Kamaru Usman to Conor McGregor: ‘Be a superb father’
Throughout a current episode of the Pound 4 Pound podcast with Henry Cejudo, Usman exploded on McGregor for his current jabs at him.
“It’s extra than simply cash, at what level does this grow to be greater than cash? At what level does this grow to be the integrity of the game?” Usman answered McGregor. “On the finish of the day, Conor is who Conor is. Conor’s carried out some fairly incredible issues on this sport of combined martial arts, for the UFC, he has. However Conor, so have I! You had been a champion, and so was I! So on the finish of the day…the place I’ve just a little problem is the place you say ‘Oh, he’s a bum!’, you’ll be able to’t say that, Conor. I didn’t kick him whereas he was down. He’s had run-ins with the legislation, back-to-back incidents, and conditions, however you by no means heard me sit there and kick the person whereas he was down…
“There must be some stage of respect right here, as a result of, on the finish of the day, that’s what this sport is all about,” Usman continued. “The respect and self-discipline that all of us put in to get to the highest of the game, and that appears to be one thing that he’s missing…I’m not a bum as a result of for those who needed a chance to battle me, I gave Conor two alternatives to battle me. Two alternatives whereas I used to be champion…however you didn’t. So to name me a bum is form of disrespectful, and I didn’t disrespect me whilst you had been having your troubles. My man, I feel it’s higher to place that whiskey bottle down and truly come again to your wits, and be a superb father and a superb position mannequin.”
Usman and McGregor may doubtlessly be on a collision course, relying on how UFC 303 performs out. McGregor has focused a possible welterweight title run to problem Leon Edwards and the opposite prime 170-pounders.
Usman hasn’t fought since a loss to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 in October. It’s unsure when the previous welterweight titleholder will return, as is that if he’ll return at middleweight or welterweight.
McGregor has ruffled Usman’s feathers, and a matchup between the 2 UFC stars could possibly be on the horizon.