Watch out combat sports world: Conor McGregor is coming back, and he’s more focused now than he was in his prime.
Now Feldman says he’s taken that energy and is putting it all towards another UFC comeback.
“I just wanna tell you guys this: the best times ten Conor McGregor you’ve ever seen right now,” Feldman told The Boys In The Back. “Better than he was when he was in his prime. The most focused, just wants to do everything right. He’s training his ass off each and every day. He’s eating right. He’s going to church. He’s doing everything he’s supposed to do.”
“This is not the Conor McGregor that we’ve seen in the past couple years. This is the best Conor McGregor that I’ve personally ever seen. And I’m talking on TV and everywhere. I’ve never seen a Conor McGregor like this, more focused than I ever ever thought he ever could get, but he is.”
All of this leaves us wondering whether the UFC will really give Conor McGregor another fight, let alone star billing at the White House.
“I don’t know the negotiations going on as far as financially, so I don’t know,” Feldman said of McGregor fighting on that card. “I know that Conor had said publicly that his contract was a little shaky because of the pay-per-view points that he had in there. But I’m sure that the UFC wants Conor McGregor to fight. He’s gonna fight, and they’re gonna make it work.”
“And it makes sense for him to fight the White House, right? I mean, he visited the White House. He’s friends with Trump. He’s friends with Trump’s wife. It just makes sense for him to be here. So my confidence level is probably around 99%.”
We wish our confidence level was the same. The UFC refused to fight McGregor through the pandemic because they weren’t willing to do a “Notorious” fight without the $20+ million in gate revenue he generates with a crowd. Now we have the White House event, which also won’t have a gate. Set aside all the other squabbling over a new contract that needs sorting for McGregor to fight. Will the bean counters at TKO give up $20 million to let Conor fight at the White House?
We are not 99% confident they will.
