The Mac Life<\/a> he\u2019s \u201cecstatic\u201d to fight again after being \u201cgifted this ability to walk, pursuing my craft\u201d after the gruesome injury.<\/p>\n\u201cI feel there\u2019s so much left for me to conquer in this game,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cSo much more accolades. More belts, more knockouts, more records, more cash. I am taking everything of what I have built. The fight game in the combat sports world is McGregor\u2019s world. And I\u2019m in my prime here now. So it is on me now to go and show that. And that\u2019s what I will do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mac has a fight, hallelujah,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe magnitude of this event is colossal. So it\u2019s not hard to get motivated. And to remain disciplined, dedicated, all that is on the line here. And I am relishing it. Another iconic mixed martial arts belt with yours truly at its helm. Working hard, same thing every day. With no ego, we leave our ego at the door. We\u2019re learning, working our shots, and preparing ourselves for main event slots here at Straight Blast Gym Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n
McGregor met Holloway the first time back in 2013, his second octagon appearance, and won a decision. Both athletes were young and were dealing with injuries going into that bout, and now meet again as experienced former champions.<\/p>\n
\u201cHolloway, I\u2019ve faced him before,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cTook many lessons from that beating I gave him onward in his career. And then went on to do great things. And now I love it because he\u2019s fought so many men. And they\u2019ve fought him a certain way, and it\u2019s gone a certain way. So now returns McGregor to show once again the level and the difference. That\u2019s it. It\u2019s a masterpiece on July 11th. A McGregor masterpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holloway has been more active in recent years, winning five of eight UFC bouts since McGregor last fought, including title bouts at both featherweight and lightweight. In his most recent appearance, \u201cBlessed\u201d lost the BMF belt in a decision against Charles Oliveira.<\/p>\n
For McGregor, however, his hunger will be too much for his upcoming opponents.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am of the belief that there is no such thing as talent,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cWhat I possess, this is not talent. If you put in the time, you will reach your target. And that\u2019s it. I\u2019m not talented, I\u2019m obsessed. I\u2019m a lot more experienced, but as well as that I\u2019m lot more skilled in all of the facets of martial arts. You do not want to be anywhere inside that octagon with me. I am dangerous everywhere. I can knock you unconscious from everywhere inside that octagon. And that is what I plan to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a different animal entirely that is in front of Max Holloway here. And he\u2019s gonna feel every bit of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five days away from his long-awaited return to the octagon, Conor McGregor promises he\u2019s \u201cin my prime\u201d to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":["post-783472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}