Like the rest of the MMA world, former UFC middleweight title contender Sonnen was left intrigued by McGregor’s words and tried to decipher the puzzle in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel. Like many others, Sonnen’s first instinct was to draw the notes back to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The classic ‘Don’t be scared, homie’ sentence is attributed to Nick Diaz. McGregor has a feud with the other Diaz brother, Nate. Rambling on, Sonnen speculated if McGregor might have confused himself and used Nick’s quote to call out Nate.
Sonnen dismissed the possibility that the messages could be addressed to Dustin Poirier, McGregor’s next opponent, because the fight contract has already been signed, and there is no news about Poirier leaning to cancel the bout.
One of the most popular and controversial fighters of his era, Sonnen remembered when he used to post cryptic messages on social media to create intrigue and speculation about his fights. For him, it is an excellent skill for a fighter to have.
He cites an example of a time where he tweeted the word ‘real’ in all caps. The message was directed to Lyoto Machida and not Wanderlei Silva, as Sonnen incorrectly recalled.
The fight with Machida never took place in the UFC. But the two met last year in Sonnen’s last professional MMA bout, where he suffered a TKO to Machida during the second round at Bellator 222.
A possibility Chael Sonnen didn’t consider: could Conor McGregor’s enigma refer to Jake Paul?
Jake Paul has been trash-talking Conor McGregor since he debuted in boxing, defeating fellow YouTuber AnEsonGib. Over the last weekend, Paul won his second boxing bout by knockinout former NBA player Nate Robinson.
While McGregor has blatantly ignored the YouTube star thus far, some speculated ‘The Notorious’ could have directed the series of tweets towards Jake Paul.
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