UFC legend Matt Brown never had much faith that Conor McGregor would actually fight again, and that opinion has only been strengthened since the Irish superstar dropped out of his scheduled return against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29.
An injury ultimately derailed McGregor’s plans, but there’s still no word on what exactly happened or when he might be able to compete again. That level of uncertainty only convinced Brown that much more that his original prediction about McGregor’s future is that much closer to coming true.
“I was never confident before that he would [come back],” Brown said on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer. “It didn’t shock me when I saw he was out of this fight. No, I’m still on that same train — he’s not ever coming back.
“I say the same thing I said before, I hope he proves me wrong. I hope I’m wrong. I would like to see Conor fight again. I would like to see him do a real training camp with real training partners, push himself hard, go back to the great Conor that he was before. I would love to see that. I think a lot of people would love to see that. It’s not happening.”
Matt Brown reacts to Conor McGregor’s UFC 303 injury dropout: ‘He’s not ever coming back’ - MMA Fighting
