{"id":263288,"date":"2017-11-07T22:05:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T06:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=263288"},"modified":"2017-11-07T22:05:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T06:05:32","slug":"breaking-dana-white-announces-conor-mcgregors-next-fight-will-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/breaking-dana-white-announces-conor-mcgregors-next-fight-will-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Dana White announces Conor McGregor&#8217;s next fight will be in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This just in! UFC President Dana White announced tonight that current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor&#8217;s next fight will take place in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The brash UFC boss gave the following statement to Lance Pugmire of The LA Times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White says he\u2019ll hash out the UFC 219 main event for Las Vegas by the end of the week and said <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheNotoriousMMA<\/a> return \u201cwill be in Vegas\u201d and \u201ccould be\u201d on that Dec. 30 date.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latimespugmire\/status\/928130592348151808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Dana White says he\u2019ll hash out the UFC 219 main event for Las Vegas by the end of the week and said @TheNotoriousMMA return &#8216;will be in Vegas&#8217; and &#8216;could be&#8217; on that Dec. 30 date.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Lance Pugmire<\/p>\n<p>While no return date has been made official for &#8220;Mystic Mac&#8221;, Dana White is confident that the Irish stars next scrap will once again take place under the bright lights of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC President is not ruling out the possibility that Conor McGregor could headline UFC 219 which takes place December 30 live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Dana White did not make any mention of a possible opponent for &#8220;Mystic Mac&#8221; this evening. However, he has stated in past interviews that current interim lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-updates-possible-tony-ferguson-vs-conor-mcgregor-unification-bout\/\">Tony Ferguson would receive the next shot at McGregor&#8217;s crown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor has made it very clear in recent interviews that he is looking to obtain a stake in the promotion before agreeing to any new fight offers with the UFC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-205-results-eddie-alvarez-vs-conor-mcgregor\/\">McGregor&#8217;s last octagon appearance came at UFC 205 in New York where he knocked out Eddie Alvarez <\/a>thus becoming the first fighter in promotional history to earn two titles in two different weight classes simultaneously. <\/p>\n<p>Do you think we will get to see a lightweight title unification bout between Tony Ferguson and Conor McGregor headline UFC 219 in Las Vegas this December? 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