Conor McGregor was amongst Ryan Garcia’s many admirers from the Mixed Martial Arts world after his major upset with over Devin Haney on Saturday night.
The legendary former two-weight UFC world champion is a detailed friend of Garcia, and visited with him in his dressing room after his loss to Gervonta Davis back in April of last 12 months. And he continued his positive sentiments towards the California native after his stunning victory over Haney last night.
McGregor is currently in preparation for a return to motion of his own after three years out with injury, but is making time to stay awake so far with major fights. He’ll face Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29 in his first bout since July of 2021 when he suffered a broken leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264.
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Former featherweight and light-weight UFC champion McGregor appears to not have stayed up overnight to observe Garcia vs Haney as he continues preparing for his next octagon outing. Last week, it was confirmed that he would face Chandler at UFC 303 by promotional boss Dana White.
McGregor has been back training repeatedly, splitting his time between a house sparring set-up and the SBG Ireland HQ in Dublin, Ireland. And teammate Pedro Carvalho has said that he sees the legendary fighter almost every day while preparing for his own PFL bouts.
McGregor and Chandler are each former world champions at lightweight, with the Irishman picking up UFC gold at 155lb in 2016. The American has yet to win gold in the game’s top promotion, but was the face of Bellator for years, and held their belt.
Ryan Garcia overcomes the chances to drop Devin Haney thrice and land upset win
Garcia was a monstrous underdog with bookmakers heading into his bout with Haney on the Barclays Center. And after a slew of social media outbursts were compiled by him missing weight by over 3lb, fans and experts believed that he needs to be pulled from the competition over his mental state.
But he proved the doubters improper with a shocking performance, wobbling Haney inside the first minute of the bout. He went on to drop the two-weight world champion thrice and win a Majority Decision that left the boxing world in shock.
Haney had never tasted defeat as knowledgeable prior to facing Garcia, and had previously been undisputed champion at lightweight. But he had experience of losing to his rival; the pair went 3-3 during their amateur days.
Conor McGregor slams doubters in emotional message to Ryan Garcia after Devin Haney fight
Speaking on X after the fight, McGregor shared a series of photos for Garcia’s loss to Gervonta Davis. He captioned the post: “Yup Jesus and the sesh! Ya’s know f*** all, peasants, stay out of our ear! Well in Garcia. A tremendous fight from two champions! Have now fought one another 7 times! That’s incredible.
“Some are only born to fight! Some aren’t. Should you aren’t you should definitely be a very good gatherer cos I be hungry. God speed to each men and teams on this crazy world and congrats Ryan Garcia! Tonight is your night, I knew when he fought Tank that this guy was electric.
“Even in defeat. I went backstage after he’d been stopped to the body last day out. Only his close people were present. A win or a loss won’t ever make or break an individual to me. When you realize, you realize. Fighters know.
The actual know. God knows! Now the true fight happens for the young man, too! Stay strong kid, imagine within the Lord’s guidance and keep it tight like frogs ass in Versace lad hahaha yes! Well in! Jesus is King so don’t go against what he tells you personally and internally.
“Keep it right and good luck lil’ bro. Drink responsibly Proper Whiskey and Forged Stout every night.”
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