Conor McGregor has suggested that UFC referees should penalise fighters for stalling against the cage.
The Irishman called for the major rule change after watching Jose Aldo fall to a split-decision loss against Mario Bautista on Saturday night.
Bautista controlled Aldo against the cage for portions of the fight as he was handed a points win, with two judges scoring the contest in his favour 29-28, 29-28 while the third had it the other way by the same margin.
Aldo was left devastated by the decision and slumped to his knees in the immediate aftermath.
McGregor was equally as infuriated by the call and felt his old rival had done enough to win.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, he wrote: “Dirt decision…
“Rogan said the judges weren’t even looking. That was Jose’s story. Bulls*** decision.
“He has just said he was shooting in just to hold him against the fence.
“That’s not good enough. Referees need to step in here. This sport is the fans’ sport.
“Remember this and act accordingly referees, going forward, thank you.”
He then called for referees to step in and break up the action earlier for cage clinching.
McGregor added: “As referee, if the fighters go to the same place of [stall] over and over I would be putting the position on a clock.
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“And 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 haven’t taken place exactly the same way prior and nothing has taken place but stalling. My opinion.”
McGregor famously knocked out Aldo in 13 seconds to pick up the UFC featherweight in 2015.
The pair have been embroiled in a bitter feud ever since but that didn’t stop ‘Notorious’ from rushing to his former foe’s defence.
