- Title: McGregor and Alvarez face off ahead of UFC 205
- Date: 10th November 2016
- Summary: ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF MCGREGOR SPARING MEN TAKING PICTURES MCGREGOR SPARING MCGREGOR STANDING CONOR MCGREGOR SIGN MCGREGOR PHOTOGRAPHERS MCGREGOR SHOOTING BASKETBALL
- Embargoed: 25th November 2016 22:51
- Keywords: MMA UFC McGregor Alvarez MSG
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Mixed Martial Arts,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA00257V5YDB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
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Brash and boisterous, featherweight title holder Conor McGregor predicted to beat rival Eddie Alvarez in one round when they battle for the lightweight title at UFC 205 on Saturday.
After arriving 20 minutes late to his own news conference at Madison Square Garden on Thursday (November 10), McGregor, wearing a white fur coat proclaimed, "The Irish are back! We've taken back control of New York City! I run New York City!"
McGregor is attempting to become the UFC's first two-weight champion.
While trading insults with Alvarez, McGregor said "I predict, I predict I rearrange his face. He's too easily hit. Through all the talk and through everything else, he can be hit too easily. It's happened to him his whole career. I mean talking about somebody with the precision I have, I'm gonna hit him, he's gonna fall."
When asked how long the fight will last, McGregor said, "I think one round if he can hold out and he can drag it into the trenches, I'll take my hat off to him, but he'll never be the same if that is the case."
McGregor was crowned featherweight champion on Dec. 12, 2015 when he scored a knock-out over Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds, while Alvarez claimed the lightweight belt with a first-round KO win over Rafael dos Anjos in July this year.
"I've always been the underground king of this sport,' said Alvarez during the rowdy news conference. "I got this belt and no one is getting it from me."
UFC 205 will be the first major mixed martial arts event in the state of New York since the ban on the sport, imposed in 1997 and which lasted for almost 20 years, was recently lifted. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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