{"id":286802,"date":"2018-10-04T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=286802"},"modified":"2018-10-04T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:30:28","slug":"after-fan-backlash-dana-white-says-he-will-try-to-make-poirier-vs-diaz-the-ufc-230-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/after-fan-backlash-dana-white-says-he-will-try-to-make-poirier-vs-diaz-the-ufc-230-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"After fan backlash, Dana White says he will &#8216;try to make&#8217; Poirier vs. Diaz the UFC 230 main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, it was announced that UFC 230, which will go down on November 3 in New York City, will be headlined by a women&#8217;s flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks. To say the fan reaction to this news was negative would be an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>All over social media, fans shared their disappointment with this main event, many of whom suggested the card should have just been headlined by the Dustin Poirier vs. Nate Diaz fight that is currently serving as the co-main event. Even UFC commentator Joe Rogan seemed to share this opinion, admitting that he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/sijara-eubanks\/joe-rogan-i-dont-even-know-who-sijara-eubanks-is-and-im-the-commentator-for-the-ufc\/\">doesn&#8217;t actually know how Sijara Eubanks is.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White seems to have heard the fans on this UFC 230 backlash. Replying to a fan on Instagram, who demanded that the Poirier vs. Diaz fight be elevated to the main event spot, White said &#8220;DEAL.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Replying to the same fan moments later, he added &#8220;I said DEAL, I&#8217;ll try to make it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>See Dana White&#8217;s interactions with the fans in the screenshots below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mma_kings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mma_kings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CTaylor_96<\/a> Dana White says on instagram he wants to see Poirier vs Diaz as the main event and will try to make it happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NRn5u0u64h\">pic.twitter.com\/NRn5u0u64h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Atul Chaurasiya (@atulglobus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atulglobus\/status\/1047752635535646721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Do you think Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz&#8217;s lightweight contender scrap should serve as the UFC 230 main event? Join the conversation in the comments section below.<\/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>Earlier this week, it was announced that UFC 230, which will go down on November 3 in New York City, will be headlined by a women&#8217;s flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks. To say the fan reaction to this news was negative would be an understatement. 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