Dana White has put a hard halt on the Conor McGregor vs. Jorge Masvidal talks.
This past week, after White shut down the idea of McGregor vs. Michael Chandler for the UFC’s planned event at the White House in June, rumors of Masvidal taking on the Irish superstar began circling around social media. These talks were furthered by Masvidal hinting at “something big” being in the works for his return in a recent interview with MMA Junkie.
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Well, it’s not that the fight won’t happen, but for now at least, there is no truth to these rumors, at least according to White.
“I don’t listen to any of the goofy sh*t that goes on,” White told TMZ when asked about the online rumors of McGregor-Masvidal. “No, that’s goofy sh*t. The MMA world, I don’t listen to any of that. Literally, none of that is in my algorithm. Some people say, ‘Oh, did you hear?’ No. Almost everything you see on the internet about our sport is wrong. It’s all wrong.”
As of now, White says there’s nothing booked or in the works for the event – which is scheduled to go down on June 14 on the South Lawn of the White House. However, following Saturday’s UFC 324 – the first UFC event of 2026 – the matchmakers and White will get together to start putting the event together.
“My head of production, Craig Borsari, has been to the White House five times, I think, so he’s doing all the logistic stuff and figuring out the production,” White said. “… Usually every Tuesday, we have a matchmaking meeting, (but) Monday we will be matchmaking. We will be matchmaking Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. We’ll be building that card as soon as (UFC 324) is done.”
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“I said I wouldn’t touch this card until February. Now I think we’ll have it dialed in by the second week of February. We’ll have everything dialed in.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: White seems to shut down McGregor-Masvidal White House rumors
