T.J. Dillashaw wants Conor McGregor to tap back into the demeanor that made him a UFC champion.
McGregor (22-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) has recently reconnected with his faith after a five-year long layoff and a slew of legal issues. He returned against Max Holloway in Saturday’s UFC 329 headliner, but ended up blowing out his right knee just 69 seconds into the fight.
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Dillashaw felt McGregor was off from the get-go.
“He did not have the aura you’re used to seeing,” Dillashaw said of McGregor on the JAXXON Podcast. “His face just looked scared and confused. Everyone could see it. He had the flag around him and usually everyone goes to his tune, and he’s like standing to the ref, ‘Are you greasing me? Are you greasing me?’ Like ‘What’s going on?’ Yo, that’s not him. He’s usually the f*cking man. I picked Max Holloway because he was out for five years.”
A devastated McGregor turned to God to help him through this difficult time after getting injured once again, but Dillashaw doesn’t think this version will get him back to winning ways.
“I don’t want the new Conor, ‘God’s plan.’ I want him to be the f*cking man,” Dillashaw said. “That guy, no one can tell him f*cking sh*t. He’s sorry for nothing. That’s the guy that’s going to get him back.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: T.J. Dillashaw doesn’t like the new ‘God’s plan’ Conor McGregor
