{"id":427370,"date":"2026-01-21T08:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427370\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T08:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:48:11","slug":"dana-white-brutally-shuts-down-rumored-conor-mcgregor-vs-jorge-masvidal-fight-at-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427370\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White brutally shuts down rumored Conor McGregor vs. Jorge Masvidal fight at the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC CEO Dana White addressed the latest MMA rumors surrounding a potential Conor McGregor vs. Jorge Masvidal fight at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re months away from the UFC\u2019s planned event at the White House, and the latest rumored fight for the card might be its wildest yet.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been rumored in recent days that a matchup between former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor and former BMF titleholder Jorge Masvidal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/jorge-masvidal-fuels-rumors-of-ufc-white-house-fight-with-conor-mcgregor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was in the mix to headline the White House card<\/a>. This came after Masvidal hinted at a looming announcement in several interviews and refused to dismiss the idea of fighting McGregor at the event.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor hasn\u2019t fought since injuring his leg against Masvidal\u2019s longtime teammate, Dustin Poirier, at UFC 264. Masvidal retired following a loss to Gilbert Burns at UFC 287.<\/p>\n<p>The recent rumors created a lot of excitement for fight fans. Despite the chaos on social media, UFC CEO Dana White recently weighed in on the rumors and shut them down brutally.<\/p>\n<p>Dana White: Conor McGregor vs. Jorge Masvidal is \u2018goofy s\u2014\u2018<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PItApEDyI8U?si=mkcLxmJ3geNm0t5z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TMZ Sports<\/a>, White addressed the recent rumors surrounding Masvidal, McGregor, and a potential fight at the White House.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my algorithm on Instagram, I don\u2019t have anything MMA related,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t listen to any of the goofy s\u2014 that goes on. That\u2019s [McGregor vs. Masvidal] goofy s\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGregor and Masvidal were first linked to a potential fight after UFC 244, following Masvidal\u2019s BMF title win over Nate Diaz. McGregor returned to the Octagon at UFC 246, defeating Donald Cerrone by first-round knockout in a welterweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>White has repeatedly teased having McGregor return on the upcoming White House card, potentially against Michael Chandler. As of this writing, it\u2019s uncertain if Masvidal has a fight lined up for this year.<\/p>\n<p>White is expected to finalize and announce the matchups for the White House card in either April or May, ahead of the June event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC CEO Dana White addressed the latest MMA rumors surrounding a potential Conor McGregor vs. Jorge Masvidal fight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,4736,958,786,26786,785,85,787,30032],"class_list":["post-427370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-conor-mcgregor","tag-dana-white","tag-fighting","tag-jorge-masvidal","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}