{"id":198612,"date":"2016-07-11T01:10:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T08:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=198612"},"modified":"2016-07-11T01:10:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T08:10:42","slug":"conor-mcgregors-short-statement-sale-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregors-short-statement-sale-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor&#8217;s short statement on the sale of the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late Sunday, the big news of the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-sale\/ufc-sold-4-billion-dana-white-says-sport-going-next-level\/\">sale of the UFC was released<\/a>. UFC President <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dana-white-vents-frustration-sounds-finally-fed-up-with-jon-jones\/\">Dana White<\/a> acknowledged the sale to <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/16970360\/ufc-expected-sell-unprecedented-4-billion\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> and said, \u201cSport is going to the next level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor who recently commented on the sale of the UFC at the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-conor-mcgregor-nate-diaz-staredown-dana-whites-angle\/\">UFC 202 press conference<\/a> reacted to the news of the sale on twitter early Monday morning. <\/p>\n<p>McGregor tweeted, &#8220;I am honoured to have fought under the Fertitta regime! To have been mentored by these great people on this great business is a true honour!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am honoured to have fought under the Fertitta regime! To have been mentored by these great people on this great business is a true honour!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/752400278117183489\">July 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor is set to fight Nate Diaz in a non-title welterweight rematch at UFC 202 scheduled for August 20 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Sunday, the big news of the sale of the UFC was released. 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