“The thing is you’d really have to go low, talk about my grandma or my kid and then it would put it on another level. He is the best,” Cerrone said about McGregor’s trash talk. Maybe that will change once McGregor does an interview or makes an appearance at a press conference to promote the event but even then Cerrone doesn’t expect anything he says to really get under his skin. In fact, McGregor has been nothing but cordial towards “Cowboy” even after the main event clash was made official. Conor hasn’t said anything bad about me so you’ve got to go get old sh*t out.”Ĭerrone makes a valid point because even after rumors first surfaced that a fight with McGregor could be on the horizon, the typically outspoken former two-division champion was noticeably quiet when it came to serving out insults. “That’s just you media boys digging and shoveling for sh*t to bring up,” Cerrone said when speaking about the incident to MMA Fighting. The only problem is Cerrone says that couldn’t be further from the truth. After their fight at UFC 246 was announced, the exchange between Cerrone and McGregor was quickly dug up from the archives as some kind of evidence of a long brewing feud. McGregor even got into a dust up with Cerrone a few years ago when he was about to compete for the undisputed featherweight championship and his future opponent was sitting behind him on stage. He’s made a career out of verbally annihilating fighters like Jose Aldo, Rafael dos Anjos, Eddie Alvarez, Floyd Mayweather and Jeremy Stephens. McGregor became the biggest draw in the sport in part because he’s always willing to engage in a war of words with his opponents often rivaling rapper Eminem for the most savage takedowns on the microphone. For the most part, however, Cerrone has stayed even tempered even the face of the most incessant heckling.Īt UFC 246, Cerrone will take on arguably the greatest trash talker of this generation when he meets Conor McGregor on Jan. bad boy knock the cowboy hat off his head during a particularly feisty face off. Of course, Cerrone has been drawn into some fiery exchanges in the past, perhaps most notably his 2011 showdown with Nate Diaz that saw the Stockton, Calif. He always prefers to let his fists do the talking for him. He would simply bring on his demise quicker, and you don't attack a great defensive counter puncher, especially when you are so crude.Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has never had much need for trash talk.Īs ferocious as he may be whenever he’s competing, the fighter with the most fights and finishes in UFC history just doesn’t see the need to degrade his competition for the sake of promotion. So if I did train him, at this point I'm not sure what I'd have him do, but I'm sure of what I would not have him do: I wouldn't have him just attack like the caveman he tries to act like. He would need about five years - and I'm being very generous and conservative - of boxing training and experience to even entertain the thought of being competitive with any A-plus-level boxer.īut I will play this imaginary game with you for a couple of minutes because I love ESPN. His only chance would be with MMA rules, where he could try to bring Floyd to the mat where he could, of course, easily be the victor. He has no chance in a traditional boxing match. How would you train Conor McGregor to fight Floyd Mayweather?įirst off, I wouldn't.
"I want $100million cash to fight him under boxing rules because he's afraid of a real fight."Ĭan McGregor win? Atlas has some good advice, but what it would take may surprise you.ġ. But as far as real fighting - as far as true, pure, unarmed combat - Floyd don't want none of this. "He's a f****** animal at what he's been able to do. He's a solid businessman on what he's been able to do.
"Floyd's not ready for this," McGregor told a crowd at a New York nightclub in a video obtained by TMZ. The most recent outburst from 'The Notorious' comes on the heels of Mayweather telling a photographer that comparing the two men is "disrespectful".Īnd that has prompted MMA's biggest talker to respond, McGregor accusing Mayweather of running scared. McGregor, fresh off becoming the first fighter to hold two UFC championships simultaneously, and Mayweather have teased a bout ever since the 49-0 boxing legend hung up his gloves following a victory over Andre Berto last November. McGregor told a crowd at an New York nightclub he would box Mayweather for $100million because he was "too scared" for an MMA style fight.Ĭonor McGregor has demanded $100million in cash to face Floyd Mayweather Jr in a fanciful cross-combat mega-fight.
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