{"id":210658,"date":"2016-11-18T12:37:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T20:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=210658"},"modified":"2016-11-18T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T20:37:58","slug":"conor-mcgregor-summer-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-summer-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor out until summer of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With making history by becoming the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-conor-mcgregor-vs-eddie-alvarez-fight-highlights\/\">first concurrent champion of two UFC weight divisions<\/a>, the world is waiting to hear what will be next for Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>With holding the championship belts for the 145-pound UFC featherweight division and the 155-pound UFC lightweight division, contenders in both weight classes are eagerly waiting to get their shot at the title.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/aldo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/aldo.png\" alt=\"Jose Aldo\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-188180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/aldo.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/aldo-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/aldo-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/aldo-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, UFC President Dana White told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/boxing\/la-sp-sn-ufc-dana-white-conor-mcgregor-ronda-rousey-20161118-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">LA Times<\/a> that &#8220;The Notorious&#8221; won&#8217;t be stepping back in the Octagon to defend any belt in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe won\u2019t fight before May,\u201d<\/em> White said of the current two-weight UFC champion. <em>\u201cHis girl [Dee Devlin] gets super stressed out when he fights. He doesn\u2019t want her having any of that stress <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-makes-his-big-announcement-post-fight-at-ufc-205\/\">while she\u2019s pregnant<\/a>. He\u2019s good. He should take time off. He\u2019s been fighting nonstop. Nothing wrong with him taking time off. It\u2019s good for him and her and it\u2019s good for the baby.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With McGregor on the sidelines for at least the next half year, White says that he isn&#8217;t worried about future UFC events with having &#8220;The Notorious&#8221; taking a break.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov.png\" alt=\"Khabib Nurmagomedov celebrates\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve done this for 16 years, with a lot of big stars who couldn\u2019t fight or moved on \u2013 Chuck Liddell, Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre,\u201d White said. \u201cThere\u2019s not a day in this office I don\u2019t get the question, \u2018What are we going to do about this guy?\u2019 Every day I turn around, I\u2019ve got a reporter saying we\u2019ve peaked.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf I listened to any of that \u2026 , we probably would be done.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>White did mention that along with the new owners of the UFC, they are just at the start of something new.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut I can tell you, we\u2019re just getting started. Ari is a bright, fresh-eyed guy who\u2019s just getting into this business, and he\u2019s in love with it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on Conor McGregor not fighting before May of 2017 when his baby is due? Sound off in the comment section!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With making history by becoming the first concurrent champion of two UFC weight divisions, the world is waiting to hear what will be next for Conor McGregor. 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