Conor McGregor responded to the UFC with a Facebook statement but the UFC is Not Buying Conor McGregor Facebook Statement, The fight is still a NO GO!

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You can see that Conor McGregor is very passionate on his position that he is a fighter, he explains “I have become lost in the game of promotion and forgot about the art of fighting.”

The disgruntal UFC fighter has released a legnthy statement on Facebook explaining his postion as a UFC fighter, ” not a promoter. McGregor stated:

“I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote.”

That is all good, but Conor McGregor Facebook statement shows that he NEEDS to understand that fighting and promoting while building a brand name goes hand in hand. His position has now cost him and the organization is officially calling off his fight with Nate Diaz. The means no $10 MILLION paycheck!

He threw fans off when he posted this tweet:

It sad and stupid on Connor’s part, because the UFC told Conor it was willing to move mountains to accommodate the fighter during the UFC 200 media tour.

Get this, not only did UFC offer to fly Conor to every destination on a top-of-the-line private jet … but also offered to ship out every single piece of his gym equipment from Iceland to Vegas for this weekend’s media event so there wouldn’t be a kink in Conor’s training.

On top of that, McGregor was told his gym would be set up identically to his Iceland training center and it would all be ready to go the second he stepped off the plane, but McGregor refused to budge!

Dana White told Colin Cowherd he believes McGregor will fight for the UFC in the next year — but our sources tell us it will NOT be against Nate Diaz. Instead, he’ll have to fight Frankie Edgar or Jose Aldo.

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Here is the FULL statement on Connor McGregor Facebook explaining why where he stood.

Connor McGregor Facebook statement reads as follows:

I am just trying to do my job and fight here.
I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote.
I have become lost in the game of promotion and forgot about the art of fighting.
There comes a time when you need to stop handing out flyers and get back to the damn shop.
50 world tours, 200 press conferences, 1 million interviews, 2 million photo shoots, and at the end of it all I’m left looking down the barrel of a lens, staring defeat in the face, thinking of nothing but my incorrect fight preparation. And the many distractions that led to this.
Nothing else was going through my mind.
It is time to go back and live the life that got me this life.
Sitting in a car on the way to some dump in Conneticut or somewhere, to speak to Tim and Suzie on the nobody gives a fuck morning show did not get me this life.
Talking to some lady that deep down doesn’t give a fuck about what I’m doing, but just wants some sound bites so she can maybe get her little tight ass a nice raise, and I’m cool with that too, I’ve been giving you all raises. But I need to focus on me now.
I’m coming for my revenge here.
I flew an entire team to Portugal and to Iceland to make my adjustments in preparation and fix my errors I made with the weight and the cardio prep.
With the right adjustments and the right focus, I will finish what I started in that last fight.
I will not do this if I am back on the road handing out flyers again.
I will always play the game and play it better than anybody, but just for this one, where I am coming off a loss, I asked for some leeway where I can just train and focus. I did not shut down all media requests. I simply wanted a slight adjustment.
But it was denied.
There had been 10 million dollars allocated for the promotion of this event is what they told me.
So as a gesture of good will, I went and not only saved that 10 million dollars in promotion money, I then went and tripled it for them.
And all with one tweet.
Keep that 10 mill to promote the other bums that need it. My shows are good.
I must isolate myself now.
I am facing a taller, longer and heavier man. I need to prepare correctly this time.
I can not dance for you this time.
It is time for the other monkeys to dance. I’ve danced us all the way here.
Nate’s little mush head looks good up on that stage these days. Stuff him in front of the camera for it.
He came in with no shit to do that last one. I’d already done press conferences, interviews and shot the ads before RDA pulled out.
Maybe I’ll hit Cabo this time and skull some shots pre-fight with no obligation.
I’m doing what I need for me now.
It is time to be selfish with my training again. It is the only way.
I feel the $400million I have generated for the company in my last three events, all inside 8 months, is enough to get me this slight leeway.
I am still ready to go for UFC 200.
I will offer, like I already did, to fly to New York for the big press conference that was scheduled, and then I will go back into training. With no distractions.
If this is not enough or they feel I have not deserved to sit this promotion run out this one time, well then I don’t know what to say.
For the record also –
For USADA and for the UFC and my contract stipulations –
I AM NOT RETIRED.

Thoughts?

Do you agree with Conor McGregor Facebook statement? Does Conor McGregor Facebook say it all or did he shoot himself in his foot with the UFC?