Conor McGregor’s striking coach wholeheartedly approves of huge bout against Frankie Edgar

We last saw McGregor compete at welterweight at UFC 196. His comments about having a "full belly" during fight week and being able to train on "steak" instead of salad left some people concerned that he would never defend his belt. However, Roddy insists that he can still make weight to defend his belt if needs be, and that the Dubliner isn't that much bigger than he was when he was fighting at 145 lb.

"He walks around at 172lb. He packed on a bit of muscle but, the way he does it when he's in a camp for featherweight, he gets down to 163 or 160 fairly quick." "He might drop some muscle weight in the process but he's always around 167lbs. He gets down to 163 early in the camp, limits his calories, then slowly but surely close enough to 154. Then he'll do the cut." "He's always done that. If he knows he's fighting at featherweight he'll get down to 145lbs, he always does. He's not a lot bigger than he usually is."