![]() ![]() "He stopped putting that pressure on himself and I'm not sure that Conor understands that was the difference in the second Poirier fight, it was the approach. "That's one of the sides to the positive talk that when Conor started the PR tour and he quit doing those things, he quit being brash, it wasn't just a letdown for us fans that enjoyed that commodity that he brings to the table, the entertainment. "He's got no business being in there with Floyd Mayweather in a sport he's never done before and Floyd has never lost at, but he did it and he did it very well. "He's got not business stopping Chad Mendes' takedowns or scrambling and getting up from the bottom when Chad is on top of him, but he did it. "Conor McGregor is a guy from Ireland with a damn good left hand, so what?" Sonnen continued. Sonnen, an influential voice in the world of combat sports who fought for the UFC world title three times, believes that McGregor was able to overcome a series of obstacles due to his mentality. ![]() "I believe Conor wasn't trying to talk Jose Aldo or Floyd Mayweather out of something, he was trying to talk himself into something, and he succeeded." "I believe that Conor was like me, where he started to make these claims and how saying these things out loud effected him inside and also how it effected his training and his discipline and work ethic. "When everybody thought he was out there being an entertainer or trying to get in Jose Aldo's head, I don't believe that's what was motivating. "I only bring that to you because later in my life when I started to do it, I did believe it, and I believe that Conor McGregor went through the same thing. Poirier likely punched his ticket to a title shot against lightweight champion Charles Oliveira."I would have felt silly, what if somebody saw? I didn't believe it. McGregor had surgery Sunday on his broken leg and said the prognosis includes six weeks on crutches, after which time he plans to return to training for a comeback. We can dislike each other, but you don’t say sh*t like that. Even when he was sitting there on the ground, with his busted leg, he was looking at me (making gun signs to the head) like, ‘I’m going to kill you.’ Like, what is wrong with you bro? This is a sport. “Earlier this week, he was saying he was going to murder me and I was going to not make it home and stuff like that,” Poirier said. Poirier also told UFC sideline reporter Megan Olivi on ESPN’s post-fight show that McGregor continued to make death threats in the cage. Every time before I walk through the octagon door, I’m praying that – not for me to win – I’m praying that we both get out of this safe, because I know what I’m going to try to do to him and I know what he’s going to try to do to me.” I want him to go home safe to his family. But even that stuff being said, I don’t wish serious harm like that on nobody. “Maybe when this behind-the-scenes for this fight airs, you’ll see him on the ground still saying some real bad stuff. “Listen, Conor said some nasty stuff that didn’t make it on ‘(UFC) Embedded,'” Poirier told MMA Junkie after the fight. One thing that is certain is Poirier talked about McGregor’s words in his post-fight news conference and suggested footage is out there that might not paint McGregor in a great light. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. While some of what McGregor is saying is hard to make out over the crowd noise and the start of Poirier’s interview with Joe Rogan in the cage, it sounds like McGregor is yelling to Poirier that “In your sleep, you’re getting it … in your sleep, you’re getting it … in your sleep, you’re getting it … it ain’t over.”Ī Twitter post with the video claims McGregor also said “You’re dead … You and your Mrs.,” a reference to Jolie Poirier, though the noise in the arena makes that hard to tell with certainty. Poirier said after the fight that McGregor’s death threat-type words continued even while medical personnel were attending to his broken leg, and a new angle released online might just back that up. Relatedĭana White not thrilled by Conor McGregor trash-talking Jolie Poirier: 'Family has nothing to do with it' 'This is not over': Conor McGregor vows revenge, disparages Dustin Poirier's wife after UFC 264 Khabib Nurmagomedov reacts to Poirier's TKO of McGregor: 'Good always defeats evil' It also included suggestions that Poirier’s wife, Jolie, tried to reach out to McGregor through a direct message online. ![]()
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