Conor McGregor may end up regretting his lifestyle choices when he eventually returns to the Octagon, says Ricky Hatton.
The Irishman was due to take on Michael Chandler at UFC 303 but pulled out due to a toe injury.
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He was last in action when he suffered a broken leg against Dustin Poirier in their trilogy fight of 2021.
“This is not over!”
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This means when and if he does return it will be over three years since he fought and Hatton believes that ‘The Notorious’ hasn’t lived the life of a fighter outside of the cage.
“I wasn’t doing good things to my body and I wasn’t doing good things to my mind.
“I don’t know, but my guess is Conor’s probably done the same in the three years he’s had off, not being very kind to his body.
“My body, sooner or later, turned around and said ‘I know you’ve been doing this all your career but it can’t do it anymore’. But some people come back stronger, I’m just thinking because of Conor’s mentality and Tyson [Fury]’s mentality and my mentality being similar, we’re not going to spend three years off going to the museum, or going for Sunday afternoon walks over the hills.”
