\u201che can do it one more time so we can rematch at the end of the year.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nMcGregor found no humor in that comment and now he\u2019s convinced Holloway is just facing him to make the biggest paycheck possible before cashing out of the fight game completely.<\/p>\n
\u201cI find it disrespectful,\u201d McGregor said about Holloway\u2019s comments at the UFC 329 pre-fight press conference. \u201cI find it shows he is here for the economics of it. He must not realize the danger he is in. I forecast Holloway\u2019s retirement on Saturday night. Not a trilogy for cash.\u201d<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s been five years since McGregor last fought, he clearly hasn\u2019t lost an ounce of his usual swagger during the time away.<\/p>\n
In fact, McGregor stopped short of making his usual \u201cMystic Mac\u201d prediction and instead laid out all the different ways he can dismantle and finish Holloway inside the 25 minute fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can destroy Max inside 10 seconds,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cI have knockouts inside three seconds on my fighting record. I have Hall of Fame fighters, multiples, Hall of Fame UFC fighters, defeated and destroyed both together in under a minute. I can add Max to that.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, don\u2019t get it twisted, if we go into these deep waters Max is going to be in a lot of trouble. Badly concussed.\u201d<\/p>\n
While their first fight back in 2013 played out in odd fashion with a lot of grappling over three rounds after McGregor tore the ACL in his knee and Holloway dealt with an ankle injury, the rematch could provide some serious fireworks on the feet.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s impossible to forget Holloway scoring a brutal knockout over new UFC undisputed lightweight champion Justin Gaethje when they met back at UFC 300 and he\u2019s got a long list of victims who have fallen prey to his nasty striking skills.<\/p>\n
Of course, McGregor is well known for his prolific knockouts and he mocked the idea that Holloway has separated himself as the best boxer in the UFC.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think his boxing is abysmal,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cI don\u2019t rate it once. He has one gear and it\u2019s not impressive. Very rarely have we seen magic inside the octagon from Max Holloway. Little evil Holloway. Saturday night, he gets destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whether the fight ends in the first round or goes deep into the fifth, McGergor promises he\u2019s ready for whatever Holloway throws at him \u2014 including the infamous \u201cpoint down\u201d moment in those final 10 seconds if the action makes it that far.<\/p>\n
\u201cHandily,\u201d McGregor said about his willingness to meet Holloway in the middle and throwing down. \u201cHandily and happily.\u201d<\/p>\n
When it\u2019s all said and done, McGregor expects a lot of interesting headlines being written about his comeback, but he offered one of his own before he faces Holloway on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mac is back, well and truly,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cWe\u2019re so back! We\u2019re so back is the headline.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor is never above making a bold prediction for his fights, but he wasn\u2019t too pleased to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396,14855],"class_list":["post-791028","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","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791028","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=791028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}