UFC has offered Conor McGregor a fight against Dustin Poirier on Jan. 23, 2021 -- and according to UFC president Dana White, that's the date. Take it or leave it.

The promotion formally offered McGregor the Jan. 23 fight against Poirier late last month, shortly after McGregor proposed a charity exhibition match against Poirier in December. Last week, McGregor announced on social media that he had 'accepted' UFC's offer but said the fight must happen on one of UFC's Nov. 21 or Dec. 12 pay-per-views.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Conor McGregor, also known as 'The Money Fight' and 'The Biggest Fight in Combat Sports History', was a professional boxing match between undefeated eleven-time five-division boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. And two-division mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion and, at the time, UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor. FIGHT ISLAND — UFC boss Dana White and Audie Attar, who is Conor McGregor's agent, appear to be at odds over a prospective mega-match between the Irishman and Manny Pacquiao. McGregor returns to the UFC Octagon for a lightweight fight against Dustin Poirier in the Fight Island finale at the Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi on January 23. Should McGregor triumph, it would be his most significant win.

UFC 255 on Nov. 21 has two title fights booked, as does UFC 256 on Dec. 12. White said he is not willing to rearrange the schedule to accommodate McGregor's request.

'We offered him a fight. We got him his own date,' White told ESPN. 'We didn't have a date this year. We have everything laid out for this year, with world champions fighting for titles. He wants to fight Dustin Poirier apparently, so we went to [broadcast partner] ESPN and got him his own date. He's been offered Dustin Poirier on Jan. 23.

'It's a yes or no answer.'

White said he does not know why McGregor is adamant he has to fight before Jan. 23.

'I have no clue,' White said.

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UFC 255 features a male flyweight title bout between Deiveson Figueiredo and Alex Perez and a female flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Jennifer Maia. UFC 256 will feature dual-weight champion Amanda Nunes defending her featherweight title against Megan Anderson and bantamweight champ Petr Yan against Aljamain Sterling.

Asked whether there was any chance UFC could move some of those fights around to meet McGregor's timeline, White said the company could not.

'That's not how it works,' White said. 'We laid out this year. He was retired. Would anybody disagree he was retired? Through this crazy pandemic year we're going through, we faced a lot of challenges. There were a lot of things done to make this thing work. We made it happen. We have our schedule laid out. Fighters have committed to it. Fighters have started training for these fights. Conor came back and wants to fight Dustin, so we went out and got him his own date. It's Jan. 23.'

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One twist in all of this is McGregor has expressed interest in boxing Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao, confirming on social media recently that he is interested in facing Poirier because Poirier is a southpaw -- like Pacquiao -- with good boxing skills.

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For his part, White said he has no idea what is going on with a potential boxing match between McGregor and Pacquiao.