The insanity surrounding uncertainty over Conor McGregor’s UFC contract standing might should be placed on maintain.
Based on UFC President & CEO Dana White, studies of McGregor and the UFC supposedly parting methods are unfaithful.
Dana White reacts to the rumors of Conor Mcgregor being out of the UFC roster. pic.twitter.com/pLsp7p0fZb
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“Whole bull***,” White posted on social media in response to a publish in regards to the report.
About an hour later, MMA journalist and persona Ariel Helwani reported that McGregor and his staff have knowledgeable him that McGregor and the UFC haven’t parted methods.
He added that, regardless of what rumors on social media might say, his testing pattern got here again clear and he instructed Helwani, “It’s all techniques a go.”
McGregor has not publicly posted to social media because the report from UFC roster trackers got here out.
Dana White And Conor McGregor Refute Studies Of UFC, McGregor Parting Methods
This all comes a few hours after UFC roster trackers, together with UFC Roster Watch, on social media posted that McGregor had been faraway from the lively UFC roster.
“To everybody messaging me asking, ‘Is that this true?’ Sure, in keeping with the official roster, our API signifies that he has been eliminated,” the account posted. “We’re unaware of any negotiations between Conor and the UFC.”
No cause has been given as to why the API eliminated McGregor.
This publish speculated rumors a couple of potential drug check failure, a sundown clause activation, or a possible contract dispute within the wake of the UFC’s new U.S. broadcasting take care of Paramount.
McGregor, who’s working for Irish presidency, was additionally discovered civilly liable this previous November of sexually assaulting Nikita Hand in a Dublin lodge room in December 2018. His appeals to the next court docket have been denied. McGregor can also be going through sexual assault allegations from an incident in Miami in the course of the 2023 NBA Finals.
Over the previous month or so, McGregor has talked about having a want to return to the Octagon, returning to coaching and giving a pattern to UFC Anti-Doping. McGregor has expressed nice curiosity in headlining the UFC’s occasion on the White Home on July 4, 2026.
McGregor has not fought within the UFC since his UFC 264 trilogy combat with Dustin Poirier. He hasn’t gained a UFC combat since knocking out Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246.
McGregor and Michael Chandler had been initially scheduled to headline UFC 303 final 12 months earlier than McGregor withdrew with rather less than a month to go.
