UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor hasn’t been seen in the Octagon since defeating Eddie Alvarez to win the strap at UFC 205 in November of 2016.
The Irishman has hinted at a return to ꦐthe action in the past, but has not only stated it again, but also now states that he was willing to step in as a late replacement to fight Frankie Edgar at UFC 222.
McGregor mentioned all of this via a p🀅ost on Instagram:
The lightweight champion, if allowed to fight at UFC 222 by the promotion, would’ve filled a slot vacated by current UFC Featherweight Champion and one time McGregor opponent Max Holloway. Holloway ha💞d pulled out of the bout a few ওweeks back and ♋was replaced by top five ranked f♊eatherweight Brian Ortega.
Another reason McGregor may have made this new claim about a return is the rumor that he’d be stripped of the UFC L♚ightweight T🌌itle in the lead up to a main event bout between UFC Interim Lightweight Champion Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Despite the claim that he is fightiဣng again, one thing that McGregor neglected to mention is just when the fight would happen or whom it would come against.
Since McGregor posted the statement on Instagram a🌳bout UFC 22🙈2, a plethora of responses have been issued by Frankie Edgar, his coach in Mark Henry and his agent in Ali Abdel-Aziz.
Edgar issued the followin✨g statement through T꧟witter:
This is the truth. My focus is on Ortega and ♋they all can get it after. An༒ytime, anywhere, any weight class ------------
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar)
Henꦯry would make his feelings kꦑnown through a post on Instagram:
Abdel-Aziz would take to TMZ Sports and issue his reply ♉via a video:
provided the following transcript of what Abdel-Aziz said, which is only a brief portion of the full video 🌌statement:
“Let me tell ﷽you about Conor McGregor. He’s like a prostitute, used to make high-dollar money, but she got old and nobody wanted her anymore. This f*cking guy. For three years, he did everything he can not to fight Frankie Edgar. He had so many opportunities. Now he wants to fight Frankie? That’s funny.”
There has been no response from the UFC Lightweight Champion yet to what Edgar, He🐟nry and Abdel-Aziz have state⭕d.
