Conor McGregor drove a dagger via the center of followers after he was pressured out of the UFC 303 primary occasion. Days after the unlucky announcement, Dana White has damaged his silence on the state of affairs.
The Irishman has spent a number of years constructing hype for his eventual return to the cage, however followers should wait even longer to see him in motion. It has been nearly three years since ‘The Infamous’ suffered the damage that threatened to finish his profession.
Conor McGregor was initially scheduled to compete at UFC 303, however an damage bought in the way in which of his comeback. Surprisingly, this wasn’t the one excessive profile combat that fell via this week.
For the primary time because the information broke, Dana White has mentioned the latest unhealthy luck surrounding UFC occasions.
“It’s been fascinating as a result of we needed to change the Saudi primary occasion, which is subsequent weekend,” White stated throughout an interview with the Sports activities Enterprise Journal. “You understand what I imply? It’s f***ing days away.”
“So for us to place on this man who’s 15-1, he’s Muslim and his solely loss is to Khamzat Chimaev, and everybody within the division stated no to combating him besides Robert Whittaker.”
Transferring on from the Saudi Arabia card, Dana White then gave his ideas on Conor McGregor being pressured out of UFC 303.
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“It’s the enterprise, man. That is the way in which it goes. And from right here on I’m not going to speak about it till when he’s healed and he’s proper. Then we’ll take a look at the panorama and see what we will work out.”
The rematch between Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka will now take heart stage as the brand new primary occasion of UFC 303. Whereas it is not a Conor McGregor combat, the sunshine heavyweight title matchup has been properly obtained by followers.
