Topic: UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor Prediction and Info Thread - page 4. (Read 3218 times)

Yeah, lets 'see'...


Oh, thank you for the compliment mate. Really Appreciate it a lot... 

Dunno...  I still wanna see a tune up fight for McGregor before throwing leather vs Khabib.



Drama...  Let's see what Khabib does at the NSAC hearing.  And his Instagram message is more about the double standards in the UFC followed by what looked like a bluff.  You know...  Just like what little kids do on a tantrum...?    But we'll see.

Oh and yeah, you're right, I'm totally bad at reading people.  I never claimed I was any good at it.  But you are tho, cos you're so smart. 

It doesn't have to be the next big UFC match. It very likely wouldn't be this year, though maybe they could make it the big fight at the end of the year like they sometimes do. They've had big fights on Dec 30 the past two years but looks like they've both been suspended anyway or temporarily at least, but I'm sure it'll get extended. Khabib could even be stripped of the belt, but I doubt it. Conor will probably won't a lot of time to train as well, because it's probably the only one way he's got a chance. McGregor will probably do the trilogy fight with Diaz at some point and it would probably be the next best thing for him in terms of money, though it probably won't be an easy fight for him.

^  It feels like a rematch between those two would be a tad too early imo.  I'd like to see McGregor redeem himself vs Tony Ferguson which could be a better match up from him stylistically.

Maybe even make McGregor vs Diaz and Khabib vs Ferguson in one card.  That would be yuuuuuge!  :0

He doesn't give a fuck but yet he flew off the handle when Khabib merely cornered his teammate? That was the entire reason why he smashed up the tour bus and Conor was seemingly off his head with rage and retribution during that whole escapade. He probably would have shaken his hand after the fight because Conor usually tries to be humble in defeat (and acting like a sore loser just makes the loss worse so the best course of action is to act humble and accept defeat).



He probably knew before the fight that he would get his ass kicked (or that it was highly probable). Same for the Mayweather fight, but Conor just cares about the payday now regardless of whether he will win or not and the biggest money he's going to get is for a rematch. Conor haters will want to see him get mauled again and they'll be hoping by much worse, and Conor fans will be hoping he can somehow beat him this time. Khabib will probably want to beat him again so a rematch makes sense, and the UFC will have a hard-on given all the drama it created and they can capitalise on that to promote it. The rematch would easily eclipse the original in interest and sales because more people will tune in to see what happens or if it all kicks off again. They'll probably have more time to promote it as well and go on a world tour for it. It just makes sense for all parties involved because the money they will be making is win-win for everyone regardless of the outcome. If Conor does miraculously win then they'll probably be a trilogy fight like they probably will be for Diaz.

Definitely do not take instagram posts as serious things that could lead to anything.

Famous people have been using social media however they want and than backtrack on their words and doing what they said they won't. Hence even if Khabib does "quit ufc" somehow because of anything he will definitely comeback when he hears the purse and the money.

You may think "he is not about money type guy" but you are forgetting how many people around him, he eventually will let go of his ideas and go fight so he could make money for himself but more importantly for others around him as well.

What if it's not about the money though? He already went against character when he jumped off the octagon believing that it's personal between him and mcgregor's team. Though you're all correct that things may change when he thoroughly thinks about it but you can't blame the man for being too emotional.

@tokenweed There you go...


This is from the article from Baofeng shared. I guess you are not good at reading people. People actually care about their honour and 'brotherhood'. I have studied these 'religious' people. They don't care about 'materialistic' things. Bonds are the most valuable things for them and they will do anything to make sure it says intact.

Its going to be one of his biggest mistakes if Khabib decided to quit UFC and bring his talent to other MMA organizations. He needs to calm down and think about the future. He is already a superstar in UFC specially with the win against Conor.

I agree that this is just a emotional burst on his side, He already won, no need to take personally. Conor has been defeated and relegated already and fans already know who's the better man. IF he decided to leave UFC then he won't get the same money his getting in UFC right now.

Each person do have different control when it comes to temper but when your pride is already being stomped which they do already include too personal things then I cant really say that I wont do the same thing but for the sake of your career you should really have the control.Its really a shame that these incident do proves out on having no respect to this sports because they do let emotions explode out even though this is a business.

I think it is just a result of the burst of emotions. Things that happened is so fresh and expect that kind of statement. When time passed by and cooler heads prevail, they will know what's the right move to do next which is a rematch because of that huge amount of money involve and they don't need to spend a lot of money promoting it cause people are waiting for it to happen.

In other news:


https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/mma/khabib-conor-mcgregor-vs-ufc-quit-retire-instagram-fight-watch-video-nurmagomedov-highlights-replay-a8579296.html

Do you think its a good move from Khabib to make a threat? There's only a few promotional company around, Bellator MMA. ONE which is Asia base and WSF. However, those two doesn't have any good fighters to begin with. Bellator MMA is a good choice but there's no money in the line.

True, Conor is their money mouth, and it's definitely effective. Conor McGregor has lost too many times now to be considered one of the greatest, he's not old and worn out, he simply got bested by the better man, and there's no excuses for that.

I think even if McGregor manages to run his mouth again and score another fight he'll get mauled a second time, but he honestly doesn't deserve it. I think it will be difficult for UFC to keep putting him into big money fights when there's simply nobody he can be matched against.

Honestly Conor was always talk the talk kinda guy and he always talked about how he was bringing pay per view for the UFC and he is not wrong neither. Look at all the other title fights, look at what Khabib brought in so far. No one makes money for UFC like Conor does, all other fighters are not worth of any time. Conor as amazing PR and his attitude is always bringing viewers and that is what important for UFC.

However, do not forget that even if you bring in money you may lose and lose faith with the viewers, look at Ronda rousey, she had everything anyone ask for as a fighter and lost that with a match and ever since than she turned to acting and stopped fighting.

So do you think it's gonna be ok for him to give up his 2M USD and his share from the PPV buys and retire poor in the mountains of Dagestan?

C'mon dude...  I know you can't be that dumb to believe in that bs.  

I'm sure that he wants his money. After all, he trained hard for this fight so its obvious he wanted to get his purse. His career is on the line here, well he can go and transfer to other organization but here's where the all the 'moolah' is. Khabib probably regretting his actions,  but combat sports is also a business of making money so he need to understand that as well.

There is no bad blood for McGregor. He doesn't give a fuck about Khabib, his team or what happened after the fight. Otherwise he would have participated in this mess or talked about it after the match.
He just lit the fire for business purposes, for the show. I'm sure he would have shaken hands with Khabib if Khabib hadn't behaved like a moron.
And he won't ask for a rematch, he knows he would get his ass kicked.
Right now there are excuses for his defeat (not fighting for a while) and to some he is still the good guy.
He has too much to lose getting in the cage again with Khabib.

If you check reddit it is said that the sales of UFC3 increased after the fight.

Now read that carefully, the EA game of UFC for playstation got more sales after the fight, you think dana white will just let khabib and conor thing go away ? It is impossible, there is still a lot of money to be made for that fight. Maybe who knows they will fight other people in between but eventually there will be a fight but while this topic is still quite hot it would be wise to make a rematch happen during spring or so. That way dana can make a ton of money and fighters would too. This is after all just about the money.

@hilariousetc Just look at khabib's previous fights. He actually makes up with his opponent after the fight and respects his opponent. That wasn't the case with McGregor. The racial slurs actually got to him and now that he has proven himself I doubt he will be up for a rematch soon because of his 'strong' faith. I don't see a rematch happening anytime soon unless McGregor starts to trash talk again.

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@tokenweed He is a man of faith. He attributes his every win to God do you really think he will care about the purse? As for him apologizing, he is just trying to do the right thing after he snapped out.

Yeah Khabib should have hold back his emotions and let the team of McGregor envy his win. Though he has a point on attacking those  people trash talking him but it's not allowable for him to illegally compromise those people outside the Pentagon.