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He's been really influential in influencing me to dislike Conor McGregor.
not even mad, cuz you acutally put in work for your OP.they were crucial for the business back then, completely agree. Just saying it is in a completely different scale right now World > USA
thats because no one of them is influential by itsfelf
Said Sherdogger who signed up in or after 2013.
Not a diss , but how can someone who became a fan of MMA because of Conor have any perspective of influences before him? There is juts no perspective .
Many are only fans of Conor and NOT the sport of MMA, ya know the ones who say " hey I train UFC", have no idea of One FC, Bellator or most top Fighters or even Champs outside the FW, LW divisons.
Question being is Mac an influence on the sport of MMA or another Celebrity?
Will most of these fans go once Mac retires ?
How many only watch Conor fights and no other cards?
His celebrity IS HUGE. Not sure on the lasting effect on the sports growth. Even know look how sad PPVs are without him on a card .
Guys like Chuck, GSP, Forest, Fedor, Wanderlei and Silva enticed a huge amount of guys to start taking up MMA. Chuck influenced Conor for example , these guys moved the sport ahead in leaps and bounds from where it was before them. Sure Conor could have the same effect but take the base line of viewers from a before and after and look at straight percentages of growth of the sport and expansion.
Not sure if Conor is an anomaly , great fighter and world wide celebrity for sure.... But is he moving MMA forward?
Exactly, MMA fighting styles is/was influenced by "greater influencers" than McGregor.....like Royce Gracie, GSP, Sugar Ray, Saenchai (Muay Thai), etc.
I disagree but if that's your opinion, so be it.
He has:
- Entertaining fight style
- Big wins
- 2 title holder
- Biggest PPV events
- Biggest mainstream impact
- 1/2 of sherdog threads being about him
He has not:
- The biggest win streaks
- Title defenses
- The most well rounded style
- Unbeaten record
- Fights right now, very unactive
but thats not what this thread is about (because I know every Conor hater gonna say that)
The thread is about the most influential fighter in MMA history. It is Conor?
Yes he is really influencing young kids to be like him and drink a lot alcohol especially his whisky and fuck health life and training. That is what he was doing all this time since he won that fight against AlvarezHe has:
- Entertaining fight style
- Big wins
- 2 title holder
- Biggest PPV events
- Biggest mainstream impact
- 1/2 of sherdog threads being about him
He has not:
- The biggest win streaks
- Title defenses
- The most well rounded style
- Unbeaten record
- Fights right now, very unactive
but thats not what this thread is about (because I know every Conor hater gonna say that)
The thread is about the most influential fighter in MMA history. It is Conor?
Please. If you can't see how the landscape has been changed in both the octagon interviews and pre fight pressers, then you haven't been watching mma very long. There have always been trash talk, but not to the level McGregor took it, and nowhere near as ridiculous. Now everybody and their manager is talking on twitter or instagram.Everybody isn't now a trash talker. And Conor didn't invent trash talking. Holy fuck, man.
so Muhammad Ali is he most influential fighter in MMA history then
It's like saying Giussepe Meazza is more influential than Cristiano Ronaldo, total nonsense
He has:
- Entertaining fight style
- Big wins
- 2 title holder
- Biggest PPV events
- Biggest mainstream impact
- 1/2 of sherdog threads being about him
He has not:
- The biggest win streaks
- Title defenses
- The most well rounded style
- Unbeaten record
- Fights right now, very unactive
but thats not what this thread is about (because I know every Conor hater gonna say that)
The thread is about the most influential fighter in MMA history. It is Conor?