Daniel Cormier weighs in on Conor McGregor’s UFC 303 withdrawal
Throughout a latest episode of Good Man / Dangerous Man with Chael Sonnen, Cormier mentioned whereas McGregor’s damage is actual, there’s a way behind his determination to drag out of the battle.
“I do not know what occurred to Conor [McGregor], I don’t know if he’s harm, I don’t know why he’s saying he’s not harm,” Cormier mentioned. “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 harm, but when he’s harm…it’s not him being unhappy that he’s harm, he’ll spin it and have a look at it going ‘I simply made Michael Chandler await 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 harm? Positive, however there’s an even bigger sport at play. Now he’s simply messing with Michael Chandler…it’s the craziest factor as a result of for thus lengthy, we’re simply guessing, what’s up with Conor?”
McGregor hasn’t fought since a physician’s stoppage loss to Poirier at UFC 264. He has misplaced three of his final 4 fights general, 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 relating to McGregor’s unsure preventing future.
