Daniel Cormier says Conor McGregor’s comments on Khabib’s late father were a “cry for help”

Conor McGregor was back to his old tweet and removes the means this week. “The Notorious” appears to have published a tasteless text about Khabib Nurmagomedov’s late father and then attempted to erase him from his history on social media.

But as he should know by now, the Internet keeps a permanent record.

Some see him as McGregor losing his touch as the champion promoter / noisemaker he once was. Daniel Cormier, who is also a close friend and training partner of Khabib, shares the same sentiment with the majority: he has crossed the line so far that it should not be crossed.

“We talked about forbidden women and families,” Cormier told new ESPN co-host Ryan Clark. “But when you talk about everything for a man – Khabib’s father was everything to him – and you talk about his leaving today because of something that has been so terrible for our whole world, and you use that in a meaning to return?

“I get shock value and try to get people talking, but (this went) way too far, to the point that I immediately called Khabib last night and said, ‘Hey, are you okay? Ask him if he’s okay after seeing this, especially if he can’t do anything about it anymore.

“He spoke to my kids on my wrestling schedule the other day and said he’s never been happier than when he fought McGregor that day. Because for so long he wanted to get his hands on Conor and beat Conor. Well, he can’t do that anymore because he’s not a boxer anymore. So now he just has to swallow this.

McGregor is losing a lot of fans to this recent behavior, and Cormier says someone should step in to take action.

“(He) absolutely crossed the line. And I think when things like that are said I think it’s a cry for help, ”said the former two-time champion. “Conor has all the money in the world, he has all the fame.

“But now when you start digging at that level, it’s like someone has to go see McGregor and help him.” Start to change your mind and focus and bring it back to a better place, and that’s unfortunate.

McGregor won’t see any action until mid-2022 (if he returns), so we’ll likely see more of that activity on social media for now.