The Conor McGregor return is something that picks up heat and cools down every single week. Sometimes you will have fighters calling him out, and the other times he will drop a tweet or a post signaling a comeback. Naturally, none of these stunts impress the UFC President Dana White, who has his vision clear.
In every other interview, The UFC President has to keep answering that ‘Conor Comeback’ question. Thankfully, he has now given out a final update, killing all the rumors and pulling the brakes on this topic, at least for the remaining year.
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Dana White rebukes all the Conor McGregor rumors!
He has laid out the plan for the entire calendar, and ‘The Notorious’ fits nowhere. This has killed all the gossip, once and for all.
Dana White does not have a Conor McGregor fight on the UFC's remaining 2020 schedule 📆 pic.twitter.com/jteH9NV49n
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 4, 2020
He said with irritation on his face on “My Mom’s Basement” podcast via Barstool Sports, “You guys keep asking me about him, he is retired. Conor plays you guys like fiddles. Man, you guys are like puppets on a string.”
Recently, rising sensation Khamzat Chimaev had called Conor out for a fight. On many such occasions, we have seen fighters showing their interest in fighting the man. On this, White says, “He is retired, he sends one tweet that says I accept and it is right after Khamzat calls him out and two other guys. I am not focused on anything with anybody who’s not fighting. Conor McGregor is retired.”
So, no chance of a Manny Pacquiao vs Conor?
Mr. White was sitting in the war room when giving the interview. The walls around him were full of fight details. He cited that Conor does not have his name on any card till November 7.
McGregor’s tweet in Filipino made everyone think that he had intentions of fighting boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. But Dana White said, “So everybody keeps asking me questions about it and I’m like, Manny Pacquiao? what the f*** are you talking about?”
All this assures that we will not see Notorious coming out of his retirement, at least this running year. So we can now delay the guesswork till next year beginning to find out who will fight him.
Sources: ESPN MMA – Twitter, Barstool Sports – YouTube
