{"id":200247,"date":"2016-08-03T07:42:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T14:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200247"},"modified":"2016-08-03T07:42:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T14:42:56","slug":"royce-gracie-not-giving-amir-khan-chance-in-conor-mcgregor-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/amir-khan\/royce-gracie-not-giving-amir-khan-chance-in-conor-mcgregor-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Royce Gracie not giving Amir Khan chance in Conor McGregor fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While former boxing champion Amir Khan isn&#8217;t signed to the UFC roster, the British prizefighter has expressed his interest in making the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/amir-khan\/amir-khan-gives-timetable-for-conor-mcgregor-fight\/\">jump to MMA in order to fight UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Khan made headlines last month when he posted a photo of himself with a UFC championship belt on his social media pages, following the photo up with an <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/amir-khan\/amir-khan-wants-to-fight-conor-mcgregor-to-prove-hes-a-man\/\">interview in which he called out Conor McGregor.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MMA legend Royce Gracie, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/amir-khan\/royce-gracie-supporting-amir-khan-transition-mma\/\">who has been a supporter of Khan&#8217;s move to MMA<\/a>, spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/ufc\/534766\/Royce-Gracie-talks-Amir-Khan-vs-Conor-McGregor\" target=\"_blank\">The Independent<\/a> to discuss the fight, and why it wouldn&#8217;t go very well for Khan:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;If it was a boxing match I\u2019d put my money on Amir Khan. 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