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July 14th, 2017, 9:26 AM
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Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather - August 26th, 2017
Noticed there is no thread for this. I know a lot of people are either into the fight or think it will be a circus fight, but I am sure everyone will watch.
Has anyone been watching the press conferences?
The first one was in LA and was rather awkward because both guys didn't really know the formats and apparently Conor's mic was cut off during it when Floyd was talking. The second one was in Toronto and Conor was absolutely epic and vintage. The third one was in NY last night and I love Conor, but he was pretty cringe. 2pm EST is the last one in UK.
Press Conferences
LA (skip to 47 mins in)
Toronto (skip to 1 hour 46 mins in) (must watch for entertainment)
NY (skip to 2 hours 26 mins in) (Conor's worst mic work)
Last edited by Spedizzo; July 14th, 2017 at 9:32 AM.
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July 14th, 2017, 9:32 AM
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I was being annoyingly sarcastic in a thread yesterday about this fight, but I must say, Conor is not at his best here. In MMA, he is confident and sure of himself. In this setting, he looks a bit concerned. Mayweather is definitely playing the heel here, but it feels too scripted. It's out of the ordinary for Mayweather to highlight his weaknesses. Mayweather was blantly calling out his age, speed and strength versus Conor, in what felt like a feeble attempt to downplay his ability and enhance Conor.
Bottom line, this is all about the pay day for these guys, and as long as McGregor doesn't come out of this looking like an embarrassment, this fight will be a win.
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July 14th, 2017, 9:37 AM
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I thought Conor was really good in Toronto but really out of form in NY. Apparently he has been getting heat for being a racist because he has been calling Mayweather "boy", so he tried to play it up and joke about it in NY by praising Biggie and joking about his dick but it fell really flat.
Conor is used to fighting guys lately who make way less than him and uses that as ammo. That isn't the case here. Mayweather has been doing this gimmick where he will talk to Dana White in front of Conor about how they have money and are the "bosses" while downplaying Conor which is a funny headgame.
It's definitely scripted in the way they are trying to outperform eachother on the stage. They are used to typical Q&As but in these scenarios are given hot mics and are expected to just sound off. 4 nights of that is TOUGH.
I am interested in seeing how McGregor rebounds in London. He had a lot of momentum from Toronto going in NY, but man, that was bad.
I did notice Mayweather was wearing platform shoes yesterday to make him on Conor's height which was odd. Conor kept calling them high heels.
Mayweather's juice head entourage are a bunch of pussies too.
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July 14th, 2017, 9:41 AM
#4
I just hate how scripted this all feels. Nothing about this fight is organic. The best part of the Aldo and Diaz fights were the originality aspect. It felt real. This is nothing but an overplayed, scripted circus show.
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July 14th, 2017, 1:02 PM
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