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11th February 2016
09:00pm GMT

"He always feels very big and very strong, to be honest, but I definitely feel the difference now that he is a lightweight. He's a lot harder to move around and he's got a lot more power now, and is just much stronger. So I don't feel jealous of Rafael being in there with Conor, because he'll know all about it."
Lobov, who has had a disappointing run in the UFC losing both his fights in the promotion, feels those who are backing the champions because he has fought more often at lightweight than McGregor, could be in for a shock when the two men come face to face in Las Vegas at UFC 196.
"(Rafael) thinks that he's the bigger man because he's at lightweight and Conor was at featherweight. But he'll find out very soon that that's not the case."
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