Chael Sonnen doesn’t see the point in UFC star Conor McGregor fighting again.
More questions arose about McGregor’s fighting future after the former UFC dual champion admitted that his focus is currently on politics, where he plans on running for Irish presidency.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) hasn’t competed since breaking his leg in a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in July 2021, and Sonnen warned that a comeback likely won’t go well for him. In fact, he doesn’t see a single ideal matchup for “The Notorious” to return to.
“What part of it would he come back for? We’re told by him that he doesn’t need the money. We can see that his time is occupied,” Sonnen said on “Good Guy/Bad Guy” with Daniel Cormier. “I mean, a lot of fighters got to cling to the sport because they have nothing else to do. He’s got a beating standing in front of him. We can go ’55, we can go ’70, we can make up a weight class, there is not an athlete under contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship located in Southern Nevada that he can beat.
“I don’t even mean that to be a jerk. When they bring him back, they put him in a main event, and all of a sudden you’re asking him to do five rounds. We’ve got a guy who can’t breathe for a full round. This is just a reality. There’s nothing to come back for. The golden rule of life my mother would tell me when I was a little boy: ‘Put yourself in their shoes. What would you do?’ And there’s no reason to come back. There’s an ass-whooping waiting for you, apparently life is good without it. He can still make headlines without it.”
McGregor was slated to fight Michael Chandler at UFC 303 last June but withdrew after breaking his pinky toe. He has not been booked for a fight since.
