McGregor is not bigger than the UFC, and is definitely not the driving force behind UFC 200. UFC fans and (fight fans in general) are looking forward to the card, with or without McGregor. Mainly, it seems the people getting worked up about McGregor’s absence are people that probably weren't buying the fight anyways.

So you're saying the Patriots were preparing for this ruling... It'll be fun to note how the organization publically responds.

Pretty simple (easy for me to say) blueprint:

“If they don’t need the UFC anymore—if they won’t kowtow to the UFC’s demands—that’s a nightmare scenario. If a fighter gains that kind of leverage, why, that might slightly detract from money the UFC could make! The horror!”

Sounds like sorcery to me.

"An one-hundred-fifty foot section" - if you prefer.

How does Conor have them by the dick, anyways? If they don't give into him, sure they'll lose him in one main event, but McGregor is the one that won't be able to fight anymore, correct?

Woo! 2016 Olympics! Can't wait!

Three fights a year comprises at least 9 months of rigorous work in the gym. Add in all the promo appearances and that's it, UFC is their life. They're only break is the week or two of recovery following a fight. Which in most cases, isn't a very enjoyable break.

This is less about the money than his contractual obligation. I didn’t see anything in his comments that led me to believe he was trying to leverage more money out of the UFC...

As a Brewers fan, I get great satisfaction from this series, even if the Cubs happened to be the beneficiaries in the last two games.

This will end well.

I can probably name about two or three "legitimate" cocktails. Meanwhile, there are endless combinations of liquor + soft drink. Who really cares?

So... hearing racist taunts in person is fine, as long as its not broadcast to the TV audience?

I can't wait to see which team excitedly ponies up max money to bring in locker room cancer / contract albatross Dwight Howard next year.

Pretty sure the only black player I've ever heard of is on this list...

What about Columbian or Venezualan?

I assume the Clippers won, since they were up about 19 with 3 minutes left and they deployed the Hack-A-Jordan. Instantly switched to Family Guy and Impractical Jokers re-runs. That shit needs to stop before they drive away more fans.

Funny, I don't remember collision detection being so forgiving when I played Mario. I paused the video when he was jumping the plants coming out of the pipes. Definitely looked like they made contact. Saw him cut it close by the goombas and koopa troopas as well.

No one cares but sad old nostalgia buffs. Dude's last game was what, 70 years ago? Who alive gives two shits about it? There may be recency bias towards Kobe today, but there's also a large number of people that prop up ancient history and poo poo any recent achievement.