Tyson Fury Defends McGregor's Defeat To Poirier: Long No Fighting Makes It Dull

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JAKARTA - Tyson Fury defended Conor McGregor, who lost to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 last week.

The British boxer publicly agreed with McGregor that the main reason behind The Notorious's defeat was that he had been inactive for a long time in the Octagon.

"(McGregor) has not fought for a long time. (Using the excuse of 'long time without fighting' as an explanation for his defeat), and he was right," said Fury.

McGregor fought in 2016, then he had to miss two years and then against Khabib (Nurmagomedov).

"Then he was two years of inactivity, and then he fought (Donald) Cerrone. Then he was inactive for another year, and then he fought this guy, (Dustin) Poirier.

"So inactivity blunts her, no doubt. When someone is active - fighting and being in training camp - and a guy sits on the sofa, that's not good."

UFC 257 Dustin Poirier versus Conor McGregor is the main dish that took place at Fight Island, Abu Dhabi on January 24.

This is a rematch after the first time the two faced off in 2014. At that time McGregor was able to win by knockout over Poirier.

But, this time it was McGregor who was brought to his knees by Poirier. Even though he lost in the first round, Poirier beat McGregor back in the second round with a hook that knocked him out and knocked him out.

This will be McGregor's first knockout defeat of his career, as well as his fifth since his debut in 2008.