The ink is just starting to dry on the bout agreement that is pitting UFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez, and 145-pound champ Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 205 this November for the 155-pound strap.
McGregor is coming off of a five round slugfest with rival Nate Diaz at UFC 202 this past August, in which the Irishman seemed to have suffered an apparent foot injury after unloading a barrage of leg kicks on the ‘Scrap Pack’ member.
UFC President Dana White took to Sports Center, courtesy of The Bloody Elbow, to discuss just how serious McGregor’s foot injury really is:
“So, after the Nate Diaz fight, [McGregor] injured his foot. And the doctor basically said, ‘There’s no real damage there, it’s an old injury, but you need to stay off your foot for a few weeks,’” White said.
“Conor and I were going back and forth about the foot, and I said, ‘Listen, you’re not a doctor,’ and he told me, ‘I know my body better than you do.’ So I’ll give him that one, and he wants the fight. It’s the reason we all love Conor McGregor.”
While it may seem like the money-fueled McGregor might be a pest when it’s time to meet at the negotiation table, White stated that working with the featherweight champ actually is ‘not that bad’:
“It’s actually not that bad,” White said. “He’s an intelligent guy. The thing that I love and respect about Conor McGregor is that he loves to fight and he wants to fight everybody. So he’s my kind of guy.”
The UFC President then went on to state that ‘Notorious’ is also going through some personal issues at the moment, that he is sure McGregor will announce when he is ready:
“He’s got some stuff going on right now, some personal stuff that I’m sure he’ll announce when he’s ready,” White said.
What do you think McGregor’s ‘personal stuff’ could be? Will it affect his performance come fight night in New York?
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