Conor (photo) wanted to face Diaz at UFC 200. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
Maintaining relative silence since being removed from the UFC 200 schedule in July, Conor McGregor Finally, he spoke spontaneously about the entire controversy. Instead of publishing cryptic messages on his social networks, the Irishman answered questions from his followers in a very frank way, even betting that UFC 200 will be far from the organization's absolute sales record.
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Asked by a follower on Twitter whether UFC 200 should break the 1,6 million sales mark seen at UFC 100 in 2009, the Irishman gave a sincere answer. “I don't wait. I was going to break the record of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao [4,4 million] and I was ready to put MMA on top. But it wasn’t meant to be,” he wrote.
McGregor then stated that UFC 200 would be unlikely to be successful without his presence, as Jon Jones, the new protagonist of the attraction and who starred in UFC 197, would not have achieved great marks at the event in April. "It's a fact. I have the records for pay-per-view, box office, audience on Fightpass [UFC's online platform] and Embedded [UFC's internet program]. I broke the UFC 100 pay-per-view record for 400 sales. This difference alone is 100 thousand more than what UFC 197 sold in total,” he commented.
Even without fighting, McGregor still hopes to get a rematch against Nate diaz, who defeated him in March. The Irishman claims that, for the new duel, he will be very well prepared. “I'm arriving light and lean for the rematch and I'm going to teach this kid a lesson. Last time I was eating four breakfasts and one dessert on weigh-in day. You will see. You will all see. On the ground he took control, but when the gas tank runs out, there are no skills that can save you”, analyzed McGregor, without failing to poke Diaz afterwards. “He made more excuses for the first eight minutes of the fight than I made for the last two minutes of the fight,” he said.
Originally, McGregor and Diaz were due to rematch in the main fight of UFC 200. However, the Irishman refused to leave Iceland, where he had been training with his team for a few weeks, to go to Las Vegas (USA) and participate in a press conference. event press. Thus, the UFC removed McGregor from the show and cast Jon Jones x Daniel Cormier, valid for the light heavyweight belt, as the new main fight.
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