It was Announced live last night at UFC Fight Night Melbourne by UFC commentator John Anik that Conor Mcgregor, who was recently the first fighter in the promotions history to become two weight consecutive world champion in both the lightweight and featherweight divisions, would be 'vacating' his featherweight title. It was also announced by Anik that Jose Aldo who Mcgregor KO'd in 13 second back in December of 2015, would be promoted from interim champion to undisputed featherweight champion.
Lightweight Champ Conor Mcgregor made history less than a few weeks ago to become the first ever dual-weight world champion in the UFC so why is he vacating his belt so soon afterwards?
well Mcgregor hasn't defended his belt for over 11 months and after announcing the arrival of his first child in May of next year (2017) Mcgregor made it clear he wasn't going to fight again until after that date. Meaning although he claimed the UFC would 'need an army to take these belts off me' it seems the UFC has gone ahead and taken it anyway.
UFC 206 is set to take place on December 10th in Toronto Canada, a card which seems to be falling apart with both the main and co main events being pulled from the card. Daniel Cormier suffering an injury in training earlier this week causing him to withdraw from his fight again Anthony Johnson, and Kennedy vs Evans being pulled from a second card in a matter of weeks as Rachad evens is refused a licence from the states athletic commission for a second time. it was announced live on the 26th November 2015 at UFC fight night 101 that a new main event had been added to the UFC Toronto card, between featherweights Max Holloway and former lightweight champ Anthony Pettis. this fight will be for a interim featherweight title and the winner will face Jose Aldo for the undisputed featherweight belt.
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