This, of course, is a horrible comparison, but White is just happy his cash cow is back after a bunch of lackluster PPVs. He needs McGregor far more than McGregor needs him, so he is heaping praise on him even though McGregor has thrown a dolly at a UFC bus.
Here is what White had to say via the LA Times.
UFC President Dana White, in the strongest endorsement yet that Conor McGregor retains the passion for fighting that made him the organization’s most prominent athlete, said Thursday , “there hasn’t been anything like this since Ali.”
“Conor would never express that desire to me. The reason this guy is the most famous … athlete on Earth is because he’s a stud. This guy goes out of the gates and he wants only the best. He goes after the best. He only wants to fight the best. He boxed … Floyd Mayweather for Christ’s sakes. He is not a boxer and he doesn’t box. That’s Conor McGregor. That’s who he is. And that’s why he’s a gazillionaire.
“I can’t tell you how much I like Conor McGregor. For a guy in my position, he is a … dream. There are so many other things I could tell you about this guy. Some day I will say it, but the way this guy is built and made up, there is nobody else like him,” White said.
“I talk to these other fighters on the phone – ‘this is sore,’ ‘that hurts,’ ‘I can’t take this fight because I didn’t have enough time,’ – he’s off for two years and I didn’t have none of that [stuff]. This is what the people see. They get it. They love real fighters, and this guy is the realest.”
