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The belt is irrelevant. Its a security blanket for fighters that couldn't otherwise draw interest from fans. Conor is the king at 155 and 145. When he chooses to fight at either of those weights again he will be defending his crown regardless of whether the UFC calls him champion or not.
The belt is irrelevant. Its a security blanket for fighters that couldn't otherwise draw interest from fans. Conor is the king at 155 and 145. When he chooses to fight at either of those weights again he will be defending his crown regardless of whether the UFC calls him champion or not.
FOr a long time, but there is a deadline for the Floyd and Conor fight too, they cant keep on for years, Conor will wanna fight.The Showtime head honcho stephen espinoza said the Conor and Floyd negotiations are a stand still. How long will the UFC let Conor hold the LW division hostage ? If the Floyd fight happens Conor wont defend the belt till next year tops which i doubt because he will be filthy rich from the Floyd fight. The UFC is basically holding the belt hostage themselves because Conor has 0 interest in defending it. How long will they let him hold the belt ?
I expect Conor to do exactly what he said back in November. Take 10 months off. So I expect in Sept/October there will be some kind of fight announcement. It won't be Mayweather. It will be Conor vs someone else in the UFC. I just hope the UFC can grow some kind of testicular fortitude between now and them and get him to defend his belt.