Dana White: Conor McGregor Competing At 170 Pounds Is Unfair
Since beating former longtime champion Jose Aldo in just 13-seconds at December 2015’s UFC 194, reigning champion Conor McGregor has yet to defend his title. Instead, he’s competed at welterweight twice in a bitter rivalry with Nate Diaz. Now, multiple rumors have surfaced indicating that McGregor could potentially headline November 12’s UFC 205 from New York in a lightweight title bout with 155-pound champ Eddie Alvarez.
UFC President Dana White recently said that the “Notorious” one ‘could’ go to lightweight, but that once again going to welterweight would be ‘unfair’:
“At the end of the day, he’s a 145-pound fighter,” White said (via MMA Weekly). “He could go to (lightweight), but going back up to 170 makes absolutely no sense, and it clogs up the entire division, which isn’t fair to the rest of the crew.”
After McGregor scored a majority decision victory over Diaz in their rematch at August 20’s UFC 202, White said that he wouldn’t be making an immediate trilogy match, and that McGregor would have to move back down to 145 pounds to defend his strap. While the Irishman may not be defending his title right now, it looks as if White has stuck to his word regarding a third McGregor-Diaz bout:
“I made that fight twice. That’s it. It’s time to move on because (McGregor) has the 145-pound title.”
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