McGregor rival lists 15 fighters who would ‘destroy’ and ‘swallow’ UFC icon
MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro has listed 15 fighters who he believes would 'destroy' and 'swallow' UFC legend Conor McGregor.
During his career, McGregor has announced himself as a great of the sport, and in his prime was one of the UFC's most talented fighters. In recent years though, the Irishman has seemingly fallen out of the conversation of the championship's top dogs after spending over a year-and-a-half out of the octagon.
His prolonged spell on the sidelines came after the 'Notorious One' suffered a brutal leg break during his defeat to rival Dustin Poirier back in the summer of 2021.
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McGregor is finally set to return to action later this year when he takes on Michael Chandler. Ahead of his comeback though, one man who believes the Irish star has lost his way is coach of Rafael Dos Anjos, Cordeiro.
Speaking toMMA Fighting , he said: "There’s Arman [Tsarukyan], a super tough kid. There’s [Mateusz] Gamrot, [Dustin] Poirier, [Justin] Gaethje. A lot of people. [Rafael] Fiziev, super tough guy.
Those are names that, f***, I’d much rather watch them fight than Conor and everybody fights him now for what he represents. He’s lost that challenge thing, ‘I wanna fight Conor because he’s tough and knocks everybody out.’
"No, it has gotten to a point where people couldn’t care less about that. ‘I wanna fight this guy because he generates good money.’ That’s what they worry about.
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“People worry more about those top-15 guys than Conor now, to tell you the truth. These top-15 guys today, they’d all swallow Conor. Nothing against Conor, but, unfortunately, the time away, the leg surgery, the [lack of] motivation, the money, the drinking, looking swollen of booze."
Claiming that members of the UFC have seemingly lost interest in McGregor, Cordeiro added: "He’s living life like crazy, so you lose the interest a little bit. He’s doing The Ultimate Fighter now, the Conor show, but where’s the guy in the mountains, training quietly?
"That’s the champion. When you have media ahead of everything else you automatically lose a bit of the hunger."
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