Conor McGregor vs. Justin Gaethje? It might have occurred, or so Gaethje’s supervisor claims.
Ali Abdelaziz not too long ago appeared on Submission Radio the place he mentioned plenty of matters, together with the potential of a McGregor-Gaethje dream struggle which will by no means occur. In line with Abdelaziz, it’s McGregor who has been reluctant to simply accept the matchup.
“Let’s be actual, Conor McGregor won’t ever, won’t ever, won’t ever… he obtained provided this struggle a minimum of 5 occasions,” Abdelaziz stated (transcription through Denis Shkuratov). “No less than 5. He by no means needed to need to do something with Justin Gaethje. He stated the rationale he didn’t wish to struggle Justin was as a result of Justin talked unhealthy to him on Twitter and Instagram earlier than and the historical past we now have with him. He didn’t wish to lose to our crew, I suppose.”
Gaethje not too long ago advised an identical story to TMZ Sports activities, although he claimed it was truly six occasions that the McGregor struggle was provided and never signed by his adversary. On the time, Gaethje stated McGregor couldn’t threat preventing him as a result of “The way you lose to me shouldn’t be how one can lose and proceed to be Conor McGregor. That’s a giant threat for him and he’s all the time saying one thing, attempting to take the sunshine away from folks preventing within the cage.”
Abdelaziz has a unique tackle it, alleging that fighters are advised to not feud with McGregor on social media in the event that they wish to be booked in opposition to him.
“The final 5, six years we provided Justin Gaethje so many occasions,” Abdelaziz stated. “By no means as soon as, by no means as soon as, this man—Even the UFC, advised me this, ‘Hey, depart him alone. Don’t speak with him. He doesn’t wish to struggle individuals who speak unhealthy to him on the web.’ I promise you, he likes to be the one to begin the speak and also you retaliate.
“Why do you suppose [Michael] Chandler being so good to him? Why? As a result of he was being advised to not speak unhealthy to Conor. Conor has to begin speaking unhealthy and he speak unhealthy again. He’s a weak psychological midget. He’s delicate like a marshmallow. And he’s a no-good, son of a bitch. That is what he’s.”
The historical past between McGregor and Abdelaziz’s fighters dates again to McGregor’s ugly feud with Khabib Nurmagomedov. When the 2 fought at UFC 229, Nurmagomedov defeated McGregor by fourth-round submission, however then exited the cage afterwards to provoke a brawl with McGregor’s teammates. McGregor, Nurmagomedov, and several other of their associates have been fined and suspended on account of the incident.
Submit-fight shenanigans apart, Abdelaziz believes the win was do definitive for Nurmagomedov that the end result without end modified McGregor.
“It’s been six years since Conor misplaced his soul to Khabib,” Abdelaziz stated. “Khabib took all the things away from him. He took his manhood. He took his soul. He was by no means the identical. He won’t ever be the identical. He took all the things away from this man. This man, each time he take a look at himself within the mirror, he take into consideration a Dagestani man who wears a papakha, a wig. That is unimaginable. He ruined him.
“Khabib stated, ‘I’m going to vary your face. I’m going to vary your psychological.’ Do not forget that? The UFC misplaced a lot cash due to Khabib. However that is the sport. You must struggle the very best and Khabib was the very best on the similar time and Conor fought the very best and he obtained whooped.”
