You can imagine how this is going down with detractors of the event.
Consider it from their point of view just for a bloody second.
Not only does Conor McGregor have no boxing record. Not only is he fighting the greatest boxer of his generation. Not only is that man undefeated. Not only are they making hundreds of millions from it. Not only is the planet going to come to a standstill to watch an MMA champion make his debut. But now there's going to be a fucking belt up for grabs?
If all the money and pride and money and reputation and money wasn't enough for either Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather, The "Money" Belt will now go to the winner.
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/900458895138631680
That's right, on August 26, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will go toe-to-toe in a fight to the bitter end for the much-coveted Money Belt. It will be the inaugural bout of this championship but we look forward to many, many years of some of the finest athletes the world has ever seen battling it out for The Money Belt.
Coincidentally, Saturday's fight will genuinely host some of the finest but, Christ, what a way to cheapen it.
"As you can see, it's one full crocodile and the medal is not centred in order to preserve the style of the alligator."
What is that Father Ted quote?
"Look at that. With something like this it would be so easy to make it look cheap and tacky."
Not The Money Belt.
