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alnorth 02-23-2016 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Jerm (Post 12094926)
Right...but they need a big headline fight for UFC 200 and what better way to get the buzz started now than announce that fight.
They already planned for him to fight at 200 after 196. That is still probably the plan.

alnorth 02-23-2016 12:12 PM
The UFC offered Jose Aldo a rematch in 196, but he had to turn it down because he wasn't in shape. For a guy who so badly wants that rematch (which he may never get) and publicly called out the UFC for it, that seems to be a rather bad mistake. He needs to be in shape any time Conor is about to fight just in case an opportunity like this comes up.

alnorth 02-23-2016 12:29 PM
According to Kevin Iole, RDA still wanted to fight, and asked if he could use some kind of painkiller for the night of the fight, similar to what Pacquiao tried. Lorenzo Fertitta vetoed that option.

BigCatDaddy 02-23-2016 12:35 PM
Hemderson would be nice to have about now.

alnorth 02-23-2016 12:43 PM
Dana White confirmed that Conor will fight someone at 155. He's not sure yet if it'll be for an interim title.

Conor's reaction according to Dana:

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"When we told Conor, he said, 'Come on! This [expletive] guy! Oh my God! He's pulling out?' " White said. "But when we went through the options, he said he'd fight any of them.

"I swear to God, he said, 'I'll fight anyone.' He just doesn't give a [expletive]. People talk about this strained relationship between us and Conor, and he has a different style than I've ever seen, but I have never seen anyone like Conor. The closest was Chuck Liddell, but we've never had one like Conor. You think he's not hurt? But when he says he's going to fight, he's going to fight no matter what."

New World Order 02-23-2016 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 12095238)
Dana White confirmed that Conor will fight someone at 155. He's not sure yet if it'll be for an interim title.

Conor's reaction according to Dana:

Give him Khabib. That would derail the hype train pretty quickly.

alnorth 02-23-2016 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by New World Order (Post 12095357)
Give him Khabib. That would derail the hype train pretty quickly.
Khabib has been given a firm no, and he's already booked for a fight on FOX. Given that he hasn't fought in forever, he can't really complain.

Here's what Dana had to say about Khabib:

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"What are we going to do, Khabib hasn't fought in two years and we're going to bring him in to save the show? Besides, Khabib has a fight and we gave that to Fox. It's amazing, to be honest with you. All of these managers are out there jockeying and they say they want to fight Conor. You hear these guys screaming, 'Conor, Conor, Conor,' but then when it comes time to take a fight, they turn it down and they're hurt."

alnorth 02-23-2016 01:38 PM
According to Ariel Helwani, Cowboy hired Frank Dolce last night to try to get him down to 155 just in case.

New World Order 02-23-2016 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 12095372)
Khabib has been given a firm no, and he's already booked for a fight on FOX. Given that he hasn't fought in forever, he can't really complain.

Here's what Dana had to say about Khabib:

THey will keep Khabib FAR away from Conor.

New World Order 02-23-2016 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 12095378)
According to Ariel Helwani, Cowboy hired Frank Dolce last night to try to get him down to 155 just in case.

Please no.

Give him Pettis. He's ready.

alnorth 02-23-2016 03:13 PM
Its not 100% confirmed, but it looks like Nate Diaz got the fight.

alnorth 02-23-2016 03:56 PM
lol, one of Nate Diaz's friends is live tweeting the negotiations. Diaz doesn't want to fight at 155 (at least not for the money being offered) with this short of notice, and the UFC won't let McGregor fight at 165. 160 catchweight possible, or maybe the UFC goes to Cowboy if Diaz won't work.

Another problem is that even if Diaz stops smoking right now, he might not pass a test on the night of the fight.

alnorth 02-23-2016 05:11 PM
Sounds like the UFC has moved on to Cowboy. Diaz doesn't want to cut to 155 on less than 2 weeks notice, and there's not much time to get the THC out of his system so he would risk getting screwed by the NSAC like his brother. The Fox Sports twitter is now dropping Cowboy hints.

alnorth 02-23-2016 07:42 PM
Conor's opponent will be announced on SportsCenter at 11PM Eastern

edit: a lot of buzz that the UFC hammered out the details with Nate Diaz, not sure what to think anymore, we'll just have to see.

alnorth 02-23-2016 10:08 PM
Confirmed (Fox didn't wait for ESPN's stupid basketball coverage and tweeted it), Conor McGregor's next opponent hails from Stockton, CA


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