Conor McGregor Speaks Out After His Sensational Win Against José Aldo

But precision beats power, and timing beats speed, and that’s what you saw there. After a close first round, the two went back and forth, until the challenger had the champion badly hurt at the end of round 3.

In the months between then and Sunday’s showdown, McGregor bombarded the Brazilian with taunt after taunt but Aldo denied the constant trash talk was a distraction.

McGregor and Aldo were originally meant to meet in July of this year, however Aldo pulled out of the fight claiming an injury – despite being cleared to fight by a medical professional. “Options are a good thing in the fight game”.

And Sturridge certainly has an appropriate role model in the shape of Dubliner McGregor, hailing the newly-crowned UFC Featherweight champion as a “genius”. Respect to a great champion in José Aldo.

But once that cage door closed, McGregor proved the doubters wrong with a single left hook to the jaw of the charging Aldo. “I would have preferred if it stretched out just a little bit longer for all that it has been through but I still feel the same process would have happened”, McGregor explained. McGregor also has an uncanny ability to predict not only the outcome of a fight, but the manner in which he’ll accomplish his next feat of pugilistic prowess.

Times were very good for McGregor on Saturday night, where pure euphoria took over as he lapped the MGM Grand ring after the knockout.

However many native Portuguese speakers felt that Aldo’s answers were not translated properly, and now the commentator has said sorry to the former featherweight champion. I’m going straight up, I’m bringing big numbers, the sky is the limit.

The featherweight’s 13-second KO of Jose Aldo in Las Vegas sent his travelling Irish fans nuts.

“I said that would be the shot that landed and that’s the shot that landed like usually happens”.

Aldo had endured a year of taunts and teasing from McGregor who pushed every one of the 29-year-old’s buttons in a bid to weaken him mentally. “Jose has been a phenomenal champion”, McGregor said at Saturday’s post-fight press conference. “The belts will still be active because I am active”. “There will be a belt on both arms”.