AS BIG AND as brash as ever, Conor McGregor reminded the entire UFC that he is the king after making history as the organisation’s first simultaneous two-weight champion.
McGregor put on an exhibition in Madison Square Garden as he stopped Eddie Alvarez in the second round to claim the lightweight title.
“I’ve spent a lot of time slaying everyone in the company,” an ecstatic McGregor told Joe Rogan in the Octagon as his momentous victory sunk in.
“Backstage I’m starting fights with everybody. I’ve ridiculed everyone on the roster.
And I’d just like to say from the bottom of my heart, I’d like to take this chance to apologise… to absolutely nobody. The double champ does what the fuck he wants!
UFC legends Randy Couture and BJ Penn previously won titles at multiple weights but until tonight, when McGregor added the lightweight belt to his featherweight one, nobody had been champion of two divisions at the same time.
And McGregor blasted UFC bosses for not having his second belt on hand immediately.
“Where the fuck is my second belt? I’ve already got this one.
Where’s the second one at, cheap motherfuckers? $4.2 billion this company was sold for. Where’s that second belt? Go backstage and grab that motherfucker.
“I already won and they’re trying to take that one on me already. What the fuck?”
He added: “They should have had both those belts ready and spit-shined for me. It’s never been done before.”
On a historic night, McGregor said that he was in no way surprised at the ease with which he dispatched Alvarez.
The defending champion was dropped three times by McGregor in a dominant first round and when the end came after 3:04 of the second, it had long seemed inevitable.
“They’re not on my level,” he said.
“You’ve got to have size, reach, length – you’ve got to have some attributes. If you come in any way equal to me, I’m going to rip your whole head off and that’s it. I’ve done it every time.
Eddie’s a competitor, he’s a warrior, but he shouldn’t have been in here with me and that’s the truth of it.
The UFC’s debut in New York since the legalisation of mixed martial arts in the state earlier this year shattered records, with its gate figure of $17.7m a new high for both the UFC and the iconic Madison Square Garden venue.
McGregor was quick to pay tribute to the travelling Irish fans who once again turned out in their thousands to support him.
“Thanks everyone for coming out. I fucking love every one of you, I swear to god. You’ve travelled the world with me.
There’s a reason why we’re at the top of the game — because of me and because of you — and I love every single one of you.
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