McGregor: PEDs or no, I’m whooping your a$$
Conor McGregor: “I don’t really care about that stupid s$#!@… I don’t care what anyone else does… Take whatever you want. I’m still going to whoop your a$$.”
After Dan Gable won a gold medal in the 1972 Olympics without having a single point scored on him, he was asked about the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs by the Russian team.
“I knew I was going to wrestle in the finals of the Olympics against a Russian, and I knew he had been training specifically to beat me, but then I knew the guy was on steroids, that would help me,” said Gable famously. “Whereas some might think ‘oh he’s cheating’, for me you didn’t pay the price. You’re not as committed as I am. It’ll tear him apart. He may be strong, but all I have to do during that 9 minutes of wrestling is loosen one single wire in his brain, make him do something that isn’t perfect, and he’ll fall apart.”
“Besides the health effects, what you lose when you use steroids is mental toughness. The key to victory is that the strongest mind wins. You can get physical strength with steroids, but you lose the mental toughness from brutal hard work. Steroids hurt mental toughness by serving as a crutch.”
UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo and top contender Chad Mendes are trading unsubstantiated accusations about PED use, but #13 ranked featherweight Conor McGregor has a less nuanced attitude than Gable did. McGregor is like a honey badger – he don’t care. He is also very clear that he himself is a clean athlete.
I don’t really care about that stupid s–-, McGregor told MMAjunkie‘s Mike Bohn. I’m just doing my thing. I’m just performing and getting better. I don’t care what anyone else does.
Take whatever you want. I’m still going to whoop your a–.
McGregor fights Diego Brandao in the main event of UFC Fight Night 46, this Saturday in Dublin, Ireland, live on UFC Fight Pass.
