DANA WHITE SAYS THERE IS A CHANCE CONOR MCGREGOR CAN RETURN TO UFC 200 AND DISMISSES INTERNET MONEY RUMOR
Los Angeles, CA (April 20th, 2016)– From a report on MMAFighting.com, White joined SportsCenter to announce the removal of Conor McGregor from the July 9th UFC 200 card yesterday and then today he appeared on the Colin Cowherd Show on the video below .
Here is what Dana White stated as he attended the Colin Cowherd show today.
“So, Conor basically said that he, he didn’t want to come to Las Vegas,” White told Cowherd. “We had a tour planned. We were going to start in Vegas. We were going to then go to Stockton, and then New York. And then he could go back to, you know, to Iceland, where he is right now.
“And he said, ‘I don’t want to do it. I’m not going to come.’ And I was basically saying, ‘You have to come.’ In the history of us owning the UFC, there’s been one time that a guy hasn’t shown up for his press conference, and it was Nick Diaz vs. longtime UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre GSP ahead of UFC 137. I pulled Nick Diaz from the fight. You can’t not show up to promote your fight.”
“It never got combative, and I was talking to his manager,” White said. “They were asking to move all this stuff to May, and you can’t move this. This stuff is in motion. All fans care about is the fights, and that’s all they should care about. Any fan of the UFC knows that this happened once before when I pulled Nick Diaz from the fight.
“It’s not a money issue. That’s false,” White said. “That’s the problem with the Internet. You have all these hacks out there who just make stuff up for clicks. Never, ever was this about money. It was never about money. Conor makes a lot of money, and Conor’s very happy about the money he makes. Conor for the most part is a stand-up guy. He’s never come back after agreeing on a deal, and the fight is announced, and he comes back for more money. Conor is not that type of person.”
And while to many it may appear the UFC is burning to the ground, White maintains the chaos is largely overblown. Between himself and McGregor, relations are still fine. Between McGregor and the UFC as a whole, nothing is permanently lost.
“Our relationship isn’t damaged at all,” White said. “…I’m not even mad a little bit. I had pretty smooth day…. When Conor went out, 10 other people called asking to go in. It’s going to be a massive event. It’s still a big fight. No, I’m not mad at all.”
Moving away from UFC 200, Cowherd asked White specifically about McGregor’s future with the organization. Asked if he believes McGregor will ever fight again, White responded with two words.
“I do,” he said.
McGregor could still fight at UFC 200 if they work this out. If the Irish fighter acts and acts fast – White said, he could still participate on the UFC 200 fight card.
“Yeah, if he called me after this interview, we would probably still do it,” White said. “The problem with this whole thing is you have to be here to promote your fight and you have to shoot this commercial. We’re spending $10 million in promotion for UFC 200, and all that money is motion. You can’t do this. I don’t care who you are, or how big you are, you can’t do this.”
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