{"id":283918,"date":"2018-08-28T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T00:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=283918"},"modified":"2018-08-28T17:40:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T00:40:23","slug":"conor-mcgregor-responds-to-floyd-mayweathers-praise-training-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-responds-to-floyd-mayweathers-praise-training-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor responds to Floyd Mayweather&#8217;s praise, training invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview with TMZ, Floyd Mayweather <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/floyd-mayweather-heaps-praise-on-warrior-conor-mcgregor-ahead-of-nurmagomedov-fight\/\">sent some praise<\/a> in the direction Conor McGregor, who he famously defeated in a boxing match in August of 2017. Mayweather also invited McGregor to come train at the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas ahead of his UFC 229 title fight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>Olive branch extended?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really have a prediction [for UFC 229] because I\u2019ve never seen the guy fight that\u2019s facing Conor McGregor\u2014from what I know he\u2019s a hell of a guy that\u2019s on the ground\u2014hell of a grappler\u2014and he can wrestle,\u201d Mayweather said of Conor McGregor\u2019s fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.\u00a0\u201cBut, the fans want to see you stand up and fight. That\u2019s what the fans like to see. But, Conor McGregor, he\u2019s a tough competitor, like I said before Conor McGregor\u2019s not gonna back down from anyone, he\u2019s not scared, he\u2019s a warrior.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<div id=\"rcjsload_325dd8\">\n<p>\u201cI know that UFC got a training facility but we\u2019d like for him to work out at the Mayweather Boxing Club,&#8221; Mayweather added.<\/p>\n<p>Well, from the sounds of it, McGregor won&#8217;t be accepting Mayweather&#8217;s offer. Mayweather won&#8217;t even be getting a &#8216;thank you&#8217; for the kind words.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Conor McGregor had to say in response.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fuck the Mayweathers, except Senior and Roger. <br \/>There is no peace here kid. <br \/>Step up or step down.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1034594123418939392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">&#8220;Fuck the Mayweathers, except Senior and Roger,&#8221; he said on Twitter on Tuesday night. &#8220;There is no peace here kid. Step up or step down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">So there it is. Sounds like we won&#8217;t be seeing Conor McGregor hitting the mitts inside Mayweather Boxing Club anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/28\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview with TMZ, Floyd Mayweather sent some praise in the direction Conor McGregor, who he famously defeated in a boxing match in August of 2017. 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