On Thursday, UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor appeared as a guest on “The Herd” and reiterated the points he made last weekend about WWE Superstar John Cena during his Las Vegas Q&A event (watch a full video archive here).
While speaking with Nick Wright, who has been filling in for regular show host Colin Cowherd, “The Notorious” one again took aim at the WWE Superstar, using his popular “You Can’t See Me” catchphrase and bright-colored ring attire as ammunition.
“I spoke the truth,” McGregor said when asked if he thinks up his trash-talk ahead of time or simply says what’s on his mind. “He is wearing a luminous orange t-shirt, he is 40 years of age and he’s waving his hand in front of his face talking like nobody can see him, but you can see him right there. He’s a … I mean, I simply go in and speak the truth and that’s it.”
McGregor also spoke about showing up to the UFC 202 press conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday before again addressing the crazy bottle-throwing incident that broke out after his opponent for this Saturday’s pay-per-view, Nate Diaz, walked out during the middle of the event.
For those who missed the wild scene at the press conference, you can watch a complete video archive by clicking here. You can also watch a behind-the-scenes video of the incident that UFC released by clicking here. To hear Diaz’s reaction to the incident, watch the following video of his appearance on “UFC Tonight” by clicking here. To hear McGregor’s reaction, watch either of his TV appearances that followed the melee by clicking here and/or here.
UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 goes down live from the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada this Saturday, August 20, 2016. Join us here at MMANews.com this Saturday for live round-by-round results coverage of the UFC 202 pay-per-view.
