UFC featherweight Conor McGregor gets his fair share of hate, but he's won over Anthony Pettis.
The former lightweight champ wasn't impressed with McGregor's TKO win over short-notice replacement Chad Mendes at UFC 189. Pettis said in October that McGregor "hadn't beaten anyone yet," but that changed at UFC 194 when the Irishman knocked out then-champ Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds.
Speaking with UFC commentators Kenny Florian and Jon Anik, Pettis is warming up to the brash champ.
"It's great," Pettis said of McGregor's success in 2015. "To see the guy talk the talk and then beat Aldo like that.