after Ilia Topuria will challenge Conor McGregor for a hypothetical battle UFC in Spain and that the former Irish champions have left the door open, Dana Whitepresident of the organization, poured cold water on the possibility by citing two reasons why he sees the return of the Irish octagon legend as very difficult.
At the press conference after Topuria’s sensational victory against Volkanovski within UFC 298 White asserted that there were two reasons that prevented McGregor from returning to fighting: money and his broken leg in his last fight against Dustin Poirier in 2021.
Although White himself assured at the time that McGregor would be able to return in the fall, he went cold after the fight in Topuria where the Spanish-Georgian challenged the Irishman. “The first problem is that he broke his skin. He’s recovering there. That’s one of the reasons (why he hasn’t fought again). The other problem is that he’s rich,” White snapped.
The president also referred to McGregor’s obligations to promote the film.Road House‘ which has yet to air and which also includes the UFC. “I don’t know, Conor McGregor has a lot of money. When we have Conor when we’re going to be happy. You know, we’re going to be happy when he comes and fights. Money messes up a lot of things. He just made a movie. . He has to make a lot of press for the movie and he has a lot of obligations here. He wants to fight this year, but we’ll see what happens,” added White, who praised McGregor, calling him “a very good businessman.”
Source: La Verdad
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