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Media Dana White shuts down McGregor conspiracy theories

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Conor would fight for free
He just loves the fight game
 
TLDR at the bottom if you’d like to skip reading.

Chandler is basically the pawn in the Conor contract negotiations. UFC wants Chandler to fight Conor because he’s their lapdog, is an exciting fighter that goes for broke and is probably tied up in an unfavorable contract that benefits the UFC. In return, Chandler created his own liquor company (Hiatus) copying Conor which benefits him when the company pushes his notoriety and maybe gets to fight Conor. Chandler is old himself and just wants money at this stage of his career so he will do what he is told.

Conor is in the midst of contract negotiations (he said so himself a few months back) and he will soon be released from his contract like Ngannou (who is the first fighter to really break out from his contract and make crazy boxing money). He has two fights left and the UFC is forcing Conor to fight Chandler only because they want Chandler to be the guy with the hype behind him. (They even tried to make a TUF fight with both of them). They probably offered Conor a shitty contract extension and said sign this or we will make you wait to fight. For a long time Conor was begging for a fight (the past year he was constantly saying this himself) but the UFC was not giving him anything trying to stall his comeback in order to get him to sign a new contract like they did Francis. Conor wants ownership like he’s said many times in the past or a bigger cut of the enormous money he is generating the UFC. Conor doesn’t care about money as much as other fighters cause he’s not broke… he can afford to go toe to toe with the UFC.

I don’t think Conor wanted to actually fight Chandler because that plays into the UFC’s hand. He waited for the UFC to promote him and push for this fight and probably asked for more money after seeing the record gate he and Chandler were set to break. They probably offered him more money when Dana flew out to see him a few weeks ago but he probably asked for more again for which they finally said no and Conor said thx for the free promo and said he’s injured. Remember the UFC pulled all Conor and fight promo a few weeks back when he cancelled the press conference? Also, Conor pulling out still benefits the UFC since they broke the gate and probably had a bunch of ppv buys. They are both benefitting still from having the fights set up even if they aren’t happening.

This is why Chandler is now taking a dig at Conor by saying he is the most reliable fighter. He’s trying to piss him off… because if they were seeing eye to eye , he the UFC and Conor, he wouldn’t make that kind of comment when they are all supposed to be working together.

Conor is playing the UFC like no one else has played them before and they can’t do shit about it cause he literally makes them the most money. He’s copying what Ngannou did .. waiting out his contract. He’s not really “injured” although his leg is probably not in the best condition (I mean …. He fucking broke that shit). He just wants more money… and if they won’t give him more money he keeps playing them by accepting the fights, getting free promo, and then saying he’s injured and pulling out. Why would he fight in MMA when he could potentially lose to Chandler and people see his leg is not working the same when he can do a boxing match which will make him more money with less risk to him and his brand? He won’t lose any money if he doesn’t fight because his eventual boxing purse will make enough money to cover any fights he would miss in the UFC.

TLDR;

Conor will never fight for the UFC again. He’s part owner of BKFC… his next fight will be in BKFC or he will do a boxing match next like Ngannou. He’s not actually injured so bad he can’t fight. He is just playing the UFC for free promo. He’s literally juicing the UFC for free promo because he’s done in the MMA world (last win before Cerrone was 6 years ago!).
 
JoeRowe said:
Now I actually believe there could be validity to the claims. Not to mention "Conspiracy theorists" have been batting a pretty decent avg over the last few years.
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I’ll just move my thoughts over to the War Room now to avoid getting carded but I just wanted to thank you for speaking the truth!
 
west42 said:
This is probably it. If a leg injury was the problem there’s no reason to not say hey Connors got a fucking leg injury....fights off

Seems like they’re trying to create an aura of mystery To suck more dumbasses in
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Conor has fought with injuries before and it never gets announced before the fight. They were obviously in a state of limbo trying to see whether he could push through it. There's no need for dumb conspiracies, Helwani has reported on all of this.
 
AldoStillGoat said:
TLDR at the bottom if you’d like to skip reading.

Chandler is basically the pawn in the Conor contract negotiations. UFC wants Chandler to fight Conor because he’s their lapdog, is an exciting fighter that goes for broke and is probably tied up in an unfavorable contract that benefits the UFC. In return, Chandler created his own liquor company (Hiatus) copying Conor which benefits him when the company pushes his notoriety and maybe gets to fight Conor. Chandler is old himself and just wants money at this stage of his career so he will do what he is told.

Conor is in the midst of contract negotiations (he said so himself a few months back) and he will soon be released from his contract like Ngannou (who is the first fighter to really break out from his contract and make crazy boxing money). He has two fights left and the UFC is forcing Conor to fight Chandler only because they want Chandler to be the guy with the hype behind him. (They even tried to make a TUF fight with both of them). They probably offered Conor a shitty contract extension and said sign this or we will make you wait to fight. For a long time Conor was begging for a fight (the past year he was constantly saying this himself) but the UFC was not giving him anything trying to stall his comeback in order to get him to sign a new contract like they did Francis. Conor wants ownership like he’s said many times in the past or a bigger cut of the enormous money he is generating the UFC. Conor doesn’t care about money as much as other fighters cause he’s not broke… he can afford to go toe to toe with the UFC.

I don’t think Conor wanted to actually fight Chandler because that plays into the UFC’s hand. He waited for the UFC to promote him and push for this fight and probably asked for more money after seeing the record gate he and Chandler were set to break. They probably offered him more money when Dana flew out to see him a few weeks ago but he probably asked for more again for which they finally said no and Conor said thx for the free promo and said he’s injured. Remember the UFC pulled all Conor and fight promo a few weeks back when he cancelled the press conference? Also, Conor pulling out still benefits the UFC since they broke the gate and probably had a bunch of ppv buys. They are both benefitting still from having the fights set up even if they aren’t happening.

This is why Chandler is now taking a dig at Conor by saying he is the most reliable fighter. He’s trying to piss him off… because if they were seeing eye to eye , he the UFC and Conor, he wouldn’t make that kind of comment when they are all supposed to be working together.

Conor is playing the UFC like no one else has played them before and they can’t do shit about it cause he literally makes them the most money. He’s copying what Ngannou did .. waiting out his contract. He’s not really “injured” although his leg is probably not in the best condition (I mean …. He fucking broke that shit). He just wants more money… and if they won’t give him more money he keeps playing them by accepting the fights, getting free promo, and then saying he’s injured and pulling out. Why would he fight in MMA when he could potentially lose to Chandler and people see his leg is not working the same when he can do a boxing match which will make him more money with less risk to him and his brand? He won’t lose any money if he doesn’t fight because his eventual boxing purse will make enough money to cover any fights he would miss in the UFC.

TLDR;

Conor will never fight for the UFC again. He’s part owner of BKFC… his next fight will be in BKFC or he will do a boxing match next like Ngannou. He’s not actually injured so bad he can’t fight. He is just playing the UFC for free promo. He’s literally juicing the UFC for free promo because he’s done in the MMA world (last win before Cerrone was 6 years ago!).
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The problem with your theory is that Conor cannot be released from his contract without completing those fights. The Ali Act does not extend to MMA and therefore contracts don't expire after 1 year. So Conor needs to fight those 2 fights left on his contract, or the UFC will have him under contract forever.

If you've read the UFC contracts, they can keep endlessly extending an inactive fighter's contract so long as they offer them X number of fights per year. Every time Conor turns down a fight, that extends his contract.

The only way out is to go to court and challenge the UFC contract there.
 
Alpha_T83 said:
The problem with your theory is that Conor cannot be released from his contract without completing those fights. The Ali Act does not extend to MMA and therefore contracts don't expire after 1 year. So Conor needs to fight those 2 fights left on his contract, or the UFC will have him under contract forever.

If you've read the UFC contracts, they can keep endlessly extending an inactive fighter's contract so long as they offer them X number of fights per year. Every time Conor turns down a fight, that extends his contract.

The only way out is to go to court and challenge the UFC contract there.
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Says his contract has five year expiration date
 
MCGREGOR VS. CHANDLER

UFC 296

UFC 300

'This time it's really happening for real!! We even made this super cool Promo video!'



UFC 303

'Well just you wait guys! This is going to be the most epic fight ever and historic! They're going to be the first and possibly only to headline a UFC card in a big glowing ball!! This will be different than any event ever!'

'Don't miss this one folks!'

MCGREGOR VS. CHANDLER

UFC 306 : Epileptical

I wonder if they're going to use that same promo and just keep changing the date at the end..
 
AldoStillGoat said:

Says his contract has five year expiration date
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The article mentions:

"This meant it should have expired last year, although this could have been pushed back by a year as McGregor was ineligible to compete in the octagon after dropping out of the USADA drug-testing pool."

The fact that Conor isn't already out of his contract indicates that there is some mechanism to extend the contract.
 
Anyone who thinks this was a negotiating ploy is a moron, and it's really that simple. And I despise Conor.
 
Alpha_T83 said:
The problem with your theory is that Conor cannot be released from his contract without completing those fights. The Ali Act does not extend to MMA and therefore contracts don't expire after 1 year. So Conor needs to fight those 2 fights left on his contract, or the UFC will have him under contract forever.

If you've read the UFC contracts, they can keep endlessly extending an inactive fighter's contract so long as they offer them X number of fights per year. Every time Conor turns down a fight, that extends his contract.

The only way out is to go to court and challenge the UFC contract there.
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And he’s not turning them down he’s accepting and the saying he’s injured

Look up the sunset clause
 
Phew, I’m glad he cleared that up. Thankfully Dana would never lie, so tonight I’ll be resting easy.
 
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