{"id":283435,"date":"2018-08-22T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T19:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=283435"},"modified":"2018-08-22T12:18:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T19:18:34","slug":"dana-white-says-conor-mcgregor-is-his-muhammad-ali-mike-tyson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-says-conor-mcgregor-is-his-muhammad-ali-mike-tyson\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White says Conor McGregor is his Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though they&#8217;ve certainly butted heads a few times in the past, UFC President Dana White has never been short on compliments for former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Fox News this week, White showered Conor McGregor with some new praise, comparing the Irish MMA star to legendary boxers Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s my [Muhammad] Ali. He\u2019s my [Mike] Tyson,\u201d White said this week (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-is-my-muhammad-ali-hes-my-mike-tyson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANytt<\/a>). \u201cHe burst onto the scene and I knew the minute I sat down and had dinner with him that this kid was going to be a star. I didn\u2019t know if he\u2019d be able to fight and I didn\u2019t know if he\u2019d be able to win a title, but I knew he was going to be a star.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If White is feeling extra warm and fuzzy toward Conor McGregor right now, it&#8217;s understandable. McGregor is poised for a long-awaited return to the UFC&#8217;s Octagon, where he&#8217;ll take on undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in a bout that White is expecting to be a pay-per-view goldmine.<\/p>\n<p id=\"r9kvlK\">\u201cWe\u2019re looking at two million pay-per-view buys,\u201d White recently told TSN, dropping a prediction for the PPV sales of UFC 229, the card that Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov will be headlining.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 229, which will go down in the UFC&#8217;s home city of Las Vegas, is scheduled for October 6.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Dana White&#8217;s comments on Conor McGregor?<\/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\/22\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though they&#8217;ve certainly butted heads a few times in the past, UFC President Dana White has never been short on compliments for former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor. 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