UFC 197 is about 15 minutes old as an official UFC announcement, and already the war of words have started. While the word has been out all the last couple weeks that Conor McGregor's next fight would be for the lightweight title against Rafael dos Anjos, apparently there was some gum in the works. Whether it was McGregor, as originally reported, or dos Anjos, as later sources said, one of the two main in the main event was looking for a bit more coin out of the UFC.
Either way, we've now officially got ourselves a fight. And true to his reputation, Conor McGregor is wasting no time in turning a battle of martial skill into a battle of wit:
Not to be outdone, the lightweight champion's camp was quick to fire back at McGregor calling the outspoken Irishman little more than a copycat:
Just 52 more days before showtime.