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"It was like any other fight. We tried to make it like it was a real fight. Paulie did a great job in making sure he fought the way he wanted to. It was very, very exciting, a lot of fun and it allowed McGregor to learn all the things that could happen in the ring."https://www.instagram.com/p/BWzc2i3gQek/?taken-by=thenotoriousmma&hl=en However, Cortez revealed way more details about the fight to Sirius XM. According to the famed pugilism official, he was forced to step in to break up the action when things got 'a little rough'.
“He handled himself pretty good with Paulie. That guy can pop. He was in there mixing it up a little bit with Paulie and it was the real thing. They was no messing around. In fact, I had to stop the action and I had to say, ‘Alright guys, you guys are a little out of control here, you gotta stop this.’ It got a little rough.https://twitter.com/SiriusXMBoxing/status/892185277971693569 Cortez added that part of the reason for stepping in was because of the trash talk battle that ensued between McGregor and Malignaggi.“They were both roughing each other up and I had to stop the action like in a regular fight. They were holding too much, they were trying to punch each other. I mean, it got a little bit out of control where I had to call ‘Time!’"
Sounds pretty damn close to a real boxing bout to us. Why Cortez decided to drop this information now after holding back at the start is anyone's guess.“(I said) ‘Alright guys, you gotta stop this right now. I want a good clean round. Give me sportsman-like conduct. Understand? I don’t want to take any points from either one of you. Do you understand??’ I looked at them and they said, ‘Okay, alright.’ And I said, ‘Time in.’”
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