Conor McGregor puts an end to Logan Paul fight rumors.
Speaking to The Schmo, the MMA champion explained the bout isn’t going forward because UFC leadership isn’t feeling it — which matches up with UFC CEO Dana White’s own recent dismissal of the matchup.
Conor McGregor explains why the fight’s off.
“The UFC just aren’t into it,” McGregor revealed. “The offer was there on the table, in writing, both athletes, we’ll say—he’s not a fighter—but whatever, both athletes under the TKO banner. UFC, WWE, both rising up. The stock price of TKO Holding Group through the roof. New market in India opened up and booming.”
“It was business savvy and business sense to make the fight happen, or should I say, the glorified spar happen,” he added. “In between this waiting period that we find ourselves in before I can get back to the octagon, it made perfect sense on the calendar to go ahead with it. The UFC weren’t into it. I’m not sure the WWE what their interest in it was, I just knew the UFC weren’t into it.”
Paul’s recent vlog featured what seemed like a chat with McGregor, where the Irish star sounded positive about the rumored $250 million matchup. “This can happen, my man,” McGregor apparently said. “For real. This can and will happen.”
Last December, McGregor announced on X he’d agreed to face Paul. “The rumors of a bout with Topurio are false,” he stated, addressing talk about a fight with featherweight champ Ilia Topuria.
“I am in preliminary agreements with the Ambani family to face Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India,” he wrote. “I have agreed. I will then seek my return to the Octagon.”
In September, McGregor claimed he was the “only logical choice” for Ireland’s presidency, hinting at a political future and sharing his vision.
“I would have all the answers the people of Ireland seek from these thieves of the working man, these disrupters of the family unit, these destructors of small businesses, and on and on and on!” he declared. “These charlatans in their positions of power would be summoned to answer to the people of Ireland and I would have it done by day end. Or I would be left with no choice but to dissolve the Dáil entirely. Stop the train until.”
“The people of Ireland deserve the answers they seek. Point blank,” he stated. “This would be my power as President. I know very well. Ireland needs an active President employed wholly by the people of Ireland. It is me. I am the only logical choice. 2025 is upcoming…”
