{"id":195797,"date":"2016-06-04T08:08:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T15:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=195797"},"modified":"2016-06-04T08:08:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T15:08:30","slug":"conor-mcgregor-reacts-news-muhammad-ali-s-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/muhammad-ali\/conor-mcgregor-reacts-news-muhammad-ali-s-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor reacts to news of Muhammad Ali &#8216;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday evening, tragic news surfaced that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/muhammad-ali\/breaking-boxing-legend-muhammad-ali-passes-away-at-age-74\/\">boxing icon Muhammad Ali had passed away<\/a> after being placed on life support earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Immediately the MMA community began mourning Ali, who will live on as one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/muhammad-ali\/video-muhammad-ali-yells-whats-my-name-this-day-in-boxing-february-6-1967\/\">most influential men in combat sports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who is often compared to Ali, as well as Mike Tyson, posted to Instagram regarding Ali&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 33.6% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGOyjTfrzjK\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nobody will ever come close to this mans greatness. And if they do, they better wake up and apologise. #RIPAli #TheGreatest<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-06-04T11:35:42+00:00\">Jun 4, 2016 at 4:35am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday evening, tragic news surfaced that boxing icon Muhammad Ali had passed away after being placed on life support earlier in the day. Immediately the MMA community began mourning Ali, who will live on as one of the most influential men in combat sports. 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