Det är nu ca en och en halv månad kvar tills Conor McGregor möter lättviktsmästaren Rafael Dos Anjos under UFC 197 i Las Vegas. McGregor är som känt inte någon som drar sig för använda trash talk för att bryta ner sina motståndare innan matcherna, men Dos Anjos kommer inte bara sitta och lyssna.
Dos Anjos planerar att skicka tillbaka irländaren så han kan bli avslutad av forne fjäderviktsmästaren Jose Aldo.
Det här berättade han, via ”MMAFighting”:
He always said he was going to beat Aldo and win the lightweight title. My job is to be there and defend my belt. I think Aldo deserved an immediate rematch because of how the fight ended and because he was undefeated for 10 years, but (McGregor) wanted to move up and fight me. I will be there to defend my belt and send him back to the featherweight division so Aldo can finish him for good.
I’ve fought the best lightweights in the world, and he’s a featherweight. He’s a good fighter, but I’ve fought better fighters. I just fought Cerrone, who is almost twice his size. People say McGregor is tall and all that. He’s as tall as I am, or maybe even shorter. He might have a longer reach, but I’ve fought Nate Diaz and Cerrone, who had reach advantage, and fought Anthony Pettis and Ben Henderson. I was tested against the best.
The most complicated part of all this will be control myself so I don’t put my hands on this lunatic before the fight, but I will hold on, be cool, and beat him up on March 5. It’s going to be beautiful. He has some qualities, but I’ve fought better fighters.
Med undantaget i matchen mot Chad Mendes har ingen visat sig var något större hot mot McGregor. Anjos menar att irländaren kommer befinna sig i en helt annan värld när de möts.
I won’t let him move. I think the only guy he’s faced so far that could make him feel that was Aldo, with his hard punches and kicks, but there was no fight. There was no fight. Against me, when the fight starts, it’s going to be different. I’m a lightweight, it’s completely different. This guy said he can beat Jesus, and I will show him what a man of God can do on March 5. I’m going to teach him this lesson.
We all saw what happened to those who talked trash at me. I can get in there and be professional, stay cool. This jackass said I’m a traitor to the Brazilian people, but he’s just trying to get some fans there. My walkout song says it all: ‘the shout of a warrior, Brazilian citizen’. If he’s so nationalist, why is he coming to the U.S. to train two months before the fight? Why doesn’t he stay in Ireland? Why are you coming to the U.S.? You work for an American company, man. I’m sure Brazilians are with me, and they want me to shut this guy up.
Svartbältaren Dos Anjos segrade senast via submission för fyra år sedan, men vill få McGregor att klappa när de möts.
It’s going to be beautiful. I don’t see this fight going five rounds. I see myself dominating him completely. The way I train, the way I spar, I’m out of my comfort zone every single day, and you can see the result in my fights. I was tested several times, I proved myself. I’ve been through good and bad situations inside the Octagon, and this guy only knows the good part of the game. I will show him the worst side of the game.
Aldo was going to be the first to show him that, but there was no fight. I won’t call it luck, but a moment of distraction from Aldo. Maybe he got too emotive and tried to finish it quickly, but I won’t be like that. I will be calm and kick his ass for good. I want to finish him. I want to submit him, actually. Sometimes you knock someone out and the way they go down isn’t nice, but when you submit someone… I want to make him quit, I want him asking me to stop. That’s what I want.
Dagarna efter att brasilianaren tog bältet från mästaren Anthony Pettis i mars förra året berättade han att han viskade att ”showen är över” i slutet av femte ronden. Han har redan tänkt ut vad han ska säga till McGregor när de hamnar på mattan.
Pettis was too cocky in that fight, but McGregor… I would tell him to be humble and go back to his division. It’s tougher at 155.
