Jose Aldo faces Conor McGregor on July 11 in Las Vegas, and "The Notorious" predicted the champion, a high-level striker and a black belt in jiu-jitsu, "will turn into a grappler" after the first exchange.
Andre Pederneiras, Aldo’s head coach in Rio de Janeiro, believes it’s going to be the opposite on fight night.
"In my mind, Conor will be the one to become a wrestler," Pederneiras said during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro. "I believe McGregor will become a wrestler in the middle of the fight. Where he believes he’s good at, in the middle of the fight he will realize he’s not that good.