New Conor McGregor Sheds Old F-Bomb Skin, Says He’s More Grounded, Focused
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
There’s no trash talking.
The f-bombs are not flying.
And there are no shenanigans this week.
Conor McGregor is the headliner for UFC 246 at T-Mobile Arena Saturday night.
And the media has been treated to a new McGregor, a grounded, mature adult who says he has not imbibed alcohol in the last four months.
McGregor is a heavy favorite in his cage match with Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone.
The Irishman, dogged by a sexual assault allegation and his own immature behavior when he tossed a dolly onto a bus window at the Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn in April 2018, met the media Thursday around 3:35 p.m. at the UFC Apex building near the MMA fight show’s headquarters off the 215 in the southwest valley on UFC 246 Media Day.
He appeared in sweat pants, a casual jacket and a ski cap, saying he was “sporadic” in his life.
“People have real problems,” he explained to some 100 media crammed into a section of the UFC Apex. Listen to a McGregor talk with a heightened sense of maturity.
He’s still competitive, but the trash-talking bravado that marked the pre-fight appearances for his Oct. 2016 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov that ended with an ugly melee at T-Mobile Arena is not apparent this week during his public comments before his fight with Cerrone.
LVSportsBiz.com MMA writer Cassandra Cousineau will be joining me for UFC 246 coverage on Saturday night and we will explore more of the change of Conor McGregor in a story in two days.
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