"I don't think he wanted to fight" - Din Thomas Slams Conor McGregor after UFC 329 Loss
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Din Thomas has stated his belief that Conor McGregor didn't want to fight after his UFC 329 loss to Max Holloway.
Conor McGregor's UFC 329 loss was certainly underwhelming. After the first strike he attempted, it appeared that the writing was on the wall. He injured his knee, was unable to continue and after a little over a minute, the fight was stopped and Max Holloway was deemed the victor. So bad was the injury that the Irishman is set to undergo surgury and look to make a comeback.
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UFC veteran and current UFC analyst, Din Thomas believes that McGregor "didn't want to fight". Speaking on Deep Waters, Thomas said:
"I don't think he wanted to fight, man. I think he is, in a way, playing on this sympathy card from some people. Obviously a lot of people are making fun of him and saying this, that and the third to him, but there is a little bit of sympathy. It sucks to go out like that, but at the end of the day, he tore his knee in the first fight and still fought. In this one, to me, as soon as he tore it, he dropped down, gets up, stumbles around, then he starts looking at the ref like, 'I can't do this no more.'
"But think of all the other greats. The spirit in the past, he fought through it, and this isn't me making this up. This is what he told us. He told us he was going to have the greatest comeback. He told us he didn't go nowhere. He said these things. But when it got tough, he tore his leg, he wanted out. He wanted out! What did Carlos Ulberg do? What did Thiago Santos do? He tore both of his knees against Jon Jones, he fought threw it. He didn't look for a way out. Official tears. ... That's my point: He didn't even try."
Comparisons between Conor McGregor and Others
It's hard to compare injuries without actually suffering the exact injury itself. For every Conor McGregor knee blow out, there's a 2013 Conor McGregor knee blow out. Previously, he was able to continue, this time, he couldn't.
Comparisons have been made between McGregor's injury and that of light heavyweight champion, Carlos Ulberg. He blew his knew out and was able to continue in the fight, rally and knockout Jiri Prochazka to capture gold.
It's easy for armchair experts to say that McGregor should have continued, or that he 'quit' and didn't want to be in the fight, but the reality is that he had an injury, was unable to continue and ultimatley, the referee saved him from taking further damage.