After a lengthy media blackout, Thursday’s UFC 229 press conference at the Radio City Music Hall was Conor McGregor’s first appearance in front of the press. In the middle of all the verbal sparring between McGregor and lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was UFC president Dana White.
Upon seeing “The Notorious” at work on the mic once again after a fairly long period, White had this to say.
“It was dark, man. It was the darkest press conference I’ve ever been a part of,” White told MMA Fighting during a media scrum after the presser. “But Conor McGregor is the master of mental warfare.