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McGregor: ‘I don’t celebrate Ronda Rousey’s losses. That’s weak’

McGregor: ‘I don’t celebrate Ronda Rousey’s losses. That’s weak’

 

 

Much of the MMA rejoiced once Ronda Rousey lost her come back fight in an express manner within the first minute of UFC 207. Still many backtracked on the initial joy and mockery.

Among them? Amanda Nunes for one. In recent days she’s apologized for how she’s carried herself in her victory.

 

Now many believe this apology might be lacking or in some way insincere but Ronda still has the support of probably now the single largest UFC star – Notorious Irishman Conor McGregor who said as much in his recent interview with Ariel Helwani:

 “When Ronda lost, I woke up to all these messages. ‘Now let’s see what they do.’ And I’m like, what? I love Ronda, I was always a big supporter of Ronda,” McGregor said last week in Manchester.

“Then she loses that second one and people are trying to make me celebrate, ‘now they’ve got nobody.’ That’s a wrong mindset. I don’t celebrate another’s defeat like that. That’s weak. A weak individual does that. People were trying to celebrate when I lost who had nothing to do with it. That ain’t the sign of a champion. That ain’t the sign of a true champion, so I couldn’t believe it.”

And while many criticized Rousey for being allowed to skip the media surrounding her comeback Conor McGregor holds no grudge, even though in a similar situation he wasn’t treated as well by the UFC:

 “We’re in on it on our own,” McGregor said. “What someone else is or isn’t allowed, and what somebody does or doesn’t do, has no effect on me and what I do. I’m doing what I do. She’s doing what she’s doing. Everyone else is doing what they’re doing. It is what it is. She didn’t have to do the media and got away with that — that’s great. If they had done that for me, I probably would’ve showed up at UFC 200.

“But we split the card. UFC 200 did great numbers, UFC 202 did great numbers. It also gave me that extra bit of time, that looking back, I probably needed. I probably needed that extra time. So everything worked out perfectly for me. So I’m sitting there and I heard that she requested no media, and they gave her media, I was happy for her because that’s what she asked for. And then I also didn’t give a f*ck. I was just chilling.”

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