Dana White brutally shuts down Conor McGregor’s dream fight timeline after UFC 299

He has brutally shit down McGregor’s dream fight.

Dana White brutally shuts down Conor McGregor's dream fight timeline after UFC 299

Dana White has brutally shut down Conor McGregor’s dream fight timeline.

McGregor has been out of action for nearly three years since suffering consecutive losses to Dustin Poirier.

Despite suggestions that the enigmatic Irishman could make a comeback by fighting Nate Diaz for a third time, UFC chief Dana White threw cold water on the impending possibility of such a match-up.

White was asked at the UFC 299 post-fight presser about McGregor’s status and the chances of him fighting Diaz at UFC 306.

The UFC boss was quick to shut down any prospect the fight could be made imminently, however.

White replied: “I’m looking for Mexicans [to fight] at The Sphere on Mexican Independence Day.

“Yeah, no, I’m not doing that fight.”

McGregor seems set to return to the octagon and fight Michael Chandler this year, though the contest is yet to be confirmed.

The 35-year-old has expressed his frustration at a lack of action from the UFC, having insisted he wants to face Chandler before taking on Diaz around September.

“I wish for [that Diaz fight] on Mexican Independence Day in the Sphere,” McGregor wrote on social media this week. “Chandler, June. Diaz, September. I have let this be known.”

McGregor and Diaz competed in two of the biggest fights in UFC history (Getty)
McGregor and Diaz competed in two of the biggest fights in UFC history (Getty)

McGregor and Diaz competed in two of the promotion’s biggest events in 2016. Diaz caused an upset by winning the first bout at UFC 196, submitting McGregor with a rear-naked-choke.

Five months later, however, McGregor bettered Diaz, edging him by decision at UFC 202.

He then went on to become the division’s two-time champion by beating Eddie Alvarez in November of that year.

As for Diaz, it is unclear what his next steps are after trying his hand at boxing in the summer of 2023, only to lose to YouTuber Jake Paul.

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