"I don't believe Conor will show up at the White House tournament. But let's accept this hypothesis: will Conor be able to keep the media under control? He has been pretending to come back for five years. When the tournament takes place, will he be able to say again: ‘Oh, I wasn’t there, but you will see me in November or next January,’ or will this be McGregor's last deception?" Sonnen said on ESPN MMA channel.
Let us remind you that the 37-year-old McGregor has not appeared in the octagon since June 2021, when he lost to Dustin Poirier due to a leg fracture.