{"id":113892,"date":"2014-09-28T15:33:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T22:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=113892"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:23:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:23:51","slug":"dana-says-mcgregor-is-a-bigger-star-than-gsp-and-lesnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-says-mcgregor-is-a-bigger-star-than-gsp-and-lesnar\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana Says McGregor Is A Bigger Star Than GSP And Lesnar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dana-WhitePNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dana-WhitePNG.png\" alt=\"Dana WhitePNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dana-WhitePNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dana-WhitePNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dana-WhitePNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White spoke on the UFC 178 post-fight show on Fox Sports 1 about Conor McGregor&#8217;s star power.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the night, in what has been called &#8216;the people&#8217;s main event,&#8217; McGregor defeated Dustin Poirier via TKO in under 2-minutes of the 1st round.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cConor McGregor is the real deal \u2013 he is legit.  He is a force that I have never seen ever. Bigger than Brock Lesnar when he was here. Bigger than any of the fighters we\u2019ve ever had. Yes, (he\u2019s bigger than Georges St-Pierre). I\u2019ve never seen anything like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a believer.  He did exactly what he said he was going to do. Did I think Conor was going to win? I had no idea. Did I think he was actually going to go out and stop Poirier in the first round? I did not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis whole Conor McGregor thing has been very fascinating to me. (When) I went over to Ireland, I received that award from Trinity College, and literally all I heard was Conor McGregor the whole time I was over there. I came back here and I was like, \u2018Who the hell is this kid? Let\u2019s get this kid signed.\u2019 So we signed him and he came out to Las Vegas, and we went and ate and hung out a little bit. I told (UFC CEO) Lorenzo (Fertitta), \u2018If this kid can even fight this much, this much, if he can even throw a punch, this kid is going to be (something special).\u2019 It\u2019s bigger than anything I\u2019ve ever seen before. It\u2019s crazy. It\u2019s bigger than anything I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas a nation behind GSP when GSP started? Let me tell you this. We\u2019re way over (projections for UFC 178). The numbers, Lorenzo and I were talking about it, and we contribute it all to Conor McGregor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After last night do you believe the hype behind &#8216;Notorious&#8217;?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White spoke on the UFC 178 post-fight show on Fox Sports 1 about Conor McGregor&#8217;s star power. 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