- Joined
- Feb 4, 2017
- Messages
- 6,358
- Reaction score
- 12
“I mean, how can I not consider myself the UFC featherweight world champion and the UFC lightweight world champion?” McGregor said Wednesday on a media conference call. “The current UFC featherweight world champion is Max Holloway, a man who I dismantled, and the former was Jose Aldo. I still reign supreme over that division. And then also, the 155-pound division, I know there’s talks of an interim belt — I’d only won that belt, and literally a month later there was an interim scheduled.
“But it is what it is, everyone knows I am the multiple-weight world champion of the UFC’s featherweight division and lightweight division, and I look forward to going back and continuing where I left off.”
“Conor has told me he is going to fight again this year, but I don’t know what’s going to happen,” White said. “You can’t put all these guys on the shelves all this time. We’ll see what happens with this fight, and the fight (Ferguson vs. Lee) is going to move forward, and we’ll see what happens with Conor.”
At that point, the combat sports world would become McGregor’s oyster and a rematch against Mayweather would likely be one of the biggest sporting events in history. But that being said, if Mayweather were to fulfill the unlikely promises he’s made about meeting McGregor in the Octagon, McGregor would be more than willing to kill two birds with one stone and defend his 155-pound UFC title against the boxer.
“If he would do that, he would have my respect,” McGregor said. “Anyone who is willing to step into a game like that when their limitations are so short deserves respect, and that’s at all levels, whether it’s at club levels in a small hall or a big stadium filled full of fans, or any combat sport for that matter. But if he was to follow through with his word on that, then great, I’ll be here to grant him his rematch.
“Maybe he can come over and after he gets his ass whooped, he can try and challenge for my lightweight belt.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/8/...siders-himself-the-ufc-featherweight-champion
“But it is what it is, everyone knows I am the multiple-weight world champion of the UFC’s featherweight division and lightweight division, and I look forward to going back and continuing where I left off.”
“Conor has told me he is going to fight again this year, but I don’t know what’s going to happen,” White said. “You can’t put all these guys on the shelves all this time. We’ll see what happens with this fight, and the fight (Ferguson vs. Lee) is going to move forward, and we’ll see what happens with Conor.”
At that point, the combat sports world would become McGregor’s oyster and a rematch against Mayweather would likely be one of the biggest sporting events in history. But that being said, if Mayweather were to fulfill the unlikely promises he’s made about meeting McGregor in the Octagon, McGregor would be more than willing to kill two birds with one stone and defend his 155-pound UFC title against the boxer.
“If he would do that, he would have my respect,” McGregor said. “Anyone who is willing to step into a game like that when their limitations are so short deserves respect, and that’s at all levels, whether it’s at club levels in a small hall or a big stadium filled full of fans, or any combat sport for that matter. But if he was to follow through with his word on that, then great, I’ll be here to grant him his rematch.
“Maybe he can come over and after he gets his ass whooped, he can try and challenge for my lightweight belt.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/8/...siders-himself-the-ufc-featherweight-champion
