The heated exchanges between UFC featherweight Conor McGregor and lightweight Diego Sanchez got a little hotter last night, when the Irishman set a time and venue for a fight between them on Twitter.
Responding to a call-out from Sanchez, McGregor said (h/t MMA Junkie):
You brain dead, stuttering fool. Read the fine print. And put your bib on so you don’t drool on my tweets.
He added:
My comeback fight will be Dublin next year. Its [sp] a done deal. McGregor Vs Sanchez. Ireland Vs. Mexico.
McGregor and Sanchez have been engaged in their “Twitter war” since last August, when the Irish fighter sent a tweet insulting the entire UFC featherweight division.
Sanchez, apparently, was sticking up for his featherweight buddy Diego Brandao, who is likely to fight McGregor next.
But that fight might now be Sanchez’s if McGregor’s tweets are anything to go by.
There’s no confirmation from any sources that this fight is likely to happen. Sanchez, although currently fighting at lightweight, has spent most of his career as a welterweight. McGregor fights at 145 pounds.
It’s hard to imagine Sanchez making a cut like that, or McGregor even moving up, considering all the business he has to do at featherweight.
Still, his insult “brain dead, stuttering fool” must have stung.
Sanchez is known to take brutal punishment in his fights, and has been mocked as a sparring dummy. It’s a point McGregor drew attention to in another Tweet:
@DiegoSanchezUFC Only reason you haven’t been cut 2 Bellator, with the other has-beens, is because you defend shots with your nose. 0-4 #CUT
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) November 27, 2013
Sanchez also once admitted to a drinking problem, which was at least the cause of his “stuttering” at 2009’s World MMA Awards. Thankfully that incident didn’t lead to any major mishaps which would have required him to use the services of a DWI Lawyer.
McGregor is currently out with a knee injury and there is no indication as to when he’ll return to action.
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