Dana White has officially confirmed that Conor McGregor’s next fight will not be Michael Chandler. He confirmed this in an interview with Spinnin Backfist revealing Chandler is not McGregor’s next opponent. This is a absolutely massive reveal. And on top of that apparently McGregor himself knew nothing of this.
Conor McGregor Says He’s Out of Loop
In a bareknuckle press conference McGregor revealed his side of the story. McGregor said, “I got tested this evening. I got tested today by the Drug Free Sport agency.I’m the most tested athlete on the roster by more than twice the amount. I believe I’m maybe tested 13 times, the amount of seconds it took me to finish Jose Aldo. Thirteen times.” So, this tells us Conor is being tested and thus the plan is to have him fight at some point.
McGregor then said, “Actually, funny enough, Jose Aldo is No. 2 in the testing. I think he’s been tested six times. So I’ve been tested more than twice all these other athletes, yet I struggle to get a date. So, I’ve talked to Sheikh Turki (Alalshikh), and said, ‘Sheikh Turki, can you assist me here?'”. And thus Conor McGregor is in the situation he was earlier this year where the UFC have been barely reaching out to him. In fact it’s so bad he hasn’t got a date and that he’s trying to get help from Turki Alalsheik.
He then addressed the Chandler Olivera rematch saying, “As far as Chandler rematching Oliviera, I’m happy with the date. It’s November. Maybe we can still do it after if they’re not going to line me up out till maybe December, January, February – one of these dates. Maybe we can still do it” This is very possible and would make sense.
McGregor reiterated the lack of communication saying, “I’m just out of the loop with it, you know? All I can do is carry on, doing what I’m doing. I test under the testing administration, I train daily, and that’s it. Let’s see what happens. Hopefully, it all comes to fruition.” So, McGregor continues to play the waiting game.
McGregor Wants to Be Busy
McGregor then said, “I have two fights left on my UFC contract. My opponent that I was scheduled to fight has rescheduled another bout. I would love maybe an exemption, or maybe a joint partnership, Bare Knuckle-UFC. Similar to McGregor Sports and Entertainment and Mayweather Promotions. Some sort of agreement where we can get busy.” McGregor’s proposal here seems very unlikely as Dana White famously hates collaboration with other promotions.
He then ended by saying, “I need to be busy, and right now I’m working to get there. So, let’s what happens. Like I said, I have two fights left on the contract, and it’s taking a minute, but you know, patience is one of the most important skills a human being can possess, study, learn, and implement, and that’s where I’m at right now.”
And so it appears Conor will have to keep waiting for those final 2 fights on his contract. Let us know who you think will be Conor McGregor’s next opponent.
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