UFC: Paul Felder tells Conor McGregor to quit ‘murder’ talk or ‘get the hell out of the Octagon’
- ‘Leave those things out of your mouth … [or] I don’t ever want to see you again,’ says former UFC lightweight contender Felder
- ‘It’s not about murder. It’s not about your family … To talk about that stuff is just disgusting’
Paul Felder has launched an impassioned attack on Conor McGregor after the Irishman’s threats to Dustin Poirier following last weekend’s UFC 264 main event.
“You’re on the ground with your leg broken in half at the bottom, threatening to kill somebody to a man who has just dominated you twice in a row now,” former UFC lightweight Felder told welterweight Michael Chiesa on UFC Round-Up.
“He could walk up and soccer kick you in the mouth and knock all your teeth out and leave you for dead on that canvas. You’re the one who is in position to get killed, Conor, in that spot.”
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But she simply gave the 33-year-old the middle finger as she walked past him on her way out of the Octagon with her husband.
“About Dustin, the thing that I loved is that this guy could have went over there and tried to attack Conor who’s on the ground with a broken leg,” Felder said.
“Not that security would have let that happen, but the way that he’s allowing him to say that and just biting his tongue and holding his head high, I mean, so many high fives to Dustin Poirier for the way he handled that situation.
“This sport is violent, I get that. We’re supposed to beat the crap out of each other, knock each other out. But at the end of the day, it’s not about murder. It’s not about your family. Leave those things out of your mouth, or get the hell out of the Octagon, I don’t ever want to see you again.”
McGregor underwent a three-and-a-half hour surgery in Los Angeles on Sunday to fix his left tibia and fibula, and will be on crutches for six weeks. He has also received a medical suspension until at least January 2022, unless he is cleared by a doctor.
“It’s not a street fight. It’s not life and death really,” Felder added. “Obviously in boxing and MMA, there’s injuries that can cause people to literally die. So to talk about that stuff is just disgusting and we’ve mentioned that a million times. What he said was wrong.”
