In terms of the men’s side, Conor McGregor is arguably the biggest name in UFC.
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The interim featherweight champion spent an hour saying things like, “Vegas is a insane town for a young multimillionaire world champion”, or, when asked whether he really believed champion Jose Aldo’s remark that he didn’t watch McGregor’s UFC 189 victory over Chad Mendes, McGregor replied, “Maybe he could not see it from under his duvet”.
Ohio Valley MMA fans may recognize a familiar face in the promo video below, as Ohio native and current UFC bantamweight Cody “No Love” Garbrandt is seen shoving the lightning rod McGregor during one of what appears to be many heated exchanges throughout the season. “The only one I’ve ever really talked about it with is Frankie Edgar, when Frankie fought at 155 (pounds)”. Let’s shut him down real quick.’ In my mind, I’m thinking unify and destroy.
The Dubliner opened up the feud on Wednesday during a media luncheon where he outlined plans to move up a weight class.
Jose Aldo (L) and Conor McGregor (R) will meet at UFC 194 in December.
“I can make you rich”, McGregor crowed at dos Anjos. If either of them had the opportunity to scrap that fight and come fight me, I can change their life. When you sign to fight me, it’s a celebration. “Conor McGregor made us rich. Break out the red panties”.
“I wouldn’t want to fight a lightweight guy to get the numbers, because Rafael has nothing, Donald has nothing”, McGregor said. McGregor is more interested in records, not belts. But without question, he faced a lower caliber of competition as opposed to in the UFC, where the lightweight class is the second most populated of all divisions.
With two wins over Mendes under his belt, Aldo didn’t sound impressed about McGregor’s win over “Money” in July. So far, only UFC Hall of Famers B.J. Penn and Randy Couture have successfully won titles in different classes.
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They were shouting at each other as they neared for the photo op, then the head push.
