Conor McGregor has called for MMA officials to begin to penalise fighters who utilise the cage too much in their game plans.
The legendary two-weight world champion made the intriguing rule suggestion after watching his original UFC rival Jose Aldo slump to a split decision loss to Mario Bautista at UFC 307 on Saturday night. The Brazilian struggled with his younger rivalâs pace, and lost 29-28 on two scorecards.
But McGregor feels that if fighters continuously bring opponents to the same spot in failed attempts at takedowns, they should be given less time to hold the position with limited action. And if that rule were implemented in Aldoâs fight, he feels his old enemy would have won.
Conor McGregor wants new âMcGregor clockâ rule implemented after Jose Aldo loses split decision
After watching his one-time fiercest rival Jose Aldo compete on Saturday night, Conor McGregor was clearly excited by the possibilities that veterans still have in the UFC. He has just celebrated his 36th birthday, and after three years out is still confident of a successful octagon return next year.
But he was outraged as Mario Bautista took the decision to move to the top 10 at bantamweight after slowing his rival down with grappling attempts later in the fight. McGregor believes that a position which fails to make an impact but is still regularly used to eat into the clock should be penalised.
âAs referee, if the fighters go to the same place of [stall] over and over I would be putting the position on a clock,â he wrote to his 10million+ fans on X, formerly Twitter. âAnd each time they end back there the clock goes shorter.
30 second clock. 20 second clock, 10 second, 8 second, 6 second etc etc etc Separate, seperate, separate. No point prolonging these positions as if they havenât taken place exactly the same way prior and nothing has taken place but stawling. My opinion.â
When one fan noted that failing to land a takedown will still score you for âeffective grappling with judges, McGregor noted that his rule change would stop such activity. âItâs bad form but an easy fix!â He wrote. âReferees need to implement the âMcGregor Clockâ method. Check my tweets here on this.
âAlso it wasnât failed takedowns it was direct stawling he said it post interview. People jiggling a little bit is to keep the referee from stepping in. REFEREES NEED TO BE ON POINT HERE. For the fans! #TheMcGregorClock #EndStawlingQuicker.
Conor should have went out and gave his ankle a shotâŚlmao
I hope connor dies slowly and painfully of cancer
Heâd probably insist on the disease being named after him.
Heâll jump out of the coffin and go âfookin doctors stoppageâ
It already is. I think they call it asshole cancer
lofl
Do foreigners spell âstallingâ like conor did? âStawlingâ