Greetings Steemit,
Any of you who listen to the @SteemitTalk Podcast know that I'm a little fanboy when it comes to Mixed Martial Arts. My co-hosts are kind enough to give me a short 2-5 minute 'UFC breakdown' towards the end of the show each week, just to appease my addictions.
Whether you're a fan of the sport or not - it would be hard to recap the UFC's past few years without saying the biggest 'needle mover' by far has been Conor McGregor.
Love him or hate him - he usually backs up what he says.. and he says a lot. He's also very business savvy, and as any of us probably would, took the opportunity to fight Floyd Mayweather when the chance presented itself. All said & done both fighters stand to make a potential 9 figure payout.
Despite on paper we see the pound for pound #1 best Boxer of our time is going against someone who has never had a professional boxing match - and that looks pretty lopsided - part of the allure that is Conor McGregor is he seems to believe he can do things that nobody gives him credit as being possible.. and then does them. He swears he can finish Floyd in under 4 rounds, despite much of the World giving him no shot whatsoever.
The other entertaining aspect of this fight is what are sure to be insanely wild press conferences, leading up to the event. Both men are master shit talkers/promoters - so I'm almost personally looking forward to these confrontations more so than the one next month in the ring.
Anywho - I could rant about this for hours... but just wanted to set the stage for this link - which is the First of Four Worldwide events. 18,000+ tickets sold for this event, which sold out in 10 minutes.
This doesn't seem like real life.. but its all gonna seem very real here in about 30 mins when this thing kicks off.
So it goes..
Cheers Steemit!
~GiftedGaia
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This is a freak show. CM would destroy FM in an MMA match and vice versa in a Boxing match. What's great is that Conor has the balls to come into Floyd's den and pick a fight. Love him or hate him Conor really transcends MMA. It's a fools hope that Connor would win. Still hope it is. :)
I miss those days I used to watch these fights with you & your brother.
Should definitely start doing that again. Great post as always Sir.
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I sit in Discord almost every UFC event mang.. I'll start keeping you posted.
Lest we Forget lol
UFC 196
Nate Diaz, arguably the best boxer in MMA out struck McGregor and wen tin for the kill. I believe Mcgregor has a chance as in most combat sports there are no predictions unless of course it's promoted by Don King. I'm calling the fight for Mayweather but I am betting on Mcgregor... The odds are there.
Agreed.
If I was gonna bet here....it would be that this is a retirement fight for Conor.
It would honestly be the only logic to this.
a lot of people think that.. but he has a trilogy fight w/ Diaz waiting upon his return to the UFC. Prob the most profitable option for him upon return.. and Dana swears Conor will fight in the UFC again before the end of this year.
Even if it wasn't true...Dana would say this at this time, that's his money maker right now.
I'm not saying he's going to retire but there really is no logic to this fight otherwise.
Boxing has really declined over the years and it's sad to have watched it happen.
There's an excellent documentary on Netflix about the subject.
I can't wait for this fight. I'm afraid of overdosing on hype before fight night even gets here.
Me too.