Published 11:36 IST, July 15th 2020
Dana White believes Jorge Masvidal vs Conor McGregor would be biggest fight in UFC history
Dana White recently teased a fight between Jorge Masvidal and Conor McGregor saying that a fight between the two could go down as the biggest in UFC history.
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While talking to press recently, UFC president Dana White revealed that he believes Cor McGregor could come out of retirement soon. He also teased a fight between Jorge Masvidal and Cor McGregor saying that a fight between two would go down as biggest in UFC history. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he (Cor McGregor) came out and wanted to fight somebody next year after all se different fights play out," said Dana White while talking about UFC 251 earnings, an event that was main-evented by Jorge Masvidal vs Kamaru Usman. Though ' Gamebred' lost to UFC welterweight champion at PPV, UFC 251 became one of biggest cards in promotion’s history by selling around 1.3 million pay-per-views on ESPN+.
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Dana White claims Masvidal vs McGregor could be bigger than Khabib vs Cor
Dana White told press that Jorge Masvidal vs Cor McGregor could be even bigger than Irishman’s loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229. According to various reports, if Jorge Masvidal vs Cor McGregor goes down, it will become largest selling UFC card in history, a position which is currently occupied by UFC 229 which sold nearly 2.4 million pay-per-views. However, chances of Masvidal vs McGregor taking place are very slim as ' torious' told ESPN earlier that sport doesn’t excite him anymore.
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Jorge Masvidal, on or hand, is also t er to fight Cor McGregor anytime soon. While talking to ESPN, Gamebred revealed that he would prefer an immediate rematch against Kamaru Usman over a money fight with Cor McGregor. Jorge Masvidal said he’s “stubborn” and he didn’t get eugh time to prepare to go up against Kamaru Usman. He claimed that he’s better than Usman and could win belt if two meet in octagon again.
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“It’s t about money. It’s about I want that damn belt and I’m stubborn. I kw I’m better than Usman and I want to prove it. I want to fight again. I’m t going to take thing from him. He won first one. Let’s do it again. That’s it,” said Jorge Masvidal.
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11:36 IST, July 15th 2020