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Published 10:18 1 Oct 2018 BST
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"Don’t focus on what is out of your control, you can only focus on what you have control over. We don’t know what could happen, anything could happen."
McGregor has had no problem in the past accepting a last-minute change of opponent, having agreed to fight Chad Mendes on very short notice after Jose Aldo injured himself in the build-up to UFC 189.
With both Tony Ferguson and Anthony Pettis fighting in the co-main event this weekend, it can possibly be considered something of a contingency from the UFC should something happen to the main event.
But let's hope it doesn't come to that.
"We had that happen with Aldo a couple of years back, we had a last-minute change with Mendes. It didn’t really affect us," Roddy continued.
"We went straight back in, made a couple of minor adjustments, we went in and we done what we needed to do. "Anything can happen in the fight game, but we can only focus on what we have control over and that’s getting Conor prepared, getting him focused on getting back in the cage and doing what he does best — that’s what we’re focusing on."Former UFC fighter shot dead while out for evening walk
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