{"id":324422,"date":"2019-09-05T10:20:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T17:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=324422"},"modified":"2019-09-05T10:20:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T17:20:45","slug":"dana-white-conor-mcgregor-will-be-watching-ufc-242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-will-be-watching-ufc-242\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White: Conor McGregor will be watching UFC 242"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a time, it sounded as though former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor might <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-warns-conor-mcgregor-regarding-ufc-242-attendance\/\">attend<\/a> the UFC 242 card this weekend in Abu Dhabi, which is topped by a fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n<p>According to UFC President Dana White, however, McGregor will not be attending the card. He will, however, be watching the pay-per-view.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dana White previews Khabib vs. Poirier, says BJ Penn won\u2019t fight again | UFC 242 | ESPN MMA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C63m9dXJW6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He won&#8217;t be here,&#8221; White told <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/C63m9dXJW6o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a> reporter Brett Okamoto. &#8220;I talk to Conor, normally, twice a month. I talked to him last night, this morning. No, he won&#8217;t be here. But he&#8217;ll be watching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White was then asked what he and McGregor were talking about during their latest chat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was talking about my sunburn yesterday, so we&#8217;re not talking about anything serious,&#8221; White laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor recently partook in an interview with ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani, during which he stated that he&#8217;d like to fight this year. White, however, isn&#8217;t sure what the future will bring for the Irish mixed martial arts superstar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; White said. &#8220;I honestly don&#8217;t know. It&#8217;s all going to depend on his hand [injury] and how fast it recovers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There has also been some discussion of McGregor getting a shot at the winner of the UFC 242 fight between Nurmagomedov and Poirier, yet White says that opportunity <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-tony-ferguson-will-get-next-ufc-lightweight-title-shot\/\">will go to Tony Ferguson.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Tony Ferguson\u2019s ready (he gets the next title shot),\u201d White said. \u201cTony Ferguson has been offered opportunities before that he hasn\u2019t taken. If Tony\u2019s ready, then yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All that to say, the fact that McGregor plans on watching UFC 242 implies that he&#8217;s still watching the lightweight division closely, perhaps to see where he fits into the contendership situation.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Conor McGregor will ever fight again?<\/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 9\/4\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a time, it sounded as though former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor might attend the UFC 242 card this weekend in Abu Dhabi, which is topped by a fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier. According to UFC President Dana White, however, McGregor will not be attending the card. 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