Whoops. Looks like it isn't going to be allowed to happen. Conor McGregor announced that he's going to face Diego Sanchez at UFC 180, where he moves up to lightweight and takes on the long time UFC vet in Mexico. Shortly after the tweet went out though, Dana White throws cold water on everything. From ESPN:

Dana White on Conor in Mexico: That kid is nuts. No he's not. He wants to but he's not. — Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) October 2, 2014

Well that's that I guess. While a win over a 'name' and an established veteran in Sanchez could help the already meteoric rise of McGregor move further, looks like the UFC brass won't allow the relatively short notice bout to happen.

If I'm not mistaken though, it seems to me like McGregor took that advice Sonnen had during his interview with our own Steph Daniels.

So what's next for McGregor? He won't get that bout he's been angling on for a while now, but I guess plans for flying out to Brazil to call out the winner of Aldo and Mendes are back on.