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Published 20:45 15 Jan 2016 GMT
Updated 21:30 15 Jan 2016 GMT
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"Conor McGregor wants to be the wheel. That's been his dream from the beginning. He doesn't want to just make a lot of money. He wants to make all of the money and he is following that boxing model."
Botter told the show how McGregor trademarked his own company, McGregor Sports and Entertainment, last year, and his girlfriend Dee Devlin is president of the organisation.
"He is already laying the ground work for this," Botter continued.
"I believe his time in the UFC is limited. I'm not saying he's going to be out of the UFC this year or next year. But I do believe he has a set amount of fights left that he wants to do with the UFC and then at that points he is going to go out on his own."
Botter also claimed that McGregor's ambition of fighting at Croke Park will not come to fruition while he's in the UFC, but he is still interested in staging an event at the famous Dublin stadium.
"His intention honestly is to do Croke Park on his own. He wants to do that fight in Croke Park, the UFC are never going to do it just because of the timezone difference and how much cost it would represent to put on a pay-per-view in the afternoon and other parts of the world."Former UFC fighter shot dead while out for evening walk
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