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McGregor: Fight w/FMJ would be $500,000,000
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<p>On April 6, 2013 at UFC on FUEL 9, Conor McGregor knocked out Marcus Brimage in just 67 seconds, winning a $60,000 performance bonus in the process. At the time he was collecting 188 Euro ($245) a week in welfare.</p>
"I'm just thinking on what I'm going to spend it on," he said at the post-fight press conference. "I'll buy myself a car anyway. A nice car, maybe some suits or something. Custom made suits, I don't know.
"Just last week I was collecting the social welfare, you know what I mean? I was in there saying to them like, 'I don't know what going to happen. I'm signed to the UFC. I don't know what....blah, blah, blah.'
"But now I supposed I'm gonna have to tell them to f--- off!"
Now McGregor lives the life of a rock star, rolling out of bed at 4:00 p.m. for an interview with Donald McRae for The Guardian.
“I’ve become accustomed to this life,” said McGregor. “I love what I do and I’m extremely grateful. This weekend has been very good. We got a nice suite overlooking the Strip, at the Cosmopolitan. And we went shopping for 10 hours straight yesterday. I got us a limo and we stuffed it with shopping bags so it was a great day and then we had a great night.”
“It’s absolutely insane. Who has climbed to the pinnacle of the fight game like this? Nobody from Ireland. And to do it in the time I’ve done it, so quick? It’s mind-blowing. But I never forget the struggles. I never forget where I came from. I never ever forget the hard times. I pinch myself because I am surrounded by luxury. But make no mistake – it’s luxury built on sacrifice.”
McGregor also discussed the Mendes fight. The Interim champion obviously won the battle, but some people think Mendes won the first round.
McGregor is not among the some people.
“It amuses me how many so-called experts claim he won the first round. He was done in the first round. He was breathing heavily and I attacked his body relentlessly. I had him badly hurt even before he got the takedown. In a fight to the death what does a takedown mean? In the jungle a lion knows he must attack the neck. It’s the same in my game. You have to attack the neck, the chin. These guys who try to win by getting someone in an arm or leglock to force a submission? That’s not being victorious. I believe in the KO.
“The second round he came out again and I caught him with heavy shots. He secured a second takedown but I rolled out of it. I got to my feet and went back to work. I went to the body and I lit him up. You then attack the neck and the chin. That’s how you kill the fight.”
'Notorious' is fond of money, and in this regard, one man stands atop not just the combat sports, but off of sports.
Floyd 'Money' Mayweather is the highest paid athlete in sports.However, McGregor notes Mayweather couldn't beat UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, or for that matter Conor himself.
I’d also jump in and box Mayweather. 100%," said McGregor. "In a real fight I would dismantle him in seconds. Ronda would dismantle him in seconds – 100%. When you don’t know how to grapple you don’t stand a chance. For us, it’s like playing with a baby. People who don’t understand the sport cannot understand how vulnerable they are. There are always clinches and Ronda is a judo Olympian. She would throw Floyd on his head in a second. Me? I would knock him out. Cold.”
“Why would he take me on? ... But if you’re talking about a fight that could generate half a billion – it’s this one. There’s never going to be another boxing fight like this. Only a cross-style match between Mayweather and me could generate that kind of interest and revenue. So maybe it could happen. I would certainly be up for it. I am capitalizing on every single opportunity. It’s a strong word, one of my favorite words: capitalize. I’m ready to capitalize on everything.”
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