Another day, another storm on social media caused by Conor McGregor…
Are you fed up of images of cars, watches and private jets clouding up your timeline from the Dubliner? Well, after this latest message, you might actually see some of him in training camp for a fight mixed in.
On social media on Thursday evening, McGregor issued the following message online.
I am fighting again. Period.
I am the best at this.
I put my name forward to step in at UFC 222 to face Frankie Edgar when Max Holloway pulled out, but I was told there wasn’t enough time to generate the money that the UFC would need.
I was excited about bouncing in last minute and taking out the final featherweight, without all the rest of the stuff that comes with this game. Please respect the insane amount of work outside the fight game that I have put in.
On top of the fighting.
I am here.
It is on them to come and get me. Because I am here.
Yours sincerely,
The Champ Champ™
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McGregor makes some pretty big claims in the post including the fact that the UFC turned down his request to jump in last minute and fight Frankie Edgar.
McGregor’s statement comes on the back of MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer reporting on his (subscription only) newsletter that discussions are going well between McGregor and the UFC for a return this year.
“The word is that negotiations with Conor McGregor are going well,” wrote Meltzer. “No deal to return has been inked but they are said to be not so far apart and are in talks about him doing two fights in 2018.”
“All the pub right now is Mayweather under MMA rules but I can’t see Mayweather agreeing to that, even though it’s huge money,” Meltzer noted. “The UFC fight idea is the winner of Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov.”
