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(WWE) superstar Brock Lesnar has hit out at Conor McGregor for boasting
about being the biggest draw in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
McGregor has said: "If somebody wants to state that they're the biggest
pay-per-view draw in the world, I don't care". Lesnar is scheduled to
make a one-off appearance at UFC 202, almost four years after his last
fight, post which he decided to move back to WWE.
Lesnar's return to the UFC
octagon saw him arguably become one of the biggest draws of his day and
his clash against Frank Mir at UFC 100 was regarded as one of the top
fights.
Since then, several
fighters have taken the spotlight, but one name has garnered the most
support that of the featherweight champion McGregor. At the moment, he
is the most popular UFC fighter and has no qualms in calling himself
"the biggest draw" in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).
"If
somebody wants to state that they're the biggest pay-per-view draw in
the world, I don't care. I've never came out and said, 'Hey listen, I
hold the most pay-per-view buys'. All I know is what I got paid and I'm
happy to do so", Lesnar said, as quoted by Fox Sports.
"I
don't know him, but I know of Conor McGregor and this sport has evolved
even from the first time that I entered into the Octagon. I think that
people were finding out that you have to talk the talk and more
importantly you have to walk the walk, and so for guys that can talk and
walk the walk, I think it's great. It's great for the company," the WWE
superstar said.
Lesnar will
take on Mark Hunt in the co-main event show at UFC 200 on 9 July at the
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada while McGregor will be in action six
weeks later when he faces Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 202.
Source: MSN
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