Kamaru Usman clapped again at Conor McGregor after his current feedback in direction of him.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) went off on nearly everybody in a fan Q&A, and former UFC welterweight champion Usman was additionally focused.
“Usman is speaking loopy proper now,” McGregor mentioned on a dwell stream with Duel Bits (h/t Championship Rounds on X). “The place’s Usman proper now? The little bald Malteser head – what occurred in his final struggle once more? I can’t even bear in mind the place you’re at in your recreation, bro, yeah? You’re nothing to me.”
Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) is confused by McGregor going after him as nicely.
“At what level does this grow to be greater than cash?” Usman mentioned on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Henry Cejudo. “At what level does this grow to be the integrity of the game? Hear, on the finish of the day, Conor is who Conor is. Conor has completed 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 – so was I. So on the finish of the day, the place I’ve a bit situation is you come round saying, ‘He’s a bum,’ or he’s this. You possibly can’t say that, Conor.
“I didn’t kick him whereas he was down. He’s had run-ins with the legislation. He’s had 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. The respect and the self-discipline all of us put in to get to the highest of the game. That appears to be one thing that he’s missing.”
McGregor additionally had alternative phrases for UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards, title challenger Belal Muhammad, and UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria.
Usman reminds former dual-champion McGregor that he welcomed a struggle with him a number of instances prior to now when he was within the welterweight title image.
“So that you can say, ‘Oh, Ilia Topuria, he’s a bum’ – he’s not a bum,” Usman mentioned. “He’s the champion of the world proper now. I’m not a bum, clearly, as a result of should you needed a chance to struggle me … I gave Conor two alternatives to struggle me whereas I used to be champion. I informed him, ‘Hey, if you’d like a crack at that third belt, who higher?’ I used to be on the run that I used to be on. Who higher so that you can come up and struggle?
“He talked about it. He bounced back-and-forth when he needed to make his return: ‘Perhaps I’ll go up and seize the third belt.’ It’s what it’s, Conor. If you happen to needed to struggle, you had your alternative – however you didn’t. To name me a bum is form of disrespectful. I didn’t disrespect you if you had been having your troubles. So my man, I believe it’s generally simpler, and it’s higher – nicely, it’s not simpler … it’s higher should you put that whiskey bottle down and really come again to your wits and be a very good father and a very good function mannequin.”
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) returns in a welterweight bout towards Michael Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at UFC 303 June 29 in Las Vegas (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
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