As the smoke settles on a night that was full of thwarted expectations, many find themselves eating their words and trying to process where they went wrong with their projections for Mayweather v.s. McGregor. As it had become increasingly clear might be the case in the days leading up to the fight, T-Mobile Arena failed to sell out and there are doubts that the PPV numbers will meet the mark set out for them. But the most unsettling feeling of disappointment likely permeates among fervent UFC fans who imagined McGregor would deliver the kind of skull crushing blows they've seen him sling in the Octagon. There is always that small fraction of people whose world has been turned upside down in the wake of delusion.
"F*ck! I put my rent money on McGregor! I don't know how I'm going to pay my rent!" a McGregor fan screams in a clip that has been making its rounds on social media. The recording captures the impact Saturday night's, August 26, loss had once reality hit that a mixed martial artist isn't likely to dominate the same way when constrained by boxing rules.
Mayweather may have had age and a long layoff weighing against him, but he was still the favorite in spite of McGregor's strength, size and reach advantage. Still there were those who conflated the particulars that would make a difference for an MMA fighter in a boxing match, and they witnessed first hand how those particularities would play out by the 10th round. McGregor was winded and stopped fighting, prompting the referee to step in before he could be humiliated.
