The whole of Ireland latched onto this fella after his first fight. In fairness he did come across as a real salt of the earth cheeky Dub. A real feel good story as we were still battling austerity and the international shame of the IMF clipping our nuts. Like italia 90 - there was hope. We were arriving on the world stage again.
What he became, well, only a few coked up fake hard lads could stand by that and they largely did.
If Conor once came across as an alright sort, now he just comes across his victims.
The general theme was he was fairly hated on here anyway. I donāt really recall any fight before the Aldo one now which was definitely a big enough event.
Thatās why youāre a proper role model to me (& many others) on TFK. Despite your advancing years, youāre constantly growing & organically too. Challenging yourself, pivoting away from harmful pastimes, being a force for good & a positive influence on the next generation.
I used to fear becoming one of those lads (like @Fran) who hits his mid 40s & becomes a hardline conservative almost overnight. Setting up side groups to discuss The Larry Gogan Experience podderās 12 hour interview with Elon Musk. You show all of us thereās another way.
Dead poster @Sidney tells me that he always saw UFC and the people that were fans of it as the real enemy, that Conor McGregor was merely the canary in the coalmine of a terrifying rise of the idiots.
McGregor was the hero of people who liked to look into a mirror and grunt with immense vibration through the throat, like a dinosaur. Neanderthals. Terminally online simpletons who long to exist in the 1640s, as long as they can bring their smartphones with them.
McGregor could not have existed without them. He was the product of them. They enabled him.
A huge amount of the aforementioned types of people are also huge Liverpool fans. Id be almost certain that if you took all of McGregors fans either then or now a massive proportion would be either Liverpool or united fans with slightly more Liverpool as they are slightly more popular in general in Ireland.
