{"id":232288,"date":"2020-01-20T11:53:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T16:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/dana-white-says-conor-khabib-is-next-important-for-both-fighters-legacy"},"modified":"2020-01-20T11:53:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T16:53:43","slug":"dana-white-says-conor-khabib-is-next-important-for-both-fighters-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/dana-white-says-conor-khabib-is-next-important-for-both-fighters-legacy","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Says Conor-Khabib Is Next, Important For Both Fighters&#039; Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139776\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"28.5033112583\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.6675579323\">\n<section id=\"cb-9f194b9c04eb5f6da36a7fe4348f2507\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-f2fa69af-b83d-53b9-96fc-ee2fbb993787-620421166-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/011920-dana-white-4713065-0-mk9adzup\">\n              <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-f2fa69af-b83d-53b9-96fc-ee2fbb993787-620421166-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Dana-White-Says-Conor-Khabib-Is-Next-Important-For-Both-Fighters039-Legacy.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>              <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b7a83e82ccfddf931834d426adca356f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"27.1818181818\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dana-white\/\"><strong>Dana White<\/strong><\/a> says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/conor-mcgregor\/\"><strong>Conor McGregor<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s next fight will almost definitely be a rematch with Khabib \u2026 and the result of the match will have a major impact on the legacy of both guys.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9d5e4a9057c449503c62d234727a0407\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"27.3615819209\">\n<p><strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> talked to<strong> <\/strong>Dana White<strong> <\/strong>outside T-Mobile Arena in Vegas after McGregor DOMINATED <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/cowboy-cerrone\/\"><strong>Donald \u201cCowboy\u201d Cerrone<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 and asked the UFC honcho who the Irish superstar wants next?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3b3f8c13ba19fa41a7e4d491ef39c2cc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink \">\n<div id=\"cb-3b3f8c13ba19fa41a7e4d491ef39c2cc-1006033868-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"19.7222222222\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.77777777778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Conor McGregor makes quick work of Cowboy Cerrone\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC246?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">#UFC246<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I8rghzZlo9\">pic.twitter.com\/I8rghzZlo9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SMH (@BTCballer1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTCballer1\/status\/1218770254521749504?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">January 19, 2020<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTCballer1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@BTCballer1<\/a>\n          <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e1532eff21e9355450c25cd0642e864a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33.59375\">\n<p>\u201cConor wants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/\"><strong>Khabib<\/strong><\/a>. Conor always has a lot of options. He wants Khabib, that\u2019s the fight he wants, and we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-abdb37ba75ad6fbbd874f05197ad3038\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29\">\n<p>We then asked White who he wants Conor to fight.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ac3b068dc864b236b05e2bdcd7d0ad04\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>\u201cI think Khabib makes sense, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bdeca09bcc8c426d64783ff0b45e600f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Khabib is scheduled to fight <strong>Tony Ferguson<\/strong> in April \u2026 and if the 28-0 fighter wins, that could set up the Nurmagomedov-McGregor rematch \u2014 and it\u2019d be HUGE.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8515e59abb6a16b9eb446625a1627bd0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"27.2352941176\">\n<p>The only snag? Khabib and his manager <strong>Ali Abdelaziz<\/strong> have repeatedly said the the Dagestani star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/01\/04\/khabib-conor-mcgregor-rematch-ali-abdelaziz-ufc-dana-white\/\"><strong>will NOT rematch<\/strong><\/a> Conor.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1d97128bc79740ab83cebb8ea0e2df2c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-8a608d47-1c31-5f55-a25a-9bea947d9581-367011419-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/010320-ali-abdelaziz-4703750-0-irwdvok4\">\n              <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-8a608d47-1c31-5f55-a25a-9bea947d9581-367011419-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1579539058_620_Dana-White-Says-Conor-Khabib-Is-Next-Important-For-Both-Fighters039-Legacy.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>              <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6fb2377f3ffbf354908796b65a45a88f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>But, Dana doesn\u2019t sound worried.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-faad124b0c3dc07368477d2cf2f222f6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>\u201cListen, Khabib has never turned down a fight. The guy\u2019s 28-0. He\u2019s one of the baddest dudes to ever do it,\u201d Dana tells us.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-dbb82ef788f0a0349248d9423d8f8b43\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"38\">\n<p>\u201cThis fight\u2019s important for his legacy too. When you start looking back at Khabib\u2019s career and if he goes undefeated and retires. You\u2019re looking at the names, and the names mean everything. \u00a0He beat Conor McGregor. He beats Tony Ferguson. He beat Conor McGregor again. He beat this guy, that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-abf68f74326ec9d057805a1c7d4510bc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>That\u2019s not all \u2026 White also talked <strong>Floyd Mayweather<\/strong> \u2014 who teased a Floyd-Conor II and Floyd-Khabib bout Saturday night \u2014 and made it clear TBE still wants to fight.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5fe6e9c29414f822a9183269edef0da5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1579539058_535_Dana-White-Says-Conor-Khabib-Is-Next-Important-For-Both-Fighters039-Legacy.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/01\/20\/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-khabib-nurmagomedov-ufc\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/dana-white-says-conor-khabib-is-next-important-for-both-fighters-legacy\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video contentExclusive TMZSports.com Dana White says Conor McGregor\u2018s next fight will almost definitely be a rematch with Khabib \u2026 and the result of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}