Conor McGregor Is 'Muhammad Ali Of UFC

[Gunther12345]

Katie Taylor is going to great lengths to compare fellow countryman Conor McGregor to “The Greatest.”

In a recent interview with “The MMA Hour,” the Olympic gold medalist and undisputed lightweight champion Taylor (20-0, 6 KOs) said McGregor deserves more credit for his accolades than he’s received.

“I messaged [McGregor] after the Dustin Poirier fight, just to offer some words of encouragement really,” said Taylor. “He’s always been a fantastic support to me, but I think he’s just someone who’s actually transcended the sport. He’s like, for me, the Muhammad Ali of the UFC. He’s just a fantastic athlete. A great businessman as well. But what he’s done in the sport and the UFC has been absolutely incredible, and I don’t think he’s celebrated as much as he should be here in Ireland. I think he is an absolute global superstar and just a phenomenal athlete, and he’s always been a complete gentleman toward me.”

https://www.boxingscene.com/katie-t...-ali-ufc-isnt-celebrated-much-ireland--163089


Not sure I agree....

no its a crime to compare someone as trash as mcstretcher, a horrible character, a racist, an abusive man to a legend like Ali.

 

[Busgosu]

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*Nope

 

[KillerIsBack V2]

Oh ok. So support means blowjobs, right?

no dummy, [child] support
nobody gets pregnant from a bj.

 

[tymikeson]

I beleive he has transended the sport like Ali did but in a totally opposite way

A better comparison would be Connor and Dennis Rodman- Not the best player, but a very very good player who transended the sport of basketball in a controversial perplexing way. Everyone knows Rodman, basketball fan or not. For a couple years rodman was as popular (or more popular) than Jordan globally.

 

[VinceArch]

You realise Ali cherry picked his opponents as well right…..

Ali didn't hide from Frazier or Ken Norton and Ali also defended his belt. I know Conor is one of your favorites and all but don't get in a huff just cause I'm stating facts.

 

[sherdogwantedtonamemekiki]

Yeah ok.

You will taste the Phoenix's taint.

 

[Anaconda99]

Ali had Irish blood in him so not even the greatest Irishman.

 

[StonedLemur]

You will taste the Phoenix's taint.

LMFAO!!!!!

 

[sherdogwantedtonamemekiki]

LMFAO!!!!!

 

[DebtCollectorMMA]

Conor is more comparable to Bruce Lee
Jake Paul on the other hand reminds me of a Prime Ali time and time again

 

[StonedLemur]

Unpopular Opinion: Conor McGregor surpasses Muhammad Ali as the most influential combat sports athlete.

That's the funniest comment on this thread.
As a matter of fact, it transcends this thread...in a negative way.

 

[StonedLemur]

 

[LoneStalker]

Conor wankers.

 

[Chagaev]

Ali was a great boxer, but the rest of his story is iconic only because the US media machine spread it all over the World.

Conor is a succesful dude from potatoe land. He took a bum sport to a higher level in sales and exposure, though he was a balding midget.

He did it while playing the villain, a gross and crude character and that just isn't something to still sell after 50 years. But it was the best recipe for making money available in his time, I have no noubt that if this happened when IRA, Sinn Fein or whatever needed a hero they would have shaped his character and story accordingly.

 

[teamfox223]

I don't think so, when talking about boxing goats Ali is always at least in the conversation. Talking about mma goats conors name will never be in talk. His a guy that made shir load of money, congrats to him but that's about it.

 

[Stump]

Roughly similr to Ali in terms of starpower and smack-talking? Sure. Not equal to Ali to by any stretch of the imagination, but he's the closest MMA has to Ali in terms of sport-transcending popularity and in terms of over-the-top, confident trash talk that impacts opponents.

But even in these two things, Conor is a pale comparison to Ali and in many other important ways, Conor is nothing like the Greatest of All Time.

Simply put, Ali was a great man and one of the best athlete's in sports history, whereas Conor is a top MMA fighter with a serious history of shitty behavior. I have a really hard time imagining Ali throwing a trolley at a bus, punching an elderly dude or saying the kinds of over-the-top downright nasty things that Conor regularly says.

Ali accomplished far, far more than Conor has inside the ring and outside. It's not even close.

 

[EYEKICKFACES]

He's not Muhammad Ali, he's a national disgrace to Ireland and makes the entire Irish ethnicity cringe.

Ali helped put an end to the worst, most vile criminal action of the cold war era when he stood against the Vietnam war.

McGregor isn't even Rick Flair

LOL at thinking Muhammad Ali had anything to do with ending the Vietnam war. Sherdorks are always great for a laugh!

 

[Quietus]

Did Ali face multiple sexual assault allegations and settle them out of court to protect his reputation? Conor is the Harvey Weinstein of MMA.

 

[Athlas]

She's right. He transcends the sport, for better or worse. People who don't know what MMA is still know who Conor McGregor is.

The typical response on here to anything even remotely complimentary about Conor is to just take what was said completely out of context, twist the meaning and have a clichéd rant about punching old men or cocaine or something. It's impossible to have a rational discussion about the man.

No one gives a shit about McGregor outside of North America and Ireland.

 

[hunt0]

Except Conor is actually a good person