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Conor McGregor Says He’ll Knock Out Eddie Alvarez in One Round

September 27, 2016 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Conor McMregor spoke during the pre-fight news conference for UFC 205 today about his just-announced fight with Eddie Alvarez (via MMAjunkie). The highlights are below:

On Alvarez: “I have nothing against him. I run New York. I run this whole (expletive). And ‘Mystic Mac’ predicts I’m going to KO you inside one round. He’s chinny – he has no chin. He gets cracked, he gets dropped. It’s happened throughout his career. He’s a weathered fighter. He’s on his way out. He’s very, very lucky to be in the position he’s in. One round it will take me to knock him out.”

On coming off his fight with Nate Diaz: “That fight was five weeks ago. I came out of that fight fresher than I came in. Look at Nate’s face. Nate will never look the same. I came out brand new. I had a bruised foot.”

On Alvarez calling him an “easy fight”: “You’re blessed. You’re blessed that I chose you. You’re blessed that I chose to whoop your ass next. Say it like it (expletive) is. … I’ve been whooping his style – that style, I’ve been whooping that style a long time. He’s a stalky, stuffed wrestler with an overhand. That’s it. I’ve been beating these guys up forever. One round you’re going to sleep. (Expletive) you and your coach.’”

On his plan for the fight: “He’s going to be shooting for his life, and it’s going to be a long 25 minutes in there. I can hit you from anywhere. That’s what’s going to happen to him. He’s going to be shooting, panicked, and I’m going to be hitting him from everywhere. Sooner or later he’s going to fall. One of those elbows, one of those shots is going to dig into that soft, sweet spot on the temple and that’s all she wrote. Two-weight world champion. UFC history. New York. The Irish are back.”