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https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/10...ghts-looking-to-book-charity-bout-in-december
On Tuesday at a media event in the Ukraine hosted by betting site Parimatch, McGregor spoke about the difficulties he’s had booking his next fight, claiming that he has proposed several dates and opponents to the UFC only to be shot down. As a result, the 31-year-old Irishman is hoping to put together a charity fight this December in his home country.
“Funny enough, I just want to compete now,” McGregor said.
“I was trying to get the Dec. 14th card, for whatever reason they’ve been holding me back. I’m giving them dates, I’m saying I want to fight this date, this date, this date, this date in a row, and we had opponents selected and everything and they’re just making it very difficult for me for whatever reason."
When asked how many fights he expects to have left in his career, McGregor again pointed to the politics of the sport as the main reason for him being out of action.
“For me, I am looking at—I used to fight every couple of weeks before the UFC came, then it was every couple of months,” McGregor said. “Now the politics of [prize-fighting] got involved and it’s almost if I won and then I go off. I do not like that, you can’t be like that in this game. I must continue, consistency is another word, you must be consistent.
“Once we get the first one going and we get past the politics of this, I will continue to go. I’ve faced very little damage inside the Octagon so I’m eager to get going and continue. If I look at the run I had up to Eddie Alvarez when I won the second world title, it was consecutive bouts. Bout, bout, bout, so I went into that Eddie Alvarez fight sharp, aware, fully prepared. And what happened that night, one of the greatest performances in any title fight ever in the UFC. So that’s what we are looking to continue on in the next time. Again, analyze what went wrong in the past, analyze what went right in the past, use it to go forward to the future.”
Conor in damage control mode now..?
last week helping a kid with cancer, now setting up a charity fight.
what a coincidence, all this happening now with the other kind of headlines in NY Times.
he's got some good PR guys on his payroll
On Tuesday at a media event in the Ukraine hosted by betting site Parimatch, McGregor spoke about the difficulties he’s had booking his next fight, claiming that he has proposed several dates and opponents to the UFC only to be shot down. As a result, the 31-year-old Irishman is hoping to put together a charity fight this December in his home country.
“Funny enough, I just want to compete now,” McGregor said.
“I was trying to get the Dec. 14th card, for whatever reason they’ve been holding me back. I’m giving them dates, I’m saying I want to fight this date, this date, this date, this date in a row, and we had opponents selected and everything and they’re just making it very difficult for me for whatever reason."
When asked how many fights he expects to have left in his career, McGregor again pointed to the politics of the sport as the main reason for him being out of action.
“For me, I am looking at—I used to fight every couple of weeks before the UFC came, then it was every couple of months,” McGregor said. “Now the politics of [prize-fighting] got involved and it’s almost if I won and then I go off. I do not like that, you can’t be like that in this game. I must continue, consistency is another word, you must be consistent.
“Once we get the first one going and we get past the politics of this, I will continue to go. I’ve faced very little damage inside the Octagon so I’m eager to get going and continue. If I look at the run I had up to Eddie Alvarez when I won the second world title, it was consecutive bouts. Bout, bout, bout, so I went into that Eddie Alvarez fight sharp, aware, fully prepared. And what happened that night, one of the greatest performances in any title fight ever in the UFC. So that’s what we are looking to continue on in the next time. Again, analyze what went wrong in the past, analyze what went right in the past, use it to go forward to the future.”
Conor in damage control mode now..?
last week helping a kid with cancer, now setting up a charity fight.
what a coincidence, all this happening now with the other kind of headlines in NY Times.
he's got some good PR guys on his payroll
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