Conor McGregor ‘Had Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Record Primed’
After a self-imposed ‘retirement’ of two days and his removal off the biggest card of the year, outraged UFC superstar Conor McGregor took his spat with his employers to an all-new level today (Mon., May 2, 2015) when he unleashed a vicious Twitter tirade that had heads turning (and laughing) everywhere.
Perhaps one of the most noteworthy quotes that may have gotten lost in the tirade, which appears to possibly be losing ‘The Notorous’ some fans online, was that after suggesting ‘no one gave a f*ck’ about UFC 200’s lineup, he told a fan he had the card heading for legendary status by supposedly approaching May 2015’s awaited boxing match between all-time greats Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao:
I do not. I had the May/Pac record primed, ready to place MMA at the undisputed top. But it was not to be. #Press https://t.co/rmCxw6DX7y
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 2, 2016
Another fan then stated that UFC 100 holds the record for pay-per-view (PPV) buys with a largely accepted 1.6 million in 2009, but McGregor also refute that by stating he had beat that number by 400,000 buys for his highly watched loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196 in March:
I do not. I had the May/Pac record primed, ready to place MMA at the undisputed top. But it was not to be. #Press https://t.co/rmCxw6DX7y
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 2, 2016
Finally McGregor ended his eye-peeling rant with the scintillating suggestion that because of his unwillingness to leave his training camp in Iceland to be at press events Stateside, he had actually stirred up way more press in process; a view that’s tough to argue with:
Call me No press.Most press.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 2, 2016
