{"id":399456,"date":"2026-01-10T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399456\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:00:08","slug":"dana-white-makes-surprising-pick-over-khabib-vs-mcgregor-as-ufcs-all-time-greatest-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399456\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White makes surprising pick over Khabib vs. McGregor as UFC’s all-time greatest rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC CEO Dana White puts one all-time rivalry above the rest in UFC history.<\/p>\n

The UFC is weeks away from returning to action after a lengthy hiatus. Another big rivalry could potentially kick off as Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes square off in the UFC 324 co-main event.<\/p>\n

Harrison and Nunes are former teammates turned rivals. Nunes, who hasn\u2019t fought since retiring at UFC 289, returns to the Octagon to potentially reclaim the women\u2019s bantamweight throne.<\/p>\n

UFC CEO Dana White is looking ahead to what should be a busy 2026 for MMA and boxing. Zuffa Boxing is set to launch later this month in White\u2019s latest venture.<\/p>\n

Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov<\/a> headlined one of the biggest cards in UFC history, culminating in an intense feud that remains today. But White believes one rivalry surpasses Nurmagomedov\/McGregor as the greatest feud in the promotion\u2019s illustrious past.<\/p>\n

Dana White puts Jon Jones\/Daniel Cormier ahead of other UFC all-time rivalries<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Barstool Sports<\/a>, White called Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier the greatest UFC rivalry over Khabib vs. McGregor.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would absolutely be those two,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey first fought in the lobby of the MGM. Yeah, [Dave] Sholler blew that one. The hardest thing is, when you\u2019re there, you are not there for a photo op. You are there to make sure these guys don\u2019t touch or disrespect each other. Once somebody feels disrespected, they\u2019ve gotta get theirs in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t care who you the f\u2014 you are, you are not stopping s\u2014 once some of these guys decide to go.\u201d (h\/t Bloody Elbow<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Jones and Cormier reunited as coaches on ALF Reality 3, a Russian MMA reality television show. The two-time rivals have teased a potential trilogy matchup in either wrestling or boxing.<\/p>\n

In either case, a third chapter in the Jones vs. Cormier rivalry might be a venture for White to pursue for Zuffa Boxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC CEO Dana White puts one all-time rivalry above the rest in UFC history. The UFC is weeks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,639,10359,4226,641,1866,3627,638,82,640],"class_list":["post-399456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-conor-mcgregor","tag-dana-white","tag-daniel-cormier","tag-fighting","tag-jon-jones","tag-khabib-nurmagomedov","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}