{"id":338188,"date":"2020-01-15T10:27:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T18:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=338188"},"modified":"2020-01-15T10:27:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T18:27:57","slug":"video-conor-mcgregor-admits-he-knew-who-the-fk-jeremy-stephens-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-conor-mcgregor-admits-he-knew-who-the-fk-jeremy-stephens-was\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Conor McGregor admits he knew who the f**k Jeremy Stephens was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor has delivered countless memorable lines over the course of his MMA career. One of his most famous occurred at a 2016 press conference, when after being called out by featherweight contender Jeremy Stephens, he pretended not to know who Stephens was.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who the f**k is that guy,&#8221; McGregor said to the laughter of the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly three years later, in the lead-up to his UFC 246 welterweight fight with Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone, McGregor looked back on this famous moment. He admits that, contrary to his snappy one-liner, he did in fact know who Stephens was.<\/p>\n<p>He even has some nice things to say about the featherweight contender.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCEurope\/status\/1217507992775512065<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course I knew who Jeremy was,&#8221; Conor McGregor told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCEurope\/status\/1217507992775512065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC Europe<\/a> with a laugh. &#8220;Jeremy&#8217;s a good fighter. He was a former lightweight, then went down to the featherweight division, has good power in his hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McGregor went on to explain that he was simply feeling confident at the time, and that this sizzling line just rolled off his tongue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the time it was just impeccable,&#8221; McGregor said. &#8220;You don&#8217;t really think about these things. You just go off the cuff and have a bit of fun in there. I was in a great spot. I just avenged my loss against Nate Diaz. A lot of hard work went into that. And then I was preparing for the second world title bout [with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/timofey-nastyukhin-is-100-ready-to-fight-and-build-on-momentum-of-alvarez-ko\/\">Eddie Alvarez<\/a>]. I was in a great spot mentally and physically, and I don&#8217;t know, it just rolled off the tongue and clattered old Jeremy in the cheek.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As aforementioned, Conor McGregor is gearing up for a high-stakes welterweight scrap with Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone, which will headline the UFC 246 card this Saturday. The bout will be the Irishman&#8217;s first since he lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov in late 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Are you surprised to hear McGregor admit he knew who Jeremy Stephens was when he uttered this famous line?<\/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 1\/14\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor has delivered countless memorable lines over the course of his MMA career. 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