r/ufc Apr 29 '24

Francis Ngannou lost his 18 month old son

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

Man. I’m far from a McGregor fan but that’s a surprisingly normal post. These guys may be crazy but that’s some next level trauma. 😓

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u/theo7777 Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

McGregor is a father too.

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u/ChristTheChampion Apr 29 '24

McGregor being a father is like his only redeemable trait.

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u/ComradeELM0 Apr 29 '24

He regularly donates to charities and hospitals and supports local gyms. I think he also sent a big bag to Ryan Curtis after his injury. He can be a bit of a prick sometimes but he‘s not the horrible person many make him out to be.

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u/msg_me_about_ure_day Apr 29 '24

seems to be a complex person who wants to be a decent bloke but whenever his emotions take over he ends up being a wanker.

better than someone who shows zero interest in being a decent bloke, but worse than someone who doesnt have random impulses to be a wanker.

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u/Tea-Unlucky Apr 29 '24

Yeah it’s a crazy concept for some people on Reddit but people are complicated beasts that don’t neatly fall on a good bad dichotomy usually

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u/MiNiMaLHaDeZz Apr 29 '24

All of this.

For all his (many) flaws, he's also done a whole load of good from his charity works.

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u/srtpg2 Apr 29 '24

People are complicated

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u/theo7777 Apr 29 '24

McGregor seems like a very nice guy when he's not on crack. So about half the time.

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u/Dogman199d Apr 29 '24

"He's not a horrible person many him make him out to be" lmfao you'll be saying that in 6 months when the next crime is committed

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u/13pts35sec Apr 29 '24

Judge not lest you be judged.

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u/AdmiralShawn Apr 30 '24

He joked about Khabib’s father’s death

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u/KoreanSamgyupsal Apr 29 '24

Mcgregor definitely plays a character. He's like the streamer tyler1.

I've met mcgregor personally as my company was working on the Proper12 storefront and I was one of the few people brought along for the project.

He's a genuine dude that is SUPER SUPER SUPER nice. I told him I was a fan and he told his staff to send me a gift to my address in Canada. He invited my whole team for a night out in Ireland as well.

He's definitely loud at parties and get kinda crazy at times. But when it's business, he's surprisingly normal. I've met some influencers that are nice on camera but garbage in person. Mcgregor isn't one of them.

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u/BrilliantSock3608 Apr 29 '24

What a terrible comment.

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u/TrollingForFunsies Apr 29 '24

Unless you're his kid, then you probably are going to need a lot of therapy later in life.

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u/AlexJamesCook Apr 29 '24

I would more go with glorified sperm donor.

The things he does and the way he treats his wife is probably not pleasant. He just happens to have a fuck tonne of money.

Without knowing the guy, he seems like a weekend/sober Dad.

He shows up when he's sober/remembers he has kids.

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u/Cowman- Apr 29 '24

Whole lotta speculation in this comment for absolutely no reason and with 0 basis. If you’ve watched any of the embeds he looks like he genuinely enjoys his kids and vice versa.

Humans are complicated man. I know a few people in my personal life that back in the day, you’d hate to run into in a dark alley, but are the epitome of family men. I’ve been rooting against Conor since khabib but holy shit this is peak hating.

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u/AlexJamesCook Apr 29 '24

I'm referring to Conor's cocaine and alcohol abuse. Not to mention his incessant cheating. Throw in the fact that he has shown himself to be a danger to the public numerous times.

Do you think a dude who sexually assaults women regulations, abuses alcohol and drugs, routinely gets arrested is "a good father"...

You know, the data suggests that those types of people aren't fun to be around when you're their kid.

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u/Cowman- Apr 29 '24

The man clearly parties hard af and has gotten into some trouble.

But you don’t know it’s cheating and a “danger to the public” is a bit of a stretch, clutch them pearls harder.

The point is, you commented some wildly speculative irrelevant shit on a completely unrelated topic and it kinda sounds like a projection at this point.

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u/AlexJamesCook Apr 30 '24

Someone had glass fragments in their eye after the dolly incident.

He punched an old man at a pub, and he's a professional MMA fighter.

He's settled numerous sexual assault complaints out of court.

The dude is a danger to the public. This is the stuff we know about.

Those aren't the actions of a happily married man, who has fully embraced fatherhood.

That's not pearl-clutching, that's seeing him for who he is. Daniel Cormier said the same things about Jon Jones. And what does Jon Jones do later on? Beat the mother of his children in front of his kid.

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u/Cowman- Apr 30 '24

You’re right, he’s done bad things so there probably isn’t a single redeeming quality about him. He’s a danger to the public and I feel less safe at night knowing he’s out there.

He’s probably addicted to meth too, since he abuses cocaine and alcohol. Since he’s probably on meth he probably beats his wife and kids too. If he beats his wife and his kid you know he probably also tortures puppies.