Dana White on McGregor sharing private messages: 'It's like stealing Adesanya's thunder'

A couple of weeks ago, Israel Adesanya became talk of town after he defeated Paulo Costa in dominant fashion to retain his middleweight title. Because of stacked card and incredible main event, UFC 253 saw over 700,000 PPV buys – one of most profitable events in promotion's history. However, attention soon shifted to former champion Cor McGregor, who shared some screenshots of private chats he had with UFC president Dana White on Instagram.

Irish MMA icon once again grabbed attention away from Israel Adesanya and UFC 253 as he anunced his return bout with Dustin Poirier - a week after anuncing a charity boxing match with legend Manny Pacquiao. Even though UFC 253 was a commercial success, it forced many to think why Cor McGregor shared chats and anunced his matches around one of UFC’s biggest events (UFC 253). Recently, Dana White also raised same question claiming that it looks like Cor McGregor tried to steal Israel Adesanya’s thunder.

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Calling Cor McGregor’s actions “weird”, Dana White told Sports Illustrated that re’s a pattern to McGregor’s anuncements. “When we’re about to do a massive fight, and Israel Adesanya broke a ton of records last week in a global massive fight day. Before that fight, he starts anuncing he’s going to fight this guy and that guy,” Dana White added. UFC chief concluded saying that he’s t shocked with McGregor’s actions as torious One does same thing every time UFC has a big event.

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Private chats between Dana White and Cor McGregor

In viral screenshots, Cor McGregor and Dana White were seen talking about former's much-awaited return. Cor McGregor, who retired from sport earlier this year, showed interest in fighting veteran Diego Sanchez and current lightweight interim champion Justin Gaethje, but Dana White was t on same p. Though conversation between two was t controversial, Dana White was in dismay with Cor McGregor sharing his private messs, claiming that former champion “broke a man code”. Cor McGregor n hit back at Dana White on Twitter, calling him a “liar”.

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