Joaquin Buckley is aware of he’s not going to battle Conor McGregor, but he referred to as him out anyway.
The rising UFC welterweight contender used his in-octagon, post-fight interview at UFC on ESPN 56 to name out McGregor. Though he bought a formidable win over Nursulton Ruziboev (34-9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) within the co-main occasion of the cardboard, UFC CEO Dana White rapidly shut down his request – one thing Buckley (19-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC) anticipated.
“I’m positively not going to get that, however why not take probabilities, proper?” Buckley mentioned on the UFC on ESPN 56 post-fight press convention. “I’ve been doing it up till this second, so why not make the largest callout that I could make? If Michael Chandler doesn’t present up for the battle, ‘New Mansa’ can be prepared.”
McGregor is predicted to make his return at UFC 303 on June 29. He takes on Michael Chandler in a welterweight bout.
Buckley did have a plan B retaining in thoughts how far he was reaching within the McGregor callout.
“Gilbert Burns, I believe it’s a wonderful battle, a wonderful matchup,” Buckley mentioned. “I don’t know when he’s going to be cleared or when he’s going to be prepared, however Gilbert Burns, positively.”
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