{"id":202071,"date":"2016-08-25T18:48:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T01:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202071"},"modified":"2016-08-25T18:48:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T01:48:12","slug":"dana-white-conor-mcgregor-following-ufc-202-time-defend-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-following-ufc-202-time-defend-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White on Conor McGregor following UFC 202: &#8216;It&#8217;s time for him to defend his title&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 202 over the weekend, &#8220;The Notorious&#8221; was able to even up the score with Nate Diaz after <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-202\/video-conor-mcgregor-vs-nate-diaz-highlights\/\">a five-round war<\/a> putting them both with one win against each other.<\/p>\n<p>Now with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/conor-mcgregor-nate-diaz-earn-estimated-15-million-13-million-respectively-ufc-202\/\">the money fight<\/a> over, UFC President Dana White said immediately after the fight that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-gives-conor-mcgregor-two-options-following-ufc-202\/\">McGregor had two options<\/a> for his next bout. Either defend his featherweight title against interim champion Jose Aldo to unify the belts or face Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, White spoke on &#8220;The Herd&#8221; and it sounds like he is insisting that it is time for Conor to get back to 145 pounds. White said on the show, &#8220;&#8221;It&#8217;s time for him to defend his title.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;It&#39;s time for him to defend his title.&quot; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\">@danawhite<\/a> on what&#39;s next for Conor McGregor. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheHerd?src=hash\">#TheHerd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9HPGp809B7\">pic.twitter.com\/9HPGp809B7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Herd w\/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHerd\/status\/768873099177496576\">August 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Is a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/big-john-mccarthy-confirms-what-conor-mcgregor-told-jose-aldo-after-knocking-him-out\/\">rematch with Jose Aldo<\/a> the fight you want to see? 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