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Published 15:54 27 Aug 2016 BST
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'The Count' certainly doesn't take kindly to questions that suggest McGregor motivated Bisping in the slightest.
"No, why would Conor McGregor motivate me?," the UFC middleweight champion said in an interview with the Metro.
"I motivate Conor McGregor. When Conor McGregor was learning to stand to throw his first punch, I was kicking ass in the UFC.
"I’ve been at this a lot longer, so I motivate Conor McGregor. I inspire him.
"If it wasn’t for me, he wouldn’t exist. He would be working for minimum wage at the docks in Dublin."
We're not sure that McGregor would entirely agree with that.
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