Conor McGregor has shown humility in the aftermath of his defeat to Nate Diaz on Saturday, but that doesn’t mean he will let people forget he is still the UFC featherweight champion.

McGregor spoke with noted MMA journalist Ariel Helwani shortly after suffering the devastating loss in Las Vegas.

As in the octagon and later on in his press conference, the Dubliner credited Diaz for a good fight and acknowledged that he had not been fully prepared for the differences when fighting at welterweight.

"If I was fighting a man at my own weight, 155 or 145, they’re gonna be ko’d from them shots, you know?” he explained.

“I feel a bit of adjustment to knowing that the opponent will be able to take more of it. But then I could continue to compete at [welterweight] no problem.”

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But he had harsh words for his previous opponent, former featherweight champion Jose Aldo.

The Brazilian gloated on social media after the Diaz fight, saying the “fairytale is over”.

“I’ve seen Jose’s thing,” McGregor told Helwani. “He can celebrate another man’s victory but at the end of the day when we faced he was unconscious.

“‘Maybe I’ll go back down and shut him up one more time.

“It is what it is, I’ll be back.”