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Why can’t the largest star within the UFC get a struggle booked?
Make no mistake, Conor McGregor needs to return to motion. His final look in July 2021 resulted in a horrific broken leg and loss to Dustin Poirier, and the Irish athlete is able to transfer ahead. He’s repeatedly referred to as to get booked, but his return keeps getting pushed back in response to UFC CEO Dana White. It’s particularly complicated when UFC 300 nonetheless wants a fundamental occasion, and the options are dwindling.
In a current interview with Kevin Iole, White elaborated additional on McGregor’s absence and incapacity to e book a return bout. Briefly, White laid the delay at McGregor’s ft and blamed his harm restoration and unbelievable private wealth.
Dana White on why Conor McGregor doesn’t have a struggle booked but
– Lists Conor’s harm as one of many explanation why the layoff has taken so lengthy. Cites Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman layoffs as examples.
– Says Conor doesn’t want the cash, and says “it’s a special dynamic… pic.twitter.com/lRH4O6A4ZT
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“To start with, he’s getting back from one of many nastiest accidents you may come again from. How lengthy was Anderson Silva out? How lengthy was Chris Weidman out when he did it? The blokes who break that bone … that’s a problem proper there, primary. Quantity two: Conor McGregor doesn’t want the f—king cash. While you don’t want the cash, it’s not as simple. I imply, Khabib! Khabib doesn’t want the cash, and Khabib retired.”
When requested about McGregor’s present health and coaching, White continued “I do know he’s coaching; I don’t know what degree of coaching he’s doing. I don’t know what degree of kicking he’s doing proper now. I don’t know any of that stuff … I must know the blokes in a full camp and he’s able to go. Conor McGregor has a film popping out, companies he’s constructed — it’s a very completely different dynamic once you’re coping with a man that has this type of cash.”
To reply White’s questions above, Silva returned to motion simply 14 months after breaking his leg (failing a drug test in the process), whereas Weidman was out of motion for 29 months after suffering nasty complications and a number of surgical procedures throughout his restoration. By the point McGregor does struggle, his delay may have been the longest.
Moreover, McGregor has been energetic within the gymnasium in response to his social media posts. Hell, even 18 months in the past McGregor was showing off his surgically repaired leg on the heavy bag! Lately, he’s posted some sparring footage, which alongside public calls for for a reserving, appear to point that “Infamous” is able to struggle once more.
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