Published 14:01 IST, October 24th 2019
UFC: Conor McGregor wanted to return and fight in the December 14 card
Irish Superstar Conor McGregor wants to make his UFC return desperately. He wants to fight in the December 14 card but UFC is not offering him a match.
It seems that speculations about Conor McGregor’s UFC return is nowhere close to ending and the Irish superstar has once again hinted about his comeback in a recent media interaction. After losing against Floyd Mayweather in one of the biggest boxing fights of all times, Conor returned to UFC a year ago against lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229. Conor McGregor tasted a bitter loss against Khabib and since there has only been rumours and social media battles about his comeback.
UFC: Conor McGregor was about to fight
According to Conor, he was about to fight at this time of the year and stated that UFC delayed his fight. McGregor stated that he was constantly trying to get the December 14th card too but the UFC matchmakers have made things harder for the Irish Legend. In a recent interview, UFC President Dana White said that Conor McGregor is no longer the man and also rejected the possibility of Conor McGregor’s Twitter callout to Frankie Edgar. After McGregor’s recent statement, it can be assumed that things are not going well between him and UFC. Conor said that he is ready to fight, he wants to compete, he is giving dates to UFC but they are not offering him a fight deal.
“I even offered for the Frankie Edgar bout to donate my purse to charity. Because they were saying we won’t make enough money on the Frankie fight and I was like, I don’t care, don’t worry about me, give my purse to charity. But for whatever reason, it’s being made difficult.” Said McGregor.
UFC: Conor McGregor call-outs
Since his loss at UFC 229, Conor McGregor is popping names like now and then. He sparked the name of Donald Cerrone after the fight and ‘Cowboy’ showed equal interest but nothing became fruitful. Conor also called out for a rematch against Khabib and they had a huge twitter war but it ended up in confusion after Dana White said that it is Khabib who is going to decide whether the fight will happen or not. In between, Dustin Poirier’s name popped up along with Frankie Edgar and nobody has a clear idea about Conor McGregor’s return or next opponent.
Updated 17:33 IST, October 24th 2019