King Green doesn’t know which Terrance McKinney is showing up at UFC 329, and that’s exactly what makes the fight so dangerous and frankly a fan-favorite.
Green discussed McKinney’s unpredictable style, revealed why he feels betrayed by the booking, and explained why he expects to be the one still standing once the early fireworks fade.
“Terrance is a wild card. He wins fights I think he shouldn’t have won and I think he loses fights that you think he would win. It’s a wild card,” Green told reporters including Cageside Press on Wednesday.
“What you get is what you get. You never know.”
If McKinney wants to sprint through the first round looking for a highlight-reel finish, Green says that’s perfectly fine with him. He’s betting that once the fireworks fade, he’ll still be standing there ready to fight while his opponent starts wondering where all that energy went.
“I said it before. He’s a quick bumper. I’ll fight for a while. We’re going the distance. We’ll see where it goes, but I come to fight. I come to fight a long time not just one round,” he said.
Green isn’t upset because McKinney wants to fight him. He’s upset because he says the conversation had already been settled. In Green’s mind, if you shake someone’s hand and give them your word, that’s supposed to mean something.
“He be saying little slick ass sh*t. Don’t be fooled by him. That’s the difference between me and him. This is where we have an issue now is like when I met up with him I’m like bro, you want to fight me? Why? Bro, you’re the homie. And he’s like ok I’m not going to fight you,” he said.
“And then a week later, like Conor would say, little snake in the grass or some sh*t. You’re not a true man of your word. Me and Diaz started f*cking with each other. We’re not fighting each other. We shook hands and that’s what it is. I got many offers, hey you should fight Diaz, I’m like no, that’s the homie.”
Green has spent years talking trash, putting on entertaining fights, and doing exactly what made him one of the UFC’s most unique personalities. Now that fans are finally cheering for him instead of rooting against him, he can’t help but wonder where all that love was about ten years ago.
“I feel love now. I’ve been on streaks, I’ve been doing that stuff way before I was talking and I was doing all this stuff before. I got a lot of bad reviews and now people are finally getting like, oh you’re a good guy. We actually want to see you win,” he said.
“I’m like man I’m f*cking almost 40, now you like this sh*t?”
Watch the entire media day scrum with King Green above. He faces Terrance McKinney at UFC 329 on Saturday night.
