Conor McGregor has once again been overruled, with UFC boss Dana White saying his next fight has to take place at lightweight
- Conor McGregor's January fight against Dustin Poirier will take place at lightweight.
- The UFC boss Dana White said Wednesday that the bout "literally makes no sense" if it takes place at welterweight.
- His statement follows a comment from McGregor's trainer John Kavanagh, who said the Poirier bout should take place at 170-pounds.
- It is yet another instance of McGregor or his team having terms dictated to them ahead of his next fight.
FIGHT ISLAND — Conor McGregor is again being overruled with UFC boss Dana White saying his next fight must take place at lightweight.
The former two-weight UFC champion had talked-up a charity MMA exhibition in Dublin alongside Dustin Poirier until the UFC offered a pro bout instead.
McGregor then wanted the UFC fight to take place in November or December but White gave him a take-it-or-leave-it January date, which the fighter bowed to.
The Irishman's life-long MMA trainer John Kavanagh said the Poirier fight in 2021 should take place within the confines of the 170-pound welterweight division.
But Nurmagomedov opposed this if it was to be regarded as a fight to decide the No.1 contender to his 155-pound championship title.
Now, White has had his say, and he agrees with Nurmagomedov.
"It's 155 pounds," White told BT Sport on Wednesday. "I'm not putting on a freaking multi-million dollar fight at a catchweight that means nothing.
"That fight means nothing at 170. Neither one of those two are ranked at 170-pounds and it doesn't do anything in the [155]-pound division if either one of them win because they're fighting at 170. It literally makes no sense.
"There are plenty of organizations that put on fights that make no sense. You can go and watch those kinds of fights every weekend," White said. "That's not what we do here."
Nurmagomedov defends his title against the interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje at the main event of Saturday's behind-closed-doors UFC 254 event inside the Flash Forum on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.
The winner could fight the winner of McGregor and Poirier fight next year, providing that bout takes place at lightweight.
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