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Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 13:57
by tigermoth87
TheLeprechaun wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 10:59
Challenging a professional fighter to a fist fight is the honest thing to do? Are you an idiot? McGregor has trained in martial arts for about 20 years and is capable of killing a man with chokes and holds and you want some random Joe soap to come in and challenge him to a fist fight to sort a dispute out? Does this also extend to a young Tyson? A young George Foreman? You are suggesting that the average gangland thug should challenge them to a fight on the street to prove his manliness if they have a dispute?
If it's clear that they can't beat Connor in a straight fight they should accept that he's the bigger man and move on. Rather than throw their toys out of the pram and start threatening to shoot him and his family just because he gave a few of them a spanking.
Accept the loss and move on.
Threatening to shoot someone and their family so you don't lose face with Dan the Dagger Man from Dagenham is pathetic.
Accept the loss. If I started a bit of rough and tumble with someone and they beat me up, I wouldn't go and get a gun. I'd accept I got my arse kicked and move on with my life.
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 14:08
by Oiky
Tigermoth you are trying to talk rational about a world in which there is very little rhyme or reason
They've taken it as a liberty, they've asked 900k which tbh isn't all that much for McGregor, as a sort of apology and to bury the whole thing
We all know morally that what you are saying is right, but some people in the world will have it straight with you, others will cut you up or shoot you , that's how it is, so really and truly morals don't matter here, many men in big cities across the uk who can have a fight avoid certain men because they are wicked and spiteful and don't get down that way, it's nothing new
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 14:53
by TheLeprechaun
Where did you hear they asked for 900k?
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 16:33
by Deserter
lillywhite14 wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 13:44
Say one thing for the IRA, back in the day all these gangsters would have got their arses smacked and fvcked off back home, tail firmly between their legs.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19474261
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 16:37
by TheLeprechaun
I presume he's talking about the old school IRA
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 16:43
by Deserter
TheLeprechaun wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 16:37
I presume he's talking about the old school IRA
Yep, fair enough, but it's also demonstrative of how the balance of power has changed.
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 16:52
by BigRed
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 18:06
by coneye
mickeyb wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 10:22
BigRed wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 09:20
They've shot people dead here in Ireland for just being a relative of someone they've fallen out with. The last two years have been madness in Dublin. Google the hutch kinahan fued.
But without wanting to speak ill of the dead, that's 'just' criminals shooting other criminals, or those unfortunate enough to be related to them. Even if they're ordinary citizens, they're
ordinary citizens - you and I are pretty much unimportant to the media and government.
But if anything happened to a worldwide figure like Connor, we'd immediately be at 'something must be done about this' levels of moral outrage. At the very least, there would be police crawling over their activities worldwide, which makes it difficult to make money, which is ultimately the point of any criminal enterprise.
I've no doubt that they're scary so-and-sos, but I'm sure they're not stupid. They make money operating away from the spotlight. Like Oiky said, it's basically just a slightly less corrupt and seedy version of the Brexit negotiations!
Mickeys right , I doubt they will want all the bad publicity ,,, In fact if i was the boss i would be taxing the one who brought me all the bad publicity , because he could'nt handle a smack in the mouth
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 18:48
by Coco
I read it was the gangsters, the wig or something, dad who got punched.
Puts a different complexion on things, if he punched my dad, especially as the guy was a peacemaker, I would be damn upset
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 19:11
by Stuarty
Coco wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 18:48
I read it was the gangsters, the wig or something, dad who got punched.
Puts a different complexion on things, if he punched my dad, especially as the guy was a peacemaker, I would be damn upset
Would you want him dead though or would you just learn to live with it???
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 19:17
by Oiky
A normal every day man would learn to live with it perhaps, or give the fella a hiding at the most
A man who makes a living out of skullduggery will use it as an opportunity to try and extort money
I don't think any of them want McGregor dead, just trying to get money out of em
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 19:22
by Coco
Stuarty30 wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 19:11
Coco wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 18:48
I read it was the gangsters, the wig or something, dad who got punched.
Puts a different complexion on things, if he punched my dad, especially as the guy was a peacemaker, I would be damn upset
Would you want him dead though or would you just learn to live with it???
I wouldn't wear it if McGregor punched my old man for nothing
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 19:35
by Stuarty
Coco wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 19:22
Stuarty30 wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 19:11
Coco wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 18:48
I read it was the gangsters, the wig or something, dad who got punched.
Puts a different complexion on things, if he punched my dad, especially as the guy was a peacemaker, I would be damn upset
Would you want him dead though or would you just learn to live with it???
I wouldn't wear it if McGregor punched my old man for nothing
Ive scrapped with idiots for silly reasons since I was a daft wee boy. If someone walloped my old man I genuinely wouldn't make a thing of it! Perhaps I'd have a go if it was on the cards, but I wouldn't let myself get in to daft bother if it wasn't necessary.
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 19:49
by Coco
Even if your old man was a pensioner, who hadn't done anything, and the other fella was in his prime?
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 19:51
by banjo
As much as I despise gangsters why is this prick who's a multi millionaire getting involved in bar brawls? I don't watch MMA but I've seen several videos of this blinged up leprechaun acting like a right billy big bollocks and he's probably going to get his head kicked in at some point. He makes Mayweather look classy.
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 20:08
by Taansend
Tanzio wrote: ↑28 Nov 2017, 18:46
What are the odds this is a pre-planned and paid for marketing ploy? Probably worth the £900,000, business-wise.
Good point
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 20:12
by darkrobot
Isn't it a bit embarrassing for gangsters to be pleading compo for being beaten in a fist fight?
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 20:13
by Taansend
tigermoth87 wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 08:13
mickeyb wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 08:02
Ooo, the Boxrec Badmans will be getting a semi over this thread!
As big and scary as these fellas undoubtedly are, lets think this through. If they can make a semi-open threat against a figure as public as McGregor, and carry it through with impunity, what does that say about the rule of law in Ireland? How does that make the government look in the eyes of the world or, more importantly, the eyes of companies like Google and Intel, who put billions in the exchequer? poo like this doesn't fly in developed countries.
Doing gangster poo to other gangsters, or even ordinary people, is not really much of a concern to the powers that be, but I suspect that things could get a bit moody if it starts embarrassing the Irish government. It's one thing to put yourself outside the law, but quite another to put yourself above it. Only the establishment get to do that.
So yeah, my money is on nothing happening to McGregor.
Yeah.
Gangsters are all talk. They won't do anything to someone who will cause a poo storm.
Shoot Paddy the Greek and
Sunglasses Ron, who cares? The law and general public won't give a poo because it's just a few low life's off the street.
They'll bluster loudly swinging their knobs around but at the end of the day they won't do nothing.
Somebody shot Sunglasses Ron
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 20:35
by darkrobot
This sort of thing is exactly why I avoid nightclubs.
Love the name "Paddy the Greek" btw.
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 30 Nov 2017, 02:54
by lillywhite14
TheLeprechaun wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 16:37
I presume he's talking about the old school IRA
Yep, of course
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 30 Nov 2017, 03:00
by lillywhite14
Deserter wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 16:43
TheLeprechaun wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 16:37
I presume he's talking about the old school IRA
Yep, fair enough, but it's also demonstrative of how the balance of power has changed.
It’s a completely different type of ‘power’. Not even close to being in the same league. Reminds me a bit of the Australian gang war that took place a few years ago. 30 odd dead over a decade...there’s places where 30 get killed in a month over gang wars. Look at Mexico for example. Now that’s different level and makes these Irish chaps look like children in th playground.
It’s big news because there’s the usual characters, ( paddy the greek
) the media have jumped all over it in Ireland and to be honest, the Irish old bill seem like chancers at best!
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 30 Nov 2017, 04:31
by Deserter
lillywhite14 wrote: ↑30 Nov 2017, 03:00
Deserter wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 16:43
TheLeprechaun wrote: ↑29 Nov 2017, 16:37
I presume he's talking about the old school IRA
Yep, fair enough, but it's also demonstrative of how the balance of power has changed.
It’s a completely different type of ‘power’. Not even close to being in the same league. Reminds me a bit of the Australian gang war that took place a few years ago. 30 odd dead over a decade...there’s places where 30 get killed in a month over gang wars. Look at Mexico for example. Now that’s different level and makes these Irish chaps look like children in th playground.
It’s big news because there’s the usual characters, ( paddy the greek
) the media have jumped all over it in Ireland and to be honest, the Irish old bill seem like chancers at best!
Bit of a bizarre statement as there no real value in the comparison, there's just the reality for those involved. The fact is that the Dublin drug gangs have shown a clear willingness to murder as part of their 'trade' - if I was in their sights I wouldn't be able to take any comfort from the fact that Mexican drug gangs are killing on a larger scale.
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 30 Nov 2017, 05:27
by mickey1975
I hope people realise Paddy The Greek and Sunglasses Ron are a pun referencing Only Fools And Horses!
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 30 Nov 2017, 05:30
by Deserter
mickey1975 wrote: ↑30 Nov 2017, 05:27
I hope people realise Paddy The Greek and Sunglasses Ron are a pun referencing Only Fools And Horses!
You shouldn't have said Mickey, it would have been more fun watching it play out
Re: Conor McGregor “Dublin Brawl”
Posted: 30 Nov 2017, 05:34
by Coco
Don't forget Big Dave!