Pettis: McGregor hasn’t ‘beat no one yet’
Anthony Pettis: “Aldo would be a good challenge for me. With Conor, he hasn’t beat anybody yet, so it’s hard to tell. If he beats Aldo, then he’s legit.”
While taking place in a Q&A for fans before the UFC 192 weigh-ins, former champion Anthony Pettis was asked what he thought about Conor McGregor’s rise in the UFC. Pettis wasn’t impressed:
“Conor’s talking and doing his thing,” Pettis said at Friday’s UFC Fan Club Q&A at Toyota Center. “But he hasn’t beat no one yet.”
At one point in his career, Pettis was scheduled to go down to 145 and meet Jose Aldo for the featherweight title. But with the way his path is laid out now: A fight on January 17 with Eddie Alvarez, hopefully followed by a chance at regaining the belt he lost to Rafael dos Anjos in April, Pettis isn’t thinking about crossing over divisions again any time soon.
“Aldo, he’s beat everybody, but he’s at 145,” Pettis said. “Aldo would be a good challenge for me. With Conor, he hasn’t beat anybody yet, so it’s hard to tell. If he beats Aldo, then he’s legit.”