CONOR McGregor is one head-kick away from megastardom, according to mixed martial arts legend Frank Shamrock.
The MMA pioneer and inaugural UFC middleweight champion says McGregor deserves the slice of equity he’s calling for.
“Oh, a hundred percent and I think he should exercise it until he gets it,” he told Submission Radio this week.
“That’s what I did. That’s how I’m chilling and hanging out and enjoying my life. I was able to break my contract and took equity in Strikeforce, launched that and sold it back to ‘em.
“So there’s many ways to get paid, but when you have as much power as him, this is when you do a power move like I did and walk away.
“Like, see ya, good luck with your promotion, let me know how it works out for you.”
Shamrock was happy to walk away when he did, and with McGregor’s star continuing to rise, both inside and outside the MMA bubble, he says ‘The Notorious’ would benefit more by getting around the table with the UFC and forcing their hand.
“I would have a serious sit down with continuing on,” he explained.
“Because the way the promoter does it, is they try and stretch you – ‘well we just won’t let you fight because you’re under an exclusive contract,’ so you’ll get old and everybody will forget about you.
“But he has a type of stardom where he can walk right into television and film and keep that level of stardom growing to where then the UFC, much like the WWE when The Rock got so big, they’d have to act on their model and come back and say, ‘well let’s be partners then, let’s hang out, let’s figure out a way to get you back in here to make that money we were all making before’.
“It’s just money, it all comes down to money. But you gotta take a chance. I think this is his chance. If he wants to make Mayweather money, you gotta make a Mayweather move.”
One potential move that has made constant headlines since the story broke, is a potential boxing match with Mayweather himself, though Shamrock says there’s little chance of it ever coming to fruition.
“I don’t think Mayweather’s never going to accept it or allow it to happen, because that would be silly and too much money at stake,” he explained.
“I don’t think Mayweather’s never going to accept it or allow it to happen, because that would be silly and too much money at stake,” he explained.
“It’s a no-win. Mayweather’s got half a billion dollars in cash. He’s not going to go wrestle around with Conor who’s, god bless him, does not have half a billion dollars in cash. It’s not the same league.
“It’s all posturing and promotion from the McGregor side – cause it’s smart, it’s what I would do and it’s what smart people would do to control the market place.
“But it’s not reality because Mayweather’s people will never let it happen because of the value of contents. They don’t equal the same, revenue streams aren’t the same.”
But despite thinking the fight won’t take place, Shamrock did offer a little advice to McGregor for the bout, suggesting he pull the ultimate deliberate foul that would send his name into the stratosphere.
“I think he’d (Mayweather) have only to lose, and if I were Conor, I’d just kick him in the head and pocket my 25 million!”
ADVICE FROM A LEGEND MMA legend Frank Shamrock on Conor McGregor: “If he wants Mayweather money, you gotta make a Mayweather move”
CONOR McGregor is one head-kick away from megastardom, according to mixed martial arts legend Frank Shamrock.
The MMA pioneer and inaugural UFC middleweight champion says McGregor deserves the slice of equity he’s calling for.
“Oh, a hundred percent and I think he should exercise it until he gets it,” he told Submission Radio this week.
“That’s what I did. That’s how I’m chilling and hanging out and enjoying my life. I was able to break my contract and took equity in Strikeforce, launched that and sold it back to ‘em.
“So there’s many ways to get paid, but when you have as much power as him, this is when you do a power move like I did and walk away.
“Like, see ya, good luck with your promotion, let me know how it works out for you.”
Shamrock was happy to walk away when he did, and with McGregor’s star continuing to rise, both inside and outside the MMA bubble, he says ‘The Notorious’ would benefit more by getting around the table with the UFC and forcing their hand.
“I would have a serious sit down with continuing on,” he explained.
“Because the way the promoter does it, is they try and stretch you – ‘well we just won’t let you fight because you’re under an exclusive contract,’ so you’ll get old and everybody will forget about you.
“But he has a type of stardom where he can walk right into television and film and keep that level of stardom growing to where then the UFC, much like the WWE when The Rock got so big, they’d have to act on their model and come back and say, ‘well let’s be partners then, let’s hang out, let’s figure out a way to get you back in here to make that money we were all making before’.
“It’s just money, it all comes down to money. But you gotta take a chance. I think this is his chance. If he wants to make Mayweather money, you gotta make a Mayweather move.”
One potential move that has made constant headlines since the story broke, is a potential boxing match with Mayweather himself, though Shamrock says there’s little chance of it ever coming to fruition.
“I don’t think Mayweather’s never going to accept it or allow it to happen, because that would be silly and too much money at stake,” he explained.
“I don’t think Mayweather’s never going to accept it or allow it to happen, because that would be silly and too much money at stake,” he explained.
“It’s a no-win. Mayweather’s got half a billion dollars in cash. He’s not going to go wrestle around with Conor who’s, god bless him, does not have half a billion dollars in cash. It’s not the same league.
“It’s all posturing and promotion from the McGregor side – cause it’s smart, it’s what I would do and it’s what smart people would do to control the market place.
“But it’s not reality because Mayweather’s people will never let it happen because of the value of contents. They don’t equal the same, revenue streams aren’t the same.”
But despite thinking the fight won’t take place, Shamrock did offer a little advice to McGregor for the bout, suggesting he pull the ultimate deliberate foul that would send his name into the stratosphere.
“I think he’d (Mayweather) have only to lose, and if I were Conor, I’d just kick him in the head and pocket my 25 million!”
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