{"id":1272,"date":"2019-07-02T09:31:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T09:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2019-07-02T09:36:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T09:36:51","slug":"dana-white-understands-why-people-act-like-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/dana-white-understands-why-people-act-like-conor-mcgregor\/ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Understands Why People Act Like Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UFC president Dana White isn\u2019t surprised a lot of fighters are trying to copy Conor McGregor\u2019s flamboyant ways to try and achieve stardom in MMA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite being the first ever UFC fighter to hold two world titles in different weight classes simultaneously, it could be argued McGregor will be more renowned for his pre-fight talk, and the aura the Irishman brings with him wherever he goes.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to Hashtag Sports earlier this week, White admitted it\u2019s not surprising other fighters are \u2018acting\u2019 like McGregor due to the success it brought him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happens, when you see a guy who\u2019s as successful as he is and he\u2019s fun, I mean you see the guy\u2019s fun and everything else, and you start thinking \u2018well maybe if I act like this, I\u2019ll have what he has\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/UPVw--gnUu7Bu1yc1ChM4gF5ljw=\/1400x1050\/filters:format(jpeg)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/15918707\/084_Conor_McGregor.0.0.1479019795.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for conor mcgregor\" width=\"534\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s clear some fighters on the UFC roster have tried to emulate the brashness of McGregor, no one has really been able to draw in the same amount of attention and buzz the Irishman creates. White thinks no matter what the UFC will never \u2018find\u2019 another Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s only one Conor McGregor,\u201d White said. \u201cPeople will always ask me \u2018do you think you\u2019ll ever find another Conor McGregor, are you trying to find another Conor McGregor?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will never be another Conor McGregor, but there will be somebody else who\u2019s different in their own way and will become a star in their own way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC president Dana White isn\u2019t surprised a lot of fighters are trying to copy Conor McGregor\u2019s flamboyant ways to try and achieve stardom in MMA. Despite being the first ever UFC fighter to hold two world titles in different weight classes simultaneously, it could be argued McGregor will be more renowned for his pre-fight talk,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[1125,1126,63],"class_list":["post-1272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc","tag-conor-mcgreggor","tag-dana-white","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1274,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions\/1274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}