McGregor vs. Alvarez first stare down, Mystic Mac predicts
The first UFC 205 press conference was held today, with main eventers Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor in attendance, as well…
The first UFC 205 press conference was held today, with main eventers Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor in attendance, as well as Tyron Woodley, Stephen Thompson, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, and UFC president Dana White, among others. ‘Mystic Mac’ made an appearance too, and offered a prediction.
I have nothing against him, said the Irishman, as transcribed by Mike Bohn for MMAjunkie. I run New York. I run this whole s***. And ‘Mystic Mac’ predicts I’m going to KO you inside one round.
He’s chinny – he has no chin. He gets cracked, he gets dropped. It’s happened throughout his career. He’s a weathered fighter. He’s on his way out. He’s very, very lucky to be in the position he’s in. One round it will take me to knock him out.
You’re blessed. You’re blessed that I chose you. You’re blessed that I chose to whoop your ass next. Say it like it f***ing is. … I’ve been whooping his style – that style, I’ve been whooping that style a long time. He’s a stalky, stuffed wrestler with an overhand. That’s it. I’ve been beating these guys up forever. One round you’re going to sleep. f*** you and your coach.’
He’s going to be shooting for his life, and it’s going to be a long 25 minutes in there. I can hit you from anywhere. That’s what’s going to happen to him.
He’s going to be shooting, panicked, and I’m going to be hitting him from everywhere. Sooner or later he’s going to fall. One of those elbows, one of those shots is going to dig into that soft, sweet spot on the temple and that’s all she wrote. Two-weight world champion. UFC history. New York. The Irish are back.
McGregor’s most pointed trash talk of the night wasn’t even directed at Alvarez.
Featherweight Jeremy Stevens fights Frankie Edgar at UFC 205, when McGregor was asked who seated at the table might present a problem for him, Stevens was eager to speak.
“Right here,” began Stevens, as transcribed by Damon Martin for FOX Sports. “The hardest-hitting 145-pounder, the real hardest-hitting 145’er right here. This guy TKOs people. When I knock people out, they don’t f***ing move.”
McGregor paused and looked over his shoulder.
“Who the f*** is that guy?” asked McGregor. “Who the f*** is that?”
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