{"id":280322,"date":"2018-07-08T08:58:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T15:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=280322"},"modified":"2018-07-08T08:58:37","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T15:58:37","slug":"dana-white-opens-up-on-conor-mcgregors-immediate-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-opens-up-on-conor-mcgregors-immediate-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White opens up on Conor McGregor&#8217;s immediate future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few weeks, there has been significant buzz about Conor McGregor&#8217;s possible return to the UFC&#8217;s Octagon \u2014 most likely for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/report-ufc-to-book-ufc-229-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-tony-ferguson-fight-if-mcgregor-negotiations-fail\/\">a lightweight title fight with reigning champion Khabib Nurmagomedov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to UFC President Dana White, who addressed the media after Saturday&#8217;s UFC 226 card, these reports are little more than rumors.<\/p>\n<p>White assured that for the moment, Conor McGregor&#8217;s entire fighting future hinges on the outcome of his legal troubles, which stem from his infamous dolly-throwing rampage in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not even thinking about Conor until \u2013 I\u2019m serious,\u201d White said at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/07\/dana-white-not-talking-fight-for-ex-ufc-champion-conor-mcgregor-right-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cI know they\u2019re saying there are talks, but we\u2019re not talking about a fight right now. Conor has to get through July. Whatever\u2019s going to happen to him in July, we\u2019ll figure that out. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs he going to get fined? Is he going to be on probation? Is he going to get this, that? When that\u2019s over with, then we\u2019ll start talking about him fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While White assures there&#8217;s nothing in the works for Conor McGregor&#8217;s next fight, Nurmagomedov himself has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedov-says-ufc-is-working-on-a-fight-versus-conor-mcgregor\/\">suggested otherwise.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery soon I\u2019m going to come to USA, to California and begin my training camp,\u201d Nurmagomedov recently said on the social media platform Live Raise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the UFC give me fight I\u2019m going to come to California and I\u2019m going to stay at [American Kickboxing Academy] for nine weeks with my family before the fight and I\u2019m going to defend my title.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year I want to defend my title. About opponents? I don\u2019t know to be honest. I don\u2019t know, but the UFC are working on a fight versus Conor [McGregor].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe Dana White&#8217;s claims that there is nothing on the table with respect to Conor McGregor&#8217;s next fight?<\/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 7\/8\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few weeks, there has been significant buzz about Conor McGregor&#8217;s possible return to the UFC&#8217;s Octagon \u2014 most likely for a lightweight title fight with reigning champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. According to UFC President Dana White, who addressed the media after Saturday&#8217;s UFC 226 card, these reports are little more than rumors. 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