Conor McGregor feels snubbed out of the greatest UFC featherweight of all time talk.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) returns to rematch Max Holloway (27-9 MMA, 23-9 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 329 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Paramount+). McGregor started out his career at featherweight, where his run included wins over Holloway and Dustin Poirier, before getting an interim title shot against Chad Mendes. After finishing Mendes, McGregor stopped Jose Aldo’s reign by knocking him out in just 13 seconds to become undisputed champion in December 2015.
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However, when discussing the greatest featherweight of all time, the conversation is often between Aldo and current UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski, with some even throwing Holloway’s name in the mix – but not McGregor’s.
“The greatest featherweight of all time, this ranking system of the greatest featherweights that I’ve beaten these men and hadn’t been in the list,” McGregor told ESPN. “How have I beaten these men easily and handily and yet be kept from the list?”
‘The greatest featherweight since Bruce Lee’
McGregor never defended his UFC featherweight title and was later stripped due to inactivity. He went on to become UFC lightweight champion and now finds himself competing at welterweight again.
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“That’s a fair shout for sure, and I understand the whys of it, but you cannot get caught in all of this,” McGregor said. “What is the skill? Who is the best? Who is the greatest? Who was the best? And it is me. The results show this. It’s not like the fights weren’t there. It was just elsewhere.
“There were divisional changes, which originally was not me. It was a fighter pulling out or things of that nature that kind of led to it. So, I understand it. However, I don’t agree with it. I am the greatest featherweight since Bruce Lee, and on Saturday night I will show it.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Conor McGregor says ‘the results show’ he’s UFC featherweight GOAT
