Quote: UFC Is Really Missing Conor McGregor

The UFC is in an interesting spot without former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor.

They don’t have big pay-per-view draws right now without him. Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is on the sidelines as he deals with his pending USADA suspension and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is in the WWE.

McGregor has not been seen in the Octagon since at UFC 205 when he won the lightweight title from Eddie Alvarez. McGregor then fought in a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.

McGregor’s status as an active MMA fighter is on hold once again due to his recent arrest after he decided to get revenge on current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov by attacking a bus that had fighters on it.

As a result, he was charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief. McGregor is due to another court appearance on June 14th.

His boxing coach Owen Roddy recently did an exclusive interview with Express Sport to talk about McGregor’s future and how the UFC is missing their biggest PPV draw.

Just to have him back in the cage, I think that’s more important than anything else. He’s training, he’s looking good,” Roddy said. ”We can’t really talk about when he wants to return. But he’s adamant he’s getting back.”

“For me, the sooner (he’s back) the better. The UFC is really missing Conor, I believe,” Roddy said. “And I think everybody is missing the whole extravaganza of a Conor McGregor fight. There’s nothing like it in the world.”

“And I think the people in the world want to see it again. The sooner the better. There’s no indication of who it will be, but it doesn’t really matter, to be honest,” Roddy said. “I’ve said this before: The draw is Conor. The opponent is just somebody there to go in against him.”

“It’s whatever fight makes sense,” he added. “The biggest draw will get the chance to fight Conor.”