In the UFC, Conor McGregor can pretty much do whatever he pleases. As company president Dana White himself said, “The Notorious” after all, is “worth” all that trouble.
That kind of special treatment was still evident during the UFC 229 presser, when White also called for the staff to give McGregor his two belts for the post-event photos. On Monday’s episode of the Ariel Helwani MMA Show on ESPN, current 155-pound champion Khabib Nurmagomedov had something to say about the UFC executive and the blatant favoritism towards the Irishman.
“Dana needs (to stop kissing his) ass,” Khabib said (transcript via MMAjunkie).