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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
"The best path against Hettes is to pressure him and that's what I'm gonna do. I'm trained and I'll be a different Diego. I'll prove it by fighting. I'm focused, I know what I want to do with my life, I want to fight for the UFC. I didn't know what I wanted, but I really want to be in the UFC. You will see different things this fight. I miss fighting, that's the truth. I worked too hard to get where I am, I was the first Brazilian to win TUF and I can't wait to see Aldo fight Conor. Aldo will take it and I hope Conor will give me a rematch after Aldo kicks his ass.
Conor has no idea what is like to fight for five rounds and I wasn't trained when we fought. I'm not looking to give excuses, but he's not all that he says he is. He didn't get in my head when we fought, I just wasn't there. But that's in the past, he won, kudos to him. He earned his title shot, but he's not all that. There's a lot of people ahead of him, Frankie Edgar, Chad Mendes and Brandao, who is coming back. Aldo will take him down and wear him out. He's really bad at jiu-jitsu. I don't know what was up with me, I wasn't well, but I'll show I can strike and grapple on my next fight. I hope Conor loses and accepts the rematch with me."
Penick's Analysis: It's highly unlikely Brandao's getting another shot at McGregor any time in the near future, no matter what happens Saturday or in the Aldo-McGregor fight. Brandao's been a bit of a headcase throughout his UFC run since winning The Ultimate Fighter, and because of that he's lost several fights. It's taken him out of the veritable "mix" at featherweight, and there are simply a bunch of more interesting matchups for McGregor's next fight should he lose to Aldo in July.
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