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Nicolas Atkin

Dana White has shot down any chance of Conor McGregor fighting Frankie Edgar on his eventual return to the UFC Octagon.
“The Notorious” and “The Answer” agreed to fight each other in December in a social media exchange, and threw the ball in UFC president White’s court.
“I said it leading into the [Floyd] Mayweather fight: ‘He may never fight again after this fight when you make this kind of money’,” White told the Boston Herald. “He’s fought once since then.
“Conor loves to fight and wants to fight again, but the Frankie Edgar fight isn’t going to happen.”

The 38-year-old Edgar (23-7-1) recently announced a move to bantamweight after coming up short in a title bid against featherweight champion Max Holloway.
He offered to fight McGregor (21-4) at lightweight, and the Irishman’s coach John Kavanagh said he would favour the fight.
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“Edgar is two weight classes below him,” White said, however. “He was supposed to fight Aljamain Sterling. Aljamain fell out and got hurt.
“Frankie is coming to the end of his career, and he could end up getting himself into a title position again. To take the Conor fight makes no sense.
“I think Conor will fight next year,” White added.


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UFC president says the Frankie Edgar fight ‘isn’t going to happen’ for the Irishman’s much-anticipated return to the Octagon
White also thinks ‘The Notorious’ will return next year, not in December



UFC president Dana White says the Frankie Edgar fight ‘isn’t going to happen’ for Conor McGregor’s much-anticipated return to the Octagon.


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