McGregor: Why the promos are 99% me
Conor McGregor: “The promos are 99 percent me because the fight is going to be 99 percent me. The only one percent he gets is making his walk. The rest is me.”
There has been a great deal of marketing for the Conor McGregor vs. Denis Siver UFC Fight Night 59 main event on Saturday night. However it is inescapable that the focus has been on “Notorious” to an unprecedented extent.
The promos are 99 percent me because the fight is going to be 99 percent me, said McGregor to Mike Bohn for MMAjunkie. The only one percent he gets is making his walk. The rest is me. The promos are perfect as they are.
He’s a veteran of the game, but he deserves no credit. When you abuse steroids and look to take masking agents to hide those drugs from the test, you deserve no credit. You deserve to be cut from the promotion. I don’t give a f— about Dennis Siver one bit.
Two things will either happen to Dennis on the night: Either I’ll retire him or I will personally have him cut from the promotion myself. He doesn’t deserve the opportunity. He got lucky. It’s over for him now. This is it. His career is done.
It wouldn’t be a disappointment (if I don’t win in two minutes). I predict it as I see it. I take a look at his movement, his reactions then I feel what way the contest will go. I feel it and feel there’s a certain situation we will find ourselves in. We will end up in that situation in the first two minutes, and I feel he will not be able to come through it.
If he can come through it, that’s on him. But I am rarely wrong. I am prepared to go wherever this contest needs to go. This is simply something I feel will happen. Of course things can happen inside the octagon, and I am prepared for everything and to go wherever I need to go.
It’s exactly as planned. I have put in the work and I have worked hard, dedicated my life to this craft. It is paying off. It’s a beautiful thing that these opportunities arise.