McGregor to challengers: Make some noise you bums

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor recently spoke with the Dean of combat sports writers, Kevin Iole, ahead of his fight with Nate Diaz in the co-main event of UFC 196 on Saturday. Iole compared him favorably with Muhammad Ali, noted he is at a minimum 90 minutes late to everything, and detailed his desire for a challenger to get his attention.

“Making that cut to 145, people only see the build-up to the fight,” said McGregor. “People don’t see after the fight. It’s a process to get your body back right after a strenuous cut like that. This time, I’m waking up 168. I’m waking up under weight. After the fight, I won’t have that process to get myself back right again. I’ll just be me, normally, so I can go back to 145 no problem.

“Let me see some of these damn bums get up and fight and make some noise! I just hear them crying, complaining, begging and all this s***. I don’t see nothing appealing. We need someone who can build themselves up right now. I’m sitting pretty here. They need to fight and make some noise, make me say, ‘OK, I’ll take him.’ Right now, I see nothing. I see a bunch of complainers and whiners waiting. … I’ve never waited once.”

“[A fight with UFC welterweight Robbie Lawler] is there. Why not? It’s probably the leading option. Dos Anjos is an absolute bum, I swear, and he’s still complaining. How do you pull out of a fight with a bruised foot and still be talking all this s***?”

“Look at this. It’s always history, every damn time. The gates keep rising. The pay-per-views keep rising. Everything just keeps rising. It’s always history.”