{"id":265424,"date":"2017-12-10T06:29:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T14:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=265424"},"modified":"2017-12-10T06:29:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T14:29:16","slug":"dana-white-reacts-conor-mcgregor-vs-manny-pacquiao-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-reacts-conor-mcgregor-vs-manny-pacquiao-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White reacts to the Conor McGregor vs. Manny Pacquiao rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week,<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/manny-pacquiao-alludes-2018-real-boxing-match-conor-mcgregor\/\"> rumors<\/a> began to surface with respect to UFC lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>&#8216;s next fight. Contrary to widespread expectations that his next bout will occur in the Octagon, these rumors suggest McGregor will once again compete in boxing, where he would take on a bona fide legend in Manny Pacquiao.<\/p>\n<p>These rumors began with<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/manny-pacquiao\/breaking-conor-mcgregor-talks-another-gigantic-boxing-match-april\/\"> comments from Pacquiao himself,<\/a> who claimed that he&#8217;s been in preliminary negotiations with McGregor and his team, and that they&#8217;re working toward a spring showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Whether they are fact or not, these comments from Pacquiao and his team did not go over well with UFC President Dana White.<\/p>\n<p>While White was all for McGregor&#8217;s blockbuster August showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr., he doesn&#8217;t seem interested in letting McGregor continue to box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would be weird because [McGregor] is\u00a0 under contract with us,\u201d White said of Manny Pacquiao&#8217;s claims at the post-fight press conference for the UFC&#8217;s stop in Fresno, California (h\/t Trent Reinsmith of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/trentreinsmith\/2017\/12\/10\/ufcs-dana-white-i-will-be-suing-manny-pacquiao-if-hes-negotiating-with-conor-mcgregor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>). \u201cIf that\u2019s true, I will be suing Manny Pacquiao and whoever\u2019s representing him. So, I\u2019m assuming that\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While McGregor has plenty of options in the boxing world \u2013 having been challenged by Pacquiao, Paulie Malignaggi, and even the retired Oscar De La Hoya \u2013 there is a widespread desire to see him back in the cage, where is career began.<\/p>\n<p>Should McGregor return to the Octagon, his most likely opponent would be UFC interim lightweight champ Tony Ferguson, though <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a>, welterweight champ Tyron Woodley, and even former welterweight and middleweight champ <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a> also stand out as options.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, it seem like it will be a long and arduous process to get McGregor back in the Octagon. The Irish star is well-aware of his worth, and will likely not return for any old fight.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Conor McGregor fight next?<\/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 10\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, rumors began to surface with respect to UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor&#8216;s next fight. Contrary to widespread expectations that his next bout will occur in the Octagon, these rumors suggest McGregor will once again compete in boxing, where he would take on a bona fide legend in Manny Pacquiao. 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