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This Morning’s MMA News In Short: McGregor and White disagrees on timeline for UFC return
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McGregor and White disagrees on return
The return of UFC superstar Conor McGregor will have to wait. According to promotion CEO Dana White, McGregor will not compete in 2024
“He wants to fight, so we’ll figure it out,” White said at a recent press conference. “Not this year. He won’t fight this year.”
“Not this year. He won’t fight this year.”
Dana White says Conor McGregor’s comeback is postponed until 2025. pic.twitter.com/CGojv5JkIU
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) August 14, 2024
McGregor was quick to respond to White on social media.
“Ah Dana, December is the date!” McGregor wrote. “Bring the calendar year home with a winning event! Come on now, what’s this? I am off to altitude next month to prepare. DECEMBER! Tell Dana and UFC WE WANT DECEMBER! WE DESERVE DECEMBER!”
Ah Dana, December is the date! Bring the calendar year home with a winning event! Come on now, what’s this? I am off to altitude next month to prepare. DECEMBER! Tell Dana and UFC WE WANT DECEMBER! WE DESERVE DECEMBER! https://t.co/ZTVO4wDBuQ
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) August 14, 2024
Fighter gets 2-year ban, UFC contract terminated
Joilton Lutterbach admitted to taking performance-enhancing ahead of his short-notice fight in the UFC against Shara Magomedov. Now he is dealing with the consequences.
On Tuesday, Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) announced that Lutterbach got a two-year sanction for violating the UFC’s anti-doping policy.
“I actually used juice three months ago and had no idea that I would sign with the UFC,” Lutterbach wrote on social media. “I could have hidden in the mountains or gone to Thailand to hide as many do and are not tested, but I preferred to take the risk and believe I was clean and fit to fight.”
Additionally to the two-year ban, Lutterbach’s UFC contract was terminated based on the failed test.
