Before:
"It doesn't matter what weight, divisions or anything, or even what belt is on the line. Because really I should create my own belt. Because I am, myself, my own belt. It doesn't matter featherweight, lightweight, welterweight. It's the McGregor belt."
"The only weight I give a f--k about is the weight of them checks, and my checks are always super heavy. So I don't give a s--t."
"I work like a motherf--ker. I don't get out of shape. He gets out of shape. When he fought against Dos Anjos he looked like the skinniest fat guy I've ever seen."
"His understanding of ring generalship and ring control is very amateur. It's novice where I come from. So he'll understand the difference between amateur and world champion. I come out of the trap like a greyhound at 100 miles per hour and I don't stop."
"And I'm about to knock out a stuffed, fata-- skinny Mexican."
After:
"Im not going to make any excuses"
"I felt the octagon shake with his every step he took."
"The man was 10 stories high if he was a foot, his biceps were as big as my last 2 opponents."
"He was more mountain than man"
"I wasn't aware you needed to climb a beanstalk to get to Stockton"
"I would of beaten him but I wasnt efficient with my energy, my performance clearly suffered from not cutting an inhumane amount of weight like usual."
"I wasn't panic wrestling, I was just so tuckered out from eating 2 breakfasts I thought I'd get a quick nap in before round 3"
"I managed to hit Nate in the first round, if someone had of told me he would retaliate by using his fists and not a pool noodle I wouldn't of organized the fight at 170"
"Nate got lucky, even though I don't prepare for specific opponents I didn't have any time to prepare for Nate specifically"
"I am a real fighter for takin the fight against a hand picked opponent who had no training camp and was out of shape, never mind the fact I quit and tapped faster than shirley temple on a meth binge inside 2 rounds once I got dragged in deep waters"