Stripped? Nah
UFC president Dana White addresses the red hot issue of Conor McGregor’s title. White had recently revealed McGregor could fight for the lightweight belt. Fans met this issue with some backlash, as did the top of the featherweight crop.
This is not quite how it sounds though. If you go by White’s recent statement to NBC Sports, McGregor has to give up the title if he wants to fight at lightweight, but he won’t be stripped by the promotion, he’ll have to vacate it himself.
“He’s not going to get stripped. He’s going to make a decision. He knows the Nate Diaz fight isn’t the fight to make right now. He has to either defend his title or give it up and decide what he wants to do next. We’ll get that figured out with him.”
