UFC champ Conor McGregor to fight in NYC after ban lift

“I’ll do whatever the f*ck I want in any aspect against him”, added Alvarez.

“Within my company, I’m the boss”, Mayweather told TMZ Sports in an interview.

White was referring to Rousey’s fight against Bethe Correia in August 2015 in Rio de Janeiro.

Aldo (26-2) earned his interim belt with a unanimous decision over former lightweight champion Edgar at UFC 200 earlier this year. Cerrone and McGregor briefly traded barbs on Tuesday during a press conference at Madison Square Garden, but it was nothing like their exchange late a year ago.

“That fight was five weeks ago”, McGregor said.

Following that fight, McGregor moved on to unify the 145-pound titles by knocking out Jose Aldo. “They shouldn’t have fought in the first place”. After it was announced that Conor McGregor would be fighting Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, it seemed like every fighter in the featherweight division chose to lose it. Jose Aldo decided he’d rather retire then play the UFC’s money grab game and it seems that Max Holloway refuses to be outdone.

UFC champion Conor McGregor is not falling back on his dream fight against retired boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.

McGregor is aiming to become the first fighter to hold two UFC belts simultaneously when the sport makes a splashy entrance into the last USA state to legalise mixed martial arts. “My last four guys I beat have all been ranked”.

“I’m going to wrap one on one shoulder and wrap the other one on the other shoulder”, McGregor said.

That’s all well and good when the two sides are operating in lockstep, but once McGregor claimed the featherweight title, the dynamic of the relationship shifted and the SBG Ireland product emerged as the one with the upper hand at the negotiating table. “I wanted to hurt him bad”.

Once again, McGregor was given the greenlight to forego his obligations as champion and defend his belt, and instead chase for another world title. However, as McGregor argued on Tuesday, there’s just as easily a case to be made for the opposite, with Alvarez’s weakness meshing perfectly with McGregor’s greatest strength. From wearing down Jose Aldo to outright breaking Dustin Poirier and forcing him to fight off emotions, McGregor, 28, is a proven master of manipulation through equal methods of intimidation and infuriation.

When is UFC 205?

His plagued past on the recovery table has perhaps prevented Aldo from taking to the Octagon as frequently as he himself would’ve liked and, unfortunately, he’s in danger of watching the fight game pass him by. After UFC 200, USA anti-doping officials also found Brock Lesnar, the former WWE star, had violated the UFC’s drug policy at the event. “We all know the pay is not what it should be”.

This needed to be a big card regardless of what state the fighters called home. His run in WEC is looked at as one of the most dominate runs in MMA history.