I think the post-match events were a huge disgrace to the sport in general. A champion shouldn't act like Khabib did, whatever McGregor did. The victory already proves a point, no need to prove anything more after the fact. What McGregor said and did before the match was a disgrace and Khabib just went along with it. Most people who aren't into MMA already see pro MMA fighters as meatheads and this only proves their prejudice for them.
I doubt this is a publicity stunt, because it's such a hit on the sport. If Dana would rather profit marginally from a rematch by staining the reputation of the sport he has been building up for a long time, it just seems low. Despite how he has been making money off of McGregor's antics.
I think your predictions are close to what will end up happening. Because in the end Dana won't want to lose either of these fighters. So either Dana is in on it all or then Dana will eventually swallow his pride for profit. I guess in the end it's just the same difference.
spot on. Myself and many of my friends who are avid fans of the sport always cheer against trash talkers who have turned this sport into the WWE. The promos are more important than the matches. Not to mention the fact that ACTUAL WWE fighters are given matches they do not deserve simply because of the hype (Lesner was a bit of an exception but the entire CM Punk thing was just plain dumb - and we all ate it up too)
Fighters like Chael Sonnen (probably spelled that wrong) getting a title fight against Anderson Silva when at the time he wasn't even in the top 10 is completely unfair to the 9 other guys in line. Why did he get this fight? Because he is good on the microphone and was talking trash.
I'm carrying on too much.... i should have just said that I agree with everything you wrote :)
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