White will negotiate with McGregor to sell part of UFC shares

Andrew Karlov Aug. 24, 2017, 6:32 a.m.

UFC lightweight champion Conor MacGregor can become a co-owner of the UFC organization. This was announced by the president Dana White.

"Yes, I feel that we will soon have a conversation about the UFC shares with Conor and I do not mind that," White said. "He deserves this. There has never been anything like this before, but now everything is possible, because it's worth it".

In addition, the head of the organization noted that buying shares will help to keep the 29-year-old Irishman in the organization. UFC is the most popular organization engaged in mixed martial arts, the promotion was founded in 1993.

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Currently, the owners of the company are brothers Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, owners of the Station Casinos chain. White owns about 10 percent of the shares of the parent company. The company's value is estimated at several billion dollars.

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