{"id":314815,"date":"2019-05-28T06:08:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T13:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=314815"},"modified":"2019-05-28T06:08:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T13:08:46","slug":"team-mayweather-responds-to-recent-comments-from-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/team-mayweather-responds-to-recent-comments-from-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Mayweather responds to recent comments from Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, in an interview with motivational speaker Tony Robbins, former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor looked back on his 2017 boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish MMA star explained how Mayweather&#8217;s mid-fight strategy change affected him, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-makes-case-for-floyd-mayweather-rematch\/\">called for a rematch<\/a> with the boxer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love another go in the boxing arena,\u201d Conor McGregor said. \u201cFloyd is known for his Philly-shell defensive style of fighting. He has his right arm tucked in, or he\u2019s orthodox so it\u2019s the opposite, but he has one arm tucked in by his belly and one arm kept up by his ear. He uses his shoulder to deflect shots. He\u2019s a back footed fighter, he fights on the back foot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I prepared for because that is all I had seen of him. My sparring partners were fighters on the back fight, fighting defensive, back against the ropes and then when I went into the fight in the early rounds, I was whooping him in the early rounds. I actually went back to my corner after the first round and said \u2018this is easy\u2019. I literally said that to my corner man, this is easy and then he had to switch up his style.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe I would win,\u201d he said concluded. \u201cActually, there I go again with the fake humbleness \u2014 I know I would win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather CEO Leonard Ellerbe has now responded to these comments from Conor McGregor. Here&#8217;s what he had to say:<\/p>\n<p id=\"DRl82p\">\u201cThat\u2019s interesting. I hadn\u2019t heard that but Conor McGregor knows he\u2019s always welcome to that ass-whooping,\u201d Ellerbe told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kn4LiSbDVKY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMZ Sports<\/a> (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/5\/28\/18642293\/mayweather-ceo-responds-to-conor-mcgregor-wanting-rematch-hes-always-welcome-to-that-ass-whooping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI have the utmost respect for Conor, Dana, and those guys. If Conor McGregor wants some of that smoke again, he knows what he\u2019s got to do.<\/p>\n<p id=\"qiofPI\">\u201cHe knows what he\u2019s got to do,\u201d Ellerbe continued. \u201cAll he\u2019s got to do is call Dana. That\u2019s all he has to do. I can\u2019t speak for Floyd but I\u2019ll tell you what, Conor McGregor, if he wants that ass-whooping again, I\u2019m sure Floyd would oblige to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll see Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather fight again?<\/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 5\/27\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, in an interview with motivational speaker Tony Robbins, former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor looked back on his 2017 boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The Irish MMA star explained how Mayweather&#8217;s mid-fight strategy change affected him, and called for a rematch with the boxer. \u201cI would love another go in the 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