McGregor: I built this event
Today at the press conference for UFC 189, Conor McGregor talked about his role in promoting the event and it’s record breaking gate:
Today at the press conference for UFC 189, Conor McGregor talked about his role in promoting the event and it’s record breaking gate:
“Like I said, I built this event,” said McGregor. “This is ‘The McGregor Show,’ make no mistake about it. So when I go inside that Octagon I’m going to pull the trigger on my opponent and I’m going to enjoy every damn second of it.”
A hypothetical question was given to the Irish fighter: What if it was Mendes the whole time and not Aldo, would the numbers have still been the same?
Of course, McGregor said “yes.”
“I feel it would,” he said. “I feel with the roll off of the [Dennis] Siver fight, with the record-breaking numbers of the Siver fight it was continuing to grow. It does not matter who is front of me. If it was Frankie [Edgar] it would still roll through. If it was Nate [Diaz], it would still roll through. Whoever they have, as long as it’s me on the other side. Let’s say I pull out. Let’s say I pull out and it’s Jose and Chad up here. The gate easily … Chad’s last gate $545, 607. That’s less than my show money. That’s absolutely embarrassing. So, as long as I’m here, the numbers remain.”