Al Iaquinta om Conor McGregor: ”Han kommer att ge upp”

Alla har en åsikt om det kommande stormötet mellan Khabib Nurmagomedov och Conor McGregor på UFC 229 den 6 oktober i Las Vegas. En av dem är Nurmagomedovs förra motståndare Al Iaquinta, som i sin tur tog matchen på några dagars varsel efter den kända bussattacken inför UFC 223.

Iaquinta säger till MMAfighting.com att chansen är stor att McGregor kommer att ge upp om Nurmagomedov pressar honom som han brukar göra.

“I think he could just get after him. Get after him, keep the pressure on him. Conor, he’s quit before. He’s given up. Against Diaz, it gets a little later rounds. I think he’s a pretty fighter. If the fight is pretty and it’s going good for him … [Chad] Mendes took that fight on no notice. He had zero in the gas tank going into that fight. If it’s five rounds of that, I think Conor is finding a way out.”

31-årige lättviktaren Iaquinta, eller ”Raging Al” som han kallar sig, har dessutom något att tjäna på om hans förre överman besegrar sportens guldgosse McGregor.

“I hope he does. It would look good for me — if he beats the shit out of him more than he beat the shit out of me on a day’s notice. It’d look real good. So, I hope Khabib f*cking knocks his ass out, makes him quit and rearranges his face like he says he’s gonna do. I think it’s gonna happen — I hope it happens.”