Negotiations around an intriguing UFC lightweight matchup between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone have reportedly hit a snag.
An intriguing lightweight matchup between Conor McGregor and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has been in the works for weeks but negotiations have reportedly hit a snag.
The potential matchup first gained traction in January when Cerrone humbled upstart Alex Hernandez with a dominant technical knockout victory that caught the eye of McGregor. Cerrone said after his win that he wanted a top-five opponent at lightweight next and thatin a tweet: “For a fight like that Donald, I’ll fight you. Congratulations.”
“We were all waiting on Conor for April, and he said he wasn’t ready,” Cerrone explained. “I don’t know how in one breath you can say, ‘I’ll fight anyone, anytime, anywhere,’ and the next one say, ‘I’m not ready for that one.’ … Sack up, [expletive]. Sign the [expletive] paper.”, and since a McGregor-Cerrone matchup would be a non-title fight it wouldn’t qualify to headline a PPV event.
The most recent UFC PPV main event that didn’t have a belt on the line — excluding UFC 234 since that main event was cancelled the morning of the fight — was UFC 202 when McGregor had his rematch with Nate Diaz.
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