Dana White has said that Conor McGregor’s break will last 10 months.
The Crumlin native announced after his win at UFC 205 that he was set to become a father, and so will be taking a break to focus on his family.
“He’s got no fights, he’s taking 10 months off, he’s having a baby and everybody’s still talking about him,” Dana said.
Break: Conor won’t enter the Octagon until late 2017 | VIPIRELAND.COM
“That’s who Conor is, that’s how Conor is. Conor is the best. He’s the best at it. Nobody’s better,” Dana told Fox Sports.
The UFC boss also addressed the issue about the 28-year-old’s two belts – and it looks like he’s definitely not going to keep both.
“Obviously the way this thing ended up playing out, Conor fought [Nate] Diaz twice and then Eddie Alvarez for the 155-pound title.
“It had been almost a year since it had been defended. So Jose Aldo becomes the champion, he was the interim champ and now we do the interim title for these two and the winner of this one will fight Jose Aldo,” he added.
Fighter’s choice: Dana admitted that it was Conor’s decision which belt he was going to keep | VIPIRELAND.COM
However, Dana admitted that it was the fighter’s choice about which belt he wanted to keep – the featherweight and the lightweight title.
“He picked the 145-pound belt and that was it. I understand he’s upset about giving it up after he won it but that was always the deal,” he explained.
“That was always the deal. It’s not like I just pulled this out of nowhere after the fight happened and said he was going to have to give up one of the belts. That was always the deal..”
