Canelo Alvarez will put his WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight on the line on Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas against the undefeated Edgar Berlanga. On that same night, in the same city, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will be putting on UFC 306 at the Sphere.
Alvarez recently stated that he wants $200 million too face David Benavidez in a future match. Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor took issue with Alvarez’ asking price. He also questioned the Mexican superstar’s ability to sell pay-per-views.
“Canelo is a cornflake. He has about 300k buys in him,” McGregor wrote on social media. “He does not generate nothing near what he seeks to be paid.”
McGregor believes going head-to-head with the UFC in Las Vegas wasn’t a good idea. He went as far as to say the UFC will run Canelo off the Vegas strip.
“UFC NOCHE is going to run them from the strip. Sheik Turki was right moving on. CANELO DOESN’T SELL,” McGregor wrote on X.
McGregor last fought at UFC 264 in July 2021 in a trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier. McGregor suffered a broken leg in the final seconds of the opening round. He was expected to return against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June, but was forced out of the fight due to a broken toe. The fight with Chandler is expected to be rebooked but no date has been officially announced.
