After clarifying that his relationship with Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta is in a good place, we bring you more information about the interview that Conor McGregor gave to ESPN. Now, the Featherweight Champion of UFC explains his withdrawal from UFC 200: Cormier vs Jones and talks about Floyd Mayweather Jr.
His withdrawal from UFC 200
After my defeat (against Nate Diaz in UFC 196) I needed to focus on my training. One week later I had to be promoting for the rematch (scheduled for July 9 at UFC 200). I had no problem doing it later, but I needed some time. Sometimes you have to do what's best for you, not for others. Especially when you have done what was best for others a million times.
Confrontation with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
He started the rumor. He could make 100 million and I would make 7, that would be a pay cut. I don't accept pay cuts. Seven million is a laughable amount. He's talking about a hundred million, I'm also talking about a hundred million. At 27 years old (the age Conor is right now), he was fighting Oscar de la Hoya on the undercard.
I have the size, the reach, the height, and the youth. He needs me. I don't need him. What is he going to do? Go back to boxing? Then the figure wouldn't be a hundred million, it would be 15 million. So, he needs me. If he wants to talk, we can talk, but I'm the one in control.