{"id":247493,"date":"2017-08-23T12:32:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T19:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=247493"},"modified":"2017-08-23T12:33:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T19:33:44","slug":"dana-white-let-conor-mcgregor-piece-ufc-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-let-conor-mcgregor-piece-ufc-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White might actually give Conor McGregor a stake in the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after his UFC 205, lightweight-title-winning knockout of Eddie Alvarez, which sent his stock rocketing to new heights, UFC superstar <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor <\/a>made an unprecedented demand: he, a fighter, wanted <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dana-white-conor-mcgregor-wanting-shares-ufc-hes-got-lot-money\/\">a piece of the UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWhere\u2019s my share? Where\u2019s my equity?&#8221; McGregor queried at the UFC 205 post-fight presser. &#8220;If I\u2019m the one that\u2019s bringing this, they\u2019ve got to come talk to me now,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cI\u2019ve got both belts, family on the way. If you want me to stick around, if you want me to keep doing (this), let\u2019s talk. But I want the ownership now. I want the equal share. I want what I deserve, what I\u2019ve earned.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At first this seemed like a near impossibility, as UFC President Dana White quickly suggested there was no way McGregor would just be <em>given<\/em> a piece of the pie:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cListen, a lot of people bought in on the UFC,\u201d White told TMZ in December. \u201cBanks, celebrities, and everything else. Listen, you want a piece? He\u2019s got a lot of money. Come in and buy a piece, man.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More recently, however, as McGregor is closing in on his hundred million dollar <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather\/\">showdown with Floyd Mayweather<\/a>, White has changed his tune.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI have a feeling we\u2019re going to have that conversation,\u201d the UFC boss told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/08\/dana-white-says-conor-mcgregor-could-get-ufc-ownership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a> during a Tuesday night media scrum. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t mind it. I welcome that conversation. He deserves it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s never been done, but anything is possible,\u201d he added. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people who feel like they\u2019re worth this, and they\u2019re worth that \u2013 we know what this kid\u2019s worth.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Conor McGregor, who has headlined many of the UFC&#8217;s biggest pay-per-views, is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/internal-document-shows-conor-mcgregor-ufcs-biggest-star-ever\/\">undeniably the biggest star in the promotion&#8217;s history<\/a>. Do you think he deserves a stake in the UFC? Join the conversation in the comment section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/23\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after his UFC 205, lightweight-title-winning knockout of Eddie Alvarez, which sent his stock rocketing to new heights, UFC superstar Conor McGregor made an unprecedented demand: he, a fighter, wanted a piece of the UFC. \u201cWhere\u2019s my share? Where\u2019s my equity?&#8221; McGregor queried at the UFC 205 post-fight presser. &#8220;If I\u2019m the one that\u2019s bringing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":244129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10112],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dana White might actually give Conor McGregor a stake in the UFC | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-let-conor-mcgregor-piece-ufc-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dana White might actually give Conor McGregor a stake in the UFC | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shortly after his UFC 205, lightweight-title-winning knockout of Eddie Alvarez, which sent his stock rocketing to new heights, UFC superstar Conor McGregor made an unprecedented demand: he, a fighter, wanted a piece of the UFC. \u201cWhere\u2019s my share? 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