Det har uppstått mycket förvirring om situationen i UFC:s lättviktsdivision och UFC:s VD Dana White kritiserades när han inte kunde klarhet om Tony Ferguson och Khabib Nurmagomedov kommer att gå match om det riktiga bältet under UFC 223. Bland de märkligaste är att den nuvarande mästaren Conor McGregor som inte gått match på över ett år fortfarande inte har blivit fråntagen bältet.
Den före detta lättviktsmästaren Eddie Alvarez som senast mötte McGregor i organisationen har sin teori om varför irländaren har fått behålla titeln.
Via ’The MMA Hour’:
I saw another theory online and I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s exactly what it is.’ What’s going on is, this fight [between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson] is 0 for 3. They’re not going to strip Conor [McGregor] of a belt and then have a vacant title for a fight that’s 0 for 3. They have not been able to make this fight. Every time they book it, they’re not able to make the fight – either Khabib gets hurt or Tony gets hurt or someone gets hurt.
So, I think what the UFC is thinking is – [and] this is a theory, it’s just an opinion on my part – this fight is not going to happen. It’s very unlikely that it’s going to happen, so they’re not going to strip the champion and then have this fight fall through and then not have a champion. So, I think the day of the weigh-ins, they’re going to strip [McGregor] and it’s going to make really big news. Then they’re going to have a title fight, that’s also going to make big news, so it’s going to make for a lot of publicity in one day. That’s my theory.
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