As noted, UFC President Dana White announced during his ESPN SportsCenter appearance on Tuesday that even if Conor McGregor does claim a second UFC title with a win over Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November, he will still be forced to give up one o…
As noted, UFC President Dana White announced during his ESPN SportsCenter appearance on Tuesday that even if Conor McGregor does claim a second UFC title with a win over Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November, he will still be forced to give up one of his titles and continue with his Octagon career as a champion of one UFC division.
Apparently this was something that “The Notorious” one was not aware of.
At the official UFC 205 ticket on-sale press conference held at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York on Tuesday, the reigning UFC Featherweight Champion made it clear that he won’t be giving up any titles without a fight.
“They’re going to have to gather an army to try and take one of them (belts) off me, and that’s out straight,” McGregor said during the entertaining press conference for the big event, which will be the UFC’s first-ever event held in the state of New York.
The top PPV draw in the sport continued, “One’s going to be there, one’s going to be there, and I’m going to be picking and choosing who I want to destroy next. And that’s it.”
According to McGregor, who is known for his “Mystic Mac” predictions, which often come to fruition, he believes the 155-pound division will be the one that he “takes over the most.”
“I’m very happy with the 155-pound weight limit,” McGregor said. “I feel of all the divisions I’ve ran around and ran through, 155, I feel, will be the one where I take over the most. So, I look forward to that.”
Later in the presser, McGregor reiterated his belief that UFC will “need an army” to take one of his titles if he wins a second one from Alvarez in November.
“I’m going to wrap one (belt) on one shoulder, and I’m going to wrap the other on the other shoulder, and they’re going to need a f*cking army to come take them belts off me,” McGregor said.
You can read the comments that McGregor was responding to at the presser yesterday, which White announced during his ESPN appearance, by clicking here.
UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor takes place on Saturday, November 12th at the world-famous Madison Square Garden in New York City. Join us here at MMANews.com on 11/12 for live coverage of the UFC 205 pay-per-view.
H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above Conor McGregor quotes from Tuesday’s UFC 205 pre-fight press conference.
Apparently Conor McGregor won’t be a reigning, active two-division champion in the UFC even if he beats Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November.
UFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN SportsCenter on Tuesday and stated that if McGregor defeats A…
Apparently Conor McGregor won’t be a reigning, active two-division champion in the UFC even if he beats Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November.
UFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN SportsCenter on Tuesday and stated that if McGregor defeats Alvarez for the UFC Lightweight Championship at the promotion’s debut event in New York, he will have to relinquish one of his titles before moving forward.
As White explained, he’s merely giving “The Notorious” one a chance to back up his claim that he will be the first-ever two-division champion in UFC history.
“He wants to try to gain both belts and he will give up one of the titles after that fight in New York,” White said during his ESPN appearance on Tuesday.
The UFC President continued, “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. “But this fight made sense.”
UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor takes place on Saturday, November 12th at the world-famous Madison Square Garden in New York City. Join us here at MMANews.com on 11/12 for live coverage of the UFC 205 pay-per-view.
UPDATE: Conor McGregor responds to Dana White’s claims that UFC will be taking one of his titles if he wins a second belt from Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 — and he ain’t happy! Find out what the reigning UFC Featherweight Champion had to say by clicking here.
H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above Dana White quotes from his SportsCenter appearance on ESPN on Tuesday.
The Conor McGregor show is officially up and running again. News broke late Monday night that McGregor would indeed be fighting at UFC 205, but not as a featherweight. Eddie Alvarez will make his first lightweight title defense against ‘The Notorious’ on November 12, as the UFC debuts in New York City. The Masdison Square
The Conor McGregor show is officially up and running again. News broke late Monday night that McGregor would indeed be fighting at UFC 205, but not as a featherweight. Eddie Alvarez will make his first lightweight title defense against ‘The Notorious’ on November 12, as the UFC debuts in New York City. The Masdison Square Garden is set to play host to a thus far spectacular pay-per-view card. Also confirmed yesterday were Chris Weidman vs. Yoel Romero, and Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Michael Johnson.
Following this string of wild announcements came some news of a very different kind. Former undisputed champion and current interim featherweight boss Jose Aldo asked for his release by from the UFC. Clearly frustrated that McGregor would be fighting for a third time outside his weight division, thus leaving the division cold again, ‘Scarface’ said he was done with the ‘circus.’ Another fighter who appears to be getting fed up with the UFC’s alleged special treatment of McGregor is Nate Diaz.
Diaz Blasts Everyone
After submitting Conor McGregor in a wild brawl at UFC 196, Nate Diaz agreed to an immediate rematch. Just weeks after the event the two bitter rivals were set to do it all again. This time around, at UFC 202, the Irishman claimed a close decision win over Diaz. Unfortunately for Nate, his request for a do-over was shut down by the UFC. McGregor was matched with Alvarez, and so we find ourselves in the midst of a super fight in the Big Apple.
Although it’s undeniably great for the promotion’s first show in New York, what about the bigger picture? Are the UFC alienating their entire roster, or will the rest of the fighters turn full heel to bring in the eyeballs? Diaz is not impressed. Speaking with MMAFighting.com, the Cesar Gracie black belt put McGregor and UFC president Dana White on blast:
“Fuck them both (McGregor and Alvarez). You know both those little bitches are afraid to fight me. That’s why they are fighting each other.
“And tell Dana I said get off Conor’s nuts,” Diaz added. “I left my room to that fight at 176 (pounds), so when I fought I was probably 173. Quit telling people I was a monster to make him look good. I’ve been a lightweight my whole career.”
“Eddie said I was next after Gilbert, then I called him a bitch in the lobby and he turned the fight down repeatedly until I beat Conor,” Diaz said. “Then he called every day asking for the fight. Bitch. What kinda fighters are these guys?”
On Tuesday, UFC held the official ticket on-sale press conference for their first-ever event in the state of New York, UFC 205, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Featured above is the post-presser faceoff betwe…
https://youtu.be/hHq3iw3r1pM
On Tuesday, UFC held the official ticket on-sale press conference for their first-ever event in the state of New York, UFC 205, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Featured above is the post-presser faceoff between headliners Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor, who will be meeting inside the Octagon at the November PPV in a special “Champion vs. Champion” fight.
Additionally, featured below is video footage of the other faceoffs for the stacked card, which also includes two other UFC title fights, the first fight from Chris Weidman — in his home state — since he lost his UFC Middleweight Title to Luke Rockhold at UFC 199.
For a complete video archive of the entire UFC 205 ticket on-sale press conference from NYC on Tuesday, click here.
UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor takes place on Saturday, November 12th from the world-famous Madison Square Garden arena in New York City. Join us here at MMANews.com for live coverage of the event on 11/12!
As noted, UFC held their official ticket on-sale press conference for their first-ever event in the state of New York, UFC 205, on Tuesday evening at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Featured above is a complete …
https://youtu.be/IpKHW6K7EVY
As noted, UFC held their official ticket on-sale press conference for their first-ever event in the state of New York, UFC 205, on Tuesday evening at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Featured above is a complete video archive of the UFC 205 pre-fight presser, which saw headliners Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez get the fireworks started ahead of their big “Champion vs. Champion” fight, as well as talk from UFC President Dana White and others scheduled for the stacked PPV fight card.
UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor takes place on Saturday, November 12th from the world-famous Madison Square Garden arena in New York City. Join us here at MMANews.com for live coverage of the event on 11/12!
Shortly after getting wind that his rival Conor McGregor, the man who took his decade of dominance at 145-pounds away in 13-seconds, will be taking on Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 for the 155-pound title instead of fighting Aldo to unify their featherweight titles; former UFC featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo is calling for his release
Shortly after getting wind that his rival Conor McGregor, the man who took his decade of dominance at 145-pounds away in 13-seconds, will be taking on Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 for the 155-pound title instead of fighting Aldo to unify their featherweight titles; former UFC featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo is calling for his release from the UFC and is contemplating retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA).
Aldo recently spoke to Brazilian news outlet Combate to reveal that he was offered a fight at UFC 205, however, it wasn’t to take on McGregor for the 145-pound title:
“I heard about everything that happened through my coach,” Aldo said. “He had spoken with [UFC matchmaker] Sean Shelby Saturday and Sean still had no answer about anything, and asked if I could fight on November 12. My coach said that if it would be Conor, yes, and then Sean asked him if I would fight Max Holloway or Anthony Pettis.
‘Dede’ [Pederneiras] said that for those who I’d rather do a full camp and it could be on December 10. We waited until Dana publicly said that he wanted this fight with McGregor to happen. And then we expected it to happen: I’d get my rematch to unify the featherweight belts, or I’d have my belt back and fight Holloway or Pettis, since Dana [White] said all the time that Conor couldn’t keep both belts.
But, to my surprise, I heard last night about the fight between McGregor and Eddie Alvarez, which was also denied by Dana last week. And to make it worse, he would keep the featherweight belt, and possibly having two belts at the same time.”
Jul 9, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Frankie Edgar (blue gloves) is punched by Jose Aldo (red gloves) during UFC 200 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joshua Dahl-USA TODAY Sports
Because UFC President Dana White failed to stick to his guns and strip ‘The Notorious One’ of the 145-pound strap he has yet to defend, Aldo no longer has trust in White’s words and has requested to be released from his UFC contract:
“Conor himself said before that he wouldn’t give his belt away by any chance and nobody would take it away from him,” Aldo said. “After all this, I see I can’t trust any word from president Dana White, and who’s in charge of the promotion now is Conor McGregor.
Since I’m not here to be an employee of McGregor, today I ask to cancel my contract with the UFC. When they offered me a fight with Frankie Edgar, Dana said that the winner would challenge McGregor or win the linear title, that he would lose his belt if he didn’t return to the featherweight division after his rematch with Nate Diaz.
After being fooled so many times, I don’t feel motivated to fight in the UFC anymore.”
Although White has this time come out and said that McGregor will have to drop one title if he emerges victorious over Alvarez in New York City on November 12th, Aldo claims he isn’t buying it and that the promotion is turning into a circus:
“I don’t believe in Dana saying that Conor would have to vacate one of the belts after UFC 205 because, based on what we’re seeing, this type of decision is not in his hands anymore, Conor makes the calls now,” Aldo said.
“And the biggest proof that who’s in charge in the UFC now is Conor is that when I wanted to move up to fight Pettis, they said I’d have to vacate my belt and try this fight with no title whatsoever. But with him, they let him move up to the division above without losing his belt, and also let him do any fight he wants.
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I understand that he sells a lot, but it gets to a limit when it’s no longer a sport, it becomes a circus. I don’t want any type of fight with the UFC. The only thing I want is to go on with my life, and they will go on with theirs.”
According to MMA Fighting, White spoke to Combate TV following the UFC 205 press conference earlier today (September 27, 2016) and stated that he will be talking to Aldo soon to try and smooth things over.
Aldo was then quick to call the TV station and insists that the only solution would be to release him from his contract with the UFC, as he is ready to retire from the sport of MMA altogether:
“Not even fight MMA, too. It has reached a limit now,” Aldo told Revista Combate. “I talked to ‘Dede’ a long time ago and he convinced me to continue. I went to the Frankie Edgar fight and won. I fought to win for ‘Dede’. I’m not angry or upset now, nothing. I never fought for money, I had a good career and legacy as featherweight champion.
“If [White] likes me and my family, I just hope he released me. I don’t want a fight. I want to leave as I came in. The UFC and WEC didn’t give me anything. Everything I conquered was my merit and from my team. Nobody gave me anything. I conquered everything. And I gave them a lot more than they gave me back. I just want them to release me from my contract. I’m not a whore to sell myself [for money].
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“I don’t even want to fight MMA. I want to follow a career in another sport. That’s what I want.”
We’ll keep you updated on Aldo’s status with the UFC as we learn more…..
