Thread: Conor McGregor

Damn, I think sometimes these guys train a little too hard. I like both fighters and think it should be an awesome match up. This fight could easily go either way.

We'll see what happens! I'm excited about the whole card. I'm also a big Robbie Lawler fan. Hopefully, he'll whoop ass too!

I like that little lepercaun guy

Awwwweee snap! It looks like it's going to be Mendez VS McGregor! That's the match up I was praying for!!

Conor McGregor: 4 minutes of the first round, Chad Mendes will be unconscious

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Aldo pulls out of UFC 189 with rib injury

© Zuffa LLC via Getty Images DUBLIN, IRELAND - MARCH 31: UFC featherweight Conor McGregor of Ireland speaks to media during the UFC 189 World Championship Media Availability on March 31, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa…A change in opponents has not rattled Conor McGregor's confidence one bit as he shifts from facing Jose Aldo to fighting Chad Mendes next weekend at UFC 189.
Like the rest of the world, McGregor found out on Tuesday that Aldo was withdrawing from the fight due to bruised ribs and cartilage damage the featherweight champion suffered in training a week ago.
Now McGregor faces Mendes with the interim title up for grabs and from the sound of things, the Irish contender doesn't hold any ill will against Aldo for pulling out. McGregor says it ultimately came down to fear and Aldo dropping out of the fight just proves who was scared and who was ready to go on July 11.
"If a man is scared for his life, we cannot force him to step inside and face me," McGregor said on SportsCenter when the news first broke. "I feel (Aldo) is afraid. The doctors have cleared him to fight, it's a bruise, but he has still pulled out. So rightfully so, the belt should be taken from him and we should contest for the interim belt, or in my opinion, the real belt."
McGregor believes he saw cracks in Aldo's mental makeup during the world tour the two fighters engaged in to promote the fight back in March and three months later the damn finally shattered and the Brazilian's confidence disappeared in a flood.
"I just feel he was beaten mentally before I had the chance to beat him physically," McGregor said. "I felt even through the world tour and all the buildup he was looking for his way out, and thankfully for him, his coach and his team, they have found their way out."
While McGregor now goes from a polished Muay Thai striker like Aldo to a former NCAA wrestling All-American in Mendes, he doesn't see any reason to panic with his own preparation.
"I am confident going in against any man on the roster. I feel I am number one on the roster. That is why an opponent change does not matter," McGregor said. "Essentially the opponent is an illusion in there. It's you versus you, so it doesn't matter who is across from me July 11. I will charge forward, I will put the pressure on, and I will get the victory."
Now that McGregor has moved on to Mendes, he's shifted his focus to the powerhouse wrestler ranked No. 1 in the division coming off a knockout victory against Ricardo Lamas this past April.
Mendes has been champing at the bit to face McGregor ever since the outspoken Irishman arrived in the UFC and now he'll get his wish.
McGregor doesn't expect anything much to change facing Mendes versus Aldo and he sees the result coming in the exact same way.
"I'm gonna demolish him. I'm gonna rip his head off," McGregor said.
"I'll give Mendes, I feel the two of them are similar. I feel four minutes of the first round. Like I said, the opponent is an illusion. The shots I have visualized landing on Jose, I visualize landing on Chad also. I feel the outcome will be the same. Four minutes of the first round, Chad will be unconscious."