Even though he has not fought in almost three years, Conor McGregor is still the hottest commodity in MMA. The former two-division champion has a fight scheduled at UFC 303 against Michael Chandler. Many have doubts about the fight happening, and Chael Sonnen is one of them.
The anticipated UFC 303 Dublin press conference tickets were sold out in minutes. However, the UFC announced it would cancel the press conference hours before the scheduled time, possibly due to an alleged injury to McGregor. Things have been shaky since then.
Chael Sonnen’s honest assessment of Conor McGregor fighting at UFC 303
Conor McGregor took trash-talking to another level after he arrived in the UFC. Long before McGregor, Chael Sonnen had begun incorporating trash-talking into his game. Sonnen and McGregor have often locked horns on social media. Sonnen has now given an honest assessment of McGregor’s MMA career.
“I can’t ever get around why did we cancel the press conference? I can’t get around that, I get why we wanted to have Conor, but you’re not getting my question of why we cancel it. So now we’re in a situation where it comes back to we need three. We know we’ve got Chandler, we might even have McGregor, but at some point, the UFC is going to say no more. There are rules, there is an etiquette, there is a respect, and there’s a way things are going to be done,” said Sonnen on his YouTube channel.
Sonnen also asserted that if McGregor won’t fight at UFC 303 against Michael Chandler in a welterweight bout, the Irishman won’t fight again. He doesn’t think the fight would happen at a later date and anybody who thought it would have received bad information.
Nevertheless, McGregor has never pulled out from a fight. Dana White and the UFC have always praised McGregor for it. However, there is a first time for anything. UFC 303 might be the one for the “Notorious” Irishman.
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