Conor
McGregor’s onetime boss doesn’t know much about what’s going on
with him either.
On Sept. 12, the news broke that former UFC two-division champ
McGregor (22-4)
was arrested once again. McGregor was taken into custody on
suspicion of attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure while
he was on vacation in Corsica. The police released McGregor without
charges and a spokesman for McGregor denied the accusations shortly
afterward.
At the UFC Fight Night 177 post-fight press conference, UFC
President Dana White was asked if McGregor’s current situation
could prevent the superstar Irishman’s hypothetical return to the
cage.
“I don’t know enough about the Conor situation,” he said. “I know
what you’ve read. I’ve read the same things. Conor is retired. I
haven’t talked to him. I’m sure he doesn’t need my help or advice,
but if he did, he can call.”
The UFC President went on to draw a comparison between McGregor and
fellow multidivisional champion Henry
Cejudo, teasing that they might fight one day if they wanted
to. The last time he competed, at UFC 246 in January, McGregor
smashed Donald
Cerrone on the way to a first-round TKO victory.
“Cejudo has got a lot in the gas tank, too,” he added. “He could
definitely fight again. But I think when you have a guy like Conor
and Cejudo that have done it for a long time and cut weight,
dieting, all the bulls**t you go through and then you make a lot of
money, you just don’t feel like doing it anymore. A lot of people
don’t think Conor’s really done.”
If confirmed, the arrest in Corsica would be just the latest in a
long series of public incidents in which McGregor has been
involved, including smashing the phone of a fan who was trying to
take a photo of him last March and an altercation with a man in a
pub last August.