Conor McGregor. AP PHOTO
Like his fellow UFC champion Ronda Rousey, interim featherweight titleholder Conor McGregor also believes he would beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an MMA fight.
Not only beat the undefeated boxing champion but beat him convincingly.
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“In a real fight, I would dismantle him in seconds,” McGregor told The Guardian. “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.”
Rousey, the women’s bantamweight champion and one of UFC’s top stars, said she could beat Mayweather in a ruleless fight.
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“Ronda is a judo Olympian. She would throw Floyd on his head in a second. Me? I would knock him out. Cold.”
McGregor, who is scheduled to fight Jose Aldo on Dec. 12, said he’d want to get a piece of Mayweather and that a fight between them would be big financially.
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“Why would he take me on?” McGregor said. “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.” CFC