{"id":443408,"date":"2022-04-18T14:40:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=443408"},"modified":"2022-04-18T14:40:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:40:29","slug":"kamaru-usman-blasts-conor-mcgregor-for-calling-him-out-he-has-to-try-to-attach-his-name-to-someone-who-is-relevant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kamaru-usman-blasts-conor-mcgregor-for-calling-him-out-he-has-to-try-to-attach-his-name-to-someone-who-is-relevant\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamaru Usman blasts Conor McGregor for calling him out: “He has to try to attach his name to someone who is relevant”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kamaru Usman thinks Conor McGregor is only calling him out to stay relevant.<\/p>\n

McGregor is currently rehabbing the broken leg he sustained in his trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier back at UFC 264 last July. Recently, the Irishman has begun posting training videos which signaled he is close to returning. Many thought he would return at lightweight but McGregor did an interview and said he wants to face Usman in his return<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe myself vs. Usman for the 170-pound title for my comeback fight is the one I\u2019m eyeballing at the minute,\u201d McGregor said to The Mac Life<\/a>. “I\u2019ve gotten myself down to a lightweight frame, but I\u2019m big now. I feel big, I feel strong, I feel healthy, I\u2019ve got good energy. Coming back after a gruesome injury, I do not want to deplete myself. There\u2019s no need to deplete myself. And I feel confident against Usman \u2013 a jab-happy, sloppy orthodox wrestler with no submissions whatsoever. What\u2019s he gonna do? Where\u2019s the danger here? I don\u2019t see a danger with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Conor<\/p>\n

After the callout, Kamaru Usman seemed interested in it, but now he believes Conor McGregor is only calling him out to stay relevant. For the welterweight champ, he isn’t sure if the Irishman wants that fight, as instead, he thinks McGregor is only calling him out for the clout.<\/p>\n

“Right now, we kind of got Leon Edwards sitting there, you got the other loudmouth little kid, what’s his name, the Irish kid, the Irish guy. You got the Irish guy, you forget (his name),” Usman said to TMZ Sports<\/a>. “This is why you forget, this guy is not relevant, he hasn\u2019t done anything in the sport as of late. So in order for him to be relevant, he has to try to attach his name to someone who is relevant and that is what the media is not understanding, the media is not getting.”<\/p>\n

Although Usman says he didn’t remember McGregor’s name and isn’t relevant anymore, a fight between them would be one of the biggest in UFC history. It would be the first time someone tries to become a three-weight champion, so perhaps Usman does show interest in it soon.<\/p>\n

What do you make of Kamaru Usman blasting Conor McGregor?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kamaru Usman thinks Conor McGregor is only calling him out to stay relevant. McGregor is currently rehabbing the broken leg he sustained in his trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier back at UFC 264 last July. Recently, the Irishman has begun posting training videos which signaled he is close to returning. 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