Conor McGregor Conor McGregor ’s striking coach has echoed the brash Irishman’s proclamation that the late replacement of Jose Aldo with Chad Mendes is of little concern to him. McGregor (17-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) was scheduled to meet featherweight champion Jose Aldo (25-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) next weekend in UFC 189’s pay-per-view main event at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, but the Brazilian withdrew from the bout earlier this week due to a rib injury . Having been placed on standby when news of Aldo’s injury first emerged, Mendes (17-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has been drafted to face McGregor for an interim featherweight title. According to Owen Roddy , who has trained McGregor for more than a decade, the 11th hour change of opponent will not trouble the 26-year-old Dubliner in the slightest. “It was a bit crazy all right, but it won’t bother Conor,” Roddy told MMA junkie
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10-year coach Owen Roddy pulls back curtain on Conor McGregor’s UFC 189 camp – MMA Junkie