McGregor/Aldo Prees Conference Live Dublin

Here is episode 1 of the Embedded Series in Rio de Janeiro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0UFUhsSsXU

Here is the press conference from Dublin today;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxoT34adJ_4

Put kettle on, put your feet up and prepare to be very very entertained. I just hope they haven't censored any of it.

i hope aldo beats the sh1t out of him..

John Aldridge doing UFC now is he?

please god Aldo knocks the living sheet out of the tw@t

any of McGregor's fans finish primary school??

Tall poppy syndrome alive and well

knew ud say that oz!! im a proud irish man  proud of p harrington roy keane sean kelly sonia katie taylor derval shane lowry paul mcginley eamon coughlan etc etc    but im not proud of this yoke...

Proud or not you cannot help but be entertained!  Why not try watching it before commenting?

"After Conor beats you are you gonna cry like a little b*tch?"


shocked a man of Ozymandius class (well supposed class) finds supposed grown men asking such stupid questions entertaining


The little kid was very funny though, good on him

i have watched  it and im embarrassed..grabbing aldos belt was sad   and the crowd look rent a crowd?  ireland versus brazil?!?! my god..theres more living in a suburb of rio than all of ireland??!?!?

You watched it How ? Live?  Why would you tune in?  You havent had time to watch the replay yet.

Check out Ep 1 to get some context of when Connor was in front of the Rio crowd?

Its my guilty pleasure, Pre Fat and the questions are all contextual if you have been watching the Embedded series.

even had a knob get up saying Tiocfaidh Ar La (or however ya spell it) crowd full of townie knackers

looked at it there on you tube.   seen enuf of that sh1t..i wouldnt look at anymore of it.  all i know il be backing aldo at a falsey generous
  price i hope..im suprised at the ufc letting this rubbish occuring  they are dropping their standards a lot of late..

Take it for what it is and enjoy it, rather than seeing it as an attack on, I don't know, the sanctity of Ronnnie Delaney's Gold Medal in 1958.  It's a masterclass in promotion and hilarious with it!

Casanova in the crowd telling Aldo to get surgery to his scar as it ain't attractive - the cut of your man saying it

straight out of central casting for Love/Hate

classy comment!!

McGregor was breathing rather heavy after the face off - does seem to have a height advantage and i presume a reach advantage

Has an awful lot of weight to lose to get to 145, is very drained at that weight. ok, a lot heavier by fight time but still a gruelling process.

doesnt seem to be stopping his mouh!!

Funnily enough, he did say he loves doing so much of the promo work this early because it can be a real strain in the weeks leading up to fight when he is more focussed on the weight.

TO be fair McGregor has backed up everything he has said SO FAR.. McGregor fights are on youtube for anyone who hasn,t seen them... A nice flavor of how good McGregor is at at press conference [- the irish fans ] is here , worth a look if you haven,t seen it, .....................https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHVw_TLLwW4

Im a McGregor fan but i found some of it down right embarrassing , Many of the fans didn,t ask questions they just shouted stupid remarks at Aldo.  20mins and i hit the off switch. My 20.37 post was Mcgregor at his best.

Ronnie Delaney's gold ( 1956 ) remains firmly in Top 5 performances of all time by any sporting Irishman , south or north . And a nice guy to boot .

Aldo is bookies fav to win...

Agree with you about Ronnie; Kelly........Roger when the fight was sanctioned Aldo was 1.7 to win ;hitting around 1.9 now .

that was great , all the heads were at this event.

good entertainment now to be fair

Kavvie and Premier the only 2 talking any sense on this thread.

This whole ufc stuff is the most cringe worthy thing to come along in I don't know how many years, no skill involved like boxing, just hop into the ring and try batter the sh1te out of your opponent by whatever means you like.

X rated and crude no doubt and not everyone's cup of tea.  But then humour barriers are constantly extending what with Gross Out Movies becoming mainstream etc (rightly or wrongly)

On the other hand you could say it is refreshing in this PC day and age for a sport to allow people to say what they want to say without subsequent censorship or fear for the brand!

I would also assert that if you had watched the whole Embedded series, the content would not have been quite as shocking to you.  Almost all the comments were contextual and related back to a prior conversation or incident in the series; it wasn't just vulgarity and bad language purely for the sake of it.  McGregor has the crowd by the balls and they are buying into and regurgitating his content and delivery.

Oh and there was a fierce lot of drink taken.  The whole of da Liberties was on an all day bender.

As regards the sport, am no expert, but not sure how people can say that there is no skill involved.  Try multi -skilled.  In being closest to street fighting, does that not make it the purest of all combat sports?  When we go to see a 'fight' do we not really want to see a proper fight?  Are these men not closer to Gladiators than any other fighting professionals today?

"Conor, What does Jose's **** taste like?" asked by 1 lad (yes seriously an adult)

and the crowd all thought it was hilarious bloody heck the Brazilian lad looked perplexed at the morons

*pu$$y*

Conor had said to Jose at the face off a few days previous; 'I can smell you fear, I can smell your pu$$y'....its a cult fllowing, they know all the lines.

I'll be supporting CMac for the fight. Another great night for the Fighting Irish...
Enjoying that Notorious series. Not often we get a chance to whoop the Brazilians at something. They think they are the best at everything. Half my family are Brazilian... It's on like Donkey Kong at the crib...

It was weirdly entertaining, I will give it that. However I wasn't laughing with those in the crowd (bar the young lad who says he will join the UFC in a few years, he was good), I was laughing at them

oh, for sure, but as long as you laughing, then you are engaged.

A load of rubbish imo , some of those fans were embarressing to say the least ,sure I want to see the Irishman win but ffs that was cringeworthy , and then you had the MC asking people what the JOURNALISTS were saying ,the ignorant plank ...

Watched the Embedded series on youtube. Enjoyed that.
It's a nice lifestyle they have carved out for themselves. e7million the gate alone for the Las Vegas fight.
An international superstar he is now whether people like it or not.
If he beats the Brazilian it'll be some achievement.
Arnold calls him the McGregornator. Arnold was the original King of Charisma, he recognises talent when he sees it.
McGregor is Box Office, he was magnetic on the Late Late Show. Just has to keep winning now. He has the world in his hands.
July 11 can't come soon enough.

Looking forward to it myself Roger , both fighters will prepare well for the biggest money fight of there lifes, its helped [fan wise] that theres no love lost between them.

Great stuff frank. When McGregor took his belt it was bedlam. Fascinating matchup. The young upstart has to win it!

There was a demand for 70,000 tickets just for the Dublin press conference!
That shows you just how much McGregor has attracted the man on the street who knew nothing about MMA.
He has the gift for sure.
How many people turned on UFC years ago, and turned it off because the characters were boring.
Now the UFC have a real superstar character and they know it too.
The beard, the suits, the lingo, and the skills in the octagon to match it.
Fair play to him. He's come a long way from being a plumber!

I wonder will Sinead o Conner be invited on the night to sing  'She Moved Through The Fair

Sinead can fook off. I want Damien Dempsey to sing "The Great Gaels of Ireland".

or "The Jar Song" would be a great one for the day in it.

McGregor/ is a big Sinead fan Roger

I like Sinead. She loves Damo too. She sings on "The Celtic Tiger" for Damo.
They should both do the pre-fight music for the fight.

By the way Roger i had a humble few Euro on Cyprus at 510/1 for the Eurovision, im a bit surprised its such a big outsider ,

I read that.
It would be a guaranteed top 10 if anyone with half an ear for music was involved in these shows....but we know that never happens...

Sweeden 6/4fav,  i like the russian song at 32/1 but it wont get the popular vote ;

yep. I'm on Sweden at 7/2, some of the other guys were backing Sweden at 18-1 before their contest picked their entry.
Russia is a seriously strong song for the first 3/4, the change is horrific though. And politics should make sure Russia will flop.

tell you something it will be some craic in las vegas the week of the fight

is anybody betting Aldo ?
early money for Mcgregor

Aldo will be a better price this side of the pond i believe, close to Evens, given Aldo record he is a great price; most punters in ireland will want to bet Conor;But if you can leave Patriotism aside Aldo is a good bet, but i hope im wrong.

You're the MMA expert around here, Frank, most of us know SFA about it.

McGregor appears to me to be the greatest thing that has ever happened to the sport from a growth and interest pov.  Would be a massive blow to the sport if he lost.  Wouldn't take a whole amount to pay off an aging Brazilian; these guys are building an empire with Connor eventually alongside Dana and the Fertitta brothers in a managerial/ownership capacity.

Perhaps the sport is cleaner than I suggest and I do it a disservice, I really don't know.

Wish there was more money up on the exchange, ,i here all this crap about Aldo but he is friendless in the mrkt

what time are we expecting him to be on at?
8 hours behind us, hit the octagon at 10pm their time?
6am for us???

No doubt Ozy Dana and Co want Conor to win ..if its a close fight Conor might get the nod  A return fight would bring another big pay day for the all concerned,  I believe the sport wont take to many chances where there creditably is concered. but a Conor win would be great for them. Time will tell.

Da boys over from da Liberties will booorn Vegas to da ground if our man doesn't get over da line.

Who are you fancying kerry?

IM sure they will Ozy and they will get plenty of help from irish americans as well, When the fight was  matched Aldo was as short as 1.33 with some Las Vegas bookies, all changed now ,

José Aldo Vs. Urijah Faber - Leg kicks from hell             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzI7A4ZBtM               I believe Aldo will be trying a lot of leg kicks on Conor  as from this Video,  he will try to  slow Conor down for the letter rounds. Conor will have to be on the ball to watch for this... Urijah Faber legs were in a very bad way the day after this fight.

Faber looked beat before he got in the octagon. Overpowered and slow to every Aldo move.
Aldo won't be doing any overpowering against our boy.
Aldo will think he's been struck by lightning and hit by a train at the same time.

Snap - Mcgregor

Hope your right Roger, If Aldo keeps this fight at a distence he loses,and he knows this ;be prepaired for Aldo going all out from the bell.

Ok Kerry, thought you might have been fancying Aldo, in which case I would have put up as much as you liked for you to get matched

Alright Snappy -- i need liquidity in the marketplace but i am showing plenty of green right now on MCGOAT.

As i said there are plenty who fancy Aldo , but where are these people..they sure as hell are not on here or punting over at pinny

If you come across any Aldo backers they will be matched on here for what they like Kerry

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cool stuff,  come on MCGOAT

i hope this mcgregor loudmouth gets his head bashed in and we never hear of him again. he's a disgraceful representative of the irish people

he was seen at the funeral of some gangster the other day as well

a decent man , delighted he is representing Ireland at the highest level...

GO ON MCGOAT

The fact that Conor was at the funeral of a gangster doesn,t make him a gangster Fred,..i see Conor antics as  amusing behaviour; hardly a disgraceful representative of the irish people,

I was at a  funeral of a famous irish gangster 10years ago Ozy, i knew his father well a good man,the father died soon after from a heart attack never got over the way his son turned out.