Chael: Conor to cut 27 pounds this week
Chael Sonnen: “(Conor McGregor)’s got to be 145 lbs in eight days. I don’t know how he’s going to do it. He’s very lean. He has a very busy schedule.”
Retired UFC middleweight, ESPN fight analyst, You’re Welcome! With Chael Sonnen podcaster, and Gangster from Oregon Chael Sonnen spoke recently with Jim Rome, about Conor McGregor. At 5′ 9″ ‘The Notorious’ towers over featherweights like Chad Mendes (5′ 6″) and Jose Aldo (5′ 7″).
“He’s a very big guy. I was impressed with how big he is,” said Sonnen as transcribed by Anton Tabuena for BE. “I was like ‘Conor, what do you weigh?’, he said ‘I’m around 172 lbs’. He’s got to be 145 lbs in eight days.”
“He’s going to be a little bit bigger than Chad. I don’t know if that helps or not. It might slow him down. He’s a big guy. I’ve (cut that much weight) before, but I’m considerably bigger. Percentage-wise, I wouldn’t have to lose quite as much.”
“I don’t know how he’s going to do it. He’s very lean. He has a very busy schedule. He’s training at Las Vegas. He was just in LA with Conan O’Brien last night. He’s in New York for Reebok a day before that. He was in Connecticut the day before that. One, how does he do the weight? And two, how does he find the time? I don’t know.”
Conor McGregor fights Chad Mendes for the UFC interim featherweight championship at UFC 189 on Saturday.
Here is Conor’s view of what it will look like: