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When Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez stared each other down at the first UFC 205 pre-fight press conference recently at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, fans got goosebumps watching the two UFC champions go face-to-face for the first time.
If you ask Alvarez, however, it wasn’t that big of a deal at all compared to past face-offs. In fact, quite the contrary.
The Philadelphia native, who will be putting his UFC Lightweight Championship on the line against the Irish UFC Featherweight Champion at the first-ever UFC event held in the state of New York, told Ariel Helwani during his appearance on Monday’s edition of “The MMA Hour” at MMAFighting.com that he has “never felt so unthreatened” by an opponent before.
“Usually when I square off with a man, my heart rate goes up, I feel something. I never felt so unthreatened by a human being as when I was up on a stage with him. That’s the God’s honest truth. I’ve never felt so unthreatened.”
When pressed to elaborate, Alvarez claimed that compared to the stacked lineup at 155 pounds, McGregor doesn’t possess the same well-rounded skillset or conditioning.
“They have a well-rounded skill set and even if the fight goes to another realm of MMA, from standing up, to ground, to jiu-jitsu, everyone is tough in each one. They’re well versed, to the point where they can hang with some of the toughest guys in the world in any aspect of the sport. And I don’t think [McGregor] can, from what I’ve seen.”
“The conditioning aspect is just not a good level of conditioning. The last Nate Diaz fight was a very big eye opener for me.”
UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor takes place on Saturday, November 12th from the world-famous Madison Square Garden Arena in New York City. Join us here at MMANews.com on 11/12 for live coverage of the pay-per-view!