Conor McGregor has been told he needs to get out of his comfort zone or he 'will go down' as he bids to bounce back from defeat to Dustin Poirier.
That's according to UFC legend Georges St-Pierre, who reckons that McGregor needs to take a back seat in future training camps and be willing to sacrifice control in a bid to rediscover his edge.
The Dubliner was knocked out for the first time in a UFC octagon in January against Poirier, but is understood to be intent on avenging the defeat in a trilogy fight later this year.
“When I made my first million, of course my life has changed,” St-Pierre told ESPN.
“I had more security and I didn’t feel that I was fighting for the same reason that I was in the beginning in terms of security. When I was poor in the beginning, I was on the edge. I knew if I lost I would have been dead and my life would be a mess. When you get money, these things change.
“However, to keep performing, you need to get out of your comfort zone. You cannot stay in your comfort zone during a training camp because you’re trying to recreate the same element that you will face for a fight.
"When you’re gonna fight, you won’t be in your comfort zone, so it is imperative that Conor, if you want to get back on the road of success, he needs to get out of his comfort zone. He needs not to be the boss of his training camp. He needs his coaches to tell him now you’re gonna spar this guy, you’re gonna go there, do this.
"Even if it doesn’t please him, he needs to go through that. Because if you stay in your comfort zone, the only thing that can happen is you will go down. You need to do that.”
