Conor McGregor has weighed in on Dustin Poirier’s recent arrest and personal struggles as he prepares for his own return at UFC 329.
McGregor, who has shared the octagon with Poirier three times and last fought him at UFC 264 in 2021 when he broke his leg, addressed Poirier’s airport arrest for public drunkenness and the former interim champion’s subsequent apology and pledge to work on himself.
“Karma is a mirror,” McGregor said, before expanding on the situation. “It's not good. It's not good to see. If I was to say something to him, I would say, take this with absolute seriousness. Do not engage in people. Oh, there's people, 'It was funny, I like him more.' So you start laughing about it. 'Ah, maybe it wasn't so bad. Maybe I'll keep going.' Then the next one's worse, and then you slip deeper and deeper. So, I would say, take this with the absolute seriousness.”
McGregor also referenced a prior conversation with UFC reporter Megan Olivi about Poirier’s retirement. “Funny enough, I spoke with Megan Olivi, they asked me, not on this, this hadn't happened yet, but asking me about Dustin, and for him to retire and go on steroids for no reason, I found that stupid. Also, his body didn't look any different, which, has me alarm bells went off. Take it with absolute seriousness, because you don't want to slip further and further.”
“He has to take accountability,” McGregor added, noting Poirier’s comments about his father. “I seen something, he came out, his father – he blamed his father. You have to take accountability, my man. That's it. I'm not gonna go deeper. I don't want to go into it. It's not my business, you know, and for the sake of his family and his children, his new child born, I hope he comes right.”
