{"id":308422,"date":"2019-04-03T13:38:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T20:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308422"},"modified":"2019-04-03T13:38:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T20:38:41","slug":"dana-white-issues-statement-on-mcgregor-nurmagomedov-twitter-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-issues-statement-on-mcgregor-nurmagomedov-twitter-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Issues Statement on McGregor\/Nurmagomedov Twitter Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov&#8217;s recent comments via social media left many followers of the sport debating whether the two athletes had gone &#8220;too far.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After McGregor posted a picture poking fun at Nurmagomedov&#8217;s wife, the Russian responded with an equally low blow in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-goes-all-in-in-twitter-war-with-rapist-conor-mcgregor\/\">which he called &#8220;The Notorious&#8221; a &#8220;rapist.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the incident, many media members called for a UFC intervention, in order to stop the trash talk from going any further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, UFC President Dana White issued a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinI\/status\/1113532243811528705\">Yahoo Sports&#8217;s Kevin Iole<\/a>&nbsp;regarding the back-and-forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White&#8217;s statement read as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m aware of the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\">social media<\/a> exchange between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. The ongoing situation has escalated to a level that is unacceptable. As such, we are taking the necessary steps to reach out to both athlete camps and this situation is being addressed by all parties internally.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White did not go into detail as to what specific action will be taken at this point in time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putting social media exchanges aside, one thing is certain: the hate is real between these two men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think we will see a rematch between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor in the near future? 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