McGregor sparring partner quits, and other serious holes in the dam...

Oh, God, this thing in Vegas in three weeks...

The only reason I think we see this "fight" at all is the concept of that Mayweather needs the money for the IRS.  Otherwise (and I still wish there was a sane body (hence, the NSAC not being sane, they don't count!!!) who would shut this thing down first), this "fight" has got to be stopped before it starts.

Two major developments in about the last 24 hours indicate this event has serious holes in it.

First, Conor McGregor's sparring partner, former two-weight world champion Paulie Malignaggi, has quit after the media tried to make chaotic sparring sessions with McGregor look good for McGregor, including one in which a report indicates that referee Joe Cortez had to warn both fighters about wrestling around.

Second, this from Darren Rovell of ESPN:

Day 4 of Mayweather-McGregor ticket sales winding down. Still more than 3000+ seats, TM changed limits from 2 to 6 to try to move tickets.

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 28, 2017

Unless they paper this with high rollers from the casinos, this thing doesn't sell out.

This entire event is a farce, and I can pretty much say I'm off even thinking of betting McGregor, even in a rig-job, at any price.  I am going to Vegas Sunday through Thursday (and will hopefully have quite a number of blog articles about some of the numbers I'm seeing there), and was considering for some time (after the IRS stuff on Mayweather) checking numbers on McGregor.

But the indications from his camp are that this is probably going to end quickly -- either through a complete whitewash knockout by Mayweather, a rig-job knockout in the first round for McGregor, or a DQ very quickly by McGregor.

This event is a COMPLETE FARCE, and is what we have reduced sports to in the last few years.

As I said in an earlier post:  I can get just about the same odds of McGregor winning as that the fight doesn't last 2 1/2 rounds.  And, if there is ANY LEGITIMACY in this event at all (chortle har har), there is no way I think Mayweather could carry McGregor 2 1/2 rounds before McGregor goes off and gets thrown out of this fight.

This is Phil Brooks/CM Punk in reverse written all over it.  The only question now is:  Who's on the take here?