Chiesa blasts Conor for costing him UFC title shot with bus attack

[NandoMoura]

“I don’t really got a lot to say to the guy,” Chiesa said of McGregor at a UFC media day Thursday. “I lost a title shot. I have proof. I was the highest-ranked guy on the card. I would have stepped in to fight Khabib at the drop of a dime. I’ve always loved the fight with Khabib. Bless his heart, he’s a cool ass guy. But this is a sport and I’ve always liked the way I matched up against him and I got f*cked out of that opportunity. I don’t really have too many kind things to say to [McGregor]. You work your whole life for those kinds of opportunities. Do I want mine on short order? No, I’d love a training camp. Like I said, if they walk in the door now and say, ‘Hey, do you want to fight for the title in the next 10 minutes?’ I’m out the door, I’m warming up, I’m ready to go.

“To lose the opportunity, that’s tough. You know how this sport works, guys. Opportunities like that don’t come along. I could strike along 15 wins in a row and still not get a title shot and I lost my opportunity and my dream. I hope that I’m gonna fight my ass off to earn it back staring on July 7 against Anthony Pettis. But yeah, tough pill to swallow.”

“My love for mixed martial arts will never waver,” Chiesa said. “My love for the UFC will never waver. Just because one guy played up some theatrics WWE style and took it a bit overboard and affected the lives of fighters and workers with the UFC, I’m not gonna let one person’s actions fiercely affect how much I love this sport. The day I fall out of love with it, I’m hanging it up. It’s not worth it. If you’re gonna get punched in the face, elbowed, cut up, busted up, injured, have to cut weight, have to bring yourself to the brink of death to show up the next day and try to put on the performance of your life, you’ve gotta love it. And if I don’t love it, it’s just not worth it to me. And that love will never die. I’m not gonna let one guy spoil the party.

“I’m just not thinking about that,” Chiesa said of the McGregor incident. “I don’t waste energy on that. I’ve wasted enough. Brooklyn was a f*cking heartbreaker, to say the least. And this is the most I’ve said about it. I’ve tried to stay mostly closed off, but f*ck it. You guys want some answers, you got some.”

https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/6/...or-costing-him-ufc-title-shot-with-bus-attack

 

[podsox]

He's right but I'm so sick of Chiesa crying over everything

 

[JoshR86]

Someone please correct me but wasn't Al already picked before the Conor took the bus' head clean off??

 

[Polish Machine]

I don't care for conor but really can't stand chiesa.

 

[podsox]

Someone please correct me but wasn't Al already picked before the Conor took the bus' head clean off??

Nope. Bus happened the day before

 

[KillerIsBack V2]

Someone please correct me but wasn't Al already picked before the Conor took the bus' head clean off??

Why on earth would u think that... Al was the last pick after a shitload of people, Fleder, Pettis, and some of the name names for the replacement werent even mentioned.

 

[ChumpyKiwi]

At least he wasn't left with PTSD. Some of his fellow fighters weren't so lucky

 

[whaleshark]

Chiesa via better Tiger Tatty

 

[ColombianFist]

Simple, Sue McG's jabroni ass until he gets a nice paycheck.

 

[markg171]

“I lost a title shot. I have proof. I was the highest-ranked guy on the card.

That's not how that works

 

[Medical Marijuana Man]

He is nowhere near a title shot

Ask Tony how many wins he had before he fought for an interim title

 

[superpunch]

 

[Danis_champ]

 

[KeepItRealist]

He pulled out in hope of lawsuit money. Anyone could have called that. All this dude does is whine.

 

[quantiqus]

he kind of looks like conor
maybe they are brothers

 

[Danis_champ]

His best wins are Dariush and Trinaldo who aren't even near top 10 so there is that...Even if he beats Pettis he is gonna sit out another year or two so who cares really?

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

titleshot? oh wow.. i guess conor gave him some brain damage.


edit: oh he means stepping in to fight khabib, thought he meant getting a titleshot if he beat pettis.

 

[McSpikes]

So Conor saved him from a Khabib mauling. I dont seethe problem here

 

[MilfordGreySkull]

I really like Chiesa, but he's not ready for Khabib.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

That's not how that works

It actually super is in this case. Al got the fight because he was the highest ranked. Chiesa would have gotten picked over him