UFC Featherweight Clay Guida discusses UFC 189's title fight between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor.
The anticipation for UFC 189's main event between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor has reached fever pitch. Over the last few months the pair have been at each other's throats trading insults, but it wasn't until the UFC 189 world press tour that things really came to a peak. On the last leg of the tour in McGregor's hometown of Dublin, Ireland, the challenger grabbed the champions belt and held it high for the partisan crowd in attendance. It appeared McGregor got the best of the verbal sparring in the build up to the fight, but according to one recently victorious UFC fighter, that might not be to his advantage.
Speaking on Bruce Buffer's "It's Time" podcast, perennial fan-favourite, Clay Guida, speculated that a more motivated Jose Aldo could be a too much to deal with for McGregor:
"I think a quiet Jose Aldo, which we've seen, is a scary man. He's a scary and dangerous Aldo, the more Conor pushes him, the more he tries to bully him...I think it could get ugly."
When all is said and done, Guida agreed that McGregor's approach is going to make the fight sell more tickets and in turn bring in more money, but he went on to caution that McGregor's eagerness on the microphone will lead to a Jose Aldo that is intent on blood:
"It's going to sell a lot of tickets, it's going to sell a lot of pay per views. It's going to be awesome. But Jose Aldo has never been more motivated than he is, now, in his fight career. And, man, this guy, he's out for blood. I know that Conor is doing both - he's training hard and he's selling the fight - but I think Jose Aldo is going to show him what it's all about."
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