{"id":401324,"date":"2021-12-09T22:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=401324"},"modified":"2021-12-09T22:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T06:07:49","slug":"chael-sonnen-on-conor-mcgregors-new-190lbs-frame-how-did-you-get-this-big-why-the-answer-to-me-seems-redundantly-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chael-sonnen-on-conor-mcgregors-new-190lbs-frame-how-did-you-get-this-big-why-the-answer-to-me-seems-redundantly-obvious\/","title":{"rendered":"Chael Sonnen on Conor McGregor’s new 190lbs frame: “How did you get this big? Why? The answer to me seems redundantly obvious.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen shared his thoughts on Conor McGregor’s new 190lbs frame during his latest YouTube video.<\/p>\n

McGregor (22-6 MMA) recently took to social media where he shared some photos<\/a> flaunting his new “190lbs of granite” physique (see those here<\/a>). Those images created quite the buzz amongst the MMA community, drawing mixed reactions from fans and fellow fighters.<\/p>\n

UFC bantamweight Sean O’Malley<\/a> was admittedly perplexed by Conor McGregor’s decision to “bulk up” in weight stating the following.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s necessarily good for fighting, dude. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to be an advantage or a benefit,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said O\u2019Malley.\u00a0\u201cDude, if Conor\u2019s 190 (lbs) right now, he should not go down and fight at 155.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Conor McGregor puts on muscle mass ahead of UFC return<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Those words from ‘Suga’ hit home with former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen, who voiced the following words of concern over McGregor’s new look.<\/p>\n

“So there is this picture floating around of Conor McGregor looking bigger than we have ever seen him weighing something like 190lbs. And (Sean) O’Malley said ‘Man, I don’t know if that helps you in fighting’, and I don’t know where it would help you in fighting. And if he does in fact weigh one hundred and ninety pounds, he should not be going down to 155. Now, hold that thought because Sean is the only one to state the obvious. First off, that picture of Conor, he did not look great.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Chael Sonnen continued:<\/p>\n

“Conor is chiseled man. There\u2019s clothing people that pay Conor to wear their stuff. He\u2019s got this fantastic build. That picture of him at 190 [lbs], I can\u2019t give those same compliments. He looked like he was extremely bloated. And when somebody weighs 190 \u2013 that\u2019s used to weighing 155, 175; what you have to wonder is how. How did you get this big? Why? The answer to me seems redundantly obvious. You\u2019re not training.”<\/em> Sonnen said. “You cannot train the way you need to prepare in MMA, which we\u2019re well aware. We are well aware that Conor is not. He’s got the hurt leg and he’s not doing what he is used to. He\u2019s not jumping rope. He\u2019s not running. He\u2019s not pulling the sled. He\u2019s not sparring. We get it. He\u2019s having to do other exercises. But that\u2019s always important to know because that\u2019s what Sean\u2019s talking about. If you\u2019re not doing our sport, who gives a damn what you weigh? If your calorie deficit to intake got so far out of control, that you\u2019re bigger than you\u2019ve ever been, that\u2019s not a good thing.”<\/em><\/p>\n