McGregor (photo) was cut from the biggest event of the year. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
UFC president, Dana White, is already planning the return date of one of his company's biggest stars today, Conor McGregor. The director, however, remains firm in his position to leave him out of the huge UFC 200, in July, and predicts that the Irishman will return to action between UFC 201 and 203.
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Originally, McGregor would make the main fight of UFC 200, repeating the fight held in March this year against Nate diaz, won by the North American. However, the Irishman refused to leave Europe during his training and travel to Las Vegas (USA) to participate in last week's press conference, which ended up resulting in his being cut from the attraction.
Therefore, White said that McGregor is expected to return to the Octagon shortly after expected. “He’s going to fight in UFC 201, 203, 203, I don’t know. I don’t know when, but we’ll find out”, said the director, in an interview with the website “TMZ”.
The information given by the UFC president indicates that McGregor is expected to sit out not only UFC 200, but also UFC 205, an event that marks the organization's debut in New York. The attraction is scheduled for November 12th, and, if McGregor does fight between August and October, he may not have enough time to return to the Octagon in such a short period of time.
Even so, White denies he is punishing the fighter, insisting that he doesn't even have any problems with the Irishman. “Conor has his own way of doing things, but we have different opinions. He thinks he doesn't need to do press conferences anymore. He's said a million times that Conor has offered to save big events for us. I don’t have any resentment, but he’s not going to fight at UFC 200,” he added.
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