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Dana White Not Concerned by Conor McGregor Retirement, Fighters' Pay Demands

UFC president Dana White is unconcerned about the sport despite the apparent departures of Jon Jones, Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal in a week's span.

White said he believes the coronavirus pandemic is playing a large part in the concerns and potential departures of his stars, per Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports:

“So I’ll remind everybody that we’re in a pandemic and the world is a crazy place right now with everything that’s going on,” White said. “I think that everybody feels this. There are no fans. We can’t travel to fights around.