Conor McGregor was scared to fight me and lost confidence, says Justin Gaethje | News MMA
UFC star Justin Gaethje has launched an attack on Conor McGregor, claiming that the Irishman was “frightened to fight him” and had “lost confidence” and made the decision “rooster”.
Gaethje, who challenged Charles Oliveira to the UFC lightweight belt on Saturday night, says Sports Sky’ Ed Draper that he would love to make McGregor “disappear from the sport”.
But the American believes his 33-year-old teammate will avoid a potential clash with him and instead looks to welterweight champion Kamaru Usman as he returns from injury. love.
McGregor broke his leg in a three-way match against Dustin Poirier last year, losing by technical knockout in the first round after failing to advance.
Gaethje said of the McGregor showdown: “Payday wouldn’t be on my list, the possibility of making that man disappear from the sport would be on my list. I would be very confident.
“I think he’s very scared. I think he’s scared to fight me and his coach is smart enough not to let that happen.
“These guys have had their eyes on me forever and they’re too dumb to pull the trigger. He won’t fight me, he’ll fight Kamaru [Usman] before he fought me.
“After I fought Donald Cerrone and knocked him out, he [McGregor] choose Cerrone to fight.
“Do you think it’s a bad choice or do you think it’s a choice you make when you want to be the best in the world? No one calls [McGregor] outside.
“If you lose to me, there’s only one way to lose to me and that is to never come back.
“Especially with that man, I’m going to take all his confidence, throw it in the trash and crush it for him. That’s who I am and the way I play.
“If he knocks me down, he’ll get on his horse.
“Most likely he won’t and most likely he will get hit and have to show the world that he is who he is, that he has always been.
“He’s not confident anymore. He’s not motivated to make money because he has all the money.
“Why ‘what is his?’ His ‘why’ is to be a great man and that doesn’t get you far in the sport.”