The retired NFL star, who now talks for FOX Sports after getting released by ESPN, wants the promotion to refund every fan who spent money to watch UFC 329. That would only be ticket holders since UFC no longer sells pay-per-view (PPV) events and sorry, but Dana White and Co. are not going to part with that $25 million windfall.
Griffin also wants McGregor to retire.
Griffin is not the only analyst who expects McGregor to fade away.
“There was one other moment, and it was the bad one for me where I go, ‘We can’t do this work anymore.’ It was actually a punch,” retired UFC fighter, Chael Sonnen, told MMA Junkie. “Conor threw a punch and he went down. He fell forward like a drunk guy. All the way to his knee. He hadn’t thrown punches at full speed in so long, he lost his own balance doing it. No part of me is teasing. That was the real moment. You cannot main event him. You cannot repackage and sell this story, nor would they be interested.”
“Chuck Liddell was very close friends with Dana White,” Sonnen continued. “Brock Lesnar just wanted to do it again. Anderson Silva said, ‘Hey, put me in one more time.’ Dana does not give back on that. I know this story gets told that he runs the evil empire and all he cares about is money. That just isn’t true. If Dana takes a look at Conor, thinks he could get hurt, or you don’t belong here and you’re taking someone else’s spot — no. If Conor wanted to be one of the guys on the card – BJ [Penn] started opening the card. BJ Penn was third from the top in his final fight. He not only wasn’t the main event – he wasn’t the main card.”
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