Dana White planning to figure things out with Conor McGregor in coming weeks
Last Monday,
McGregor has recently mentioned wanting his share in the UFC to compete in anything less than main event bouts. Obviously, this is a bit of an extreme idea.
“No,” White responded to 8 Las Vegas when asked if he thought McGregor was really retiring. “I think there’s some things that Conor wants. I think that Conor wants to get together, face-to-face, he and I, and we probably will in the next couple of weeks and we’ll get this thing figured out.
“I mean listen, who gets respected more than Conor McGregor does? Come on. The guy’s never been
“UFC is gonna be here long after Conor McGregor, long after Dana White and anybody else.”
In the midst of all of this, McGregor currently finds himself being investigated in Ireland for a sexual assault case that allegedly took place in December.
Currently suspended for his partaking in the UFC 229 post-fight brawl, McGregor will be free to fight again by the end of this week. After negotiations for a fight with Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone went south, Cerrone was then matched with Al Iaquinta as the main event of UFC Ottawa on May 4.
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 4/1/2019
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