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Published 14:42 30 Apr 2016 BST
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"Obviously, there are certain media days you have to attend, but we live in a social media age where there are creative ways to do things. I've been on those media tours where you're flying from city to city and it's not easy and it can derail your training. You just have to creatively think of doing things in ways that minimize the amount of time he has to spent out of camp. There has to be flexibility."
Although he understands what McGregor was trying to accomplish, Franklin is siding with the promoter. He thinks that the UFC sticking to their guns and keeping McGregor off UFC 200 is the right thing to do as it will be a learning experience for the Dubliner.
"Now, I don't know the terms of Conor's contract and I don't know the conversations that were had but if I, as a promoter, had an agreement with a fighter to do a certain set of media and as the fighter got to thinking about it and said, "I don't want to disrupt my camp," then we'd have an issue."
"The way Conor went about it, basically announcing his retirement -- once the UFC pulled him and made that statement as the promoter, it's kind of like disciplining a child. Once you've made a statement, consistency is probably the most important thing."

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