UFC: Kamaru Usman says Conor McGregor is just a regular fighter now – ‘he’s not that guy any more’
- Welterweight champ thinks ‘loud mouth’ McGregor ‘just a guy who’s in the UFC’
- Usman open to fighting winner of Nate Diaz vs Leon Edwards – and would also consider trilogy with Jorge Masvidal
UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman thinks Conor McGregor’s aura has faded.
The Irish former featherweight and lightweight champ returns to the Octagon in July looking to settle his trilogy with Dustin Poirier, after “The Diamond” handed him his first knockout loss in the UFC in January.
The No 5-ranked McGregor is likely to get a title shot against new champ Charles Oliveira with a victory at UFC 264 on July 10, but he has just one win at 155 pounds in four and a half years – when he took the title from Eddie Alvarez in November 2016.
“Loud mouth. Just a loud mouth – he does more talking now than he does fighting,” Usman said of “The Notorious” in an interview on Ahora O Nunca ESPN. “Conor McGregor, if he wants to fight me, he knows where to find me, he can call me and we can make that fight happen.
“He’s a guy that can compete but he’s not the champion Conor McGregor, he’s not the double champion. He’s not that guy any more, he’s just a guy that’s in the UFC.