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Coach claims any top-15 lightweight beats UFC star Conor McGregor: ‘They all swallow him’

Legendary trainer Rafael Cordeiro has confidently claimed that nearly any UFC lightweight could easily defeat megastar Conor McGregor.

Brazil’s Rafael Cordeiro has notably trained fighters such as UFC champions Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, Rafael Dos Anjos, and Fabricio Werdum, among many others during his time at the Chute Boxe Academy and Kings MMA gym.

Rafael Cordeiro not picking Conor McGregor to win

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Cordeiro explained that fighters want to fight Conor McGregor just for the money, he said:

“There’s Arman [Tsarukyan], a super tough kid.