Joe Rogan agrees with Conor McGregor’s resolution to drag out of UFC 303.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) withdrew from Saturday’s headliner vs. Michael Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas as a result of a damaged pinky toe suffered in coaching. The likes of former rival Rafael dos Anjos, UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria and light-weight champ Islam Makhachev jumped on the alternative to criticize McGregor for withdrawing from the struggle, however Rogan thinks he made the correct name.
“Whenever you’re a man who kicks as a lot as Conor, it’s a f*cking drawback,” Rogan mentioned on his “JRE Battle Companion.” “It’s additionally the identical foot the place his leg was snapped, and he went into that struggle injured. He’s by no means pulled out of a struggle earlier than. That is the primary one he’s pulled out of, and I believe it’s clever.
“I believe if you happen to do have a damaged toe and you’re going right into a struggle and you probably did go into the final struggle injured, what if that f*cking toe turns into an actual subject? What if he throws a kick, and it smashes once more, and he’s in agony, and he can’t transfer? You’ve received to have the ability to get the f*ck out of the way in which with Michael Chandler.”
McGregor, who made a public look over the weekend by cornering Sinead Kavanagh at Bellator Champions Sequence: Dublin, admitted that he nonetheless can’t get right into a shoe however hopes to return by August or September. Within the UFC on ABC 6 post-fight information convention, Dana White refused to touch upon McGregor’s return till he was absolutely recovered.
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