White: I don’t see how Conor McGregor wins this fight against Dos Anjos

Dana White says he doesn’t see how Conor McGregor beats the dominant UFC lightweight champion in Rafael dos Anjos.

Dana White recently spoke about the upcoming UFC 196 main event bout between Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos, saying the odds are heavily against the featherweight champion.

“I don’t see how he wins this fight,” White told At The Buzzer. “He’s the 145-pound champion. He can stay in his own lane.”

“This guy is moving up to 155 to take on an animal, who destroyed Cowboy Cerrone, destroyed Anthony Pettis. And this isn’t boxing, where you move up two or three pounds. You move up 15 pounds!”

.@ufc President @danawhite tells @anezbitt he doesn’t see how @TheNotoriousMMA could win his next fight.https://t.co/C6hU5npDbK

— AtTheBuzzer (@TheBuzzerOnFOX) February 4, 2016

It’s worth pointing out that Dana seems to have exaggerated or botched his math, as it’s actually just a 10-pound jump to lightweight. There also aren’t really any boxing weight classes separated by 2 lbs, and someone close to McGregor’s size (147 lbs) would have to move up 7 lbs to compete in the next division.

Now that we’ve gone past that, it is also interesting that ‘I don’t see how Conor wins’ is the angle he takes to selling the fight between the two dominant champions. There’s an obvious avenue to victory for McGregor on the feet, but it could be a good move to keep praising the lightweight champ, who is still more of an unknown commodity for most casual fans.

The two champions will face off on March 5th, and if you also don’t think Conor has much of a chance, you should probably take advantage of the current betting lines. Oddsmakers have McGregor as a slight favorite (-125) over Dos Anjos (+125).

Dana White says he doesn’t see how Conor McGregor beats the dominant UFC lightweight champion in Rafael dos Anjos.

Dana White recently spoke about the upcoming UFC 196 main event bout between Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos, saying the odds are heavily against the featherweight champion.

“I don’t see how he wins this fight,” White told At The Buzzer. “He’s the 145-pound champion. He can stay in his own lane.”

“This guy is moving up to 155 to take on an animal, who destroyed Cowboy Cerrone, destroyed Anthony Pettis. And this isn’t boxing, where you move up two or three pounds. You move up 15 pounds!”

It’s worth pointing out that Dana seems to have exaggerated or botched his math, as it’s actually just a 10-pound jump to lightweight. There also aren’t really any boxing weight classes separated by 2 lbs, and someone close to McGregor’s size (147 lbs) would have to move up 7 lbs to compete in the next division.

Now that we’ve gone past that, it is also interesting that ‘I don’t see how Conor wins’ is the angle he takes to selling the fight between the two dominant champions. There’s an obvious avenue to victory for McGregor on the feet, but it could be a good move to keep praising the lightweight champ, who is still more of an unknown commodity for most casual fans.

The two champions will face off on March 5th, and if you also don’t think Conor has much of a chance, you should probably take advantage of the current betting lines. Oddsmakers have McGregor as a slight favorite (-125) over Dos Anjos (+125).