UFC 223: Nurmagomedov vs ??? Info Prediction, MCGREGOR ATTACKS BUS LOL!

[Hydrogen]

The case with Artem Lobov is different, as he was talking a ton of shit about Khabib and calling him chicken in an Russian interview and that is the reason Khabib questioned this when they met in the hotel lobby and now it is a big drama show, even though the UFC lost some fights because of the altercation i am sure this will be the biggest pay per view fight and it will be a big one for them and they even started promoting the fight.

Did Artem really call Khabib a "chicken" in russian?    Artem did not look too happy about it @ 0:53 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4TUsyQ7i4Y

I'm surprised Artem said anything to Khabib. Artem has a tendency to freeze against wrestlers/grapplers and go into survival mode. Khabib is one of the worst possible match ups for Artem.

This embedded ep probably has the most video footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za0qXbofvc0

Maybe a good place to start if anyone is interested in figuring out whether it was staged or real.   

[bbc.reporter]

Staged or not, the drama built up for Conor versus Khabib is now set. I hope the fight will be in Russia on September hehehe.

Dana's only job is now to make sure and help Conor settle all his legal problems and be cleared to fight at the soonest possible time.

[Lionidas]

Khabib would destroy Connor and I think he knows this doing that tantrum on the bus and hurting the fighters on there.
McGregor can get deported out of the country since he was convicted in a US court of law and travelling on a visa.
Shouldn't he be more worried about this since now he has a criminal record?

I don't know if he can destroy Conor but it will be interesting to see those 2 fighters squaring off. Well as MMA fans, this is want we have been wanting to see for years but Khabib got injured and Conor fights goes to boxing to make more money.

Is he still in the US though? I thought he went back already but I might be wrong. UFC might be thinking a lot this days and trying to figure out the best way to make a lot of money from this diva (Conor). I'm sure that Dana will not just simply removed from the roster, suspension will be enough in my opinion.

Of course he is still in the United States.
That is where the hollywoodization of the world is and the money.
Just look at what Rhonda Rousey did after losing her belt.
Ending up in the WWE and starting out in a Wrestlemania main event and submission hold on Triple H aint bad.
She must of made a million just for that appearance if her agent was smart enough.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Did Artem really call Khabib a "chicken" in russian?    Artem did not look too happy about it @ 0:53 here:

Artem was supporting McGregor on why he is not defending the title and how Conor fought Chad Mendis even with injury and he added that Khabib is the real chicken as he used to pull out of fights because of injures and that were his words in a russian podcast interview

I'm surprised Artem said anything to Khabib. Artem has a tendency to freeze against wrestlers/grapplers and go into survival mode. Khabib is one of the worst possible match ups for Artem.

Artem is still in the UFC simply because he is a team member of Conor, his record is 2 wins and 4 defeats

Maybe a good place to start if anyone is interested in figuring out whether it was staged or real.   

The real plan was to come during the media briefing but they were late and so is the reason the current situation happened in the parking lot. Conor just acted like a crack head and it looks like UFC is not planning to suspend him for his actions and they might even book him against Khabib for the biggest pay day in UFC history, the total gate for the event was three million dollars which is the best show they had this year and that too with a lot of fights cancelled.

[bbc.reporter]

@SaShiRaJaVu. If the fighter that did it was anyone else than Conor then I reckon he or she would be out of MMA forever. But if Conor does it, it makes the cut for episode 5 on Embedded hehehe.

I am starting to think the incident was staged.

[crwth]

@SaShiRaJaVu. If the fighter that did it was anyone else than Conor then I reckon he or she would be out of MMA forever. But if Conor does it, it makes the cut for episode 5 on Embedded hehehe.

I am starting to think the incident was staged.

When I saw the news, and in the social media about that, I think it was already staged. I think that it was to get to hype up for the fight. Well, we will never know what the possibility is for the match, but they need more audience to earn more money.

[Sithara007]

Staged or not, the drama built up for Conor versus Khabib is now set. I hope the fight will be in Russia on September hehehe.

If the fight is in Russia, then I am afraid that Conor McGregor will be going back to Dublin in an ambulance (either dead or alive). Nurmagomedov is invincible in home conditions and it will be fun if the fight actually happens in Grozny.

Edit: Just remembered that Nurmagomedov is an Avar from Dagestan. He won't be very keen to fight in Grozny.... What about Makhachkala as the venue?

[eaLiTy]

If the fight is in Russia, then I am afraid that Conor McGregor will be going back to Dublin in an ambulance (either dead or alive). Nurmagomedov is invincible in home conditions and it will be fun if the fight actually happens in Grozny.
Edit: Just remembered that Nurmagomedov is an Avar from Dagestan. He won't be very keen to fight in Grozny.... What about Makhachkala as the venue?

I really cannot imagine the beating Khabib Nurmagomedov is going to give to McGregor, but the problem is i never expected him to win against Aldo but he smoked him in seconds and when he was challenging Rafael dos Anjos for the title i was certain that he will smoke McGregor but that fight failed to materialized and finally when it came to Eddie Alvarez i thought he will defeat McGregor but the opposite happened, now my only hope is Khabib and Tony.
It would be the biggest fight in history if they fight in Russia, but with things are going it looks like they will face in Madison Square Garden by November, if McGregor really wanted to face Khabib.

[Jating]

If the fight is in Russia, then I am afraid that Conor McGregor will be going back to Dublin in an ambulance (either dead or alive). Nurmagomedov is invincible in home conditions and it will be fun if the fight actually happens in Grozny.
Edit: Just remembered that Nurmagomedov is an Avar from Dagestan. He won't be very keen to fight in Grozny.... What about Makhachkala as the venue?

I really cannot imagine the beating Khabib Nurmagomedov is going to give to McGregor, but the problem is i never expected him to win against Aldo but he smoked him in seconds and when he was challenging Rafael dos Anjos for the title i was certain that he will smoke McGregor but that fight failed to materialized and finally when it came to Eddie Alvarez i thought he will defeat McGregor but the opposite happened, now my only hope is Khabib and Tony.
It would be the biggest fight in history if they fight in Russia, but with things are going it looks like they will face in Madison Square Garden by November, if McGregor really wanted to face Khabib.

But during the fight with Aldo, dos Anjos and Alvarez, Conor is the top pick to win. Or maybe you are betting for the underdog to win and beat Conor. hehehe.

But we still have Tony and Khabib. Maybe one of them can win against Conor, who knows. I don't know if is will be the biggest fight in history if they ever fight in Russia, but hey, the 4 out of 5 top selling UFC PPV's was headlined by Conor(except #2 Lesnar vs Mir) and he still holds the record against Nate.

[Sithara007]

If the fight is in Russia, then I am afraid that Conor McGregor will be going back to Dublin in an ambulance (either dead or alive). Nurmagomedov is invincible in home conditions and it will be fun if the fight actually happens in Grozny.
Edit: Just remembered that Nurmagomedov is an Avar from Dagestan. He won't be very keen to fight in Grozny.... What about Makhachkala as the venue?

I really cannot imagine the beating Khabib Nurmagomedov is going to give to McGregor, but the problem is i never expected him to win against Aldo but he smoked him in seconds and when he was challenging Rafael dos Anjos for the title i was certain that he will smoke McGregor but that fight failed to materialized and finally when it came to Eddie Alvarez i thought he will defeat McGregor but the opposite happened, now my only hope is Khabib and Tony.
It would be the biggest fight in history if they fight in Russia, but with things are going it looks like they will face in Madison Square Garden by November, if McGregor really wanted to face Khabib.

Even if the fight is going to happen in Madison Square Garden, I expect Khabib to win. Right now he is in unbelievable form and no matter how talented McGregor is, he is going to have a tough time against the Russian anywhere in the world.

[crwth]

If the fight is in Russia, then I am afraid that Conor McGregor will be going back to Dublin in an ambulance (either dead or alive). Nurmagomedov is invincible in home conditions and it will be fun if the fight actually happens in Grozny.
Edit: Just remembered that Nurmagomedov is an Avar from Dagestan. He won't be very keen to fight in Grozny.... What about Makhachkala as the venue?

I really cannot imagine the beating Khabib Nurmagomedov is going to give to McGregor, but the problem is i never expected him to win against Aldo but he smoked him in seconds and when he was challenging Rafael dos Anjos for the title i was certain that he will smoke McGregor but that fight failed to materialized and finally when it came to Eddie Alvarez i thought he will defeat McGregor but the opposite happened, now my only hope is Khabib and Tony.
It would be the biggest fight in history if they fight in Russia, but with things are going it looks like they will face in Madison Square Garden by November, if McGregor really wanted to face Khabib.

Even if the fight is going to happen in Madison Square Garden, I expect Khabib to win. Right now he is in unbelievable form and no matter how talented McGregor is, he is going to have a tough time against the Russian anywhere in the world.

That's going to be really an interesting fight because of the matchup made with them. Hopefully they could give a great match for us to watch. Rooting for McGregor though.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

But we still have Tony and Khabib. Maybe one of them can win against Conor, who knows. I don't know if is will be the biggest fight in history if they ever fight in Russia, but hey, the 4 out of 5 top selling UFC PPV's was headlined by Conor(except #2 Lesnar vs Mir) and he still holds the record against Nate.

I think Tony and Khabib will beat Conor and then he could retire for good from MMA  or he will go down and challenge the 145 pound champion once again, but there is also a change that after two defeats he will call out Paulie for a boxing match. . Lesnar and Conor are the biggest pay per view stars and i think the record is with Lesnar .

[Jating]

But we still have Tony and Khabib. Maybe one of them can win against Conor, who knows. I don't know if is will be the biggest fight in history if they ever fight in Russia, but hey, the 4 out of 5 top selling UFC PPV's was headlined by Conor(except #2 Lesnar vs Mir) and he still holds the record against Nate.

I think Tony and Khabib will beat Conor and then he could retire for good from MMA  or he will go down and challenge the 145 pound champion once again, but there is also a change that after two defeats he will call out Paulie for a boxing match. . Lesnar and Conor are the biggest pay per view stars and i think the record is with Lesnar .

I still think that Khabib has a high chance to win and beat Conor more than Tony is. I have nothing against Tony, but Khabib is a different animal and can overwhelm Conor in my opinion.

As for the PPV records:

Event   Main Event                          Date                   PPV Buys
UFC 202   Diaz vs. McGregor   Aug 20, 2016      1,650,000

UFC 196   McGregor vs. Diaz   Mar 5, 2016      1,600,000

UFC 100   Lesnar (c) vs. Mir   Jul 11, 2009      1,600,000

UFC 205   Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor   Nov 12, 2016   1,300,000

UFC 194   Aldo (c) vs. McGregor   Dec 12, 2015      1,200,000

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UFC_records#Highest_Pay-Per-View_buys[citation_needed]

[Sithara007]

But we still have Tony and Khabib. Maybe one of them can win against Conor, who knows. I don't know if is will be the biggest fight in history if they ever fight in Russia, but hey, the 4 out of 5 top selling UFC PPV's was headlined by Conor(except #2 Lesnar vs Mir) and he still holds the record against Nate.

I think Tony and Khabib will beat Conor and then he could retire for good from MMA  or he will go down and challenge the 145 pound champion once again, but there is also a change that after two defeats he will call out Paulie for a boxing match. . Lesnar and Conor are the biggest pay per view stars and i think the record is with Lesnar .

Conor McGregor is only 29 and you want him to retire from the MMA if he loses to Khabib? But from what I have seen, if you lose just one match then your morale will take a hit and it is going to be very difficult to get back to the winning mode. This is what happened to Fedor Emelianenko after he lost that match to Fabrício Werdum.

[Baofeng]

But we still have Tony and Khabib. Maybe one of them can win against Conor, who knows. I don't know if is will be the biggest fight in history if they ever fight in Russia, but hey, the 4 out of 5 top selling UFC PPV's was headlined by Conor(except #2 Lesnar vs Mir) and he still holds the record against Nate.

I think Tony and Khabib will beat Conor and then he could retire for good from MMA  or he will go down and challenge the 145 pound champion once again, but there is also a change that after two defeats he will call out Paulie for a boxing match. . Lesnar and Conor are the biggest pay per view stars and i think the record is with Lesnar .

Conor McGregor is only 29 and you want him to retire from the MMA if he loses to Khabib? But from what I have seen, if you lose just one match then your morale will take a hit and it is going to be very difficult to get back to the winning mode. This is what happened to Fedor Emelianenko after he lost that match to Fabrício Werdum.

Maybe Fedor has made a lot of money back then that's why he retire or past his prime already that's why he decided to just call it quit. For Conor, I don't think we will retire, maybe @SaShiRaJaVu is joking when he said that. Although he can also do it because the fight with Floyd is his biggest payday up to date, saw him in youtube driving with a new and customized sports car, thanks to Floyd. lol.

[bbc.reporter]

@Baofeng. Fedor did not make a lot of money I reckon. Most MMA fighters of his era were not paid as high as they are paid in the UFC these days.

I expect Conor's retirement after making another $100 million from fighting Khabib and Nate Diaz hehe.

[Sithara007]

@Baofeng. Fedor did not make a lot of money I reckon. Most MMA fighters of his era were not paid as high as they are paid in the UFC these days.

I expect Conor's retirement after making another $100 million from fighting Khabib and Nate Diaz hehe.

$100 million is still quite small when you compare those to the earnings by professional boxers such as Floyd Mayweather and Gennady Golovkin. According to the latest stats, career earnings by Mayweather is well over $1 billion. And I really doubt whether Conor will get $100 million from two fights. My guess is much lower.