“I’ve been telling you guys for ever that we had to wait until Conor’s stuff was handled in New York,” UFC president Dana White told TMZ Sports. “It got done. Obviously it was very favorable for Conor.”
“Conor wanted this fight,” White continued. “As soon as his thing was over in New York he wanted the fight and said ‘let’s do this, let’s make this as soon as possible, I want to fight this guy.’”
The bad blood between McGregor and Khabib is real, which is why “Notorious” threw a dolly through a bus window back at UFC 223 to get to the undefeated Russian fighter. It’s the obvious fight to make, but one that comes with a little bit of controversy considering McGregor is facing no extra disciplinary action by the promotion before stepping back inside of the Octagon for a title fight.
White was quick to defend the situation and had an answer for those who think McGregor should have been suspended or heavily fined by UFC for his actions in Brooklyn.
“Suspended? He hasn’t fought in two years. How much longer should we suspend him?” asked White. “He has obviously lost lots of money — millions of dollars — for what went down in New York. What more could we do to him?
“He went through the legal process and got what he got. That’s it.”
It’s nice to be the UFC’s pay-per-view king, isn’t it?
While almost any other fighter on the UFC roster would have been suspended or held upside down for pocket money, McGregor is getting yet another free pass. In UFC’s defense, there’s really nothing the promotion could have done differently.
With PPV numbers spiraling downward and Khabib needing a massive title fight to push him into combat superstardom, all parties involved needed McGregor to return to action as quickly as possible. So that’s why UFC let the New York state legal system handle all of McGregor’s sanctions for his insanity in Brooklyn.
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