Conor McGregor Continues His Offensive Against UFC [NSFW]
Conor McGregor’s standoff with UFC is fascinating for anyone interested in disputes between labor and management, whether they be in sports or elsewhere. McGregor is their biggest draw, he knows it, and he’s been wielding his leverage. His latest social media missive is captioned, “Nobody gives a fuck about these other fights until this one is settled. Cut the bullshit. Run it back. #RealFight.”
Though he is still officially off the card at UFC 200, it remains unclear if that is 1,000% set in stone. Dana White installed a rematch between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier as the PPV’s main event. While that’s not chopped liver, that match has to take at least a little bit of a hit by virtue of the fact that Jones’ fight last weekend was boring, which McGregor never is.
There’s a whole lot of money at stake here, and whenever (if ever?) McGregor does return to UFC this whole saga will have served to promote it that much more. Nevertheless, it’s anyone’s guess how close or far we are to a resolution.
[H/T Bleacher Report]