{"id":183237,"date":"2016-01-20T13:44:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T21:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=183237"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:20:57","slug":"robbie-lawler-sounds-off-on-potential-mcgregor-move-to-welterweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/robbie-lawler-sounds-off-on-potential-mcgregor-move-to-welterweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Lawler sounds off on potential McGregor move to welterweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after it was announced that Conor McGregor would be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/the-notorious-conor-mcgregor-plans-to-take-out-aldo-then-move-up-to-lightweight\/\">moving up to lightweight<\/a> to fight Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight strap at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/video-ufc-197-conor-mcgregor-vs-rafael-dos-anjos-promo-superfight\/\">UFC 197<\/a> on March 5th, it was revealed that McGregor could even go up to welterweight to challenge Robbie Lawler for his welterweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>At the UFC 197 press conference Wednesday afternoon McGregor once again brought up the possibility of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/mcgregor-looking-to-make-welterweight-run-after-dos-anjos-fight\/\">fighting at welterweight<\/a>, further adding to the hype surrounding &#8216;Notorious&#8217; fighting in a 3rd weight class.<\/p>\n<p>Robbie Lawler spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/01\/conor-mcgregor-at-welterweight-eh-says-champ-robbie-lawler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to discuss McGregor&#8217;s potential move:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t really get excited,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just how I am. Nothing really gets me riled up too much. I just concentrate on myself. A lot of things could happen; everyone knows that. So I can\u2019t concentrate on all these what-ifs because these what-ifs might never happen, and then I\u2019ve wasted my time. So there you go.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you see McGregor going all the way up to welterweight? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after it was announced that Conor McGregor would be moving up to lightweight to fight Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight strap at UFC 197 on March 5th, it was revealed that McGregor could even go up to welterweight to challenge Robbie Lawler for his welterweight championship. 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