"What changed though may have been the realization that his way was fraught with so much peril. He could channel Mayweather's crass, cash-obsessed act, which allowed a light punching, defensive fighter to become the biggest draw in boxing. This is the UFC though, not boxing. They all lose. They can't hide. Mayweather could manage every opponent, not just who but, more importantly, when. It doesn't work that way in the UFC, so McGregor went the opposite route, begging for the biggest fight every single time, then promising (and delivering) on making it even bigger." As per Yahoo news. First time that site posting something worthwhile.
"I am just trying to do my job and fight here. I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote. I have become lost in the game of promotion and forgot about the art of fighting. There comes a time when you need to stop handing out flyers and get back to the damn shop. 50 world tours, 200 press conferences, 1 million interviews, 2 million photo shoots, and at the end of it all I'm left looking down the barrel of a lens, staring defeat in the face, thinking of nothing but my incorrect fight preparation. And the many distractions that led to this. Nothing else was going through my mind. It is time to go back and live the life that got me this life. Sitting in a car on the way to some dump in Conneticut or somewhere, to speak to Tim and Suzie on the nobody gives a **** morning show did not get me this life. Talking to some lady that deep down doesn't give a **** about what I'm doing, but just wants some sound bites so she can maybe get her little tight ass a nice raise, and I'm cool with that too, I've been giving you all raises. But I need to focus on me now. I'm coming for my revenge here. I flew an entire team to Portugal and to Iceland to make my adjustments in preparation and fix my errors I made with the weight and the cardio prep. With the right adjustments and the right focus, I will finish what I started in that last fight. I will not do this if I am back on the road handing out flyers again. I will always play the game and play it better than anybody, but just for this one, where I am coming off a loss, I asked for some leeway where I can just train and focus. I did not shut down all media requests. I simply wanted a slight adjustment. But it was denied. There had been 10 million dollars allocated for the promotion of this event is what they told me. So as a gesture of good will, I went and not only saved that 10 million dollars in promotion money, I then went and tripled it for them. And all with one tweet. Keep that 10 mill to promote the other bums that need it. My shows are good. I must isolate myself now. I am facing a taller, longer and heavier man. I need to prepare correctly this time. I can not dance for you this time. It is time for the other monkeys to dance. I've danced us all the way here. Nate's little mush head looks good up on that stage these days. Stuff him in front of the camera for it. He came in with no **** to do that last one. I'd already done press conferences, interviews and shot the ads before RDA pulled out. Maybe I'll hit Cabo this time and skull some shots pre-fight with no obligation. I'm doing what I need for me now. It is time to be selfish with my training again. It is the only way. I feel the $400million I have generated for the company in my last three events, all inside 8 months, is enough to get me this slight leeway. I am still ready to go for UFC 200. I will offer, like I already did, to fly to New York for the big press conference that was scheduled, and then I will go back into training. With no distractions. If this is not enough or they feel I have not deserved to sit this promotion run out this one time, well then I don't know what to say. For the record also - For USADA and for the UFC and my contract stipulations - I AM NOT RETIRED."- Conor McGregor Hell they use USADA too. A billion dollar company whose fighters get pinched by the same organization that people believe are protecting Mayweather for money.atsch
Anyone who doesn't think boxing is a disgrace is a mug. There is almost zero competitive architecture in boxing. We have to rely on boxers wanting the big fights/paydays. Otherwise their career is a disgrace. The biggest mug is the fans who kept buying Mayweathers rubbish. Mayweather is the best, fought the best and technically the best but he is not the most exciting and no pressure was put on him to be. However I do think he often made fights more difficult to try and entertain i.e. Cotto, Maidana, N'dou, Corley etc. Never forget that biggest fight of this generation was about 7 years too late but that won't change because people still went and made the fighters filthy rich.
McGregor is a whiner. He IS paid to promote, it's part of his contract. They asked him to do a press conference 3 months before his fight. He got his ass handed to him last fight from a guy who literally took it with about a weeks notice. Then wants to blame the UFC for all his self-hype?
I wouldn't say he's whiner... more that he understands his position inside organization, and he's pushing it to the limits. Come on... you know it's not that simple. Mcgregor needs a lot of preparation for match because he likes to study opponents and seek for their flaws. Best performances he had with good preparation. If you think that Diaz was sitting on a couch whole month and then jumped inside octagon then you're mistaking... he has biathlon preparations.
