Lamas: Team protects McGregor from wrestlers
Ricardo Lamas: “…it’s time for the UFC to give him a wrestler…Maybe have his people to stop asking the UFC to not match him up with wrestlers.”
Conor McGregor is undefeated in the UFC, having defeated four fighters most would consider more strikers than wrestlers. Fellow featherweight Ricardo Lamas believes that this was a purposeful move by his team to keep him winning:
He’s had a lot of smart things to say on Twitter, and that didn’t go unnoticed by me, so it’s time for the UFC to give him a wrestler and stop protecting him from wrestlers, he said. Maybe give his people to stop asking the UFC to not match him up with wrestlers.
Lamas said he can’t deny the Irishman’s popularity and, unlike others, takes no issue with the healthy compensation he’s earned for his efforts.
McGregor does a good job of marketing himself, and he does bring in the numbers for pay-per-view buys, he said. The guy has an entire country behind him, so that makes a huge difference. The UFC is a business, and if you make them money, they’re going to make you money.