{"id":791332,"date":"2026-07-10T12:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791332\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:31:09","slug":"dana-white-has-five-scenarios-for-conor-mcgregor-if-he-wins-at-ufc-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791332\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White has \u2018five scenarios for Conor McGregor\u2019 if he wins at UFC 329"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conor McGregor has a tough comeback fight ahead of him when he faces Max Holloway for the second time at UFC 329.<\/a> Holloway is a stiff test for anyone, let alone a fighter who hasn\u2019t competed in five years. But that\u2019s just how it is when you\u2019re a top name competing in the UFC, according to Dana White.<\/p>\n

White spoke with McGregor\u2019s press outlet The Mac Life and defended the promotion\u2019s decision to matchmake \u201cThe Notorious\u201d right back at the top of the sport.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cYou won\u2019t see tune up fights in boxing anymore either,\u201d White said, referring to TKO\u2019s Zuffa Boxing endeavor.\u201cSo there you go, we\u2019ll make you very happy. This is not a tune up fight. It\u2019s not what we do. And it\u2019s not something Conor would wanna do either. When you\u2019re at the level that both of these guys are, you know, you wanna fight the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

While McGregor has complained that the UFC didn\u2019t seem interested<\/a> in turning him around quickly, White suggested the promotion had big plans for him \u2026 if he wins.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything is possible if he wins on Saturday night,\u201d the UFC CEO said. \u201cWhoever wins on Saturday night, it\u2019s a big win and a big step up in their careers, especially at this point in time. These are two guys who have done it all. So I\u2019ve got like five scenarios in my head if Conor wins and I\u2019ve got like three for Max if Max wins. So it\u2019s huge for both of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing that I love about the sport is, like, who saw the White House coming? Who knew that would happen? I didn\u2019t see this fight coming, last year I was telling you guys I thought he would fight and then he didn\u2019t so then I was thinking he wouldn\u2019t fight and so it\u2019s what keeps this thing fun. We have an idea of what we think the rest of the year looks like but things will happen that we don\u2019t see coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been some suggestions over fight week that the UFC and McGregor haven\u2019t seen eye to eye<\/a> over the past five years, with the Irish sports star struggling to get a fight.<\/a> Was the promotion protecting an unprepared and unfocused McGregor from coming back at the wrong time, or were they keeping him shelved to keep him from hitting free agency?<\/a> Whatever the case, White was complimentary during this interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cConor is a great business partner,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you told me, \u2018Say something bad about Conor.\u2019 The only thing that I could say is he doesn\u2019t show up on time. And today, he was early. He was early today. I was getting text from him, he was bitching at me. \u2018I wanna get this thing going on time.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you cannot complain about being in business with Conor McGregor. It\u2019s always good to have him. I mean, he\u2019s the biggest star in the sport ever, and all the tide rises for everybody when he\u2019s here. And like the press conference today, there\u2019s been two guys that are that entertaining at a press conference. It\u2019s Muhammad Ali and him. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n

To checkout the latest and greatest UFC 329: \u201cMcGregor vs. Holloway 2\u201d news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor has a tough comeback fight ahead of him when he faces Max Holloway for the second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85,318251,1396],"class_list":["post-791332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-329","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791332","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=791332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}