Daniel Cormier weighs in on Conor McGregor’s UFC 303 withdrawal
Throughout a current episode of Good Guy / Bad Guy with Chael Sonnen, Cormier stated whereas McGregor’s damage is actual, there’s a technique behind his determination to tug out of the combat.
“I don’t know what occurred to Conor [McGregor], I don’t know if he’s damage, I don’t know why he’s saying he’s not damage,” Cormier stated. “I don’t have any background data on this factor in any respect. What I do know, is that assertion didn’t sound like McGregor. I imagine, and perhaps I’m a bit pessimistic, that he’s damage, but when he’s damage…it’s not him being unhappy that he’s damage, he’ll spin it and take a look at it going ‘I simply made Michael Chandler watch for me much more’. It’s simply him being the puppetmaster to ‘ol Michael Chandler once more…
“As a result of he is aware of Mike’s not going to do something. So is he damage? Positive, however there’s an even bigger recreation at play. Now he’s simply messing with Michael Chandler…it’s the craziest factor as a result of for therefore lengthy, we’re simply guessing, what’s up with Conor?”
McGregor hasn’t fought since a health care provider’s stoppage loss to Poirier at UFC 264. He has misplaced three of his final 4 fights total, together with a light-weight title loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The UFC is hoping to rebook McGregor vs. Chandler for later this 12 months, probably on a brand new pay-per-view occasion. Within the meantime, Cormier and others are left to take a position concerning McGregor’s unsure preventing future.
