There seems to be a bit of a strange disconnect between Conor McGregor and his people. First, after the UFC confirmed that McGregor relinquished his featherweight title, McGregor claimed (in his own true fashion) that he sure as hell didn't. Now, even though UFC president Dana White said that McGregor would be taking a 10-month paternity leave, McGregor is saying that's not true.
McGregor told RTE in an interview:
"As far as a break, I don't know. I know Dana has been on record, being like, '10 months, he's taking 10 months.' What do you say 10 months? Originally, I thought the baby was being born in March and then it was May, so I was I was like maybe I could get another one. I just don't know."
It's not just his family that he's thinking about, he added. It has to do with business:
"I'm weighing up my options. Again, I expect that conversation. I expect them to fly that jet to me. Ari (Emanuel), Patrick (Whitesell), the new owners from WME-IMG, the guys that bought the UFC for $4 billion. I want to speak to them. I want to see what their plan is, cause right now I don't know what nobody's plan is. All I know is they're trying to type onto a keyboard and say we're taking this belt and we're taking that belt; we're doing this, we're doing that. You ain't doing nothing without contacting me first."
The only time he'll definitely be taking off, he said, is the holidays. "I'm ready for anything," he said. "I did say I was going to take a break, but a Christmas break, the holidays. At least give me the holidays off."
Ah. So, a normal human being break, then.
