McGregor had a little interview where he talked about being ready to jump into the light weight title bout should "anything go wrong". When asked why he thought something could go wrong, he replied "you know the way they are, its happened multiple times."
So this whole thing could get really interesting if lets say Tony drops out like 2 weeks before the bout, McGregor agrees to step in, UFC hammers Khabib to accept the fight, Khabib refuses to fight McGregor, UFC then strips Khabib and McGregor fights a step in for the title before facing Ferguson later in the year.
Sounds crazy but this could actually take place based on the narratives.
They wont strip Khabib because he is such a big star and so important to UFC to break into Russia. No reason to piss him off for short term gain when you have a whole region of the world and religion behind the guy. Horrible biz move by UFC.
At thing point between Khabib and Tony, whoever can't make the fight should consider it a "loss" on the their record regardless if the belt changes hands or not.
McGregor had a little interview where he talked about being ready to jump into the light weight title bout should "anything go wrong". When asked why he thought something could go wrong, he replied "you know the way they are, its happened multiple times."
So this whole thing could get really interesting if lets say Tony drops out like 2 weeks before the bout, McGregor agrees to step in, UFC hammers Khabib to accept the fight, Khabib refuses to fight McGregor, UFC then strips Khabib and McGregor fights a step in for the title before facing Ferguson later in the year.
Sounds crazy but this could actually take place based on the narratives.
McGregor the corporate implant might just somehow have this fucked up scenario play out. Dana would hand him the belt if he could. While not likely, there's a chance. Can't put anything past the UFC nowadays. 0 integrity, and sadly you have to leave the door open to bs like this far fetched fantasy playing out in a "sport".
Khabib hints at retirement after every fight, the UFC would 100% strip him if he refused a fight.
When have they stripped a champion for not defending an opponent on short notice replacement basis? Jon Jones refused to fight Chael and the ENTIRE card was shitcanned. He was still champ.
McGregor had a little interview where he talked about being ready to jump into the light weight title bout should "anything go wrong". When asked why he thought something could go wrong, he replied "you know the way they are, its happened multiple times."
So this whole thing could get really interesting if lets say Tony drops out like 2 weeks before the bout, McGregor agrees to step in, UFC hammers Khabib to accept the fight, Khabib refuses to fight McGregor, UFC then strips Khabib and McGregor fights a step in for the title before facing Ferguson later in the year.
Sounds crazy but this could actually take place based on the narratives.
McGregor had a little interview where he talked about being ready to jump into the light weight title bout should "anything go wrong". When asked why he thought something could go wrong, he replied "you know the way they are, its happened multiple times."
So this whole thing could get really interesting if lets say Tony drops out like 2 weeks before the bout, McGregor agrees to step in, UFC hammers Khabib to accept the fight, Khabib refuses to fight McGregor, UFC then strips Khabib and McGregor fights a step in for the title before facing Ferguson later in the year.
Sounds crazy but this could actually take place based on the narratives.
Khabib can talk all the shit he wants, but he's been in there with Conor, knows what he feels like, and wasn't impressed. Now he shows up bulked up, off a long layoff, with likely shittier timing than he had last time, on short notice where he's been training to fight a standup fight against Cowboy? Khabib gets crazy money thrown at him and gets the easiest title defense he could possibly ask for and laughs all the way to the bank.