robwen wrote: » He`s still the champ
Urindanger wrote: » It'd be pretty dumb to officially make the announcement that he's been stripped now with tonight's event plus the press conferences and finalising of the fights for 222 and 223 just after happening. Stripping Conor now means all the focus and news is on him and from a business standpoint it's suicide. Wait a week or two and I'd assume they'll announce it then.
Lukker- wrote: » He pretty much says in the video that he'll only be stripped if he doesn't agree to fight the winner before the Khabib/Tony fight. It's pretty much double speak from him to keep both parties happy.
weldoninhio wrote: » But if he agrees to fight the winner, how does he get to keep his belt AND the winner of Ferguson-Khabib become undisputed champ.
Lukker- wrote: » We'll find out soon enough.
weldoninhio wrote: » I’d love it if Khabib beats Ferguson. McGregor starts his nonsense about wanting to fight Khabib, and Khabib says, nah, I want to drop to 145 first and be the first champion to hold, and defend, two belts and leaves McGregor hanging.
Whelo79 wrote: » No chance Khabib makes that weight cut unfortunately.
weldoninhio wrote: » Doesn’t really clarify anything. Dana stated that Ferguson-Khabib is for the undisputed belt. In that clip he states that if McGregor signs up for a fight he won’t be stripped. How can there be 2 undisputed champs??
tommyboy26 wrote: » after watching the press conference i get the feeling Dana is trying to force conors hand by been very public that he will strip him of the belt. i think dana is terrified if conor is stripped he wont come back and the ufc loses there cash cow. while i am a big fan of conor i think its very disrespectful to not only tony and khabib but too everyone in the division that he has held the belt up for this length of time. honestly i think Dana should strip him and make him humble and let him work back up to a title shot and not give him the option of the winner of tony/khabib without fighting his way back up
JohnMc1 wrote: » UFC is just a phony prowrestling company anymore.
sonofenoch wrote: » So how will he be the first to hold and defend 2 belts?......should he win the 145 he's have to defend that belt first or he's gonna defend both belts belts same night?? won't he be holding up the 155 in that case? that's ok is it because he's not called McGregor
weldoninhio wrote: » How will be holding them up if he’s ACTIVELY defending them??
Lukker- wrote: » How will he defend them with 1 leg?
weldoninhio wrote: » I think he could with his new dietician. We’ll see what happens anyway, but I’d love the new champ to fcuk McGregor around in much the same way McGregor has done to others.
Paully D wrote: » Bisping on his podcast said that Conor has actually been stripped, cited the fact that they have the same manager and then said he's "reading between the lines" and his "powers of deduction" are good. :pac:
weldoninhio wrote: » The stripped stripped.
Faugheen wrote: » Not if he actually defends them at some stage, instead of winning 145, then pissing around at 170 for two fights before going to 155, winning that, and not fighting since bar a circus of a boxing match. Don't be a blind McGregor fan. If a fighter really wanted to they could defend two titles actively.
sonofenoch wrote: » where's Tony's rematch?
sonofenoch wrote: » Ok leaving McGregor out of the equation ...he beats Ferguson then goes swanning off to 145 .....that's 3 months preparation minimum plus fight date, where's Tony's rematch? he's left hanging ......you're looking at 9 months before another 155 fight in that case .......plus there's no way in hell Khabib fights more than twice in a year......which belt does he defend first while holding the other up?
