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Boxer Floyd Mayweather called Conor McGregor a gay slur (the f one)
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CebollaDeAbbott
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There is more then one person in any given sport. We have some wonderful people in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts who have given plenty to our community and are humble, fantastic people.
It is unfortunate that these two are the biggest stars currently, as they have proven themselves to both be rubbish these past few days. But unfortunately, controversy creates cash.
What the hell
Bobby Roberts
Banned
As we found out in the "Dancing Monkeys' thread, a lot of people who are apparently interested in (or are thinking of pitching in on) this PPV do not know just how shitty either of these guys are, as evidenced by how many people immediately jumped to the end of the thread (whenever it was) and asked the same 3 or 4 questions that could have only been asked if they were still ignorant as to what fucking shitbirds these two were.
So someone might be interested up until they find out they're paying the two of them $100 for the opportunity to watch a woman-beating homophobic racist fuck up a homophobic racist in what is guaranteed to be an uninteresting disappointment that will offer nothing even remotely interesting or entertaining to watch even if you can divorce all their moral repugnancy from the physical act of their fighting, because whatever is going to go down in that ring is going to suck.
If you're carefully training yourself not to use certain words that were once a common part of your vocabulary, I can see how being stressed, tired, and agitated could cause you to lose focus and backslide into outdated slurs. Not that that really excuses this in any fashion though.
I read it more as "These guys have been trying to trash talk each other for days now and have run out of ways to up the ante, so this one asshole just decided to drop a nasty slur."
Gatekeeping has reached a new insane level.
Psychoward
Banned
Yeah I mean not every fighter is an asshole obviously but let's also not pretend that there isn't a huge toxic masculinity problem in sports and fighting especially.
It means outside of a gaming forum, no body gives a shit? lol
So do transformers movies.
Uno Venova
Banned
Okay, I still don't expect that to change the minds of people who had their money set on buying this fight, but there's no way to prove that one way or the other.
Whether the fight entertains him and/or him & the people he's watching the fight with remains to be seen.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Explain how that was "gatekeeping."
If they are fans of either MMA or professional boxing, it will not entertain them. It will be a sham. A disappointing, ugly, stupid sham.
The Jazz Cabbage Master
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Psychoward
Banned
That's pretty sad don't ya think
It's not like it's even gonna be a good fight
People are gonna line the pockets of tremendous assholes just to watch a garbage fight that has a lot of shitty hype behind it
Uno Venova
Banned
I guess you're not really going to accept any other view on how the fight will turn out going forward in this thread?
TemplaerDude
Member
Interesting press tour.
I will not be watching this fight.
I will not be watching this fight.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I'm going to disagree with people who think this will be even remotely interesting/entertaining from a fight perspective, absolutely. I can accept that someone else might be hopeful that the opposite might turn out, sure. But I don't see any reason for me to accept their view as a plausible one.
velociraptor
Junior Member
Ah yes, let us be offended that combat athletes are using racial or sexist slurs - but it's ok if they beat the shit out of each other.
Let's be honest - they're both cussing each other and it's nothing more than that.
I don't see why everyone is microanalysing their words.
Let's be honest - they're both cussing each other and it's nothing more than that.
I don't see why everyone is microanalysing their words.
Naw literally everyone I've talked to about this at my MMA gym (even the pros) are entertained by this, and we have the most successful team in Asia.
I'm sure nobody here is expecting a competitive fight but it'll be entertaining. Even if Conor gets TKOd in a few seconds, it'll sill be hilarious. Freak Shows happen all of the time. They're never this big though.
What makes you think the fight will not be interesting? I don't follow boxing or MMA or fighting in general, but it sounds like it will be interesting at least from an outsider's perspective. You have 1 fighter that will be way out of his element, and 1 fighter that's at the end of his career. Either one could slip up and take some major damage.
Then again, I turned up for Maywhether/Pacquiao and that was kind of a bust. Maywhether may just play defense for the whole fight again.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Bobby Roberts
Banned
The most successful team in Asia has an astoundingly low bar for entertainment I guess.
I mean, I dunno what to say there. It's gonna be a shit fight. Using your best/worst case scenario for ridiculousness: a 3 second KO freak show for a $100? That's a bad investment, to me. I dunno.
It's not really any micro to this analysis, man. One side features a guy calling a black man boy and making references to dancing monkeys. Other side is a woman beater homophobe who is... also a racist.
You don't need to take a microscope to a dumpster to determine there's trash inside.
You ever play street fighter with someone that hits block the whole time? That's maywhethr.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Same people stanning this fight were stanning the Pacquiao fight (another bout between two homophobes) before it happened. If you recall how that went down, most were saying how disappointed they were in its quality halfway in, let alone by the end of the fight. I'm glad of it, too
The new one (with racism in it) isn't even on pace to make $650 mil, and is a big disappointment. I'm glad of it, too
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
What did he mean by this?
Member
Any sympathy against Connors racist shit flew out the window huh?
Is that how this works Yahoo Sports?
Is that how this works Yahoo Sports?
$100 isn't anything. Especially for an entire gym.
Plus freak-shows are what Japanese MMA is built on so that'd mean the average Japanese fan has a low bar for entertainment.
Im certain that I could find a shitload of legit fighters around the world who are interested in this. You have to be a casual fan if you have no idea how popular freak shows can be.
This thread is full of "both sides" posts that if anyone in the last thread made, people got pissed.
How interesting.
Look mate, I think a lot of people are going to watch it for the 'what if'' between these fighters. I am one of those guys. MMA vs Boxer, it has never happened.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Okay but at this point you're basically just making an argument for freak shows period. Not fighting.
Which takes me back to what I said to Samar earlier - if you just wanna throw money at a freak show, there are probably better options that are going to be way more entertaining, is all I'm saying. Like a lot of the Japanese MMA you're referencing. I'm talking about this specific freak show. Which is bound to be a horrible disappointment even for people setting the bar in the fuckin' floor. If you wanna throw cash at a freak show, there are likely any number of opportunities to do so that that also don't end up lining the pockets of people whose shriveled hearts pump garbage water.
Where was that dude who said I was gatekeeping, anyway. That shit doesn't make any sense. I'm not saying people aren't good enough to be MMA fans or boxing fans. I'm not saying they're bad fans who don't deserve to call themselves as such. I'm not saying they're not good enough to wear the label of fan, and I'm not saying they should pass some sort of fan purity test before they allow themselves to watch an MMA fight.
I'm saying they should refund their money if they've already paid into this bullshit because it's going to be a trash fight between trash people and even if you love a freakshow there are probably other freakshows that don't financially reward known human waste.
Northernlights
Member
Hopefully they give each other brain damage
Prophaniti
Banned
This seems unnecessary
Prophaniti
Banned
Lmao thats true. Technical fighters aren't fun to watch if you aren't into the sport. Doesn't stop him from being one of the greatest of all time though.
Shock and awe really..total and complete surprise.
He comes off as such a nice quiet godly child.
Seriously though I ook forward to the next thread the next time one of them opens their mouth because it is apparent that they are good enough at what they do that people can't help themselves. Posts, texts, tweets. Facebook messages....all $$$.
They play on the human Pavlovian response to drama, and also the need for it and people just can't help themselves.
He comes off as such a nice quiet godly child.
Seriously though I ook forward to the next thread the next time one of them opens their mouth because it is apparent that they are good enough at what they do that people can't help themselves. Posts, texts, tweets. Facebook messages....all $$$.
They play on the human Pavlovian response to drama, and also the need for it and people just can't help themselves.
Prophaniti
Banned
I wonder how many serious athletes and Olympians would disagree. It's a shame a few total assholes have painted the whole sport like this. I get it. Just as a fan of boxing it's disappointing.
Ohh I thought you were just saying this event couldn't be entertaining at all to someone who knows about fighting. My bad lol. I was confused because I've seen people having fun when shitty James Toney thought he could beat MMA fighters at MMA.
I'm sure any fan casual enough to expect a legit fight is gonna be disappointed. Even if they were great people this would be a dumb fight to waste any money on.
But I know any legit fan of Floyd wouldn't care about him saying some slurs. He's built his image on being an asshole. Maybe you could convince some of Conor's fans though, alot of people have no idea about him outside of his fights and him being Irish.
Mr.Shrugglesã
Banned
I hope they both just end each other.
Not their careers, but their lives.
Like they literally kill each other in the boxing ring.
Be the animals they claim to be, uncivilized things.
Not their careers, but their lives.
Like they literally kill each other in the boxing ring.
Be the animals they claim to be, uncivilized things.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Mr.Shrugglesツ;243492291 said:
this seems a bit over the top