After watching Justin Gaethje defeat Dustin Poirier at UFC 291, Conor McGregor immediately called out Gaethje, posting "Justin, I'll slap you around."
Well, Gaethje's manager Ali Abdelaziz believes he knows the only reason that McGregor called Gaethje out.
"Conor McGregor, he lost himself," Abdelaziz told TMZ Sports recently. "He doesn't know who he is. He's a guy who isn't even a fighter. He's a retired fighter. He's not in the USADA program, he probably weighs almost close to 200 pounds. He just wants clout.
"Justin Gaethje's a gladiator. Dustin Poirier's a gladiator. Kamaru Usman, Islam [Makhachev], Max Holloway, all those guys are gladiators. He's not a gladiator anymore. He wants his name to be mentioned. He misses his hype."
He warned that McGregor trying to force a fight with Gaethje will result in an ambulance picking him up "all broken" from the Octagon and the Irish sensation's legacy further damaged.