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McGregor ”highly unlikely” to compete at UFC 205 despite the rumours

By Fran O'Reilly

LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 12: UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor holds an open training session on August 12, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 12: UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor holds an open training session on August 12, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) /
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UFC featherweight champion ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor is “highly unlikely” to compete at UFC 205 this November in New York, according to Wednesday’s reports from “UFC Tonight.”

The reports have stated that McGregor is currently ”rehabbing” from a leg injury which he sustained during his clash win with Nate Diaz during their main event bout at UFC 202 back in August.

With this recent announcement, the UFC 205 pay-per-view still remains without an official main event fight. With that being said, the UFC has announced a press conference will take place on September 27 at Madison Square Garden where we can expect the main event bout will be announced.

This UFC 205 pay-per-view will be an historic event for the promotion — the first UFC event held in New York since in almost 20 years, following the lifting of a 1997 ban on professional mixed martial arts. The ban was lifted earlier this year after much perseverance from the promotion, UFC president Dana White in particular.

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McGregor was visibly hurt after his five round decision win against Diaz at UFC 202. He left the octagon that night limping and looked to be in discomfort. But McGregor’s head coach John Kavanagh had suggested he was “fine” and would be ready to compete within the time frame leading up to UFC 205.

UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has been eagerly campaigning for a title fight against the Irishman McGregor at UFC 205. McGregor took to Twitter to post a cryptic tweet on Wednesday morning which simply read, “Beg me.”

However, earlier in the week, UFC president Dana White revealed that the UFC was looking to book Alvarez to defend his title against Khabib Nurmagomedov.

According to the report from “UFC Tonight”, Alvarez was sent an agreement of which he had to sign for the proposed fight against Nurmagomedov at UFC 205. It seems Alvarez did not sign by the provided deadline. The fight is now expected to be booked at UFC 206 this December.

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McGregor currently remains the UFC featherweight champion, defeating former long-term reigning champ Jose Aldo by knock out at UFC 194. Although it is expected that McGregor will have to defend his title soon, or he may be forced to vacate his 145lb title belt.

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