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- Updated: August 8, 2016
It wasn’t that long ago that Marshawn Lynch was making headlines over in the NFL with his infamous (and somewhat overblown) “I’m just here so I won’t get fined,” series of press interviews. As he saw it, the NFL required him to talk to the press “following every game and regularly during the practice week…” or he’d get fined $100,000. But, there wasn’t any requirement on what, specifically, he had to say.
Perhaps that’s where Tyron Woodley was taking cues , when he used a lot of his pre-UFC 201 media time saying “I’m the best welterweight in the world” to whatever question was asked of him. And while the threat of a fine may not have been quite as looming as it is in the NFL, Conor McGregor getting yanked off UFC 200 for skipping a press conference definitely gave a “show up, or else” vibe to the UFC’s media requirements.
Coupled with, as he put it, …
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