Conor McGregor believes Khamzat Chimaev should be withdrawn from UFC 279 and left to "starve" after missing weight.
Chimaev was set to face McGregor's former two-time rival Nate Diaz on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but the fight was shelved after he missed the 171lb weight limit. The Chechen star tipped the scales at 178.5lb - 7.5lb over the limit - and will instead face Kevin Holland in the night's co-main event.
Despite being a long way off meeting his target weight, Chimaev met the news with grins on the scales while saluting the crowd and uttered "not bad" despite putting the fight in jeopardy. In response, UFC superstar McGregor issued a warning to other fighters on social media, tweeting: "My opinion is that they should have pulled Khamzat from the card entirely.
