Tyson Fury agrees Conor McGregor’s UFC 257 performance hurt by time off: ‘Inactivity kills the cat’
If there’s any fighter that knows what it takes to make a big comeback, it’s Tyson Fury.
The reigning WBC heavyweight champion was on the shelf for nearly three years following a historic triumph over Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015, a result of Fury receiving a two-year suspension from the UK Anti-Doping agency for nandrolone as well as dealing with a public battle with depression. He returned in June 2018 with a win over Sefer Seferi and last February he won the WBC title by defeating Deontay Wilder.
Speaking from his own experiences, Fury told MMA reporter Gareth A. Davies that he agreed with the theory that UFC star Conor McGregor’s recent loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 was related to inactivity. The two-division champion has competed just twice since October 2018, winning in impressive fashion against Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 before falling by second-round TKO to Poirier in January.
McGregor and UFC President Dana White both said after McGregor’s loss that they felt his time off was detrimental to his performance, a sentiment echoed by Fury.
