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Nyanimations wrote: @Justme28

Amen to that friend. That Lawler except is on point.

@CanadianOracle3301

I don't get the mentality of fighters asking for money fights nowadays.. Sure fighting is a risky profession to begin with and I can relate to that but those guys who got money fights back in the days were the guys who took risks, who put on the table.. Bisping's freezing of MW was unfortunate but he deserved that GSP fight, a big payday for a guy who hold the most wins in UFC (tied with GSP and Cerrone I think)

My point is that the dudes who got money fights are mostly the ones who earned it through their work and output.. But dudes nowadays ..cough.. Woodley.. cough.. are just asking for big fights without putting their effort to gain their reps. Using a mouth can get you so far but it's the skills and grit that are mattered in a long run.. at least that's my opinion..

P.S: Woodley is a smart dude for sure but his approach of minimizing risk by not taking the initiative (back on fence) is a total contrast to GSP's minimizing risk through total control by wrestling style.. No wonder people got mad.. Dude got skills to get the job done. If he weren't a champ, Wonderboy or even Maia could have been a champ right now..

People said Mcgregor introduced running with your mouth in UFC.. but I thinm that's not too accurate if you look into it.. There were guys like Chael for example back in the days.. (I think Chael nowadays is definitely better than before.. I hope he wins the HW belt.) who might be a better trash talker than Conor is.. But I think it's the 'combination' of trash talking AND skills (a little 1D but definitely skilled) that elevated Conor towards stardom... and beyond that it got irritating especially with his antics nowadays. But my point is that it takes more than just shit talking to the game unlike most fighters nowadays seem to think.. You hit the nail on the head. Connor talked a lot of shit, but then he would back it up in the octagon. If your skills and record don't match up with the enormous ego, your shit talking won't help. As far as Perry, I noticed he was a fake ass dude when he decided to say that he's "from" Orlando, FL. When he started out, he was tough kid from Flint, MI, that fought his way out the ghetto. I'm from Detroit, and have some friends in Flint, so he was like a local success from a rough background. All of the sudden, he ditched his roots, and reps Orlando. When someone goes from having nothing to being a "star", in a short time period, they can't always handle it. He's a clown now. Maybe he can put on a Mickey Mouse costume and work at Disney World, since he is from Orlando.