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On the heels of Conor McGregor’s historic UFC 205 win over Eddie Alvarez this past Saturday<\/a> that saw him claim the UFC lightweight championship and make history as the first man to simultaneously hold UFC championship belts in two weight classes, McGregor was criticized by boxing icon Floyd Mayweather.<\/p>\n

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Mayweather, who was briefly linked to a potential boxing match with McGregor<\/a> prior to UFC 200, where McGregor was slated to fight Nate Diaz in a highly anticipated rematch before then ultimately being pulled from the card for refusing to fulfill his promotional obligations, wasn’t too happy to hear that people were comparing McGregor to him following his UFC 205 win this past weekend.<\/p>\n

He shut the talks down in an interview, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know Conor McGregor was undefeated, I didn\u2019t know he\u2019s been reigning [over] MMA twenty years undefeated, and was world champion in five different weight classes. That\u2019s something I didn\u2019t know\u2026So I guess you guys are telling me something new if you\u2019re saying he\u2019s the Floyd Mayweather of MMA. If you\u2019re saying he\u2019s the Floyd Mayweather of MMA I\u2019m trying to find out, has he ever made $300 million in one night? Have you ever made $100 million in one night? Have you ever made $70 million in one night. As far as trying to say he\u2019s the Floyd Mayweather of MMA, I mean it\u2019s okay to say it\u2026it\u2019s just not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a legend, a living legend, I gave years and years of hard work to the sport of boxing, it was blood, sweat, & tears, had a tremendous team, a tremendous run. Conor McGregor goes out there and does what he does, but never compare Conor McGregor to me. That\u2019s a total disrespect. I\u2019m an elephant, elephant don\u2019t beef with ants. Elephant is so large he doesn\u2019t even see ants.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In addition, Mayweather claimed that he didn’t even know McGregor had fought this past weekend. When McGregor was asked by TMZ<\/a> about Mayweather’s comments, specifically the comments regarding being an ant to Mayweather the two-division champ fired back by simply stating:<\/p>\n

“Say it to my face!” <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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