UFC: Conor McGregor wants Jorge Masvidal’s ‘BMF’ belt, says Dana White
- UFC president Dana White seemingly warming to idea of a ‘BMF’ title defence
- White says McGregor ‘considering’ Masvidal if he doesn’t get Khabib rematch
Dana White once said the “BMF” belt was a “one and done”, but it seems the UFC president may be warming to the idea of Jorge Masvidal making a title defence.
“Gamebred” beat Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 244 in November to be crowned the “baddest [expletive] in the game” – though Conor McGregor now wants to claim that title, according to White.
“Conor wants that belt from Masvidal,” White told ESPN. “I did it as a one off and like I said, it was fun. It was awesome. We’ll see what happens.”
Former featherweight and lightweight champion McGregor returns to the UFC Octagon on January 18 against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at welterweight, having sat out since an October 2018 defeat by 155-pound king Khabib Nurmagomedov.
“Conor has this idea, too, that if things don’t go his way and he [doesn’t] get the fight [with Khabib], he’ll have had a 170 fight in his pocket again and [is] considering a [Jorge] Masvidal fight,” White added. “I think everybody knows what I think about it. I think it’s a bad idea.