Conor McGregor surely envisioned a whole different outcome for the fight back to the UFC.
A year after his last appearance and yet another announced retirement, the Irishman was back in the cage for UFC 257 on Saturday night.
But now, The Notorious was unable to cope with Dustin Poirier and suffered a knockout during the second round.
A result which could have no other effect than to revive some of his rivalries.
“This is what happens when you change teams, quit the sparring partners who made you a champion, and you do sparring with little kids.
Reality catches up with you "
Khabib Nurmagomedov
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A few hours after the fight, Khabib Nurmagomedov took advantage of the defeat of the Irishman to comment on his comment on the management of the preparation of the fight by Conor.
“This is what happens when you change teams, quit the sparring partners who made you a champion, and you do sparring with little kids.
Reality catches up with you, ”commented the undisputed lightweight champion (29 wins in as many fights).
A provocation to which Conor did not wait long before responding to the journalists' microphones "My team has been the same since day one, I haven't changed anything, you know", before moving on to a challenge launched at the Dagestanais "Khabib wants to make disrespectful comments, come back and we give it to each other, my big one!".
A wish that could well be granted according to the last statements of Dana White.
The UFC boss recently hinted that a Khabib return could be on the cards.
This is what happened, when you change your team, leave the sparring partners who made you a champion and sparring with little kids, far away from reality.
- khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) January 24, 2021
Mayweather pruns McGregor, talks about unfair media treatment
Khabib isn't the only former McGregor competitor this UFC 257 fight appears to have awakened.
Floyd Mayweather posted a lengthy message on his Instagram account hours after the Irishman lost.
"Money" took the opportunity to talk about the unfair media treatment against him.
“The world knows that the crook McLoser can steal everything from me and be loved, while I am hated.
It allows you to realize that racism still exists.
Just remember this bum can never be me or be at my level, "the boxer commented before adding," Conor can't even win in his own sport and he's talking about coming back to boxing to fight Pacquiao. .
Nobody wants to see this ”.
A reference to McGregor's desire to return to boxing, this time to face Manny Pacquiao.
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