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Published 15:01 27 Feb 2018 GMT
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"Ali (Abdel-Aziz) said that they asked about Conor and they said Conor's not even fighting for his own belt. I didn't even know this. You know Ali. Of course, I would have. Why wouldn't I want to fight that guy? They said he's not even fighting in his own weight class. They said, 'Why would he even want to fight in any other weight class?' I would have fought him in any weight class. "Come on, there is no 165lbs belt. I want to fight on the moon. You know what I mean?"

"I think Conor's just being Conor. He's the best at staying in the news and keeping relevant and stay in the news cycle. He does it better than everybody except maybe Floyd Mayweather. Maybe even better. "I'm not surprised by it and I'm not getting sidetracked by it. It's non-news to me. The news is I'm fighting a guy in the UFC right now - Brian Ortega. It's easy to get sidetracked by that, but I just think he's trying to stay in the news. He's smart, he's great at it. He accomplished it."https://twitter.com/AliAbdelaziz00/status/966814544092831744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloodyelbow.com%2F2018%2F2%2F26%2F17055498%2Fufc-222-conor-mcgregor-vs-frankie-edgar-165-pound-title-mma-news One of the positives that came out of these rumblings was the hype generated for Edgar's next fight against undefeated 145lber Brian Ortega. The Toms River native believes the McGregor link brought more attention to the fight.
"By the same token, my name's in the news a little bit more now too. He's putting my name on his Instagram post, so that can't hurt me anyway. "I think if it was real, Dana would have called me personally. He's done that before, but he didn't. So I have to think that it wasn't real."UFC 222 goes down in the T-Mobile Arena on March. Edgar vs Ortega will act as the co-main event. The featherweights will provide the support act for Cyborg's women's featherweight title defence against promotional newcomer Yana Kunitskaya.

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