It appears that the kind and gentler Conor McGregor is no more. After Dustin Poirier revealed that McGregor did not come through with his promised $500,000 donation to The Good Fight Foundation.
At UFC 257, McGregor indicated that he would be donating $500,000 to Poirier’s charity. However, the transaction has yet to be completed. Per MMA Junkie, both parties exchanged information for the donation. That never happened.
Poirier made this point public recently to which McGregor responded by noting that his team needed specific information on where the money was going. Since all of this occurred on social media, one should have expected for this to go south. It ended with McGregor stating that the July 10th fight versus Poirier was off and that he would find another opponent.
That's a fun prediction! @TheNotoriousMMA you also predicted a donation to my foundation and you and your team stopped responding after the fight in January.
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) April 11, 2021
See you soon.
July 10th Paid In Full!
A donation, not a debt. We’ve been awaiting the plans for the money that never came. I do with all my donations. Know where it’s going dot for dot. Otherwise it goes walking. As is the case with a lot of these foundations, sadly. You took the McG over the belt shows I was right.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 12, 2021
100% never a debt. You offered, we accepted, and like I said your Team never responded to our emails regarding the process of where funds would be put to work! July 10th you will taste defeat yet Again https://t.co/k3Cu9DG1Me
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) April 12, 2021
Conor’s Manager chimes in:
Dustin! Why you frontin? Did you forget the face to face meeting we just had in Utah with our families? Where we stood by you as you tried to get more $ from the UFC?
— Audie A. Attar (@AudieAttar) April 12, 2021
Conor is as generous as it gets. Don’t dismiss his business savvy. He always gets it done. This is a low move man https://t.co/o458biivaL
And here is when the friendliness between rivals ended:
You’re ripped you inbred hillbilly. Why do you wink with your ears? You fucking brain dead hillbilly. 500k with no plan in place. Ye hang tight. Fool. You must be new to money. The fight is off btw. I’m going to fight someone else on the 10th. Good luck on your old contract kid.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 12, 2021
Payout Perspective:
I don’t readily believe that a fight with Poirier is off. Certainly, this brings up intrigue for this fight going forward. Perhaps McGregor is looking for an edge to fighting again as losing three fights in a row would be bad for his MMA career and future earnings potential. One has to wonder the wait for the donation as it does appear that the parties were going through with the deal.
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