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6th March 2016
10:18am GMT

"He popped me with a left and caught me off balance. He got my neck. [I tried to] do similar to the Chad Mendes [fight] where I rolled and came back to my knees. I simply didn't have it in me. "There's many lessons to be learned but I'm happy that I will learn and grow and come back."
McGregor now looks set to drop back down to featherweight to defend the belt he won last December at UFC 194. Asked about possibly fighting at July's UFC 200, McGregor's response was class personified.
"I'm still really enjoying it. I'm not tired of it. I still feel UFC 200 is there for me. But I will sit... I'm not cut, I'm simply heartbroken and I’ll pick myself back up. We can either run from adversity, or we can face adversity head on and conquer it. That’s what I plan to do. "You're damn right [it will]. It's a tough pill to swallow. We can run from adversity or we can face our adversity head on."Having been humble in victory in the past, it was McGregor's turn to be humble in defeat. He did not disappoint.

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