Former sparring partner to Conor McGregor, Paul Malignaggi offered a new flurry of opinions on the UFC lightweight champion. This time, the former boxing champion called “Notorious” something perhaps a little unexpected.
After a series of sparring photos were leaked, Paul Malignaggi had a falling out with Conor McGregor, departing from the UFC fighter’s camp as a result. On today’s edition of The MMA Hour, Malignaggi offered some of his thoughts on the UFC champion.
On The MMA Hour, as transcribed by MMA Fighting, Paul Malignaggi opened up about Conor McGregor.
“How are you gonna prepare to fight Floyd Mayweather without your sparring?. He doesn’t want to look like the running joke of boxing, but he’s making himself the running joke of boxing without even trying. If he stopped trying so hard and being ‘The Little Engine That Could’ and just trained and did his thing, none of this soap opera would even be up. Have you heard anything from Floyd Mayweather’s camp?” He said.
The boxer then continued, “I like the guy. He’s adorable. He’s cute. He’s trying so hard to tell people he’s gonna win this fight and legitimize himself. He’s trying to prove so hard he’s a puncher, because all these MMA fans tell me he’s a big puncher. You can tell he believes it.”
After calling the UFC champion cute, Malignaggi added “He’s been given this false sense of security like he’s some kind of crazy puncher that people really believes everything he hits breaks down. You better learn to punch if you’re gonna be a puncher. This isn’t mixed martial arts anymore.”
When speaking on the controversial knockdown from their sparring practice, Malignaggi said “He actually doesn’t know how to make the move. When I get to Vegas, I’m gonna do some video interviews. I’m gonna show people how to actually use that dirty move. It’s a dirty move, but you don’t even know how to do it. He’s actually so stupid, he didn’t do it right.”
