“I make no excuses. It is what is it. I came up short. I took a chance, it didn't pay off. I'll be back.”

— Conor McGregor

"UFC 196 post-event press conference" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfu31-vEwgo (March 2016), Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa, LLC
2010s, 2016

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