Christmas came in September when various reports placed the trilogy fight between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz in Las Vegas on December 30th, but alas, they aren’t true. Or at least, Dana White is saying they aren’t true to random Twitter commenters. You can see him shooting down the hopes and dreams of fans that want to see possibly the most interesting trilogy since Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture were on top of the MMA world right here:
Not true AT ALL
— danawhite (@danawhite) September 24, 2017
What MMA fans know, when it comes to the UFC president, is that whenever he claims that something isn’t happening, it usually is, or will happen. Let’s take a trip down memory lane.
- After Jon Jones was pulled from UFC 200 at the last minute due to a failed drug test, Dana White said: “I would never take the risk of headlining a show with Jon Jones again.” Jon Jones headlined UFC 214.
- Here’s Dana White saying women will never fight in the UFC. They do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4X6cUOQv6w
- For most of 2016, Dana White said the UFC was not for sale. It was.
- Dana also said Georges St-Pierre was “done” and wouldn’t fight again. He headlines UFC 217.
There are many, many other examples of Dana White skirting around the issue, for it only to be confirmed later, so one can look at this smoke (which smells funny because it involves a Diaz after all), and expect an 80 percent chance of a fire fight come UFC 219.
