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Conor McGregor was the second most searched sporting personality in Ireland (based on Google search queries), second only to Michael Schumacher, and the highest ranked Irish athlete in 2014. Huge stateside as well, he’s the biggest in-house star the Ufc has developed in years (as opposed to Brock Lesnar coming from the WWE or Ronda Rousey from Strikeforce). Despite his popularity and success in the octagon, however, he failed to receive a nomination at national broadcaster Rte’s year end awards.
Regardless of the lack of a nomination, many expected him to still turn up at the awards show, especially since he has a deal with Rte for a six-part mini-series chronicling his rise to the top of the sport. However, McGregor opted to skip the event, and released a typically ‘Notorious’ statement explaining why:
I appreciate the curiosity about my absence from these ‘Sport Awards’.
Credit with Rte however,...
Conor McGregor was the second most searched sporting personality in Ireland (based on Google search queries), second only to Michael Schumacher, and the highest ranked Irish athlete in 2014. Huge stateside as well, he’s the biggest in-house star the Ufc has developed in years (as opposed to Brock Lesnar coming from the WWE or Ronda Rousey from Strikeforce). Despite his popularity and success in the octagon, however, he failed to receive a nomination at national broadcaster Rte’s year end awards.
Regardless of the lack of a nomination, many expected him to still turn up at the awards show, especially since he has a deal with Rte for a six-part mini-series chronicling his rise to the top of the sport. However, McGregor opted to skip the event, and released a typically ‘Notorious’ statement explaining why:
I appreciate the curiosity about my absence from these ‘Sport Awards’.
Credit with Rte however,...
- 12/22/2014
- by Jay Anderson
- Obsessed with Film
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