“Two Best of All Time”

Dana White has at all times had a weak spot for Conor McGregor. Regardless of the haze associated to McGregor’s return at UFC 303, the UFC head honcho praised the Irishman as soon as extra whereas showing on Andrew Schulz’s ‘Flagrant’ YouTube podcast. Nevertheless, followers could also be startled after witnessing that White counted McGregor to be on par with the boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, particularly when it got here to psychological warfare.

Virtually each UFC fan might have witnessed how McGregor performed with Jose Aldo’s psychological body and subjected him to a humiliating defeat at UFC 194. Nevertheless, avid boxing followers know that Ali had been doing the identical to his rivals lengthy earlier than McGregor stepped into fight sports activities.

A big chunk of followers might also agree that it was Ali who made trash-talking an artwork of the game. Nevertheless, ‘The Louisville Slugger’s’ phrases have been perceived as predictions as he managed to again up his phrases together with his in-ring showdowns.

White talked about how McGregor was on the identical “degree” as Ali on this regard since he additionally tormented his rivals mentally earlier than breaking them contained in the octagon, saying,

“I don’t give a fu*okay what anyone says. [But to me] Ali and Conor [are on the same] degree. They’re the 2 better of all instances in terms of psychological warfare.”

Apparently, whereas many within the fight sports activities group might rely White’s comparability as a respectable one, most UFC followers are nonetheless confused about whether or not McGregor will honor his combat contract at UFC 303.

Will the UFC 303 function Conor McGregor even after all of the current controversy?

The cancellation of the pre-UFC 303 press convention in Dublin got here as a shock to most UFC followers. Lots of them, together with McGregor’s rival, Michael Chandler, had additionally dissed ‘The Infamous’ after a number of movies showcased him partying, though he had solely 4 weeks left in his return combat.

These two incidents led to predictions that McGregor was fooling them as soon as once more, and that he wouldn’t be preventing at UFC 303 on 29 June. On the similar time, rumors claimed that McGregor might have an injury, which is why he received’t return at UFC 303.

The famend MMA journalist, Ariel Helwani and a number of other different followers are still pretty positive concerning the materialization of all of the introduced fights at UFC 303, together with McGregor’s. Nevertheless, the UFC has remained secretive about your entire difficulty and solely time can reveal if McGregor will face off in opposition to Michael Chandler at UFC 303.