Plans for Conor McGregor to defend his featherweight title in November might be on hold, as the Nevada Athletic Commission has handed “Notorious” a six-month medical suspension.
Following his win over Nate Diaz at UFC 202, McGregor was seen on crutc…
Plans for Conor McGregor to defend his featherweight title in November might be on hold, as the Nevada Athletic Commission has handed “Notorious” a six-month medical suspension.
Following his win over Nate Diaz at UFC 202, McGregor was seen on crutches. After an initial report stated a broken foot, the Irish fighter disclosed that he suffered a shin injury.
The NAC informed McGregor that he will need to be cleared by a doctor for the injury or sit out until the middle of December. He also has a minimum suspension into October, making the UFC 205 card likely a no-go.
Conor McGregor: Needs left foot/ankle cleared by orthopedic doctor or no contest until Dec. 17; minimum suspension until Oct. 20 with no contact in training until Oct. 5.
Nate Diaz: Suspended until Sept. 20 with no contact in training until Sept. 11.Glover Teixeira: Suspended until Nov. 19 with no contact in training until Oct. 20.
Rick Story: Suspended until Oct. 5 with no contact in training until Sept. 20.
Hyun Gyu Lim: Suspended until Oct. 5 with no contact in training until Sept. 20.
Sabah Homasi: Suspended until Oct. 20 with no contact in training until Oct. 5.
Takeya Mizugaki: Suspended until Oct. 5 with no contact in training until Sept. 20.
Artem Lobov: Must have right leg and ankle X-rayed; if positive then must have orthopedic doctor clearance or no contest until Feb. 17.
Chris Avila: Suspended until Sept. 20 with no contact in training until Sept. 11.
Lorenz Larkin: Suspended until Oct. 5 with no contact in training until Sept. 20 due to left eyebrow and shin lacerations
Neil Magny: Must have left leg X-rayed; if positive then must have orthopedic doctor clearance or no contest until Feb. 17. Minimum suspension until Sept. 20 with no contact until Sept. 11.
Max Griffin: Suspended until Oct. 20 with no contact in training until Oct. 5.
Marvin Vettori: Suspended until Oct. 5 with no contact in training until Sept. 20 due to left eyebrow laceration
Just days after his pupil’s major win over rival Nate Diaz at UFC 202, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s head-coach John Kavanagh joined The MMA Hour today (August 22, 2016) to discuss the future plans for ‘The Notorious One’. When asked if the featherweight champion would compete at welterweight again, Kavanagh was quick to dismiss
Just days after his pupil’s major win over rival Nate Diaz at UFC 202, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s head-coach John Kavanagh joined The MMA Hour today (August 22, 2016) to discuss the future plans for ‘The Notorious One’.
When asked if the featherweight champion would compete at welterweight again, Kavanagh was quick to dismiss a return to 170 pounds and instead eyed a new home for McGregor in the UFC’s lightweight division:
“The hell with that (chuckles). When Dana came backstage the first thing he said is ‘we have weight classes for a reason’. He’s perfect for 55. It’s a very, very easy weight cut for 55.
His power is there, we got to see a little bit of grappling in that fight, still not seen it all yet there is still a lot more to come. I would have liked to see them on the ground more in the fight, I guess just for my selfish self, because we done a lot and of course Dillon was a great help with that.
So I would have liked to see some exchanges there. But overall I’ll give em a 9.5.”
When asked on his personal opinion for what is next for the Irish phenom Kavanagh admits he leaves the decision making process up to his student, however, he will be campaigning for a shot at the 155-pound throne:
“Me personally, I will be pushing for 55. That’s just my big brother opinion, I’d like to see him at 55 I remember that Buchinger–he looked like a tank to me. I just think he was designed to be a lightweight.”
UFC President Dana White has recently gone on record stating that if McGregor fails to return to 145 to defend his title in his next bout, he will be stripped of the title as a result.
Kavanagh says he doesn’t see the point in returning to the 145-pound weight class, as he does not believe any of it’s combatants can truly challenge his protege:
“I really don’t see the point in it, with all do respect to the 145 guys, especially after that fight with Nate. What are they going to do? What’s anyone going to do to him? I just think anyone he faces at that weight class–it’s almost like he’s cheating.
“He can make the weight, don’t get me wrong on that, he might do it just to spite me. We have Lockhart on board, the 45 he made last December was the easiest one he’s ever done, so it’s definitely in him to do it. But he’s just running through people at that weight class, it would have been a nice build up–I had a little vision in my head, him and Edgar in New York maybe in November.
“Unfortunately those guys didn’t keep up they’re end of the bargain. They had to go out there and prove that they deserved it, prove that they had improved, and go out there and beat Aldo and they didn’t.
“The fight was even more one-sided that their first contest. I guess Aldo had learned from the last time.”
If McGregor does decide to make the move to lightweight next, Kavanagh would rather see ‘Notorious’ challenge for the division’s title rather than an immediate trilogy bout with Diaz, possibly setting up a massive 155-pound title defense in Dublin against the Stockton Native:
“I’d think it would be nice for him to be the champion, get the belt at 55, and then defend it against Nate. I think that would be a pretty amazing fight, maybe in Croke Park in Dublin. I’ll push for that, how cool would that be huh? We were in they’re enemy territory so let them come over to us this time.”
With UFC 205 live from Madison Square Garden in New York City looming this upcoming November, Kavanagh is confident McGregor would be prepared to fight on the massive event just three months after the conclusion of his 25-minute war with Diaz, but does believe it is a bit too soon as well:
“He could definitely do it,” Kavanagh said. “It is soon, Conor has so much going on in his life. With his many many businesses that he’s running at this stage, I know he puts a lot of them on hold for that last–everything has been on hold for the last 20 weeks.
“So I know he has a lot of catching up to do in his other interests, so it probably is too early. Although he does other businesses, I know what his interest really is in and it’s fighting.
“If there is a crazy offer and it made sense, he would again put them on hold and get ready for it. But it probably is a little bit soon.”
Following UFC 202 during his post-fight presser McGregor claimed that ‘sh** will hit the fan’ regarding what is next for his combat career, and Kavanagh noted that nothing is set in stone but as for now it is best to just ‘sit back and exhale’ before making any decisions:
“I can tell you that nothing is set in stone. There is no black and white ‘this is set, and then we’ll do this, and then this’. I think Floyd Tweeted ‘lets do business’ after the fight so there’s that. He has a lot going on, he has a busy busy head on him.
“That’s why I think the next couple of weeks he probably has to put some time and effort into his other interest and let everything build up. That fight–I sear I have a little bit more grey hairs from that 25-minutes.
“I think as a community we all need to take a deep breathe and exhale, and let everything carry on for the next couple of months, because that was a really incredible build up and to go straight from that to Alvarez or whoever– I don’t know it just seems rushed or something. Lets sit back and exhale,” Kavanagh said.
The blockbuster UFC 202 card is now in the rearview mirror as the event took place this past Saturday (August 20, 2016) live on pay-per-view from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event featured a highly-anticipated rematch between No. 5-ranked lightweight Nate Diaz and reigning featherweight champion Conor McGregor. McGregor ended up
The blockbuster UFC 202 card is now in the rearview mirror as the event took place this past Saturday (August 20, 2016) live on pay-per-view from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event featured a highly-anticipated rematch between No. 5-ranked lightweight Nate Diaz and reigning featherweight champion Conor McGregor. McGregor ended up taking home a majority decision after a five round war, but he may not have left the Octagon completely unscathed.
McGregor showed up to the post-fight press conference on crutches due to an apparent leg injury, and it’s now clear that he could potentially be sidelined until 2017 according to the official UFC 202 medical suspensions. However, it’s also very possible that the Irishman could be cleared earlier, as he said that his leg was simply sore from the plethora of leg kicks he threw throughout the bout.
Check out the full list of medical suspensions below courtesy of MMAFighting.com:
Conor McGregor: Must have left foot/ankle fracture cleared by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 02/17/17; minimum suspension until 10/20, no contact until 10/05
Artem Lobov: Must have right leg and ankle x-rayed; if positive then must have orthopedic clearance or no contest until 02/17/17
Neil Magny: Must have left leg x-rayed, if positive then must have orthopedic clearance or no contest until 02/17/17; minimum suspension until 09/20, no contact until 09/11 Glover Teixeira: Suspended until 11/19, no contact until 10/20
Sabah Homasi: Suspended until 10/20, no contact until 10/05
Max Griffin: Suspended until 10/20, no contact until 10/05
Rick Story: Suspended until 10/05, no contact until 09/20
Hyun Gyu Lim: Suspended until 10/05, no contact until 09/20
Takeya Mizugaki: Suspended until 10/05, no contact until 09/20
Lorenz Larkin: Suspended until 10/05, no contact until 09/20 due to left eyebrow and shin lacerations
Marvin Vettori: Suspended until 10/05, no contact until 09/20 due to left eyebrow laceration
Nate Diaz: Suspended until 09/20, no contact until 09/11 due to left eyebrow cut
Chris Avila: Suspended until 09/20, no contact until 09/11 due to left leg pain
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor got his revenge on bitter rival Nate Diaz this past weekend (August 20, 2016) in Las Vegas, scoring a majority decision victory over the Stockton native in the main event of UFC 202. After shockingly being submitted by Diaz last March, McGregor had made it clear that he had made
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor got his revenge on bitter rival Nate Diaz this past weekend (August 20, 2016) in Las Vegas, scoring a majority decision victory over the Stockton native in the main event of UFC 202. After shockingly being submitted by Diaz last March, McGregor had made it clear that he had made adjustments within his training camp. One of his most notable adjustments was bringing in high level Brazilian jiu-jitsu player Dillon Danis.
After the event on Saturday night, Diaz actually called out Danis for some reason, saying that the grappler was on his ‘hit list’. Danis responded on today’s (August 22, 2016) edition of The MMA Hour, saying that he’d be open to an MMA fight with Diaz:
“I don’t know what that means, I’m on his hit list,” Danis said. “But if he wants to do MMA, I’ll fight him in MMA if he wants. He can do a CM Punk with me and bring me into the UFC. He can be my first fight. I’ll fight him in a couple months, whatever he wants to do.”
Danis admitted that he previously had respect for Diaz, but the Stockton Bad Boy has since made it personal. The BJJ black belt once again said that he’d fight Diaz ‘tomorrow’:
“I had a lot of respect for Nate Diaz,” Danis said. “I went to shake his hand after the fight, he wouldn’t shake my hand. He was saying things. This is the fight game. After the fight, emotions are high. But c’mon man. I did nothing to him. I don’t understand. But now he wants to make it personal. If he wants to fight, that’s fine. I don’t understand where that came from.”
“Any kind of combat he wants to do, I’m ready to step in there with him,” Danis said. “Whatever he wants. No problem. MMA? It doesn’t matter to me. I’ll fight him in MMA tomorrow.”
Doyle stopped by the Irish bar, Th Living Room, to watch Conor McGregor claim a majority decision over Nate Diaz in the main event.
Despite the incredible time difference, the McGregor supporters had no problems staying awake until almost 5:30 a.m. local time to hear the decision read in favor of “Notorious.”
You can bet the scene was a little different in Stockton, California that night.
The Nevada Athletic Commission released the UFC 202 salaries on Monday, and the UFC had to pay some of the top tier fighters who took part in the event some big money. The total disclosed payroll for UFC 202 was $6,106,000. The main event was a rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz while the
The Nevada Athletic Commission released the UFC 202 salaries on Monday, and the UFC had to pay some of the top tier fighters who took part in the event some big money. The total disclosed payroll for UFC 202 was $6,106,000.
The main event was a rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz while the co-main event was a light heavyweight clash between Anthony Johnson and Glover Teixeira. Rounding out the main card was Rick Story vs. Donald Cerrone, Hyun Gyu Lim vs. Mike Perry, and Tim Means vs. Sabah Homasi.
The full UFC 202 payouts include:
Conor McGregor: $3 million (no win bonus)
def. Nate Diaz: $2 million
Anthony Johnson: $270,000 (includes $135,000 win bonus)
def. Glover Teixeira: $65,000
Donald Cerrone: $170,000 (includes $85,000 win bonus)
UFC 202 took place on Saturday, August 20th, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada. The UFC Fight Pass prelims aired at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT while the FOX Sports 1 prelims aired at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, and the main card aired on PPV at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
“He could definitely do it,” Kavanagh said. “It is soon, Conor has so much going on in his life. With his many many businesses that he’s running at this stage, I know he puts a lot of them on hold for that last–everything has been on hold for the last 20 weeks. 