“It literally rained on Frankie Edgar’s world when I told him that”. McGregor also has an uncanny ability to predict not only the outcome of a fight, but the manner in which he will accomplish his next feat of pugilistic prowess.
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Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo to capture the UFC featherweight championship at UFC 194 on Sunday night.
Thousands of the 27-year-old’s countrymen flocked to the USA so they could one day tell their children they were there when one of the Emerald Isle’s finest not just wrote, but furiously scribbled, his name into the record books by completing the fastest knockout in a UFC title bout in history.
“Mystic Mac strikes again”, he said.
As for Aldo, he’s left waiting to hear if McGregor and UFC officials decided his long reign as champion merits an immediate rematch.
The answer was met with boos, as the crowd and Rogan took issue with Aldo’s apparent claim that it “was not really a fight”. “I said he’d overload on his right hand, and that’s what happened”.
“Jose has been a phenomenal champion, my respect to Jose, I wish him well, and it’s on to the next chapter”, he said. “It’s been a insane, crazy year”.
If Conor McGregor leaves the featherweight division, the UFC seems to have a contingency plan.
The potential of McGregor embarking on such a challenge is intoxicating for fight fans and creates numerous intriguing questions in both the 145-pound and 155-pound weight classes. I’m not just going to beat Jose. “In case you’re curious, a more optimistic estimate for McGregor – say, a $5 PPV cut and 1.5 million PPV buys – would equate to almost $622,000 per second ($8 million total)”.
‘Maybe there are a couple of contenders in the mix; let them compete against each other while I go up and take the lightweight belt and allow a contender to emerge. “There will be one belt on this shoulder and one belt on the other”. I’m busy. I stay active. They have a fighter in Frankie Edgar who is deserving of a title shot, and who some think provides matchup problems for McGregor.
“If he comes up to lightweight, he’s going to get hurt”, Dos Anjos said. McGregor admits he was getting in trouble, owing money to “the wrong kind of people”.
Newly minted UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor wants another title: pay-per-view king.
However, there might be a more tempting offer for McGregor, a first title defence back at home at either Croke Park or the Aviva Stadium.
“I get in there, and I put on a show”, McGregor said. “I’d said I’d slip and bang the left hook”.
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Aldo was the only featherweight champion in UFC’s short history.
