{"id":220354,"date":"2017-01-31T10:27:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T18:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=220354"},"modified":"2017-01-31T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T18:27:49","slug":"conor-mcgregor-rips-georges-st-pierre-offers-advice-mmaaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-rips-georges-st-pierre-offers-advice-mmaaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor rips Georges St-Pierre, offers advice to MMAAA"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2016, former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre, former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw, and top ranked fighters Donald Cerrone & Tim Kennedy announced the formation of the MMA Athletes Association<\/a>, also known as the MMAAA, aimed at UFC fighters unionizing in an effort to receive more pay from the UFC.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, during the press conference for the announcement of the MMAAA, Georges St-Pierre made a plea to UFC superstar Conor McGregor<\/a> to join the MMAAA, saying:<\/p>\n

\"Georges<\/p>\n

“The Conor McGregor that\u2019s a human being, I know for sure he knows what\u2019s right. Nobody is a perfect human being, but Conor is not a coward. He knows what\u2019s right, and everybody knows what we\u2019re doing is right. So, of course, we would like to have the biggest name in the sport on board, and we need it.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This past weekend, Conor McGregor<\/a> responded in a pay-per view interview, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m watching this union thing, it like a press conference, and I\u2019m like, what the f*ck is going on here?\u201d McGregor said during an hour-long interview in Manchester. \u201cThey\u2019re standing up, they\u2019re all wearing the same t-shirt. They\u2019re saying, \u2018Conor, please. Conor, please, you know what\u2019s right. Help us out, Conor.\u2019 And Georges [St-Pierre] is saying, \u2018Conor\u2019s a good person. I know he gets paid well, but he doesn\u2019t get paid enough.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, what the f*ck are you talking about?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only reason you\u2019re standing in the middle of that union is because you (St-Pierre) couldn\u2019t get the deal you want. You\u2019re the fakest of everyone up there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere needs to be something, I just don\u2019t know what it is,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cI\u2019m focusing on me. I\u2019m focusing on my family\u2019s security, my family\u2019s financial security. That\u2019s all I can do. So I when I saw that, I just thought it was the biggest, fakest load of sh*t I\u2019ve ever seen in my life. So, I don\u2019t know. I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone\u2019s hands are out, everyone wants things for free. You\u2019ve got to put in the work, you\u2019ve got to grind, you\u2019ve got to go through the struggle, and you\u2019ve got to get it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou deserve it, go get it. Don\u2019t complain, don\u2019t cry. Get the f*ck up and go get it. And a lot of people don\u2019t do that. A lot of people cry and complain and put their hand out and beg, and it never goes well. So, I don\u2019t know. There needs to be something. I just don\u2019t know what that is.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"ufcre<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 1\/31\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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