White: If McGregor wins, next fight at Ireland’s 80K seat Croke Park arena
Dana White: “If he beats Jose Aldo in Las Vegas in December, the next fight will be in Croke Park. We told him he could defend his title at Croke Park.”
UFC president Dana White and women’s bantamweight champion were in Melbourne, Australia, doing promotion for UFC 193 when the talk turned to UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who fights champion Jose Aldo at UFC 194.
White said that if ‘Notorious’ is victorious, his next fight will be at Dublin’s famed Croke Park stadium, which holds over 80,000 spectators.
If he beats Jose Aldo in Las Vegas in December, the next fight will be in Croke Park, said White as transcribed by Mike Bohn for MMAjunkie. We told him he could defend his title at Croke Park.
It won’t be simple, should it come to pass.
There are a lot of obstacles for Croke Park, White told MMAjunkie in Jan. They have a curfew at night where you can’t get permits to stay out that late and do an event there.”
You lose about 25 to 30 percent on pay-per-view being in another country. The amount of money for production for Croke Park, being outside – I can guarantee you it’s going to rain. I’m not a meteorologist, but I’ll bet you it’s going to rain.
White also said again the Rousey is the biggest star in mixed martial arts, although she has competition.
Ronda is definitely the biggest star that we have in the UFC, but Conor is nipping at her heels, that’s for sure, especially in Australia said White. His last fight in Las Vegas, eight percent of ticket sales went to Australia. That’s a massive number. So it’s crazy.
