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NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 20: Conor McGregor (R) and UFC president Dana White (L) speak at the UFC 229 press conference at Radio City Music Hall on September 20, 2018 in New York City. McGregor will face UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event on October 6, 2018 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 20: Conor McGregor (R) and UFC president Dana White (L) speak at the UFC 229 press conference at Radio City Music Hall on September 20, 2018 in New York City. McGregor will face UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event on October 6, 2018 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Ever since Conor McGregor became the UFC’s biggest cash cow, Dana White and the Irishman has had a well-documented relationship. However, what most wouldn’t know is that the first confrontation between the two came when McGregor was merely 16-years-old. Despite being a teenager, he captured the attention of the UFC supremo.
McGregor will return to the UFC Octagon later this month when he will rematch Dustin Poirier at UFC 257. McGregor has already defeated the former interim champ back in 2014. It was in the lead-up to this fight that McGregor told ESPN about his first run-in with White.
“When I was 16 years old, I was at my first UFC event as a fan. After the event, Dana stays and takes pictures with the fans. I ran down to the railings and I seen Dana and I was like, Dana, Dana.”
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“Dana, how much money do you have in your pocket right now, this second?”
In his first ESPN interview, @TheNotoriousMMA told the tale of a brief run-in with @danawhite at 16 years old. pic.twitter.com/nZtYyg75Iy
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) January 15, 2020
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