The MMA Hour<\/a>‘ where he explained his decision to bet against the current featherweight champion:<\/p>\n“With McGregor, I felt like he was a lot different this last fight because — he wasn\u2019t the same person. It seemed like he was putting on a little bit too much just for the show. And I know the woes of putting on too much for the show because I know at the end of the day you\u2019re taking away from what makes you sharp in the cage.”
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\nEvans suggests that Conor sticks to his natural 145-pound weight class because as Conor has now learned – “size matters”. His words:<\/p>\n“I don\u2019t think [Conor] should go against Diaz,” Evans said. “I think that he should stay at his weight class at 145 and dominate at 145 and be the best 145-pounder he can be. I think the fact that he\u2019s ambitious enough to go up in weight class and wants to say that weight classes don\u2019t mean nothing, it\u2019s ridiculous. It\u2019s ridiculous. We\u2019ve seen what weight classes can do when he went to 170. Weight class is real. It\u2019s real. We need them. He knows that now.”<\/em><\/p>\nDo you agree with Rashad Evans, should Conor McGregor stick strictly to fighting at 145-pounds? Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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