Daniel Cormier Pleads With UFC To Help Turn Around Conor McGregor’s ‘Sad’ Career Path

Daniel Cormier has spoken out about the career path of Conor McGregor and has described the Irishman’s recent actions as ‘kind of sad’.

Daniel Cormier Left ‘Sad‘ By Conor McGregor Career Path

The former UFC heavyweight champion is not best pleased with the route McGregor is going down and how it impacts his legacy in MMA.

Since his defeat to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in 2021, McGregor has stepped away from the Octagon and has been involved in multiple controversies.

The Notorious One was set to return at UFC 303, however, his scheduled about against Michael Chandler was postponed due to a foot injury the Irishman suffered in training.

Chandler and McGregor were on course for some huge PPV numbers after their battle as coaches on The Ultimate Fighter.

Recently, McGregor’s priorities appear to be elsewhere and has taken a step towards politics, attending The White House as a form of representative for his nation.

The former ‘Champ Champ’ has also shown more commitment to BKFC, investing into the company and even showing a willingness to compete in bare knuckle combat.

However, Daniel Cormier has highlighted how these decisions are impacting his UFC legacy and the analyst would like to see McGregor return to the Octagon soon – describing the current situation as sad.

Cormier said: “For me, it’s kind of sad because of this: It’s like, when a guy comes, and he’s that successful, and he’s that good, you hope that the last time you see him in the octagon is him fighting – even if it’s him losing.”

Cormier also dived into how McGregor’s last fight in the UFC cannot be his broken leg against Poirier where the Irishman went on to shout about his opponents wife after the fight.

Cormier said: “You don’t want the last memory is him sitting in the octagon with a broken leg, yelling at Dustin Poirier’s wife. It was the craziest vision I’ve ever seen.

“It was the most odd thing I’d ever seen because that was not what we had come to expect from Conor McGregor.

“He gets beat by Dustin Poirier, then he goes all the way back to the other guy, but even more to the right and was more loud, he was more obnoxious, he was nasty, talking about Dustin’s wife and all these things.

“It was almost like he was a rich guy who didn’t get his way, and there is nothing he could do about it, and he was acting out because of it. That’s like a sad visual for me after all that he became to the sport of mixed martial arts.”

UFC President, Dana White, has not completely dismissed the return of Conor McGregor but no official plans have been put in place.