Dana White: Conor McGregor's tweet about being back on UFC 200 'not true'

Dana White: Conor McGregor's tweet about being back on UFC 200 'not true'

The situation just gets messier.

UFC president Dana White told the Los Angeles Times on Monday that the promotion has no deal in place for Conor McGregor to fight at UFC 200, despite a tweet claiming just that from McGregor on Sunday night.

White told the Times that McGregor saying he is back on the card is "not true."

"We haven't talked to Conor or his manager since the press conference on Friday," White said. "I don't know why he would tweet that."

 McGregor sent out a tweet late Sunday night thanking White and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta for putting him back on the card. As of Monday morning, it had more than 78,000 retweets.

McGregor, the UFC's featherweight champion and the biggest financial draw in the organization, was all set to fight Nate Diaz in the UFC 200 main event until last Tuesday. On that day, McGregor tweeted a cryptic message about an early retirement. Then, White explained a few hours later that McGregor had been yanked from the Diaz fight, because he would not fly to Las Vegas for promotional obligations last week.

McGregor, 27, said in a statement Thursday that he was not yet paid to promote and wanted to focus on training to get revenge on Diaz, who he lost to at UFC 196 in March. McGregor said he was absolutely not retired.