http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid4621179066001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAABvaL8JE~,ufBHq_I6FnxR-PQW_F3sm5QdUbP7D6E9&bctid=5503640031001 Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos LOS ANGELES – UFC President Dana White thinks for a second about the time he first met Conor McGregor in early 2013, when he was on the verge of coming to the UFC. Could White have imagined this 24-year-old Irish kid from Dublin, a then-two-division Cage Warrior champion, would be in this position? That McGregor four-and-a-half years later would potentially rake in $100 million to fight Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match? Related Dana White: Mayweather-McGregor 'much bigger' than Mayweather-Pacquiao “No,” White says bluntly. But then he immediately recognizes that a simple “no” answer doesn’t suffice. “I mean, listen, you guys have heard this story a million times,” White continues, “where I say I flew (McGregor) to Vegas, we went to dinner, I called (then-UFC CEO) Lorenzo (Fertitta) when I got into the car, and I said, ‘I don’t know if this kid can fight, but if he can even throw a punch, he’s going to be a huge star.’ What this guy has turned into and what he’s become is incredible.

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The power of Conor McGregor, according to Dana White – MMA Junkie

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