Was this Conor McGregor’s last fight in the UFC? The loss against Dustin Poirier on the night from Saturday to Sunday probably will not be, and yet the question is worth asking. A formidable showcase for the discipline in recent years, the Irish champion is only a shadow of himself.
An overwhelmed champion
At the end of January, after being brutally beaten by the American, The Notorious had explained his defeat against Poirier by a lack of preparation, after coming out of retirement a few weeks earlier. This time, we’ll have to rack our brains to find an excuse that holds up.
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Conor McGregor understood, he lost without fighting against Poirier. © Reuters
It is time to find a reason. Conor McGregor is now living on his glorious past. Transformed into a formidable cash machine, the goose that lays the golden eggs is struggling to lay eggs. And it is precisely out of respect and admiration for this magnificent champion that we would almost ask him to stop there, as long as there is still time.
THE DIAMOND. ?? @DustinPoirier beats Conor McGregor once again by TKO in the first round! ?? #UFC264 pic.twitter.com/0C8SujZgcj
— UFC France ???? (@UFCFRA) July 11, 2021
The fall of the greatest is nothing to welcome as long as they are part of it. By cultivating the image of a bad guy, capable of coming up with death threats or verbally lashing out at an opponent’s wife before and after a fight, McGregor is playing a dangerous game. Already passed in the cage, he seems to be also outside even if his presence still attracts crowds, for now.
UFC won’t let him down
So certainly, the image of this terrible injury a few seconds after the end of the fight, Saturday evening, is in no way his fault, it nevertheless remains a formidable way out that The Notorious, with a shin as broken as the ego, will not open.
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If McGregor had grown bigger than the UFC over the years, both sides could continue their cinema for a few more months. Dana White confirmed this after the Irishman’s loss on Saturday night: You can’t have a fight that ends this way.
Put it back then, once The Notorious cared for. History to snatch a few more eggs from the Irishman, without it having the slightest sporting interest.
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