{"id":352616,"date":"2020-06-08T11:05:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=352616"},"modified":"2020-06-08T11:05:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:05:05","slug":"dana-white-weighs-in-on-potential-trilogy-between-mike-tyson-and-evander-holyfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-weighs-in-on-potential-trilogy-between-mike-tyson-and-evander-holyfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White weighs in on potential trilogy between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC president Dana White has chimed in on talk of a potential third bout between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson has the world of combat sports buzzing with his comeback plans. &#8220;Iron&#8221; Mike has said that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/mike-tyson-says-comeback-fight-against-evander-holyfield-for-charity-would-be-awesome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he wants to compete in exhibition bouts for charity<\/a>. Still, a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/video-mike-tyson-shows-off-impressive-power-ahead-of-boxing-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> of Tyson hitting the pads with renowned MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro has fight fans excited.<\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IT4jWYXDc-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC 250 post-fight press conference<\/a>, a reporter asked Dana White what he thinks of Tyson&#8217;s comeback plans and a potential trilogy bout with Holyfield.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 250: Dana White Post-fight Press Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IT4jWYXDc-8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Dana White said. &#8220;What I would like to do is take them both out to dinner and say, &#8216;hey let&#8217;s not fight.&#8217; Mike Tyson I talked to and Tyson told me, &#8216;I can&#8217;t explain it to ya, I&#8217;m a fighter and I always will be till the day I die. And I feel it in my gut and I wanna do it.&#8217; And he&#8217;s a grown man and he can do whatever he wants. So I said, &#8216;you know what Mike, I love you buddy and I support ya. Good luck and I&#8217;ll watch it.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The talk of a potential Tyson vs. Holyfield III bout started when &#8220;The Real Deal&#8221; said he&#8217;s also willing to share the boxing ring with &#8220;Iron&#8221; Mike one more time. White doesn&#8217;t know what will happen but he&#8217;s hoping for the best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tyson&#8217;s still explosive, he&#8217;s still fast,&#8221; White continued. &#8220;And we all know who Evander Holyfield is. I mean that guy is a stone-cold warrior to the core. So, I don&#8217;t know. I don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s gonna win that fight, and they&#8217;re actually not 50, they&#8217;re older than me. They&#8217;re like seven or eight years older than me. 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