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  1. Dáibhí

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    McGregor's coach, John Kavanagh has been quoted as saying the following;

     
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  2. faw cough Gold Member Gold Member

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    He answered by saying a whole lot more than what you just posted.
     
    faw cough, Dec 21, 2015
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  3. Slaw

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    Look through the thread.. I admitted I was wrong I forgot about what he said straight after the fight.
     
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  4. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    His posts across all platforms are identical.

    Sqor, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. He controls them all, it's a massive part of his persona.
     
    PaulM1888, Dec 21, 2015
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  5. Dáibhí

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    I'm fairly certain that he'll have help with his accounts, an admin who checks comments and who perhaps deals with posting any mundane stuff such as linking to sponsors and suchlike, but if it's something that sounds like it's coming from him personally it most likely will be.
     
    Dáibhí, Dec 21, 2015
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  6. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    He uses TweetDeck and manages it himself I'm telling you :56:
     
    PaulM1888, Dec 21, 2015
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  7. KRS-1888 Scott La Rock

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    Just read through his FB for a bit...it's quite obviously the man himself who is posting.
     
    KRS-1888, Dec 21, 2015
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  8. faw cough Gold Member Gold Member

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    Some of us don't have all day to look through every post.
     
    faw cough, Dec 21, 2015
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  9. Slaw

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    Ok.. It was on the same page :smiley-laughing002:
     
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    Cant see it.
     
    faw cough, Dec 21, 2015
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    Asia has strong pedigree for MMA Korea and China and Japan love MMA they should be fairly easy markets to crack. I loved Pride for me that was golden period of MMA, I always hoped there would be stronger opponents to UFC as the Americanization of any sport is never a good thing.
     
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  12. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    Takanori Gomi is considered the best Asian MMA fighter of all time. A guy that is 4 and 6 in the UFC and has been beat by Guida, Lauzon, Jury, Sanchez, Diaz and Florian.

    The best fighters in Pride were all European or American/South American.
     
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    Yeah I'm more talking about them being into it not the production of asian fighters. Though there have been some good ones down the years.
     
    Nasser, Dec 21, 2015
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  14. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    Japan is a huge fighting market. They love the * fight aspect of it though, hence the reason Bob Sapp and Hong Man Choi are huge draws.
     
    PaulM1888, Dec 21, 2015
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  15. MacEwan MV3 Gold Member

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    Quite cheeky I think that McGregor is getting to challenge for the Lightweight title without even defending the Featherweight gold or having a Lightweight fight in a really competitive division.

    I'll believe it when I see it. It's obviously good for business but an Edgar challenge or Aldo rematch should be next. Then he should at least fight Diaz (Top 10 now I'd say), Ferugson, Alvarez, Nurmagomedov (If he is ever fit), Cerrone or Pettis before Dos Anjos. He's being fast tracked, as much as I love it, it's unfair.

    Edgar/Aldo 2 in March, in Brazil... Huge and obviously depending on his wrist.
    Dos Anjos at UFC 200 in July is too big to pass up, but say Cerrone at UFC 200.
    Then Dos Anjos in December. Very doable fighting 3 times in a year.
     
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  16. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    As cheeky as Lesnar getting a Title shot at 1-1 in the UFC? Or Punk getting a contract with zero combat experience? Or James Toney getting a shot at Couture for his first ever MMA bout?

    The UFC are a money making business. Doing what's best for business, nothing cheeky about it.
     
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    Lesnar was 2-1 in a division going through some big changes. Punk getting a contract means nothing and Toney was a big name boxer fighting a man on his way out.

    McGregors situation is very different.
     
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  18. faw cough Gold Member Gold Member

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    Indeed.

    McGregor is a proven world class mma athlete.
     
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  19. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    No Lesnar was 1-1 in the UFC Heavyweight division, like I just said.

    The UFC make fights the fans want to see. Deal with it.
     
    PaulM1888, Dec 21, 2015
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  20. MacEwan MV3 Gold Member

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    Oh I'm dealing with it, I love it.
     
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