Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight titleholder Conor McGregor is no longer the organization’s reigning featherweight champion after promotion president Dana White made good on his promise to strip “Notorious” of the 145-pound strap.
Coach John Kavanagh isn’t happy about it.
Working against McGregor is the fact that he won the featherweight gold from Jose Aldo at UFC 194 roughly one year ago and never made a single title defense, instead opting for a pair of welterweight “super fights” against Nate Diaz.
And let’s not forget about the bottleneck of hungry contenders at 145 pounds, including Max Holloway and Anthony Pettis.