White: If Conor wins, we are spending even more $ on McGregor vs Aldo
Dana White: “If [Conor McGregor] beats [Chad Mendes], the Aldo fight is even bigger than it was this time … We’re gonna spend even more money than we did this time.”
The UFC spent an unprecedented amount of money promoting Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo. Then Aldo got hurt, and Chad Mendes stepped in, and even more tickets were sold. And if McGregor wins, UFC president Dana White says they are going to spend even more money promoting the title unification fight.
“If [McGregor] beats [Mendes], the Aldo fight is even bigger than it was this time,” said White to Marc Raimondi for MMAFighting.com. “It’s even bigger. And me and Lorenzo have already talked about it. We’re gonna spend even more money than we did this time. We’ve gotta try to top the last commercial and all that s—.”
“Obviously, (Aldo pulling out) two weeks before the fight, it sucks. But this thing is still rocking and rolling, man. We’re lucky that Chad Mendes is a stud and stepped in on two weeks notice to take this fight and always stays in shape and was dying for this opportunity. So, we still have a great fight.”
“Everybody in this room knows what a bad ass Mendes is and everybody has been saying Conor didn’t fight a wrestler, Conor didn’t [earn] his way to the top, da da da. [Mendes] is the No. 1-ranked guy in the world. He’s only ever lost to Jose Aldo. He’s got knockout power. He’s probably one of the best wrestlers, it not the best wrestler, in the sport.”
Conor McGregor fights Chad Mendes for the interim UFC featherweight championship, tonight.