Ben Askren is the most recent to accuse Conor McGregor of substance abuse after Michael Chandler ended his watch for the previous two-division UFC champion.
McGregor and Chandler have been speculated to headline UFC 303 in June for the Irish star’s return to the Octagon. However, McGregor withdrew from the occasion on weeks’ discover attributable to a toe damage, and he hasn’t been re-booked for a battle.
Chandler, who hasn’t fought since UFC 281, ended his holding sample for the McGregor battle in latest days. He’ll face former UFC light-weight champion Charles Oliveira at UFC 309 in November.
It stays unsure if/when McGregor will return to the Octagon. After McGregor’s UFC 303 withdrawal, Chael Sonnen speculated McGregor’s cause for pulling out of the battle wasn’t the one which was publicized.
Askren is the most recent to parrot Sonnen’s concept behind McGregor’s hiatus.
Ben Askren goes off on Conor McGregor after Michael Chandler battle information
Throughout a latest episode of Funky and the Champ with Daniel Cormier, Askren accused McGregor of substance abuse.
“It’s fairly apparent, to me, that Conor McGregor is an addict,” Askren mentioned of McGregor. “And he’s wealthy sufficient, that it doesn’t actually have a vastly destructive affect on his life. Everybody simply type of like lets him do what he needs to do. However this man clearly is out partying, can’t present up for coaching camp. After which as a result of he can’t present up for coaching camp, he can’t prepare for a battle. There’s movies of him partying, continually. And hear, if you happen to’re wealthy and well-known, and also you’re not murdering anybody or something worse the place you’re going to go to jail, I suppose superb, no matter. Go dwell your life. However he type of dragged on that he was going to battle for 2 years…
“So it’s actually annoying, however I used to be on document saying he wasn’t preventing in 2023. That Michael Chandler ought to transfer on and say ‘Hey, you’re not a critical fighter anymore, you’re an addict and you’ll’t prepare’. I’ve mentioned that many instances… most likely each [drugs and alcohol],” Askren continued. “I don’t know that I could make any pronouncements with out seeing him do it. However I’ve watched movies sufficient to know that this man is uncontrolled…and from all rumors, he’s on a number of substances.”
UFC CEO Dana White just lately asserted McGregor’s return is postponed till 2025. It’s unsure if Chandler shall be McGregor’s return opponent.