Dana White Reveals When Conor McGregor Is Fighting Next
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is set to return. Full details here…
It was a pretty rough ride for the UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor at UFC 196, as he fought and lost to submission master Nate Diaz in the pay-per-view main event. Just under a week ago now in Sin City was one of the most memorable UFC events ever, and so much hinged on that main event showdown. Who knows what would have happened if Rafael dos Anjos had made it to the fight, as he was originally scheduled to face McGregor with the lightweight strap on the line before falling out injured.
As it was, ‘The Notorious’ and Diaz made good use of their 11-day window of hype opportunity, setting the internet alight with some classic confrontations and showdowns. McGregor fell foul to the lethal grappling skills of Diaz, but the Stockton bad boy was also lighting the Irishman up in the striking. Opinions of how McGregor was perhaps ill suited to welterweight have been expressed many times since that night.
Now the talk turns to what’s next for each man. For Nate Diaz, it’s a well deserved bump in to the limelight, and there’s even been talk from Firas Zahabi of a fight with Georges St-Pierre. The former welterweight champion has been inactive since 2013 when he lost won a split decision against Johny Hendricks at UFC 167. But the UFC hasn’t yet revealed what is exactly planned for Diaz, unlike the man he beat at UFC 196.
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“He wants to jump back in there, and he wants to fight again. We’re working on who the next opponent will be.”
“In this business, it has to burn. It has to be a desire inside you to fight. Conor McGregor is a perfect example. This guy’s going to turn around and fight on [UFC ] 200 again. If you don’t have that desire you simply shouldn’t fight.”
UFC 200 is set for July 9, 2016 in the Las Vegas Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada.
