Conor McGregor told to ‘work on his life’ by Khabib’s manager who says UFC superstar is not a high-level fighter anymore
CONOR MCGREGOR has been told to go away and ‘work on his life’ following the fallout from his UFC 264 clash with Dustin Poirier.
The Irishman’s outbursts on Twitter since breaking his left leg last month have caused outrage in the mixed martial arts world.
McGregor tweeted and deleted a picture of Poirier with his daughter before writing ‘gonezo’ a few weeks before mocking the death of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father Abdulmanap.
The Notorious’ since-deleted tweet about Abdulmanap has sparked suggestions of a potential rematch with Nurmagomdov, something the Russian’s manager Ali Abdelaziz insists will never happen.
When asked about the bitter rivals sharing the octagon again, Abdelaziz told ESNews: “Brother, Conor is not even a high-level fighter anymore.
“He needs to work on his life. He doesn’t need to fight anymore.”
Nurmagomedov, 32, submitted McGregor in the second round of their UFC 229 grudge match in October 2018.
The undefeated Russian went on to defend his belt a further two times before retiring from MMA last October.
The Dagestani destroyer’s retiring with the belt enraged McGregor, who recently told ESPN: “Where’s he gone though?
“Where’s he now? Yeah, why? He went sprinting.
Ali Abdelaziz on Conor McGregor
“He’s gone, s**t his jocks, became fat and is riding off… He’s done nothing in the sport. F**k all he’s done in the sport.”
McGregor, 33, will be on the sidelines for the next 12 months as he rehabs his left leg back to full health.
The exact cause of the break is still unknown, although the UFC’s poster boy recently claimed he went into his trilogy fight with Poirier with ‘multiple stress fractures’.
He said: “The leg is better than ever.
“I was injured going into the fight. People are asking me, ‘When was the leg broke?
“At what point did the leg break?’ Ask Dana White, ask the UFC, ask Dr. Davidson, the head doctor of the UFC.
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“They knew, I had stress fractures in my leg going into that cage.
“There was debate about pulling the thing out because I was sparring without shin pads and I would kick the knee a few times.
“So I had multiple stress fractures in the shin bone above the ankle and then I have trouble with the ankle anyway throughout the years of f***ing fighting all the time.”