Conor McGregor reveals post-UFC 229 plans as Dana White talks shock return
CONOR MCGREGOR - Express Sport brings you the latest news on the former UFC lightweight champion ahead of his return to the Octagon.
UFC: Conor McGregor admits he wants to fight Anderson Silva
Conor McGregor reveals who he wants to fight after Khabib Nurmagomedov
Conor McGregor has revealed he’d like to face former UFC middleweight champion and future Hall-of-Famer Anderson Silva before he hangs up his gloves.
“Where’s Anderson Silva at?” he asked during an appearance on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “I’d love an Anderson Silva fight at some stage.
“Why not? I’m sure he’s hunting for a few quid at some stage. What’s the difference between him and Georges (St-Pierre)? I’m going to do fights that interest me, that would be a damn good knock.”
’m not going to shut the door on that down the line
Conor McGregor - Dana White reveals plans for earlier UFC return for Notorious
UFC president Dana White has revealed the promotion were planning on having McGregor fight at UFC 224 in Brazil before the Irishman's antics at the UFC 223 media day in Brooklyn, where he threw a dolly through the window of a bus carrying his fellow fighters.
“There were a lot of people that were speculating that we had something to do with (the bus attack),” White said during an appearance on The Jim Rome Show.
“We’re going to take our biggest star in the sport – which, actually, at the time, we were talking about not only getting a new deal done with Conor, but Conor actually fighting in Brazil – (and ask him to do the bus incident)?”
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McGregor has revealed he’s not interested in fighting Georges St-Pierre at this moment in time.
“We’ll see what happens, but I don’t think (GSP is) next,” McGregor said during an appearance on Ariel Helwani’s ESPN Show when asked if he at all had ambitions to fight the former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion. “He doesn’t really have anything for me personally. I’m not going to shut the door on that down the line. You know what would be another great one? Anderson Silva.
”I would be interested in an Anderson Silva bout. I swear to God. Anderson is a legend in the game. What’s the difference between him and Georges? Same damn thing. I’m going to do fights that interest me or have meaning.”
UFC 229 Fight Card
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor (lightweight title fight)
Tony Ferguson vs Anthony Pettis (lightweight bout)
Ovince Saint Preux vs Dominick Reyes (light-heavyweight bout)
Derrick Lewis vs Alexander Volkov (heavyweight bout)
Michelle Waterson vs Felice Herring (women’s strawweight bout)
Prelims
Sergio Pettis vs Jussier Formica (men’s flyweight bout)
Scott Holtzman vs Alan Patrick (lightweight bout)
Ryan LaFlare vs Tony Martin (welterweight bout)
Lina Lansberg vs Yana Kunitskaya (women’s bantamweight bout)
Gray Maynard vs Nik Lentz (lightweight bout)
Aspen Ladd vs Tonya Evinger (women's bantamweight bout)