Gökhan Saki sees a lot of his younger self in Conor McGregor.
Saki, who bet on the current UFC lightweight champion to win his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather, says he’s pride of what McGregor accomplished at his age: “He’s a superstar, respect.”
The Turkish kickboxing legend meets Henrique da Silva in his first Octagon appearance of the main card of UFC Fight Night 117 on September 23 at the legendary Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
“Turkish Tyson” only has one thing on his mind in his fight against “Frankenstein”: “I don’t care what he says and thinks. Who the f*ck is he? I’m here to knock him out.
“He says he wanna knock me out? I’m happy he says that. If he’s got balls, he’ll fight standing up with me. But he’s not gonna do that, that’s just ‘bla bla bla’ to take my mind off and to try to take me down. Even if he does that, there’s no chance for him.”
