{"id":320971,"date":"2019-07-31T07:10:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T14:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=320971"},"modified":"2019-07-31T07:10:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T14:10:21","slug":"al-iaquinta-says-sissy-conor-mcgregor-has-lost-stock-with-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/al-iaquinta-says-sissy-conor-mcgregor-has-lost-stock-with-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Iaquinta says &#8216;sissy&#8217; Conor McGregor has lost stock with UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor is by far the biggest far in UFC history, and his star power has historically given him some real influence within the organization. According to UFC lightweight contender Al Iaquinta, however, McGregor&#8217;s stock has taken a major hit since his submission loss to UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov \u2014 even if he doesn&#8217;t realize it himself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Al Iaquinta Calls Out &#039;Sissy&#039; Conor McGregor, Fight Me!!!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6O6eDwVcibU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s coming off a big loss,&#8221; Iaquinta told TMZ of McGregor (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/iaquinta-fight-against-mcgregor-makes-the-most-sense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). &#8220;He got finished by Khabib and he had all the time in the world to prepare for that fight. I took the fight [with Khabib] on a day\u2019s notice and I showed my toughness. We\u2019d still be fighting right now if there was no ref. If there was no time on the fight, I\u2019m fighting forever. I\u2019m fighting till I die. Conor\u2019s not doing that. So I mean, I think that\u2019s the fight that really makes the most sense, but he\u2019s selling whiskey and he\u2019s doing other things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s getting a rematch because there\u2019s guys that are working their way back, guys that are getting wins,\u201d Iaquinta added, continuing to spurn McGregor. \u201cHis stock\u2019s not as high as he thinks it is. He got finished in his last fight. As far as everyone\u2019s concerned, he\u2019s dead. The ref had to pull the guy off him. He looked like a sissy tapping out like that. So he\u2019s gotta come back and get a win, and he\u2019s not doing it. And if he does get a rematch, he\u2019s gonna get beat again. It\u2019s gonna be the same thing. That\u2019s a fight that you need heart for, and he doesn\u2019t have it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reason is that Al Iaquinta is making these comments is that he wants to fight Conor McGregor. He doesn&#8217;t believe McGregor deserves a rematch with Nurmagomedov, and claims that the Irishman needs to fight somebody else first. He&#8217;s hoping to be that somebody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would make the most sense out of everything,\u201d he said of the matchup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/30\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor is by far the biggest far in UFC history, and his star power has historically given him some real influence within the organization. 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