My god did he mishandled his career after the Cruz fight. Retires at the top, doubles down on the cringe, calls out EVERYONE, Shevchenko, Ngannou lol, Ryan Garcia (didn't he say he would go boxe?) Of course not, he became a joke, of course it fell through. People started forgetting about him. You can't keep the interest alive by doing Instagram videos of you with a Burger King crown saying you the double champ "bend the knee".
He really thought he had the bigger end of the stick, but when the UFC didn't even show interest in his return, he knew he fucked up. At the end he was literally begging Dana for a fight, can you believe that? He was double champ couple of months before that. Now he's back on the retirement talk again. Probably because you NEED to strike the iron when it's red hot, and this idiot literally let it cool down completely and he doesn't understand why it's not bending his way.
It's sad cause I feel hes supremely talented and could've cemented himself as a goat when he was at the top of the hill.
For real I don't even care for his comeback, you come back or you don't, just stop talking about it, just do it.