Floyd Mayweather's trainer worried about Conor McGregor 'doing something stupid' in fight

One point of discussion leading up to the Aug. 26 Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor showdown is whether the UFC lightweight champion, given it’s his first professional boxing match, could get so frustrated that he’d resort to illegal MMA tactics.

As USA TODAY Sports reported, McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) is contractually prohibited from “going rogue” on Mayweather (49-0 boxing). UFC President Dana White even attempted to quell any fears.

“There is no way that will happen,” White said. “That is absolutely in the contract, No.1. No. 2, this is a boxing match under the rules of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. When you talk about a guy like Floyd Mayweather – the lawsuit if that ever happened … you all know how much Conor likes money. Conor would depart with a whole lot of money if that ever happened.”

Still, though, Mayweather’s assistant trainer, Nate Jones, expressed his concerns about what could happen in an interview with Submission Radio.

“One way I can see the fight ending is Floyd outboxing him, beating the crap out of him,” Jones said. “Another way I’m going to be concerned about is when Floyd gets to a point where he frustrates him too much, McGregor’s going to do something crazy. That’s the only thing I’m worried about.”

Jones continued.

“I would be more concerned about this fight because Floyd’s a little older now. He’s 40 years old. McGregor has crazy weird power, and he’s got weird shots from weird angles. I’m worried about that. But for my prediction in the fight, is Floyd either confusing him and frustrating him and stopping him in the later rounds, or Floyd outboxing him, or (McGregor) doing something stupid and losing the fight. That’s my prediction.”

On one hand, White’s remarks make sense. Why would McGregor pull a stunt like this and risk cutting into his massive payday? Then again, it’s crazy this once thought-to-be-impossible fight is even happening, so absolutely nothing should come as a surprise.

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