Banjo wrote:Can somebody explain to me why people like McGregor? I can understand getting sucked into the hype of his fights, he's good at shit-stirring and building a buzz, but there are people that seem to genuinely like and admire him and I cannot fathom why. He's an otherwordly prick.
He's Irish which is always popular in the USA, his fighting style is based on striking rather than wrestling and he usually finishes a fight before the end of the 2nd round and apart from Diaz and Khabib, no one in the UFC has provided a serious challenge to him. He's also very quick witted and great at trash talking and some of the trash talk prior t to Diaz fight was often very accurate in predicting the fight outcome. Being polite and well mannered doesn't really help to hype up a fight.
And I think many people like his gooseberry fool stirring too. What you think makes him a prick is what the majority of the UFC audience love about him.