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Conor McGregor thinks he'd "kill" Floyd Mayweather in 30 seconds, says Jose Aldo's time is up at UFC 189
Apr 16, 2015 - 2:35:58 PM Conor McGregor thinks he'd "kill" Floyd Mayweather in 30 seconds, says Jose Aldo's time is up at UFC 189

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

UFC Featherweight Title contender Conor McGregor is the subject of a new feature for Esquire, and as always the Irishman is good for some eminently quotable material.

The 26-year-old is intent on getting the attention of absolutely everyone he possibly can, and based on his latest comments, he's getting there.

Talking about punching power, McGregor brought up Floyd Mayweather, and flat out believes he'd beat boxing's best competitor.

"I don't look at a man who's expert in one area as a specialist," McGregor said. "I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas. If you can box, what happens if I grab hold of your legs? If you put me face-to-face with Floyd Mayweather—pound-for-pound boxing's best—if I fought Floyd, I would kill him in less than thirty seconds. It would take me less than thirty seconds to wrap around him like a boa constrictor and strangle him."

These types of outlandish comments have come to be expected from McGregor, but he insists all he's doing is speaking the truth, and turned that into why he's walking away from UFC 189 with the UFC Featherweight Championship.

"Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth," McGregor said. "I'm an Irish man. We don't give a fuck about feelings. We'll tell you the truth. People ask me a question about somebody, I tell them the truth. I don't have anything bad to say about Jose Aldo. It's pretty plain and simple. His time is up. It's done. There's somebody ruthless coming to get him. There's somebody cold coming to get him. I can look at him dead in the eye and say, It's done. You're over now. You're a champion that nobody gave a fuck about. Nobody cared about him before I came along. Nobody cared about the division before I came along. He's a decision machine. He can barely finish his dinner, never mind his opponent. And he's fought bums. He's fought little small bantamweights and he still can't put them away.

"Now he's coming in against a monster of a featherweight who hits like a truck. It's over for him. I don't need to say jackshit else. July is a wrap. It's inevitable."

Penick's Analysis: The full feature piece at Esquire is a good read, and continued insight into the unique mind that is Conor McGregor. Some of it feels like straight propaganda for the Irishman, but then again so has a lot of the promotion for him from the UFC to date. Despite that, he's followed through with great performances, and has proven himself right every time out. If he does so again on July 11, the sky's the limit for what his star can become in this sport.