The promotional tour for the fight between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo is banking on this being a huge draw, and the build up has started already.
A large part of it has been the numerous media appearances around the globe from Rio to LA to Boston, and it seems that all the trash talk that McGregor is famous for has won him plenty of fans, but also more than a few enemies.
Unsurprisingly, he's not all that popular in Brazil, where even the former captain of the national football team doesn't think much of him. In this latest clip from UFC Embedded, Jose Aldo is on the phone with Thiago Silva who tells him that he has to knock out McGregor, and that "he's such a douche bag". That's more or less the most complimentary thing he said about him.
The rest of the video features plenty of McGregor doing what he does best, and even trying to trash talk Aldo over the radio of his jet. On a side note, the pay looks to be pretty decent too...
This week's profit. pic.twitter.com/QhP2UgIYqk
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 27, 2015