Rumored The UFC Twitter account sends out DMs stating Mcgregor vs Poirier 2 is now for the title!

He won't defend but we all know he's probably the second best apart from Khabib, so I actually don't mind if he gets the title.

We don't know this at all. Serval years ago he was definitely the second best apart from Khabib. When guys have been largely inactive for several years, we have little idea how god they currently are. That's the point with McGregor. It's not that he's never been good, but he needs wins.
 
its stupid not to have the belt on the line. Having a vacant title serves no purpose and just keeping the division in limbo for longer.
 
My thoughts are it's fucking ridiculous if true since Conor hasn't won a LW fight since 2016 and is 1-1 in the division but sadly I wouldn't be surprised if it is true.

It's worth noting that McGregor is slightly more experienced at LW than advertised. His LW record is something like 5-2 overall, but yeah 1-1 in the UFC. I think the UFC tacitly counts his WW bouts against Cerrone and Diaz as wins at LW, since those guys have spent most of their careers at LW, but I don't think they should.


its stupid not to have the belt on the line. Having a vacant title serves no purpose and just keeping the division in limbo for longer.

There is no possible way to keep the division in limbo more certainly than putting the belt around McGregor's waist.
 
Fuck yeah! Conor comin’ for that strap!

{<Mcgoat}
 
Who knows, it's an embarrassing decision regardless of how much anyone is getting paid.. $ shouldn't' be a factor in who does and who doesn't warrant a title fight.

As you already know Conor's last win at LW was in 2016, he got his chance to fight for the belt that he left already when he fought Khabib and lost... He shouldn't even be ranked in that division never mind a contender for the belt.
The rankings have been more of a promotional tool than based on true logic in many divisions for what feels like years and years now. It would be intriguing if Conor was active in 2021. Gaethje and/or Du Bronx vs him would certainly test his mettle. Still, Dustin isn’t the same fighter he was when they fought at 145.

Conor defeating Cowboy emphatically was impressive but with all due respect to Cerrone he was coming off a thrashing by Tony and a mercy TKO from Gaethje. I think we agree a lot on this more than I made it seem. I just would rather see neither Conor or Dustin seriously injured and I am intrigued on how Conor looks if he goes back to being an active fighter on the UFC’s roster.

Giving him the belt would would be a bad move for the division over a win with Dustin. If they want to boost ratings at most make it an interim belt and have him have to fight Gaethje or Du Bronx for the real belt. If Conor loses he still has the trilogy with Nate there for him as a money fight. It would be a shame for him to get the LW belt against Dustin and then stall the division trying to secure a crossover boxing match with Manny.

Dustin can take away the last remaining leverage Conor has with a win in terms of title contention for Conor. Kavanaugh and Roddy have been acting as if Dustin isn’t super durable at 155 and Conor is not a fighter that is known for not excelling in the 4th and 5th rounds. I just hope no one pulls out of the fight at this point. I’m intrigued and adding Hooker vs Chandler to the card was a great addition.(Sorry for the novel sherbro)
 
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Can you be stripped of an INTERIM belt for not defending it?
We may live to see this happen, folks, think about that.
 
Anybody suggesting that Conor would defend the belt should he win it, is out of their mind. And does anybody honestly believe he’d defend it against the guy that embarrassingly kicked his ass?

This is too far out even for this place.
what options do you think he has, other than positioning for a manny boxing match, that the ufc would have to allow?
 
I know everyone’s pissed but you can’t blame the UFC. Dana just met with khabib and his retirement seems for real. Adding a belt to this fight does an extra 10-20 percent ticket sales. It’s really a no brainer.
 
3 fights at LW in 7 years in UFC .. 3 title shots ..

Only if you anally choose to not count the Cowboy and 2 Diaz fights as LW fights. For all intents and purposes they were just LW fights where Conor being the nice guy that he is spared Cowboy and Diaz having to make a tough weight cut. So in reality this is Conor's 6th LW fight and he well deserves another shot after beating Cowboy in spectacular record time.
 
1. If they want to crown a champion, imho they should start with a title contender. McGregor's last win at LW was in 2016. That's a fact, and it isn't spiting McGregor to point it out. He has no business fighting for a LW title at this point.
2. What good does having a champ do if that champ is very unlikely to ever defend his belt? McGregor's won four belts in two different divisions in two different organizations, and he's never defended any of those belts once. They'll be forced to strip him yet again.

For McGregor, belts aren't there to be defended. They are to be used as stepping stones to bigger fights. It's a smart insight that has made him more money than any other MMA fighter I'm aware of. He turned his FW belt into a title shot at LW. He turned his LW belt into a bout with Mayweather. If he gets the LW belt again he'll try to rematch Mayweather, or fight Pacquiao, or Canelo (lol), or Logan Paul. He doesn't care if it's a circus; he cares about getting paid. I get why he does what he does. What I don't get is why the UFC would see having him fight for a title as being in their best interests. It isn't.
he can try, but the ufc has to be complicit. they were with floyd. they don't have to be now. they can establish that up front. conor is not free to do what he wants.
 
Who cares. Titles don't really mean all that much anymore anyway.
 
Who cares. Titles don't really mean all that much anymore anyway.
why do they mean less than when bj left the ufc as champ, or when randy tried to leave after beating timmay for the hw belt coming off a ko loss at lhw?
 
I know everyone’s pissed but you can’t blame the UFC. Dana just met with khabib and his retirement seems for real. Adding a belt to this fight does an extra 10-20 percent ticket sales. It’s really a no brainer.
He did just meet with Khabib?
 
can you imagine El Diamante becoming champ and finishing cunor's career in one fell swoop? legend, hope he puts him out for good.
 
The rankings have been more of a promotional tool than based on true logic in many divisions for what feels like years and years now. It would be intriguing if Conor was active in 2021. Gaethje and Du Bronx vs him would certainly test his mettle. Dustin isn’t the same fighter he was when they fought at 145.

Conor defeating Cowboy emphatically was impressive but with all due respect to Cerrone he was coming off a thrashing by Tony and a mercy TKO from Gaethje. I think we agree a lot on this more than this I made it seem. I just don’t would rather see neither Conor or Dustin seriously injured and I am intrigued on how Conor looks if he goes back to being an active fighter on the UFC’s roster.

Giving him the belt would would be a bad move for the division over a win with Dustin. If they want to boost ratings at most make it an interim belt and have him have to fight Gaethje or Du Bronx for the real belt. If Conor loses he still has the trilogy with Nate there for him as a money fight. It would be a shame for him to get the LW belt against Dustin and then stall the division trying to secure a crossover boxing match with Manny.
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Suggesting both should get injured was perhaps a little extreme and in bad taste, it's just the first thing I could think of that would fuck with this strategically shit title matchup, which I do hope falls on it's face to some degree just to spite the money driven unfair cuntiness of it all.

I'm not averse to the matchup, I just wish everyone had stuck to their guns from when it was first decided, Conor, Dustin and Dana/UFC have all contributed to manipulating this into something it shouldn't be, I don't know why they have dicked about when this was the tragically predicable shit everyone expected to begin with.

If Conor does win the belt and is active at LW it'll feel artificial and forced. I want him to be active but not if he's going to get special treatment, it's not just a disservice to the rest of the division and the fans, but to him too, his initial spree of wins to get to beating Aldo and then Eddie were truly phenomenal, if he beats Dustin in 1 round and then fights someone else specially hand picked at a convenient time in a convenient place for as much $ as they can squeeze then whoop dee fucking do what a legend(sarcasm), it'll never surpass what he's already done organically with pure skill and fairly conventional matchups, or what Khabib achieved in the division, not worth him losing brain cells over a hand given easiest options available career that do fuck all for his legacy.

Fight Diaz or work your way to the belt like a real warrior, for a man who talks about people being snakes and weasels so much, he's really snaked and weaselled his way to this title shot.
 

Suggesting both should get injured was perhaps a little extreme and in bad taste, it's just the first thing I could think of that would fuck with this strategically shit title matchup, which I do hope falls on it's face to some degree just to spite the money driven unfair cuntiness of it all.

I'm not averse to the matchup, I just wish everyone had stuck to their guns from when it was first decided, Conor, Dustin and Dana/UFC have all contributed to manipulating this into something it shouldn't be, I don't know why they have dicked about when this was the tragically predicable shit everyone expected to begin with.

If Conor does win the belt and is active at LW it'll feel artificial and forced. I want him to be active but not if he's going to get special treatment, it's not just a disservice to the rest of the division and the fans, but to him too, his initial spree of wins to get to beating Aldo and then Eddie were truly phenomenal, if he beats Dustin in 1 round and then fights someone else specially hand picked at a convenient time in a convenient place for as much $ as they can squeeze then whoop dee fucking do what a legend(sarcasm), it'll never surpass what he's already done organically with pure skill and fairly conventional matchups, or what Khabib achieved in the division, not worth him losing brain cells over a hand given easiest options available career that do fuck all for his legacy.

Fight Diaz or work your way to the belt like a real warrior, for man who talks about people being snakes and weasels so much, he's really snaked and weaselled his way to this title shot.[/QUOTE]
Well put <RomeroSalute>How he will be able to hand pick a 155er if he wants to defend his belt theoretically would be <KhabibBS>. Lol I don’t think he wants anything to do with Usman at 170 if he tries to duck Gaethje/Oliveira. I could see some BMF BS fight taking place at 170 however. SMH.
 
If this true - first off #1 bullshit. Secondly , I so hope Dustin pulls mild upset and if it happens I hope they have a picture of DW s face in corner of screen.
 
what options do you think he has, other than positioning for a manny boxing match, that the ufc would have to allow?

Trilogy with Nate at WW. Literally anything that does not include defending against the rightful next guy in line.
 
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