Why was Conor stripped ?

[Otto!]

Not willing to defend it.

 

[ColombianFist]

He's a fraud that REFUSED to put his belt on the line.

this and to save the main event of UFC 206

 

[deadbeatdaddy]

Part of being a champion is to defend the belt against contenders.

Surprise?

 

[Pure Dust]

Cause he's not a real champ.

 

[HIMBOB]

Realised they had put all the eggs in one basket.

 

[nhbfan8080]

I haven't really looked into it too much, imo he should of defended the 145lb belt against Aldo even though Khabib or Ferg make more sense, I feel the interim belt shouldn't have title defenses and both belts should be unified asap unless there is a prolonged injured champ like Cruz. The belts don't need to turn into heavy paper weights like WBA titles .

Is it because he is taking time off ? Or did he refused to fight at 145 ?

I don't think the UFC wants to find out whether Conor can fight 5-6x a year without an injury and messing up the cards to defend both belts. They got themselves in this situation but didn't plan what to do beforehand. They are writing their own rulebook as it goes along. Maybe Conor is being difficult in negotiations.

 

[HIMBOB]

Part of being a champion is to defend the belt against contenders.

Surprise?

While that is true i don't think that is why. If that was true he wouldn't have got a diaz rematch.

 

[Super Nintendo]

chicken strips are delicious

 

[blaseblah]

Because they told us prior to Conor getting the title shot that if he won he would have to give up one of the belts.

 

[Th3PlainTruth**]

Because the Champion has to defend the belt to keep it. You no defend, you no keep.

Over and over again.