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11th October 2018
12:01pm BST

"It's kind of funny how that all came about, because when he fought Eddie in November, the year before, I remember the two of us were at a function and I kind of pulled him aside. "I shook his hand and said, 'Right, you're done. All the best. Enjoy the rest of your life'. "He was kind of shocked I was saying this to him. But I was like, what else are you going to do? "You're the two-weight champion and you've got out of the other end of this grind - this meat-grinder - with no damage. You're in a very small percentage. You've made plenty of money. Off and enjoy yourself."
"He enjoyed it from the competition side but no matter what you are doing with Conor it is going to be a competition. I don't care what it is. "It's like, 'How quick did you do that?' "'I just went for a piss'. "'Yeah, I'll do it quicker'. "He's just that way. So when him and Floyd started having a back and forth, he was like, 'Yeah, let's go into boxing and I'll be the best boxer in the world'."Mayweather defeated McGregor by TKO in their August 2017 bout but many in his team genuinely felt he had a chance of causing an upset, especially after he rumbled Paulie Malignaggi in a sparring session, under a month out from the fight. Kavanagh says there are 'all sorts of crazy rumours' around McGregor's fight team and management team but securing a rematch with Nurmagomedov is the fighter's priority. Rogan addressed one of those rumours, which is a striking match against Mayweather inside The Octagon, and with 4oz. MMA gloves. "That is being talked about," Kavanagh confirmed.
"I'm speaking to Conor, his management... [They] can only throw leg kicks.""That would be the end," Rogan remarked. "If they allowed leg kicks, and only leg kicks - no head kicks - Conor would f**k him up. 100%." Despite this, McGregor is not keen and only wants to fight Mayweather again with either full boxing or full MMA rules.
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