However, it took a while for things to come about. Cerrone began gaining momentum and was edging close to a title shot, but defeats to top Lightweight contenders Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje put him in the back of the line. Despite that, he got the fight that he wanted and is just over a week away from it.
The big surprise is that there was no bad blood between the two men and Conor McGregor, who is usually brash and outspoken - has been very levelheaded and respectful towards his opponent Cerrone.
Cerrone vehemently denied having a feud against Conor McGregor, telling MMA Fighting that it’s the media trying to stir things up:
Cerrone said that McGregor is the best at trash talk and that the only way he’d get mad is if he hit him with a verbal “low blow”
With that said, he doesn’t see it being a grudge rivalry with bad blood:
With just over a week to go, it doesn’t appear as though there’s going to be much of a rivalry between the two men other than a competitive one. It’s certainly a fresh change for McGregor as his last fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov was purely sold on the hatred between the two men.
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