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Published 10:37 3 Aug 2016 BST
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"It's f***** up," he continued. "I wasn't just watching that fight. I helped train a guy to kill someone, and then someone wound up dying.
"This is a f****** dangerous game. People call it a sport, but it's fighting. I'm just making sure it ain't me. And that's f***** up."
McGregor stepped out of the spotlight in the weeks following Carvalho's death and he insists it was a conscious decision to avoid the media as he reflected on the shocking outcome of what was originally scheduled as a bout between two talented European welterweights but turned into the loss of a young man who had yet to realise his full potential.
"Damn," McGregor added after pausing. "I still can't believe that kid is dead."
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