UFC - thread

That's not true. Anybody I've talked to wants Ian to do well even if they don't like his personality. It's not a popularity contest it's MMA and Irish People generally support their own unless they're a scumbag. So far Garry hasn't shown any signs of being a scumbag. The hate he seems to get is childish.

His back story just isn't interesting.

He comes from a very middle-class upbringing in Portmarnock, it's not exactly a rags to riches story.

He obviously doesn't have the hype train behind him, that helped Mcgregor.

And in ireland he didn't come from 'working class' on the dole with a loveable rogue character and major charisma, Garry is more of a Rugby type head who was trying to act like he's from the street and trying to be like McGregor, think that's what put a lot of onlookers off him a little. We are very much a class driven society and it suits us better when people stay in their own lane  (you sometimes see it in rugby where players not from public school background it becomes a talking point).

In addition in McGregor's case, it wasn't just the Irish who loved or hated him it was the UFC fans globally who were/are tapped in to that. He became a global superstar very quickly.  

Garry is maybe a bit more of a slowburn and he hasn't really tore through his opponents in the same way either as mcgregor did, most of his fights he was in a bit of jeopardy until the one the other night. But that could be a bit of a springboard. I know my UFC liking mates we are all in the same boat that we want him to do well like and if he starts getting those big fights and gets into the top contender position then I'm sure a lot of the Irish support will row in behind him like they would any good Irish contender in sport.

But mcgregor was on a different level and almost Jesus like for some!,