Dana White: Khabib Nurmagomedov is The Man now, not Conor McGregor
“Khabib is the man now. Conor isn’t the man anymore, so Khabib gets to sit back and call the shots.”
The success of the UFC hinges on breakthrough stars like Ronda Rousey, and above all, Conor McGregor. However, in the last two years and eleven months, McGregor has fought once, and boxed once. Notorious wants to fight soon, but he is no longer calling all the shots
“We’ve been in business with ESPN since the beginning of the year, our business is literally just going up,” said White to Andrew Mahoney for the Boston Globe. “Think about this: Conor McGregor hasn’t fought since the Khabib fight, right? We’re going to break the record this year for ticket sales, without a Conor McGregor fight.”
“He’ll be back next year. … Next month at Madison Square Garden, we’ve got Diaz vs Masvidal, sold out. So whoever wins that fight could fight McGregor. We’ve got Cowboy Cerrone, we’ve got Justin Gaethje, but what Conor wants right now really is the Khabib rematch. So we’ll see how that whole thing plays out. But if you’re Khabib, you got the Tony Ferguson fight, George St. Pierre wants to fight, and you’ve got the Conor McGregor fight.”
“Khabib is the man now. Conor isn’t the man anymore, so Khabib gets to sit back and call the shots.”
McGregor was not impressed.
Who’s not the man? tweeted Notorious. Your man had that marquee event did he? More like an event in a marquee. A tent in the fucking sand it was. Keep spoofing to your self horse. Jockstrap sniffer championships.