IT’S WELL KNOWN by now that Dana White is fond of Conor McGregor, but the UFC interim featherweight champion isn’t the only Irishman among the UFC president’s favourite employees.
White has been speaking very highly of Joe Duffy to UFC.com ahead of this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 76 main event between the Donegal native and Dustin Poirier at Dublin’s 3Arena.
Duffy is highly rated by the UFC boss, but that has nothing to do with his first-round submission victory over McGregor back in 2010. Duffy’s skills are diverse but his striking game is flawless, according to White.
He said: “I don’t even point to Duffy beating Conor because they fought a long time ago when they were younger. I look at Duffy now. Duffy today is a well-rounded, explosive finisher — a guy whose stand-up is literally perfect.”
The UFC are understood to be planning for Conor McGregor to fight at Croke Park next year. Duffy is also keen to compete at GAA headquarters, and White believes that both fighters will need to feature on the card in order to make such an event a success.
“To do Croke Park we’re going to need Conor and Duffy to do that one,” White said. “I think it’s incredible that these guys want to fight there. I think it’s incredible that the fans want it so bad and I want it as bad as they want it too.”
White also acknowledged that Duffy is in for an extremely tough challenge against Poirier this weekend, with a win likely to secure him a place in the top 15 rankings.
The UFC president said: “This is a really good test for Duffy because Dustin Poirier looks great at 155 [lbs]. He said he feels stronger, healthier, and he’s been on a tear at 155. It’s a big fight for both guys.”
Wife? 21? Really?
The wags are getting them locked down young
When I was 21 I was blowing shit up in the microwave ala Ian Henderson in a student house
Anthony Martial is married with two kids at 19. She knew…
Coutinho been married since he was 19 too I believe.
Check her out, she’s an absolute lasher. I’d be wifing that at 21 as well.
Image of Bale
Let’s hope he will be as good as Bale !
They say supposedly there’s around 7 people in the world who look exactly like you..
Yip. Lucky enough that mine is Ryan Gosling
:D
He’d make more money as an impersonator
Or even league one. Being on the books at a top prem club then going to league two is a massive drop down
And probably offers us an insight into the actual level that this fella is at. He’s not going to league 2 for any other reason than he didn’t have any other options. He might rebound in a few years but I’ve a feeling that looking like Bale will be as close to a top footballer that he may ever be and I mean that as no slight against him, the odds of making it at the top level of football are in the high millions.
Jamie Vardy. ….
Surely he could have been picked up by a championship club rather than having to drop down to league 2
Why would that be?
You would think that. But here we are.
And york city are in last place
Plot twist, Kenny is actually playing for Madrid and Bale is off to the metropolis of York.
So it was Kenny who got Wales to euro 2016!!!
Give him time, Alan Judge was in a similar situation when Blackburn. Now PL teams are interested in signing him.
Hope ha can play like bale