UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor is the most popular fighter in mixed martial arts, but he has never defended his belt. He never defended the featherweight belt either. And he hasn’t fought since November of last year. During a recent appearance on FS1’s Undisputed, UFC president Dana White was adamant that when McGregor does return to the Octagon it’s not a superfight vs. GSP or a trilogy fight with Nate Diaz.
What we have to do, is he needs to defend that title, said White, as transcribed by Tristen Critchfield for Sherdog. Nate isn’t even in the title picture….that’s one of those fights that shouldn’t have been made in the first place, but it happened at that time. It was great, an amazing fight and people loved it. So somewhere down the line there’s a possibility for a trilogy, but right now he has to defend his title against Tony Ferguson. Tony Ferguson is the fight right now if he wants to come back.
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That’s the who. The when is more complex.
I haven’t talked to Conor about fighting, said White Thursday on ESPN’s SportsCenter. We talked about other things. Like I said before, he made a lot of money and I’m sure him and his family had an amazing Christmas. Let’s get through the holidays and hopefully he starts to get the itch to come back and hopefully we can get him back this summer.
Money is always a factor but we’ve never had a problem getting a deal done with Conor McGregor. I don’t see that being a problem. The question is does he want to come back and do it? No matter how much money you make, I always feel like with certain people you can only go on so many vacations, there’s only so much stuff you can buy and then you’re ready to get back to the grind, hopefully.
Hopefully.
