In an interview earlier this week UFC President Dana White claimed that they did not strip Conor McGregor of his featherweight title and that he had willingly vacated the belt, but the Irish superstar has since denied that’s the case.
“I also have something going on with the UFC, they’re trying to strip me and I was like, ‘Well, I ain’t stripped. I still got that belt, that belt is still at home right now’,” McGregor told fans during a Q&A in Ireland yesterday. “I’m still the two-way world champion, someone has to come take that from me. I see articles, I see stuff online, but I don’t see the belt not in my presence. The belt is right there, there’s two world titles at my home.
“Eddie [Alvarez] is still unconscious, what do you mean? I only fought last week. Them belts are mine. Whatever they want to say, and they can say, ‘Oh we took the belt and now it’s this guy’s belt,’ you can play with those fake belts all you want. Jose was KO’ed, Eddie was KO’ed, you’re looking at the two-weight world champion and that’s it. I’ll say to the UFC, and I love their company, you’re fooling nobody, you’re fooling nobody with that.
“But best of luck to them, I still got them belts. Someone’s got to come take those belts from me, physically. Not online, not through a keyboard. The keyboard warriors trying to take them belts away from me, [but] you got to take them belts off me physically if you want to come get them.”
Despite McGregor’s claims the reality is that the UFC have now officially crowned Jose Aldo the new featherweight champion, with Max Holloway Vs Anthony Pettis at UFC 206 on December 10th also set to establish an interim title holder, though ‘The Notorious’ does still retain the lightweight belt.
