Conor McGregor’s attitude ahead of his UFC 246 fight against Donald Cerrone is a stark contrast to what he had shown since he rose to mainstream superstardom six years ago. In place of the loud trash talk was nothing but respect shown towards “Cowboy”, as seen during their press conference this week.
For former UFC champion Miesha Tate, this different side of McGregor could be partly connected to his legal troubles throughout 2019.
“I think it’s partially why we’re seeing the taming of Conor,” Tate said recently on MMA on SiriusXM (transcript by BJPenn.