{"id":247847,"date":"2017-08-27T07:43:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T14:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=247847"},"modified":"2017-08-27T07:43:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T14:43:45","slug":"dana-white-reacts-conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-reacts-conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White reacts to Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, UFC lightweight champ\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>\u00a0bravely stepped into the boxing ring with undefeated legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. While McGregor had some real success early on, he ultimately\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-addresses-fatigue-mayweather-bout\/\">fatigued<\/a>\u00a0in the second half of the fight, at which point Mayweather turned up the heat to capture a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/mayweather-vs-mcgregor\/mayweather-vs-mcgregor-results-floyd-stops-conor-round-10\/\">10th-round TKO win.\u00a0<\/a>Speaking to the media at the event&#8217;s post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White discussed his champion&#8217;s performance against Mayweather. Unsurprisingly, he was very impressed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThis isn\u2019t what he does,\u201d White said at the post-fight press conference for Mayweather vs. McGregor (h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/08\/dana-white-proud-conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather-fight-back-in-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s a mixed martial artist, where he goes in and uses all of his weapons, and tonight he was only allowed to use his hands.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know if tonight was the best boxing you\u2019ve ever seen, but Conor was landing jabs on Floyd Mayweather,\u201d White added later. \u201cConor looked damn good tonight to me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>White also addressed the many members of the combat sports world who completely counted McGregor out in the lead-up to this fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201c[Boxing commentator] Max Kellerman, I\u2019ve been trying to get ahold of him,&#8221; White said. &#8220;He ain\u2019t answering his phone right now. He said Conor wouldn\u2019t land one punch on Floyd Mayweather. There were a lot of people that were super negative about this with Floyd.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Whatever the case, White is now hoping McGregor returns to MMA.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI think he did great tonight. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything left to prove. I would rather he fight in MMA.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you share Dana White&#8217;s thoughts on Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather?<\/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\/27\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, UFC lightweight champ\u00a0Conor McGregor\u00a0bravely stepped into the boxing ring with undefeated legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. While McGregor had some real success early on, he ultimately\u00a0fatigued\u00a0in the second half of the fight, at which point Mayweather turned up the heat to capture a\u00a010th-round TKO win.\u00a0Speaking to the media at the event&#8217;s post-fight press conference, 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