{"id":298628,"date":"2019-01-18T12:42:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T20:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=298628"},"modified":"2019-01-18T12:42:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T20:42:54","slug":"dana-white-provides-promising-update-on-return-of-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-provides-promising-update-on-return-of-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White provides promising update on return of Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ever since Conor McGregor lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229, there&#8217;s been question as to whether or not he&#8217;ll ever return to the Octagon. While <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-hints-at-2019-comeback\/\">he seems to be quite interested in doing so<\/a>, it&#8217;s hard to ignore that he&#8217;s making mountains of money outside of fighting and has no fiscal reason to return to this face-punching racket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever the case, Conor McGregor definitely <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/photos-check-out-the-brand-new-ufc-legacy-belt\/\">seems to be a fan of the UFC&#8217;s new belt design.<\/a>Speaking on Twitter on Friday morning, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-reacts-to-new-ufc-belt-design\/\">the Irish MMA star reacted to the new belt. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ok I\u2019m back. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ogw6m4ZeGE\">https:\/\/t.co\/ogw6m4ZeGE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1086276998823997440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ok I&#8217;m back,&#8221; McGregor wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dana White, this comment from Conor McGregor is but the latest piece of evidence suggesting that he plans to fight again. White says he speaks to the Irishman often, and that he&#8217;s still very motivated to compete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the main things I love about Conor McGregor: The belt means a lot to him and being a world champion means everything to him,\u201d Dana White said, speaking with ESPN in an Instagram Live segment today (transcript via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Mac Life (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/themaclife.com\/featured-posts\/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-fired-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Mac Life<\/a>). \u201cI love it. \u2026 100 percent (it\u2019s still everything to him). 100 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen a guy starts to make crazy money, life-changing money and he\u2019s in one of those positions where he\u2019s not just making it from the fights -\u2013 he\u2019s making it in other businesses that he has going on right now -\u2013 you find out what people are all about, how passionate they are about what they do when the money comes,\u201d White added later. \u201cConor and I still communicate regularly and he\u2019s very fired up about coming back and becoming a world champion again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think? 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