McGregor: These are featherweights crying like girls
“For me it’s all these little featherweights who are crying like girls. Why is he getting the headliner in his hometown? Why is he getting on the best card of the year?’
UFC featherweight Conor McGregor recently appeared on UFC Tonight, and discussed his highly anticipated fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 178 on September 27, 2014 in Vegas.
“Notorious” has received unprecedented media coverage given his division and ranking, drawing criticism from a number of fellow featherweights.
For me it’s all these little featherweights who are crying like girls,” said McGregor as transcribed by Dana Becker for fiveouncesofpain. ‘Why is he getting the headliner in his hometown? Why is he getting on the best card of the year?’
For me, I’m in shape 24/7, 365 days a year, and I show up for fights. I don’t freeze, I come forward and I put people away. I know myself and they know who the new king is. There’s a new king in town.
McGregor was practically kind about Poirier.
I have nothing against him,” he said. “He’s a nice, humble hillbilly kid from a back town, but I have nothing against the guy. He has nothing for me. Coming against me, it’s not going to be a good night for him.
When he wakes up with his nose plastered on the other side of his face, he’ll realize this is the next level guy. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter what they think.
It’s on to Vegas, Dustin Poirier and I’ll put him away in one round and move on the crusade of eliminating this whole featherweight division one-by-one.”