It marked Aldo’s first loss in 10 years and extended McGregor’s win streak to 15 fights.
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After the wheel kick went wrong, Rockhold rained blows on Weidman’s head for the final minute of the third round, but Dean decided not to stop the fight. And the new undisputed featherweight champion can only envision celebrating making history by achieving more.
Aldo can be one of the most unsafe fighters in the sport when coming forward, but a large amount of his striking success in the UFC has come via counterattacks.
McGregor took on the highly regarded Chad Mendes instead, scoring a second-round stoppage and earning an interim belt.
Despite the outcome, Aldo was a worthy opponent.
“Two weight world champion held consecutively: I said I would do it; I will do it”, McGregor vowed.
With a seating capacity of more than 80,000, the home of GAA, Croke Park, would be a mouth-watering prospect for a title defence by the 27-year-old Crumlin native.
Meanwhile, McGregor insists the fight played out exactly as he predicted, adding: “I said his right hand would get him into trouble”. Thanks to everyone watching in Brazil and thank you for the support. I had a little moment where I felt sorry for Jose.
When Conor McGregor entered the UFC in 2013, he said he would take over the world of MMA.
“Now Frankie (Edgar) had a good win yesterday so he could probably climb up as an early contender already”.
According to the Mirror, McGregor is claiming the UFC 194 fight went nearly exactly as he predicted it would happen.
‘I said to Lorenzo [Fertitta] and I said to Dana [White], I’m breaking these big numbers, I’m breaking these half a billion dollar revenue numbers like the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. It would have been nice if the contest had have stretched out a bit longer, just for all that it has been through, but I still feel the same process would have happened. They are probably still resentful and bitter towards it. Like I said: “Winners focus on winning, losers focus on winners”.
One fan climbed up the giant gold lion statue in the MGM and stood on top with an Irish flag draped over his shoulders.
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“It’s not the same when you fight me, it’s a whole other ball game, a whole other pressure bubble”.
