{"id":1137,"date":"2018-04-05T07:54:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T12:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2018-04-05T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T12:54:49","slug":"mcgregor-hits-back-after-losing-ufc-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1137","title":{"rendered":"McGregor Hits Back After Losing UFC Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Conor McGregor has issued a defiant response after being stripped of his UFC lightweight title.<\/p>\n

UFC president Dana White revealed at a press conference ahead of Saturday’s card at the Barclays Center in New York that McGregor’s 155-pound championship will be up for grabs, with the Irishman having not fought for the UFC since winning his belt in November 2016.<\/p>\n

McGregor this morning delivered a brief and to-the-point reaction.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old posted on Twitter: “You’s’ll strip me of nothing you’s do nothing c****.”<\/p>\n

McGregor, who was beaten in a boxing match by Floyd Mayweather Jr in August 2017, the last time he fought, had been expected to have his crown taken from him for some time.<\/p>\n

Number one Tony Ferguson, who held the interim title in his absence, has been booked to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov on four occasions, but the bout is yet to take place.<\/p>\n

Nurmagomedov will now face featherweight champion Max Holloway, with the winner claiming McGregor’s crown and the interim belt becoming null and void when a new champion is decided.<\/p>\n

Quoted in the New York Post, White said: “We’re not stripping Tony Ferguson. Tony Ferguson isn’t being stripped. The only one that’s losing a belt here is Conor. Conor is losing the the belt. These two (Nurmagomedov and Holloway) are fighting for the belt.”<\/p>\n

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