{"id":371925,"date":"2020-12-23T10:49:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T18:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=371925"},"modified":"2020-12-23T10:49:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T18:49:57","slug":"megan-olivi-aiming-to-run-for-mayor-of-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/megan-olivi-aiming-to-run-for-mayor-of-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Olivi aiming to run for mayor of Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Olivi, a long-time commentator and reporter for the UFC, says running for mayor in her home of Las Vegas is on her bucket list.<\/p>\n<p>Olivi revealed this ambition during an appearance on <em>Oral Sessions with Ren\u00e9e Paquette.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Megan Olivi (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeganOlivi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MeganOlivi<\/a>) tells Renee Paquette (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReneePaquette?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ReneePaquette<\/a>) that running for Las Vegas mayor is, &#8220;On my bucket list&#8221;<br \/>\n&#x1f440; Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rFGYoLCgku\">https:\/\/t.co\/rFGYoLCgku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAaronMalone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAaronMalone<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightfulMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FightfulMMA<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vorgp6eoGj\">pic.twitter.com\/Vorgp6eoGj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shakiel Mahjouri (@FightShakFight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightShakFight\/status\/1341812423456518145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s on my bucket list, yeah,&#8221; Olivi said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightful.com\/mma\/megan-olivi-considering-las-vegas-mayor-campaign-it-s-my-bucket-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fightful<\/a>). &#8220;That is something I have always wanted to do like, enact change in my community. This is like way before I ever had this career or lived in Las Vegas<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just like was always very passionate about the changes that you can make for the positive for the people around you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Olivi has been a staple of UFC broadcasts for several years. While she&#8217; developed a real <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-broadcast-staples-megan-olivi-karyn-bryant-to-begin-working-as-nfl-reporters\/\">foothold<\/a> in the journalism and broadcast industries, she majored in political science in college, so it&#8217;s an area she understands well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy major was political science because I wanted to manage campaigns; that\u2019s what I wanted to do,\u201d Olivi told E. Spencer Kyte of <a href=\"https:\/\/theprovince.com\/sports\/mma\/ufcs-megan-olivi-talks-career-journey-bad-jobs-and-future-plans\">The Province<\/a> in 2016. \u201cI had a very big drive to do it. I loved it \u2013 I loved everything political science encompassed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(When I was at FOX News), that was the lead-up to the 2008 Presidential Election and I met everybody from both parties and they were terrible and the way they treated people was terrible and I didn\u2019t want to be a part of that my whole life. I didn\u2019t want to add to that, but I also didn\u2019t want to be on the receiving end of it either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside of her professional life, Megan Olivi is married to top UFC flyweight contender Joseph Benavidez.<\/p>\n<p>How do you think she&#8217;d do as the mayor of Las Vegas? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Olivi, a long-time commentator and reporter for the UFC, says running for mayor in her home of Las Vegas is on her bucket list. 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