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Dave Meltzer:
"Conor McGregor is NOT going to miss a press conference. Conor knows better than anyone the importance of the press. [...] "
"It's an interesting game. [...] Losing him for this show is a big blow. [...] Even with Georges it's a big difference in buys. (McGregor off the show). All thing considered we're talking about 40 million UFC money lost. All combat sports are star driven. He's got a lot of leverage and this is tens of millions of dollars being fought over. I don't know how it's going to play out."
"Both sides don't want the story out because otherwise one of them would have come out with it."
"This is really the biggest MMA story of a long long time. Especially if he sits it out for a long time."
"The speculation is going to run rampant because we don't know. There's so many changes going on in the UFC. Who knows what this all means. [...] He had to have been pretty gun-ho if he wanted the fight at welterweight. He demanded welterweight."
"I don't see Georges rushed into the fight like Nate Diaz."
"It's really hard for me to believe that they don't settle, because it's really in their best interests to settle."
"By the way he said it [Dana White], they are also both fighters. Their in a position of power and they've kept salaries low, lower than they should be. They've got a great great business, and they don't need anyone, but my god it's so star driven and especially one of this caliber. In saying it the way he did, it was a subtle one for people to read between the lines, obviously it's not the real reason, but also from his perspective that it's not a real retirement."
"His goals in life has always been about making 100 million dollars in fighting. [...] His goals in life have always been winning big fights and having big fights."
"I don't think that they believe he's retired. I don't believe the conversation went like that. It comes down now to what do they do?"
"If they were that sure they would have kept quiet for the rest of the day."
"He called their bluff first, but they went public with it in a different way."
From the Breaking News Audio off Wrestling Observer.
"Conor McGregor is NOT going to miss a press conference. Conor knows better than anyone the importance of the press. [...] "
"It's an interesting game. [...] Losing him for this show is a big blow. [...] Even with Georges it's a big difference in buys. (McGregor off the show). All thing considered we're talking about 40 million UFC money lost. All combat sports are star driven. He's got a lot of leverage and this is tens of millions of dollars being fought over. I don't know how it's going to play out."
"Both sides don't want the story out because otherwise one of them would have come out with it."
"This is really the biggest MMA story of a long long time. Especially if he sits it out for a long time."
"The speculation is going to run rampant because we don't know. There's so many changes going on in the UFC. Who knows what this all means. [...] He had to have been pretty gun-ho if he wanted the fight at welterweight. He demanded welterweight."
"I don't see Georges rushed into the fight like Nate Diaz."
"It's really hard for me to believe that they don't settle, because it's really in their best interests to settle."
"By the way he said it [Dana White], they are also both fighters. Their in a position of power and they've kept salaries low, lower than they should be. They've got a great great business, and they don't need anyone, but my god it's so star driven and especially one of this caliber. In saying it the way he did, it was a subtle one for people to read between the lines, obviously it's not the real reason, but also from his perspective that it's not a real retirement."
"His goals in life has always been about making 100 million dollars in fighting. [...] His goals in life have always been winning big fights and having big fights."
"I don't think that they believe he's retired. I don't believe the conversation went like that. It comes down now to what do they do?"
"If they were that sure they would have kept quiet for the rest of the day."
"He called their bluff first, but they went public with it in a different way."
From the Breaking News Audio off Wrestling Observer.
