KEY POINTS

  • Michael Bisping weighs in on Conor McGregor's loss to Dustin Poirier
  • Bisping says McGregor should fire his longtime coach
  • "Notorious" insists that he could've bounced back if it wasn't for his injury

A former UFC champion has sent Conor McGregor a dire advice following his unfortunate defeat at UFC 264.

The MMA world was shocked after McGregor suffered a horrifying ankle injury in the closing seconds of round one of his rubbermatch against Dustin Poirier.

Looking back, some believe that the former two-division UFC champ didn’t stand a chance to beat Poirier whether he breaks his ankle or not.

Among them was former UFC middleweight titleholder Michael Bisping.

According to Bisping, McGregor’s longtime coach John Kavanagh was wrong when he said his fighter would’ve scored a knockout win in the second round.

For “The Count,” Poirier was all over McGregor for the most part and the injury served as some sort of an “excuse” for a clear loss that was bound to happen.

“Just like his [McGregor’s] coach John Kavanagh said, ‘oh, I saw nothing that concerned me. I knew that in the second round we were getting the knockout. Nothing else in there concerned me at all.’ If that’s true, John Kavanagh, Conor should fire you immediately,” Bisping said on BT Sport’s UFC 264 post-fight show.

“That was very concerning, you were on your back and you were getting dominated,” he continued. “It was a 10-8 round, that’s concerning. You don’t want to get your ass kicked, simple as that and that was what was happening.”

“The leg break was unfortunate. But, as I say it gives McGregor an excuse or a reason as to why the fight ended. If that didn’t happen, come on! the odds of him turning it around and finishing Dustin [Poirier] in the second round when round one is supposed to be Conor’s best round, it wasn’t good. It wasn’t a good performance.”

Conor McGregor during UFC 264
JULY 10: Conor McGregor of Ireland sits on the mat after injuring his ankle in the first round in his lightweight bout against Dustin Poirier during UFC 264: Poirier v McGregor 3 at T-Mobile Arena on July 10, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images

In the end, Poirier was declared as winner via doctor’s stoppage. McGregor, on the other hand, insisted that his foe had “done nothing” on him and things would’ve played out completely different had he not injured his foot.

"It was a hell of a first round," McGregor said on a Twitter post. "It would have been nice to get into that second round, and then to see what's what. But it is what is — a clean break of the tibia, and it was not to be.”

"Dustin, you can celebrate that illegitimate win all you want but you done nothing in there,” the Irishman added. “That second round would have shown all. Onwards and upwards we go."

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