Watch The UFC 246 Post-Fight Press Conference

In the main event of UFC 246, Conor McGregor defeated Donald Cerrone in under a minute. With the event in the books, see reactions from Dana White and various fighters with the UFC 246 Post-Fight Press Conference.

The live-stream is scheduled to go live at 1:15 AM EST.

As the live-stream progresses, bullet-points of what people say will be put on this post.

Dana White

  • Gate for the event was $11.1 million
  • Attendance was 19,040
  • Drew Dober, Diego Sanchez, Brian Kelleher, Alexey Oleinik  Conor McGregor all got bonuses
  • Maycee Barber, Tim Elliott and Donald Cerrone were transported to the hospital
  • Talking about McGregor: “I was blown away, he looked unbelievable”
  • On pay-per-view sales: “Killed it”
  • On ESPN’s promotion work: “The job that ESPN did promoting this fight, I have never seen anything like it.”
  • On McGregor’s next fight: “Khabib’s the fight to make”
  • White did not like the reffing for Holm vs. Pennington
  • On Maycee Barber’s fight: “Roxanne is a tough test”
  • White said he doesn’t want to give Claudia Gadelha a quick turnaround.
  • He was against how late the stoppage was for Drew Dober vs. Nasrat Haqparast
  • “Floyd and I have been talking tonight”
  • Said he called Conor McGregor immediately to tell him about Usman’s twitter getting hacked earlier today (for context, Usman’s Twitter was hacked, then tweeted at McGregor’s wife)
  • Said 187 members of the media were present

Holly Holm

  • On her fighting style against Raquel Pennington: “I always want it to be more exciting … With that being said, she’s kind of one of those scrappy fighters.”
  • Said she wasn’t bothered by the boos in the crowds
  • Said she was happy that UFC is heading to Alberquerque
  • Revealed her father had a stroke in the weeks leading up to the fight.
  • “135, I feel, is maybe more my home.”

Conor McGregor

  • On Cerrone’s grandmother: “She’s just a phenomenal woman … Great to finally meet her.”
  • “I’ll have a celebration tonight, I’ll spend time with my kids tomorrow … Then it’s back to training.”
  • On his past fights: “I wasn’t committed”
  • On facing Jorge Masvidal, and challenging for his BMF Belt: “That’s not a great belt, but I’ll still take it.”

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