Former Bellator and ONE champion Ben Askren believes there is a purpose why former two-division UFC titleholder Conor McGregor hasn’t made an octagon return. Askren believes McGregor is ‘an addict.’
“It is fairly apparent to me that Conor McGregor is an addict,” Askren mentioned on Funky and the Champ podcast. “He’s charismatic sufficient, wealthy sufficient that it would not actually have a vastly adverse impression on his reside so everybody sort of lets him do what he needs to do.
“This man is clearly out partying, cannot present up for a coaching camp and since he cannot present up at coaching camp he cannot get able to struggle,” Askren continued. “There’s movies of him praying continually. And pay attention, f you are wealthy and well-known and I suppose you are not murdering anybody, or something worse the place you are going to go to jail, it is nice. No matter. Go reside your life, however he did sort of drag on this undeniable fact that he was going to struggle for 2 years.”
Askren speculated that McGregor is hooked on each medication and alcohol however did not really feel snug saying definitively with out having seen McGregor use medication.
“I do not know that I could make any pronouncements with out having seen him do it, however I’ve watched sufficient movies to know that his man is uncontrolled,” Askren mentioned. “He is partying continually and from all rumors he is on a number of substances.”
McGregor has been out of motion since breaking his leg in a trilogy bout in opposition to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. McGregor’s octagon return was booked in opposition to Michael Chandler for UFC 303 on June 29 at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas, however he was pressured out of the bout as a consequence of a toe damage.
