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Published 13:28 20 Oct 2016 BST
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After initially putting up a brash and stubborn front on the issue, bellowing "I'm going to wrap one on one shoulder, I'm going to wrap the other on the other shoulder and you're going to need a fucking army to come take them belts off me," McGregor has seemingly become a little bit more reasonable.
The Irishman has since somewhat come around to the popular opinion that it's not altogether fair to hold up two weight divisions but he has asked the UFC to allow him have his history-making feat properly documented before he allows one title to be taken away, should he beat Alvarez on November 12.
"Let me see the pictures on publications with a belt on each shoulder first," McGregor told Sports Illustrated. "Let me go onto the side of that Octagon and raise two world titles, what's never been done before, before talking about stripping me. Let me get the fucking things, let me do it.
"I'll always listen to the correct business move and I'll always do what is the correct move," he added, "but let me do it and let me go back and look at some pictures of me with two belts and let me embrace it for half-a-day."
McGregor blames the media for stirring up the furore surrounding the subject of holding two belts at the same time and suggested that it's jealousy of what would be a remarkable achievement that is leading the narrative.
"Everyone wants to see you do good, but not better than them," he said. "That's what's happening here. I'm just looking forward to raising the belts, and doing what has not been done before.
"Don't be trying to take away the historic moment before I've even experienced it."
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