{"id":286794,"date":"2018-10-04T09:28:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=286794"},"modified":"2018-10-04T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:28:43","slug":"ufc-president-dana-white-explains-why-conor-mcgregor-is-such-a-huge-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-president-dana-white-explains-why-conor-mcgregor-is-such-a-huge-star\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC President Dana White explains why Conor McGregor is such a huge star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor, who will attempt to reclaim that latter title from Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC 229 this Saturday, is far and away the biggest star in UFC history. But why is that?<\/p>\n<p>According to UFC President Dana White, there is a multitude of reasons. The simplest, though, is that Conor McGregor is a real fighter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In depth with Dana White: McGregor, Diaz, Poirier, Till and more - UFC 229\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Urp9TOs7lHg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"DT40ia\">\u201cEverybody always talks smack that I\u00a0kiss Conor\u2019s ass\u00a0and all this other stuff and Conor would completely disagree with that, I think,\u201d White told\u00a0Dan Hardy\u00a0and BT Sport (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2018\/10\/4\/17934504\/ufc-229-dana-white-conor-mcgregor-global-superstar-real-fighter-khabib-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BloodyElbow<\/a>). \u201cWhy do you think he\u2019s such a big star?\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"S7tU3I\">\u201cYou think he\u2019s such a big star because he\u2019s funny? Yeah, that\u2019s part of it. You think he\u2019s such a big star because he speaks so well? Absolutely part of it. And you just keep going down the line of all these things that make him a star, but number one, first and foremost, the reason he is a global superstar and people love this guy because he\u2019s a real fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reason White considers Conor McGregor is a &#8220;real fighter,&#8221; he explained, is that he takes on all comers and never turns down a challenge. It was this personality trait that drove McGregor into his 2017 boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.<\/p>\n<p id=\"thCRcO\">\u201cI\u2019m the guy that makes the phone calls and here are people going \u2018Yeah, I\u2019m not gonna take that fight\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019m not gonna do this\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019m not gonna do that.\u2019 Never has Conor McGregor said that,&#8221; White said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UNiTB4\">\u201cYou can hate Conor all you want; you\u2019ve got to respect it. And I think McGregor has gotten to a point that when he first came in, a lot of the other fighters were looking at him like \u2018oh, he\u2019s this hype train\u2019, they see now that he\u2019s more than that. Especially even after the Mayweather fight. Look how well he did in that fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"N4eO9L\">\u201cConor McGregor is the real deal, man.\u201d<\/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 10\/4\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor, who will attempt to reclaim that latter title from Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC 229 this Saturday, is far and away the biggest star in UFC history. But why is that? 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