Conor McGregor's unusual feat of holding two different division titles was short-lived after UFC president Dana White stripped him of his featherweight belt.
Well, that's not in a literal sense as it seems no one has dared to ask him to hand it back yet.
McGregor posted the following video on Instagram which seems to imply that he's in no rush to hand it over.
White spoke to Yahoo Sports to explain his decision to change the titles. He said: "Look, I let Conor fight [Nate] Diaz and then, I let him fight Diaz again. Then, there was the whole 155-pound thing I let him do. But at the end of the day, him doing that tied up the division for a year. There's a logjam there and a lot of guys were [angry].
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"This was my way to fix the logjam. I wanted [Jose] Aldo to fight [Max] Holloway for the belt, but he needed more time. So I looked at it and I said, well, it makes sense to make Aldo the champion and then have Holloway and [Anthony] Pettis fight for the interim title, and when Jose's ready, barring any crazy injuries, the winner can fight him."
As it stands, we don't know if McGregor voluntarily gave up his title. However, White is adamant that Conor made the decision himself, as he said: "Do you think I just did this? This was Conor's decision."
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