UFC 196 press conference<\/a> on Wednesday Conor McGregor spoke about a future fight with dos Anjos, and was very noncommittal in regards to when or if he would fight the lightweight champion.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s hard to commit to dos Anjos again. The same with Jose [Aldo], he pulled. It took him [Aldo] two goes to build up the courage. Hopefully maybe it will take dos Anjos two goes to build up the courage.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen you pull out with an injury like that, a bruise on the foot, there\u2019s not much I can do to help you back into the mix. It does change things a little bit, but we just have to see how it all plays out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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