lead up.
YOYO might just want to change this to the all encompassing MMA thread.
Will he continue his boxing career?
Mick Mannock wrote:Will he continue his boxing career?
Roberto Duran?
Wilfredo Benitez?
Gerald McClellan?
Salvador Sanchez's mother?
Absoconfeckinlutelyiarmhiman wrote:Looking dodgy alright but need to be careful with the allegations.
If the evidence backs the claim I hope someone Nurmagomedov's him.YOYO wrote:This man might be in yet more trouble.
Sports star is accused of forcing young woman into sex act in car
Ken Foy • 15 hours ago
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A well-known sportsman, who is already under investigation for rape, is alleged to have forced another woman to carry out a sex act on him.
Gardaí are probing a complaint in relation to the alleged incident, which happened in a vehicle in the car park of a Dublin pub on Friday night.
Officers have received a complaint from a woman in her early 20s that she was forced into a sex act by the sports star after leaving the pub with him.
Senior sources say the sportsman and the young woman had been earlier socialising together with a group of people.
The "traumatised" woman made a complaint to gardaí on Saturday morning and a full investigation is under way.
The alleged victim's claims are being treated as "credible" but no arrests have yet been made.
The exact whereabouts of the sportsman were not known last night.
Gardaí have confirmed they are investigating the alleged sexual assault.
"Investigations are ongoing and no arrests have been made at this time. Owing to the nature of the investigation we will not be commenting further at this time," he added.
A team of specialist gardaí have been working on the case and it is expected they may interview the sportsman as early as this week.
Friday night's allegations are completely separate to a rape allegation the sportsman is facing, in which gardaí have sent a file to the DPP. The DPP has yet to make a decision on whether he should be charged with the offence.
The man was arrested in January in relation to the rape allegation and it is understood he claimed he had consensual sex with that woman.
A young woman alleged she was raped in a south Dublin hotel in the early hours of Monday, December 10.
Clothes belonging to the alleged victim were examined as part of the investigation.
She was treated at the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit at the Rotunda Hospital, leading officers to establish the allegation was credible.
Detectives at Pearse Street garda station spent almost two days investigating the allegations without finding an exact location of the attack.
However, as they followed lines of investigation, details emerged which led gardaí to move the focus of their investigation to the south Dublin area.
The report that was sent to the DPP includes statements from the woman and her alleged attacker about the incident, along with medical reports, witness statements and CCTV.
The DPP will decide whether there is enough evidence to charge the sports star.
Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:23 pm Only just seen this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE8PRuuYZ4g
"he looks like he has been dragged through a Conor McGregor gift shop"Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:23 pm Only just seen this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE8PRuuYZ4g