Conor McGregor reveals UFC shut down Logan Paul | MMA News
In December, stories circulated that former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor was in negotiations to box WWE star Logan Paul in India for a large payday. According to McGregor, UFC shut down the potential boxing match.
“It is what it is. The UFC just aren’t into it,” McGregor told The Schmo. “The offer was there on the table, in writing. Both athletes will say, ‘He’s not fighting,’ but whatever. Both athlete are under the TKO banner. UFC, WWE both rising up. The stock price of TKO Holding Ground, through the roof. New market in India opened up and booming. It was business savvy, and business sense to make the fight happen. Or should I say the glorified spar happen.
“In between this waiting period that we find ourselves in before I can get back to the octagon, it made perfect sense on the calendar to go ahead with it. The UFC weren’t into it. The WWE, I’m not sure what their interest in it was. I just knew the UFC weren’t into it.”
McGregor has been out of motion since breaking his leg in a trilogy bout in opposition to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. McGregor was scheduled to face Michael Chandler within the UFC 303 important occasion final June at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas however was pressured out of the bout on account of a toe harm. With MMA fights and boxing matches unraveling, McGregor mentioned his future could also be in Bare-knuckle boxing.
“One of these days you’ll just hear my music come onto this stage in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and I’ll have my fist wrapped with no gloves for a fight, out of nowhere. No promotion. No promo. No nothing,” McGregor mentioned. “Just combating a random combat on the cardboard. That may very well be what the long run holds. And legal making claims and all this? That’s for p*ssies.”
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