Dricus Du Plessis thinks all of Conor McGregor’s haters are simply jealous.
Regardless that he hasn’t competed contained in the Octagon in additional than three years, McGregor remains to be arguably the largest title in all of fight sports activities. He’s additionally one of many richest with a web price reportedly tipping the scales at $180 million.
Sadly, the as soon as beloved Irish megastar has seen a whole lot of struggle followers flip their again on him for one purpose or one other, whether or not or not it’s his continuous trash-talking of fighters who truly compete or a plethora of authorized points just like the one which discovered him chargeable for sexual assault.
However in response to reigning UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis, a lot of the vitriol being aimed on the former two-division titleholder as of late is nothing greater than pure envy.
“Division champion and in an absolute scientific show in opposition to Eddie Alvarez,” Du Plessis stated throughout an look on Straight Discuss with Mark Bouris. “Individuals overlook about that instantly now as a result of it’s been some time. The person’s sitting on his yacht, jeez. You realize, it’s sort of straightforward to take a seat right here and decide, however I feel all people’s sort of jealous of that. And yeah, I imply, the person’s accomplished some wild stuff, however that’s a totally completely different story.
“As for Conor McGregor the athlete, it’s a must to give that man all of the respect and thank our fathers for what occurred to this sport due to him. I imply, Conor McGregor, there’s a whole lot of controversy across the man, 100%. However I did an interview a few months in the past the place I stated, whether or not you hate him or love him, you’ve acquired to respect what the person has accomplished and achieved on this sport.
“Individuals have a look at Conor McGregor now and say, ‘Oh, he’s accomplished.’ Properly, if he’s accomplished, good on him. You realize, good on him. As a result of I’ve been a fan of his for a really very long time.”
Dricus Du Plessis headlines UFC’s return to Australia
Dricus Du Plessis returns to the Octagon on Saturday, February 8 for his second middleweight title protection at UFC 312 in Sydney, Australia. After securing an enormous win over Israel Adesanya in August, ‘DDP’ will look to as soon as once more fend off the person he took the title from, Sean Strickland.
Stillknocks’ can even put his ‘O’ on the road as he rides into The Land Down Beneath with an ideal 8-0 report underneath the UFC banner, together with wins over Robert Whittaker, Adesanya, and Strickland in his final three outings.
