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Conor McGregor Says He’s Not Stripped of Any Title

December 3, 2016 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Conor McGregor made a surprise appearance at The Devenish restaurant in Belfast, Northern Ireland and discussed the UFC saying he gave up the featherweight championship earlier this week. You can see the appearance and some highlights below (via MMAjunkie):

On losing his featherweight title: “They’re trying to strip me. I’m like, ‘Nah, I ain’t stripped. I’ve still got that belt.’ That belt’s still at home right now. I’m still the two-weight world champion. Someone’s got to come take that off me. I see articles. I see stuff online. But I don’t see the belt not in my presence.”

On whether the title was stripped or relinquished: “Eddie’s still unconscious – what do you mean? I only fought last week…Them belts are mine. Whatever they want to say, and they can say, ‘Ah, we took the belt, and now it’s this guy’s belt.’ You can play with those fake belts all you want. Jose was KOd, Eddie was KOd, you’re looking at the two-weight world champion, and that’s it. That’s it. I’ll say to the UFC, and I love the company, you’re fooling nobody. You’re fooling nobody with that. But best of luck to them.”

On getting his boxing license for a possible fight with Frank Mayweather: “Now, it’s their move now. I’ve presented myself. Here I have the boxing license. Since I’ve got that boxing license, Floyd’s fat boxing manager came out and was like, ‘Floyd’s in the Bahamas. He doesn’t care about Conor.’ Well, I don’t give a (expletive) about Floyd, either. If you don’t want this fight, that’s no problem. Because other than the Floyd-Manny (Pacquiao) gate numbers, I hold all the numbers, other than that one fight. So I don’t need Floyd. I do not need him.”

On his plans for boxing: “If I took out all those different disciplines and focused with the work ethic that I have on the sport of boxing, there’s not telling what I could do. I wouldn’t go in there just to show up. I’d go in there to knock him out. He can be hit. He’s been hit before. Age waits for no man, also. So I know they know that. I know the size, the reach and the youth is on my side. There’s a lot to lose for them. So that’s why they’re scrambling. But that’s OK. I’ve got some other boxing opportunities and potential opponents in mind, some previous Floyd opponents. I can bring in anyone in the game. We’ll see what happens.”

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