American mixed martial artist and the first and current UFC Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson recently had a sit down with MMA Hour where he talked about a couple of things and Conor McGregor as well.
Johnson remains the humble fighter outside the cage. He believes that stay respectful, win, and eventually esteem will become a compulsory partner in your success.
When asked to comment on Irish braggart Conor McGregor whether the latter can cash the checks his bulldog mouth has written for Dustin Poirier.
He said "I really, truly appreciate Conor McGregor's style -- his fighting style and the way he talks. The reason why is because he reminds me of a young Mike Tyson, a young Muhammad Ali, the way he talks."
"Like, I look at him and I don't see him talking trash. I look at him and I see him talking (about) what he sees, where he's like: 'dude, I'm way faster, I move way better than you do, you're slow, I'm going to hit you hard' -- which, I believe all these things that he says are true. Like, I believe that his fighting style is good, he understands fighting, and not taking anything away from Dustin Poirier -- Dustin Poirier is a huge test -- I can appreciate somebody who can talk that stuff and he'll go in there and he'll back it up."
Johnson also talked about the between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier brawl and impending fight inside the octagon where he voiced out his thoughts on the difference to output whether one of them would win.
Johnson said "The curious thing will be like, what if he loses? They have so much hype behind Conor McGregor. If he loses then, you know, they'll look around like, 'Well, we had a good run, Conor. Let's see what you got to say again."
"So I'm more intrigued by that fight because I think that fight has more stakes going into it, because it's like, one, I'm pretty sure if Conor wins it, then he can be fighting 'old man Swanson,' as he called him, Cub Swanson next. And then, who knows, he could be fighting Chad Mendes or Jose Aldo for the title after those two fight. We'll see."
