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\"Conor<\/a><\/p>\n

Is Conor McGregor the next Muhammad Ali? UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta knows the thought sounds “kind of stupid”, but that isn’t stopping him from the making the proclamation.<\/p>\n

In a new interview with USA Today’s MMAJunkie.com<\/a>, the UFC boss explained:<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate even saying this, but with his gift of gab and his athletic ability and fighting ability, it\u2019s almost like the Irish Muhammad Ali in a way. To compare anybody to Ali is kind of stupid because of all the other great things that were associated with him from a social movement and everything else. But Conor has just got that sparkle, that thing to him. Wherever he goes \u2013 whether we put him on TV, whether he\u2019s doing an interview, whether he\u2019s around a group of people \u2013 he just is the center of attention. He\u2019s got that special quality, and for a guy that\u2019s fought in the UFC four times to have the interest of GQ Magazine, Men\u2019s Health, ESPN? He\u2019s got it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is Conor McGregor the next Muhammad Ali? UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta knows the thought sounds “kind of stupid”, but that isn’t stopping him from the making the proclamation. In a new interview with USA Today’s MMAJunkie.com, the UFC boss explained: \u201cI hate even saying this, but with his gift of gab and his athletic ability […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":125725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nUFC CEO Calls McGregor "The Irish Muhammad Ali" | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is Conor McGregor the next Muhammad Ali? Lorenzo Fertitta knows the thought sounds "kind of stupid", but that isn't stopping hi... 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