Conor McGregor will become the first UFC fighter ever to make a guaranteed $1 million in purse money tonight at UFC 196. The purse was disclosed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
However, the 27 year-old will most likely be making much more t…
Conor McGregor will become the first UFC fighter ever to make a guaranteed $1 million in purse money tonight at UFC 196. The purse was disclosed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
However, the 27 year-old will most likely be making much more tonight with his Reebok sponsorship, pay-per-view points, as well as a cut of the gate. He told CNBC earlier this week that he’ll be making much an immense amount of money tonight.
“I’m going to breeze past the $10 million mark,” McGregor told CNBC.
McGregor is set to face Nate Diaz tonight in front of a massive crowd in Las Vegas tonight. Diaz will be making $500,000 in purse tonight. According to Bleacher Report, Dana White said earlier this week that we could expect a $7.6 million gate which would be the third-highest in UFC history. Stay tuned to mmanews.com for the latest results in tonight’s card!
Following Saturday night’s UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC held the official post-fight press conference.
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Following Saturday night’s UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC held the official post-fight press conference.
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As “The Notorious” Conor McGregor makes his walk to the Octagon on Saturday evening to fight Nate Diaz in a welterweight bout inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, it could be the beginning of the end of McGregor’s reign as the UFC’s …
As “The Notorious” Conor McGregor makes his walk to the Octagon on Saturday evening to fight Nate Diaz in a welterweight bout inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, it could be the beginning of the end of McGregor’s reign as the UFC’s second-ever 145-pound champion. That’s what UFC President Dana White seems to be predicting at least.
“I think if [McGregor] wins impressively [Saturday], he doesn’t even go back to [145 pounds],” the UFC President said on Friday in Las Vegas. “That’s what I think. That weight cut is horrible for him. He looks terrible. I’m sure he feels terrible. I think he stays at 170 if he wins tomorrow.”
If White is correct and McGregor does stay at 170 pounds, where he will be fighting for the first time tonight against the younger Diaz brother, it would likely mean the end of his reign as UFC Featherweight Champion without ever having defended the title since capturing it from the previous champion and the only other man in UFC history to hold that particular title, Jose Aldo.
According to White, however, if McGregor does stay at 170 or doesn’t drop back below 155 due to the atrociously hard cut down to 145 pounds, vacating the UFC Featherweight title will be a “non-issue.”
“That would be a non-issue if he doesn’t go back and he understands that,” White said. “Listen, when you’re dealing with Conor McGregor, he’s a smart guy. He gets business. He’s not unreasonable about anything and he will fight anybody, anywhere at any time. How can anybody have a problem with that?
“When you’re dealing with super talented people, they’re always going to be quirky and different in their own ways. But no matter what you are, when you act and fight and step up for anything the way Conor does, you can’t deny the kid.”
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The “Notorious” Conor McGregor looked like a completely different man at last night’s (March 4, 2016) UFC 196 weigh-ins compared to his previous weigh-ins. That’s because the Irishman will be taking on Nate Diaz in a welterweight battle, two whole weight classes up from his usual home at featherweight. Fighting at 170-pounds as opposed to
The “Notorious” Conor McGregor looked like a completely different man at last night’s (March 4, 2016) UFC 196 weigh-ins compared to his previous weigh-ins.
That’s because the Irishman will be taking on Nate Diaz in a welterweight battle, two whole weight classes up from his usual home at featherweight.
Fighting at 170-pounds as opposed to 145-pounds, McGregor looks happier, fuller, and much healthier.
With that being said, he does still indeed hold the featherweight title, although it seems more and more likely that he’ll never defend that strap, at least according to UFC President Dana White (Via MMAFighting):
“I think if he wins impressively [Saturday], he doesn’t even go back to 45,” White said at Mandalay Bay’s Light nightclub. “That’s what I think. That weight cut is horrible for him. He looks terrible. I’m sure he feels terrible. I think he stays at 170 if he wins tomorrow.”
McGregor, on the other hand, feels as if it would be no problem dropping back down to featherweight. That is if an interesting challenger were to arise:
“I can go back to 145 no problem,” McGregor said. “Who is there, though? Let me see some of these damn bums get up and fight and make some noise. I just hear crying, complaining, please, begging — all this sh*t. I don’t see nothing appealing. They need to build themselves up right now. I’m sitting pretty. I’m sitting up here. They need to fight and make some noise, make me stand up and sy, OK, I’ll take him on. That’s what I need to see, because right now I see a bunch of complainers, whiners.”
How do you see tonight’s fight playing out, and what do you believe the future holds for the Irishman?
UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz, who as announced by UFC President Dana White during Friday’s excellent UFC “Unstoppable” press conference will competing in the long-awaited rubber-match against Urijah Faber in the co-main event of UFC 199 in J…
UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz, who as announced by UFC President Dana White during Friday’s excellent UFC “Unstoppable” press conference will competing in the long-awaited rubber-match against Urijah Faber in the co-main event of UFC 199 in June, recently spoke with Luke Thomas of MMAFighting.com about tonight’s UFC 196 main event.
As usual, “The Dominator” gave an incredibly technical breakdown of tonight’s welterweight headline attraction between UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz.
Regarding Diaz having a more storied background against southpaws than McGregor, Cruz offered the following analysis.
“The beautiful thing about this fight is that he’s a southpaw. How many rounds do you think Diaz has against southpaws, comparatively speaking, to the people McGregor has faced in the past?
One, he’s trained with his brother his entire life, who is a southpaw. Two, his brother’s bigger than him, stronger than him and big brothered him, so he’s used to being bullied. He’s used to being talked to in a demeaning manner. He’s used to everything Conor McGregor does because his brother Nick Diaz does the same thing to him day in, day out. There’s nothing that Conor McGregor could do him that his older brother hasn’t already done to him, I promise you if you know Nick.
That’s a huge step in the right direction to begin with because the mental battle isn’t nearly the same as it’s been for all of McGregor’s past opponents. Besides that, the reach doesn’t become as big of an issue also because when you face a southpaw vs. conventional fighter, the conventional fighter gives up range because of the foot placement. When you’ve got a southpaw vs. a southpaw, that evens up just like a conventional fighter vs. conventional fighter. So, that counter left hand that Conor’s so good at, it’s not taken away, but you don’t have to reach as much as his past opponents did.
You got an Aldo who you’re fighting and he has to reach in order to land the left hook, no matter what. That’s one entire side of your body that if you decide to reach with, you’re going to get countered every single time against a southpaw. None of those counter options are there against Diaz for McGregor and that’s one of his biggest weapons.”
Cruz also explained why McGregor’s motion, use of negative space and angles will be his path to victory inside the Octagon on Saturday night.
“That’s his path to winning, to be honest. It’s exactly what we were just saying a second ago. Conor does have an eye for the way that fighters are moving. What I mean by the way fighters are moving is the lines that they’re basing their styles on.
This is the best way I can explain it to the general public. If you’re racing a 700 horsepower Corvette with rear-wheel drive versus and all-wheel drive car, which can take turns because it’s all-wheel drive, the all-wheel drive car is always going to win if there’s turns involved in the race. If it’s a straight line, you might take the muscle car because it doesn’t take as much moving and it doesn’t take as much traction and as much control. But if you’re on a bobbing, weaving course that’s going to have turns, you’re going to want the all-wheel drive car. Every single time.
Conor McGregor turns these fights into windy, turny road, so that you’re forced to not be able to race on a one-way straight, narrow route. What Conor’s doing is he’s making what used to be a straight drag race into a race with a bunch of turns and curves and stops and gos. What that does is it breaks rhythm and it forces the person who’s driving that car or the person who is fighting in that body to deal with way more than just a straight line.
Conor’s movement is the key to why he’s been doing so well. And the reason why it’s been a key is because he sees the basics of everybody else that he’s fought is moving on. They’re moving in straight lines: forward and back. It’s a drag race car. You’re dealing with somebody who’s making a lot of turns.
He uses the fact that you can only go in a straight line against you. He has all these other options when you basically have to stay in a straight line. How do you beat somebody who can turn, brake on a dime, do all these other things when all you can do is go straight and backwards as fast as possible?”
UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz, who as announced by UFC President Dana White during Friday’s excellent UFC “Unstoppable” press conference will competing in the long-awaited rubber-match against Urijah Faber in the co-main event of UFC 199 in J…
UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz, who as announced by UFC President Dana White during Friday’s excellent UFC “Unstoppable” press conference will competing in the long-awaited rubber-match against Urijah Faber in the co-main event of UFC 199 in June, recently spoke with Luke Thomas of MMAFighting.com about tonight’s UFC 196 main event.
As usual, “The Dominator” gave an incredibly technical breakdown of tonight’s welterweight headline attraction between UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz.
Regarding Diaz having a more storied background against southpaws than McGregor, Cruz offered the following analysis.
“The beautiful thing about this fight is that he’s a southpaw. How many rounds do you think Diaz has against southpaws, comparatively speaking, to the people McGregor has faced in the past?
One, he’s trained with his brother his entire life, who is a southpaw. Two, his brother’s bigger than him, stronger than him and big brothered him, so he’s used to being bullied. He’s used to being talked to in a demeaning manner. He’s used to everything Conor McGregor does because his brother Nick Diaz does the same thing to him day in, day out. There’s nothing that Conor McGregor could do him that his older brother hasn’t already done to him, I promise you if you know Nick.
That’s a huge step in the right direction to begin with because the mental battle isn’t nearly the same as it’s been for all of McGregor’s past opponents. Besides that, the reach doesn’t become as big of an issue also because when you face a southpaw vs. conventional fighter, the conventional fighter gives up range because of the foot placement. When you’ve got a southpaw vs. a southpaw, that evens up just like a conventional fighter vs. conventional fighter. So, that counter left hand that Conor’s so good at, it’s not taken away, but you don’t have to reach as much as his past opponents did.
You got an Aldo who you’re fighting and he has to reach in order to land the left hook, no matter what. That’s one entire side of your body that if you decide to reach with, you’re going to get countered every single time against a southpaw. None of those counter options are there against Diaz for McGregor and that’s one of his biggest weapons.”
Cruz also explained why McGregor’s motion, use of negative space and angles will be his path to victory inside the Octagon on Saturday night.
“That’s his path to winning, to be honest. It’s exactly what we were just saying a second ago. Conor does have an eye for the way that fighters are moving. What I mean by the way fighters are moving is the lines that they’re basing their styles on.
This is the best way I can explain it to the general public. If you’re racing a 700 horsepower Corvette with rear-wheel drive versus and all-wheel drive car, which can take turns because it’s all-wheel drive, the all-wheel drive car is always going to win if there’s turns involved in the race. If it’s a straight line, you might take the muscle car because it doesn’t take as much moving and it doesn’t take as much traction and as much control. But if you’re on a bobbing, weaving course that’s going to have turns, you’re going to want the all-wheel drive car. Every single time.
Conor McGregor turns these fights into windy, turny road, so that you’re forced to not be able to race on a one-way straight, narrow route. What Conor’s doing is he’s making what used to be a straight drag race into a race with a bunch of turns and curves and stops and gos. What that does is it breaks rhythm and it forces the person who’s driving that car or the person who is fighting in that body to deal with way more than just a straight line.
Conor’s movement is the key to why he’s been doing so well. And the reason why it’s been a key is because he sees the basics of everybody else that he’s fought is moving on. They’re moving in straight lines: forward and back. It’s a drag race car. You’re dealing with somebody who’s making a lot of turns.
He uses the fact that you can only go in a straight line against you. He has all these other options when you basically have to stay in a straight line. How do you beat somebody who can turn, brake on a dime, do all these other things when all you can do is go straight and backwards as fast as possible?”
