Contrived - sure, give no credit for conor grabbing that money bag and what followed. There's a lot of thinking on his feet and rolling with the punches than people here are giving credit for
They are hyping a fight and doing a damn good job at it
watch Dana White's video blog and you'll see Conor wasn't expecting to give speeches and is a lot less contrived as you think from one side and more shooot from the hip.
Go to 4:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1LECf334Dc&t